Blessed Spirits Creator Faces Endless Schedule
Warsaw author Ferdinand Markiewicz frets over deadlines for Blessed Spirits and At High Pressure while his wife Aniulka urges rest for him and their two daughters. Letters arrive demanding aid from a relief society, prompting further pressure.
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Ferdinand Markiewicz
Warsaw
Review
Ferdinand
Anialka
Zofia
Marynia
R’s
Beene
Aniulka
Manuscript Rush Puts Ferdinand Markiewicz Under Pressure
In a comic domestic scene, author Ferdinand Markiewicz frets over a flood of manuscripts and editor pleas while his wife Anjulka defends their reading. A letter from a confidant and gifts from Paris arrive, and he reluctantly promises a holiday lecture for a fundraising appeal.
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Misia Popowska
Aniulka
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Antalke
New York Commercial Advertiser
Averted Smash Up by Sleepy Rail Operators Tale
Story recounts a veteran rail worker William James describing dangers of fatigue on duty and a firsthand anecdote from Kane Pennsylvania. He recalls a long night shift, a hungry engineer, a lunch shanty trick, and a clever ruse to collect more meals while avoiding a disaster.
Sleepy railroad worker recalls night shift rescue
The narrator explains he could not stay awake after a day of excitement and used a red lantern to mark the site, then slept by the woods. The next day an operator restarted the Philadelphia and Erie system after a six hour outage and the man found work two days later in Titusville.
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Wetmore
Ese
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Fifth Avenue
Flynn
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad System
Titusville
New York Sun
Gilbert and Burnand debate publishing funny stories
W S Gilbert asks Burnand why Punch does not publish the many funny stories sent to the office. Burnand replies that thousands are received, highlighting the flood of submissions and editorial limits.
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Lantern Mystery Lanterns in Chicago News Riddle
Chinese riddles ask for a fire with no smoke and water with no fish. A glowworm's flame and well water fit. The object with two mouths traveling by night is a lantern according to the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Home Cure
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption curing coughs colds and lung diseases at home. It claims fast relief and persistent use yields astounding cures with trial bottles free and bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar guaranteed. Also mentions Robert W Wilcox Hawaiian delegate to Congress as royalist and revolutionary by turn now married to Kamehameha L.
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S. M. Marshall
Atlanta (Ga
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Robert W. Wilcox
Congress
Kamehameha
D. C. Prader
Electric Bitters Cited as Cure for Various Aches and Ailments
Mrs. Phebe Cherley reports kidney trouble and a backache vanished after using Electric Bitters, enabling her to resume housework at 73. The tonic is praised for relieving constipation boosting appetite and promoting health. Doctor Norbine Jenkins warns many children wear glasses needlessly and urges early correction.
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Peterson
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted Worldwide Healing
The famous Arnica Salve touted as the world’s best healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers felons aches pains and all skin eruptions. Described as an infallible pile cure, offered at 5c per 8 box in all drug stores.
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Bucklen
Purported Purgatives and Pills Highlight 19th Century Ads
A collage of patent remedy pitches including Dr King’s New Life Pills promising harmless purification of the liver and bowels, a note on why the turkey is called a turkey, Raven Food for dairy cows, One Minute Cough Cure for colds, and a laxative tablet offer with money-back terms. Also mentions Mosby claiming first use of “the solid South” and a subscription deal for The Express and Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean.
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Dr. King
Advertisements batch touts cures and tonics for ailments
A garbled ad column promotes One Minute Cough Cure for croup and lung troubles, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin diseases, and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills. Mentions government Indians spending, St Peter’s Rome, and a Chinese debt anecdote.
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DeWitt
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