Wagered drinker dies after pint in ten minutes in Williamsport
The Register reports a Williamsport man drank a pint of whisky in ten minutes for a wager and died within two hours. Other items note a St Louis surgeon growing a transplanted wart, Elior of Harvard marrying after meeting Grace Osgood, a Pension Office clerk who married two society ladies, a San Francisco fire tale, Lorp Sanispeny’s post op recovery, a rich Englishman’s hardship tale, a grim facial expression note, and a nightwear face apparatus invention.
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Pension Office
Washington
Potpourri of currents events from Amoskeag to Congress
A Chicago visitor notes a sweet potato shortage in Venice then New York markets supply Jersey tubers. Philadelphia police adopt army service stripes while Boston and New York follow. Amoskeag Falls re stocked after lamprey eels migrate up the Merrimack. Judge Vincent in Washington is described and Ferran praises Pasteur in a cholera vaccine note. A Louisiana baptism tragedy and Panama Canal finance woes are reported alongside fears of canal stock declines. Congressional extravagance debate claims lawmakers live beyond salaries, reflecting wealth influence over Congress.
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Venice
Italy
New York
Jersey
Philadelphia
United States Army
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Boston
Congress
Senate
Cremation Practices and Early Christian Influence
The article notes Greek funerary customs including both interment and cremation with few distinctions. It mentions Democritus opposing cremation yet believed in future life influencing Christian thought. Heraclitus favored cremation due to fire as a universal purifier. It also states Roman Catholics report 545,000 converts in China.
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Democritus
Heraclitus
China
The Burdette Verse on Fashion and Fate
A fragment from Robert J. Burdette in New York Star satirizes vanity and changeable fate. The speaker pretends to mock a romantic scene yet folds in disruptions of love, fashion, and mortality as comic epigrams unfold in verse.
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la Peenchier
Millenna
Robert J. Burdette
New York Star
Fame Versus Love in a Painter’s Choice
Helen Armstrong declines Edwin Bennett’s marriage to pursue art for two years in Italy funded by Mr. Hovey. Ten years later she has fame while Edwin marries a lover of his own, leaving a painted memory of a sunset on yellow sands. A gallery scene reveals the cost of choosing fame over love.
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Cole
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Papa
Italy
Eewin Bennett
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Iaul
Thwin Bennett
Academy of Design
Botton
Baby
Miss Armstrong
Annie
Timbuctoo Fashion Jab Sparks Satire in Courier
The Boston Courier quotes a quip about Timbuctoo women wearing nose jewels and a Puritan yacht image. Dio Lewis is cited noting that a pretty hand is valued more than a pretty face, reflecting a playful, era voice.
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Timbuctoo
Boston Courier
Dio Lewis
How the Dear Public Is Freeced on Stocks
A critical look at the New York Stock Exchange highlights the rise of speculation during and after the Civil War era. It condemns bucket shops, Western Union ticketing abuses, and manipulated quotations that fleece investors. The piece argues that gains come from deceptive practices, not genuine market function, citing specific schemes, fraudulent margins, and concealed influence by directors.
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Produce Exchange
Tional Union
Wall Street
Exchange
Western Union
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Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Quirk
Knaveville
Denver and
Rio Grande
Jr. Ifheatley
Harpers Magazine
Deforming the Feet in Early Foot Shaping Practices
A parent guided routine uses straight-soled narrow shoes for a child who can walk. The shoes are alternated between right and left feet to mold each foot's shape, prompting the child to switch when discomfort signals misfit. Repetition aims to straighten opposing arches as the feet assert independence.
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Johnny
Station Agent's Blacking Brings Border Ruffians to Justice
The Kansas Missouri line station agent recalls a night when three drunks with six shooters robbed him of a boot polish and threatened his life. He hid a Colt, forced one robber to surrender, and telegraphed the next station to arrest the trio, who turned out to be fugitives reaching the penitentiary.
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Kansas
Missouri
Chewing Gum Advised for Americans
A Macon Messenger note claims Americans are naturally thin due to climate and recent arrival in a new country. It argues chewing gum and tobacco affect digestion juices, urging Southern women to stop being thin and men to switch from tobacco to gum for fattening results citing a 300 year acclimation theory.
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America
North America
Macon Messenger
Straightening Up a Chimney at Holyoke Machine Shop
A chimney eighty feet high at a Holyoke Massachusetts machine shop was found to be forty two inches out of perpendicular. The repair used a harness under the corona two layers of jackscrews on each side and water and earth to gradually tilt the structure upright. Repeated loosening and puddling of the earth used to shift the chimney back to its proper position.
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Holyoke
Mass
The Bootblack's Rent and Willows of Macon Georgia
The Bootblack's Rent describes the New York Produce Exchange bootblack paying 650 dollars annually for on floor access to shine brokers boots. A Willow farm in Macon Georgia yields about a ton of switches per acre valued at 200 dollars when dried. leaves and bark fetch 25 cents a pound baled, making the enterprise more profitable than cotton.
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New York Produce Exchange
Macon
Georgia
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