Ex Gov Curtix, dyspepsia links, and London gossip
The Register reports ex Governor Curtix of Pennsylvania alive among war governors, Charley Ross's father Cristian K. Ross named Master Warden of the Port of Philadelphia, and notes rising New York and Brooklyn suspension bridge costs. It also covers savings bank deposits up, Paris medical views on mineral waters, a London fish fraud swindle, unemployment in London, a London inquest, two Denver men harmed by belladonna mistaken for buchu, and an owl attack injuring a farmer’s son.
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Cristian K. Ross
Charley Ross
Philadelphia
Marhamchurch
Stratton Hospital
Evarts Quip at Vermont Farm Dinner
Ex Secretary Evarts entertained at his Vermont farm with a renowned author guest. After dinner a roast goose finished the meal and Evarts noted with wit that they had a goose stuffed with sage and now a sage stuffed with goose.
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Evarts
Vermont
National hospital urged for maimed baseball players
The article notes a rise in severe injuries among baseball players and calls for a national hospital to treat the maimed. It cites a 1881 Dutch law banning liquor sales to public officials and its early impact, including a drop in revenue before the law took full effect.
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Holland
Alexandria Justice of the Peace Marries 2000th Couple
Hayes, the Justice of the Peace of Alexandria Pennsylvania, notes his 2000th wedding. He collected 6262.14 in fees averaging 3124 per couple, with regular fees ranging from 2 to 3 after 1865. Some paid nothing while others paid up to 20. Five tenths of his husbands were named Smith and fourteen wives did not change names. Business varied from six to none per day.
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Alexandria
Hayes
Smith
Gazette
Martha
Heaven
Paris horses and donkeys slaughter figures rise through 1881
An official report shows 7000 horses slaughtered in Paris in 1875 rising to 9000 in 1880 and 9300 in 1881, while 40 establishments killed donkeys from 1875 to 1881 from 10 to 400. Paris consumed 1870 tons of horse flesh last year and donkey flesh added about 18 tons, with offal unused in figures. Also Charentes vineyards suffered pest damage, three quarters of 270000 acres attacked.
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Paris
France
Charentes
Letter from Rosalinde Warns of Michigan Lover Trap
A humorous dispatch critiques a lead-pencil letter from Michigan by a girl named Rosalinde who fantasizes about lovers every day. The writer warns Rosalinde to stay in Michigan, joking about climate, spellers, and domestic chores, while promising future suitors elsewhere and cautioning against travel for romance.
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Michigan
Rosalinde
Adda
Wyoming
Roselinde
Sweet Singer
Detroit Free Press
Strank
The Bull Dog and the Knife Tale
A Boston Post poem recounts a bulldog in a butcher shop drawn to sausage meat. He nabs beef, is hauled into the meat cutter, and is transformed into sausage meat. The piece warns that a bulldog cannot best a sausage knife, ending with the animal’s tragic fate.
A German Prize Story and a Wife’s Secret Love
An 18th or 19th century prize tale follows a German prize story winner and a couple bound by obstinate marriage. A wife adopts a child in secret, the husband’s jealousy grows as the child alters their home, and the child’s presence awakens love and mercy. After the child’s death, the couple reconciles, reaffirming love and devotion.
A codfish tale from Professor Gunning shakes belief
In a lecture Professor W D Gunning argued that if a codfish laid 3,000,000 eggs in a year and every egg grew to a cod, a single fish could populate the universe. He imagined a cod overtaking the globe within forty years, demonstrating the absurdity of such a fish story.
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W. D. Gunning
Colorado
Owen
Local Man Credits Hop Bitters For Kidney and Bladder Relief
Montox Michigan September 25 1875 Sims reports benefit from Hop Bitters after four doctors failed to help with inflammation of kidneys and bladder saying the hot mat of Hop Bitters eased his condition and provided relief.
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Montox, Mich
Sims
A Shocking Affair in Harper's Bazaar
A long tale recounts a woman’s ruinous dyeing habit turning silvered gray hair unseen until a shocking mirror moment. It notes headaches and a drastic change from dark to aged appearance. A Boston correspondent asks about Nihilist origins, linking Russian assassins to river Nile in a careless hazy note.
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Harper's Bazar
Boston
Nile
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the Register
GC. W. Slater
PussisHeEr
Curtix
Pennsylvania
New York and Brooklyn
New York Savings Bank
London Lancet
London
Ferris
Parker
Denver
Col
Bill Nye
Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung
Roberts
Bauernfeld
Laurie, Gross
Freiheran V. Roberts
Angelm
Max
Fritz
Frederick
Garda
Papa
Syndieu
Jonder
Blue Mountains
Carlyle
Longfellow
Goldsmith
Charles Lamb
Washington Irving
Tennyson
George Eliot
Emerson
Charles Darwin
Darwin
London Spectator
Mr. Darwin
Newton
Indianapolis
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