World News Bits and Oddities From A Busy Era
A hodgepodge from The Hegister reports on electric lighting at the Government Printing Office in Washington, a Montreal lawyer’s view on cross border divorce legality, a wealthy yacht owner buying cannon, a dramatic Iowa woman train incident, and coin production totals at Philadelphia mint. It notes Canadian Indian populations, colonial court curiosities over curl papers in a child’s hair, and a London school board dispute over dress adornments with a five shilling fine option. It ends with a brief mention of a suicide case in Franciston and a civil suit closing.
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Hammersmith
London
Welcoo
Man of Many Qualities but One Misstep Wrecks Life
Armstrong, once trusted, drank to excess after a Portland hotel theft led to a year in prison. He found work in San Francisco but was blackmailed by ex-convicts seeking money, then fell into despair and a long bout of drinking ending with a lethal overdose of laudanum. A note beside the vial asked for forgiveness.
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Armstrong
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Ex Consul's Story of St Jacobs Oil Aboard Cunard
A former US Consul recounts meeting a gravely sick young man on a Cunard steamer. After offering help, he relays how St Jacobs Oil, via the ship steward, eased the patient’s rheumatism. The voyager recovered, returned home to Missouri, and sent thanks with bottles of the remedy for his mother.
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Brooklyn Eagle
United States
New York
C. M. Farmer
Third Avenue
England
Cunard
America
Carlsbad
Vichy
Missouri
Thad
St. Jacobs
Astor House
St. Jacobs Oil
Hudnut
Sedalia
Charlie Townsend
Brooklyn Hagle
The Toad and the Rain Poem
A dialect poem by J. W. Bilex features a tree toad singing under a blazing sun. He tires of singing until a voice promises rain if he halts his chorus. The toad endures, then clings to hope as rain finally nears.
Sacramento the Ranch Girl Takes a Bold Stand
In a California mining camp, Sacramento, a practical ranch girl, hides a horse thief from pursuit and helps him escape, driven by hardship and dream of education. She guides him to safety with a careful plan, sacrifices the reward, and later uses the money to study in San Francisco as gratitude arrives from the grateful fugitive.
Emerson on hospitality and simple living in a traveler’s visit
A Valued remark from W. Emerson urges that true hospitality lies not in lavish meals or expensive accommodations but in sparing the traveler to seek truth. The speaker champions simple, earnest hospitality that honors intellect, truth, and love over costly display.
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W. Emerson
No Patent Needed to Cure Rheumatism Claim
An advertising note from the Chicago Inter Ocean touts St. Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism, urging that cold and inattention cause the ailment and implying that there are many cures, while Dent India is mentioned alongside a drastic reduced number of something from two million to two hundred.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Oregon
Washington Territory
Portland
Northern Pacific KR. BR
Flo
Great Columbia
Columbia River
Raulroa
Addrees A. L. Stokes
Eastern Pose’r Agent
Clark St
Time Testers and Burden Bearers in Horse History
A historical note on the horse as Man's ally, tracing evolving attention from past eras to modern expectations. It reflects on Draught horses and speed records, contrasting old ambitions of 2:40 and future hopes for faster roadsters as racing time records advance.
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Bross
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the Hegister
C. W. Slater, Pusstsher
Washington
Jupee Torrence
Montreal
Canada
James Gordon Bunnett
Iowa
Durie
Philadelphia
Joe Rogers
Buena Vista
Joe
Hazelrigg
Newman
Penn
Ind
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward’s Island
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Arthebaska District
British Columbia
Rupert’s Land
Superintendent General of Indian Affairs
Frank Armstrong
Franciston
Bob Brierly
J. W. Bilex
Sacramento
Santa Barbara
Pete Larrabee
Hahnemann
Walter Somers
Maxwell
Somers
Prey
Peta
Pacific Slope
Dennis
Kelly Gulch
Stovepipe Pass
Bueno
Facramento
Dent
India
Aristides Welch, Esq
Erdenheim
Mike Goodin
Belmont Park
Calvin M. Priest
Robert Bonner
ST. Jacons Olle
Wilbor
A. B. Ilbor
Boston
NEW Books
ARLOR
L. Hoffmann
Prof. Hoffmann
Outledge
Young People's Library
Franklin Square
Swise Family Robinson
Sandford and Merton
Hoys
George Routledge & Sons
Lafayette Place
N.Y
Wii
Daniel F. Bratty
Temey
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