Haunted Bell Halts Sleep in London Home
In London Lights a reader recounts a mysterious astral bell that rings in different rooms and even in carriage and theater. A traveling clock and a piano exist, yet no instrument explains the sound. The bell shifts tone from distant to sharp, with notes from A to E, and is blamed for foretelling misfortune while a medium hints at gifted musical powers from the sphere of harmony. Exchange asks for clearer communication and questions the notion of an evil spirit.
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London
The Question of Double Personality and Somnambulism
The passage compares sleep and wakefulness, noting two distinct lives suggested by somnambulism. It explains how somnambulists recall actions from sleep, perform coordinated tasks, and dream while maintaining some real-world actions. Pascal’s idea is near realization as somnambulism encroaches on waking, potentially becoming a second waking with limited recollection.
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Pascal
Popular Science Monthly
Hot Water Cures For Ailments From Croup To Colic
A practical home guide recommends hot water applications for child croup neck wraps and towels for neuralgia and toothache. It claims quick relief for colic and rapid easing of lung congestion sore throat and rheumatism when applied promptly and thoroughly.
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Ieces
Radway
Patna
Wizard Oil Company
Chicago
G.H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
N. Y
D.R. Dyche £ CO
Cotten hot water cure adopted in hospitals
The old therapy of cotten batting dipped in hot water and applied to sores, cuts, bruises, and sprains is now used in hospitals. A sprained ankle healed in an hour by hot water shower from three feet. Hot water before bed aids constipation and, with diet, can ease dyspepsia over months.
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Oracle
Angel in His Own Eyes Beside Wyoming Grave
A Western father, Hank Adams, sits by his baby daughter's grave near Cheyenne, Wyoming. He marks the grave with a marble angel as a self portrait and speaks of his love, guilt, and devotion, saying the angel on the tomb is his proxy when he cannot be with her. He recalls fights, drink, and a vow to be saintly for his child's sake, asking passersby to honor her memory. Аркан saw Traveler.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Pard
Hank Adams
Arkansaw Traveler
How to Run a Newspaper Principles from Chay A Dana
A list outlines ethical guidelines for journalism. It emphasizes reporting only the news with credit, consent for interviews, honest advertising, and avoiding attacks on the vulnerable unless public necessity exists. It also advocates balancing opinions, recognizing bias, and believing in progress.
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Chay. A, Dana
Vanderbilts and Astors Jewel Taste Compared
The Vanderbilts spend lavishly on furniture and art but little on jewelry and lack rare stones or fine gems. The Astors, by contrast, possess one of the nation’s finest gem collections, with the late Mrs John Jacob Astor a highly respected connoisseur whose purchases were made privately.
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Astors
John Jacob Astor
New York Press
Chip of the Old Block in a Boston Quip
A humorous exchange mocks a boy’s stubbornness as a chip of the old block. The item contrasts a witty cartoonish line from the Boston Courier with a report on science literacy growth in China. It notes 150000 volumes sold and 200 foreign works translated with 250 native titles added, touching Korea and Japan. A Philadelphia girl reportedly had five lovers all named Samuel.
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Brown
Boston Courier
China
Corea
Japan
Arkansaw Traveler
How to Write for the Press Says Epoch Advice
A humorous guide advises writers to send unedited manuscripts, use odd ink, avoid revisions, and bombard editors with submissions. It lampoons boisterous readings to editors and suggests persistent, relentless submission tactics despite staff criticism.
Very Chilly Weather and Frederick Schwatka Reminiscence
In a discussion on extreme cold Schwatka notes the magnetic pole as the coldest area and recalls 71 degrees below zero with camping moved twelve miles. He argues wind, not cold alone, governs discomfort and recalls naked exposure at 68 degrees below while aboard a whaler encountering torturing cooling as he moves south.
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Frederick Schwatka
Magnetic Pole
Popular Science Monthly
Where He Learned His Slang from the Dusenberry family
Mr. Dusenberry derides his son Ie for slang learned at school from the Darringer boys and fears a return to slang at home. Mrs. Dusenberry quips that Sam may be the source and both discuss refining conversation while the boy slips away to an appointment at the office.
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Matilda
Mr. Dusenberry
Bridget
Gallagher
Mrs. Dusenberry
Mrs
Disraeli’s Reply in Lords and a Morbid Wit
An anecdote recalls Disraeli after becoming Earl of Beaconsfield meeting a peer in the street. When asked how he liked the change he blurts out he feels dead and buried alive in the land of the blessed. The moment yields a courtly smile and quick humor.
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Disraeli
Earl of
Beaconsfield
House of Lords
Miss Penn Chooses A Watered Silk Gown
In a playful note, a daughter greets a dear friend and announces her father has just collected a railroad dividend and given her a check to buy a gown. She asks what to purchase, suggesting a watered silk may be fitting, with light social tone from the Philadelphia Call.
Patient Endeavor and a German Exchange
Dialogue shows Misa De Leicester asking Mr De Lisle if he speaks German. he replies sorrowfully that he cannot. The excerpt includes medical advice for treating a cut with red flannel sugar and sulphur and a note on redirecting a quarrelsome child by distraction, emphasizing movement and appearance.
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Misa de Leicester
Mr. de Lisle
Miss de Leicester
Sonerville Journal
Allcock's Porous Plasters Praised by West Granville Resident
G G Treat of West Granville Massachusetts writes that Allcock's Porous Plasters relieve rheumatism neuralgia and back pain. He notes they aid coughs colds bruises and local weakness with many neighbors reporting happy results and avoidance of crippled conditions when properly applied.
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G. G. Treat
West Granville
Mass
Allcock
The World Moves and Stomach Bitters Cure
A humorous exchange about fish colors contrasts with ads praising Honstetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy. The piece touts the bitters as a painless liver stomach and bowel remedy curing liver troubles constipation headaches heartburn and digestion issues.
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Galileo
Honstetter
At Medicinal Spring A Gossip Overlanded Hotel
A cynical guest questions the landlord’s absence at a health resort while a hotel clerk notes the land lord is ill and bedridden. The exchange hints the water’s effects may mislead visitors and underscores wary behavior at the springs.
Go Heal Thyself At French Lick And West Baden Springs
West Baden and French Lick Springs in Orange County Indiana offer therapeutic sulphurated waters. The 55 degree waters, electric lights, new baths, and scenic grounds attract invalids and tourists seeking rest and health. Monon Route provides direct rail access with through tickets available.
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West Baden
French Lick Springs
Orange County
Ind
Louisville
French Lick
West Baden Springs
Lost River
Lick Creek
W. H. McDoel
E. O. McCormick
Chicago
Quackery and Biographies in a Presidential Year
A collection of assorted 19th century topics including critique of Dr Pierce’s remedies and quackery, praise for self made men in presidential biographies by Wallace and Dorsheimer, and Lyon’s patent stiffeners for boots and shoes highlighting everyday products and political commentary.
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Lyon
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Chicago Business College
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Halsted St
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