Animal electricity and the living body explained
The London Times report summarizes Dr Kendrick's British Association lecture on electrical phenomena in living tissue. It covers frog heart responses to injury, light effects on the eye retina, currents from the hand in salt solutions, and argues currents reflect chemical changes rather than nerve or muscle electricity, warning against magnetism as a manipulation.
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Kendrick
British Association
Holmgren
Dewar
London Times
Enterprising Architect Bypasses Palace Door in Naples Theater
Olive May Eager recounts how Angelo Carasale completed the San Carlo theater in three months for Charles III. A private royal entrance was secretly provided, hidden by carpets mirrors and chandeliers. The queenly palace link remained visible only to the King during the premiere, symbolizing swift royal architectural path.
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Royal Palace of
Naples
San Carlo
Charles III
Europe
Angelo Carasale
Olive May Eager
St. Nicholas
Moose Hunting Methods and Behavior in Snow and Water
Harper's Weekly describes moose hunting through crusting and driving on snow, and creeping and ecalling in forests and lakes. It details how crusting tires the animal, yards form, wolves circle, and how calling using birch bark can lure bulls for a shot amid the rut.
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Harper’s Weekly
Foolish bravado and true courage in a canal rescue
A Youth's Companion tale contrasts rash bravado with true courage. Tom Dash, urging a dive under a partially raised canal gate, nearly drowns. Will Jones, labeled coward, dives after him and saves Tom with others’ help. Tom is rescued after Will perseveres.
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Tom Dash
Tom
Will Jones
Will
The Patent Car Coupler Visitor Hectic Tour
A Detroit Free Press tale follows a persistent inventor touring railroad offices in search of a buyout. He presents a patent car coupler, is redirected from president to yard master, and leaves the device hidden or misplaced after a busy, fruitless day.
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Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Detroit Free Press
Sunburned in the Arctic Regions
A Maine sailor recalls a first voyage north where sunburn proved worse than cold. In seventy four degrees north latitude he briefly stripped his hood, suffered severe sunburn on one face side while the other froze. He describes swelling, tender scalp, and needing help for days after returning to the ship.
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Maine
Arctic
Cincinnatiny Wirer
Pride of Birth and Ancestry Jokes at Social Gatherings
Two Boston women compare ancestral origins with humor on lineage and class. One boasts Mayflower roots while the other claims a modern aristocratic voyage by first class steamship. A quip about Bible figures and a macabre inscription idea for Niagara tombstones close the note, with a desert Conclave and a railroad joke sprinkled in.
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Boston
Strength Returns Through Digestion and Nerve Relief
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic that strengthens enfeebled bodies by improving digestion and assimilation. It claims renewed strength reduces nervous symptoms like insomnia and headaches, aids sleep and appetite, and protects against malaria, constipation, and liver complaints.
Pa the Policeman Arrests Woman for Matches without License
A Jefferson City Tribune item notes that a pair of men fought nearby, one biting an ear and the other firing a pistol killing a baby, then Pa the policeman rushes to arrest an old woman selling matches without a license as quiet returns.
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Jefferson City Tribune
A Covert Insinuation Scene in Boston Transcript
Miss Rougebox resists the stage citing fear of makeup aided by a tale of a ballet girl near death from lead poisoning. Mrs. Sharpe reassures that danger lies mainly with the unaccustomed, acclimated performers.
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for pimples and ringworm
A spaced ad-like passage claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to clear pimples blotches and ringworm in several testimonials from New York Temple N H and Warner N H. It promotes six bottles for five dollars and notes preparation by C J Hood & Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
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HarYard Fury
New York
Hood
L. E. Howanv
Temple
N. H. Rheum
L. J. Clement, Merchant
Warner
N. Hood
C.J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Lindelom £& CO
N.G. Miller £ CO
Chicago
Grain & Provision Brokers
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Lindblom & CO
Circular
London Electric Fabric CO
Beekman Street
Conurney
London
England
Lishing UP
P.O
Partially Dead Man and Cures from Elixirs
The Baltimore Morning Herald notes Maj. B S White recounts a decade of paralysis cured by St Jacobs Oil, rubbing the spine to relieve knots and stiffness. Advertisements tout Hood s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia, Samaritan Nervine for nervous trouble, a Rock Island Cook Book offer, and Dr William Hall s Balsam for the lungs.
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the Morning Herald
Baltimore
B.S. White
St. Jacobs
Gault House offers first class rooms in Chicago spot
Advertisement chatter mentions the Gault House at Clinton and Madison in Chicago offering first class accommodations at 32 and 2.50 per day. It notes location near Union Depot, elevator and fine appointments, signed by proprietor H W Hoyt, with other assorted product and testimonial blurbs about cures and a Christmas gift offer from Bancock Co.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
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Wilson
Achine CO
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Ots Group
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
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