English prize fighter Gully becomes Member of Parliament
The tale traces Gully the English prize fighter from prison to becoming a respected MP. From fights against Belcher and Criesson to a turf gambler and coal investor, he amassed wealth, then retired to Ackworth Park. He entered Parliament after resisting early temptations, earning a reputation for dignity despite a black earlier record.
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Gully
Greville
Cully
Jefferson
Pierce
England
Prince of Wales
Belcher
Criesson
John Morrissey
Yankee Sullivan
John C. Heenan
Olio
Newmarket
Morrissey
Watt
Lorillard
Harper
Pontefract
Ackworth Park
John Gully
Grully
Blackguard
Blackleg
Gath
Noble Deed by Mile Anne Dronsert at Conservatoire
A pupil named Anne Dronsert in Rue Sertier hears a starving poor woman sing for help. Unable to offer money, she carries the woman to safety, reads her hunger on her face, and awakens the street with a hopeful act of charity amid poverty.
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Conservatoire
Ouida
Dronsert
Nilsson
Tietjens
Anne Dronsert
Sertier
Hair Health Advice From An Old Age Perspective
A physician argues baldness is a disease worse than white hair and urges delaying baldness past age fifty. He links hair loss to headaches, overwork, study, and lifestyle, notes women are less prone, cites hygiene tips and seasonal shedding, and suggests regular washing with cold salt water and daily scalp friction to strengthen hair.
Gentlemen's Attire Etiquette and Public Morality Notes
A column offers stern fashion and behavior advice for men emphasizing restraint in colors and patterns, modest accessories, and private grooming while warning against public vanity. It also critiques health topics and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a household remedy amid other miscellaneous notes on investments and legal cases.
Spirits at the Seance with Carl Pretzel's Circle
A lively seance tale recounts Carl Pretzel and attendees around a table as spirits drift in Bottled drinks, lively chatter and a ghostly Gretchen appear among the phantoms. Carl dodges talk of his late wife while the spirits tease his happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pretzel
Pretzel
Gretchen
Carl
Enormous Riverhead eel pond attracts crowds
A Riverhead Massachusetts farm hosts America s largest eel pond covering five acres. Created five years ago with about 2000 dozen eels, the pond now holds millions. Eels are fed on horse feet every third day and surface at a crack of the owner s whip, responding only to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wish Culturista
America
Riverhead
Mass
W. Shepard
H. V. Bemis
J. J. Brown
Fort Wayne grocer and twelve nickel matches dispute
An angry Fort Wayne customer confronts a grocer over twelve nickel box matches sold in common pasteboard packaging instead of the advertised nickel paper boxes. The customer insists on receiving the proper nickel boxes.
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Fort Wayne Grocer
Fort Wayne Hoosier
Circleville man endorses White Wine of Syrup claims
Nev J S Caultan of Circleville Kansas reports that Dr Warner's White Wine of Syrup has been used in his family and found to help throat and lung complaints, supporting the product's curative claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nev. J. S Caultan
Circleville
Kan
Nothing Like It for Blood and Liver Syrup Claims
An advertisement touts Scovil's Blood and Liver Syrup as a universal cure for diseases from impure blood, including scrofula and rheumatism, plus promises a beautiful complexion. It also promotes White Wine of Tar Syrup for coughs, Petro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as a tonic, and Piso's Cure for throat and croup, noting petroleum-based remedies and a Lyon boot with metallic heel stiffeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Lyon
Albany
N. Y
G. T. Fisher & Co
U. S
Detroit
Mich
Lyon
United States
Commissioner of Patents
Congress
Scovil
Scovill
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard& Co
New York
Guure
Garele
Dr Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic Claims
A medical patent style declaration extols Dr Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills as cures for consumption. The speaker asserts heredity cold and debility predispose tuberculosis and criticizes medical practice, claiming his remedies cure lung disease especially in early stages, citing a cured ancestor and widespread provincial use.
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Minnesota
Florida
Polmonie Syrita
J. H. Schenck
M.D
DR. J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Meredith
Cincinnati
Allen
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
W. Va
Arlen
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C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Ireland
Boulder
Col
I. A. Dunlap
Mt. Vernon
Cain
Croup
Piso
Deak
Gilead
DR. Schenck
Nox & Co
Augusta
Maine
Big PA
Termes Tree
Taylor Bros. & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Semigera Ie
Enginm
H. Cooper, Keer—Mining, Shop and Agricultural Machinery—Assayer
William St
Ians
Standard Music CO
East 4Th Street
Jay Bronson
P.O. Box
Chicago
Valentine Drog
Janesville
Wis
rBirn Sail
Moody’s New Tailor
Moody & Co, Alericati, O
Bend
Gooda
C.C.D
E. Burnslam
State Street
Lacey
Washington, D.C
SUSR
Twombly Knitting Machine Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Druggista
Catarra
Dr. C. Rt. Sykes
Weee
P.O
T. A. Slocum
Puar St
Erica
N.yx
City
N.Y
Wm. C. Digges
Dowling Green
Toa
Wm. A. Graham & Co
Wholevisle O Druggists
Zanesville
Matthias Freeman
Everbody
H. Hatterr & Co
Jno
Potter & Go-Pub
Phladelphia
Crick
Vlanvier Princeutah
Tha
Hop Plaster Co
Doston, Maes
Hawley
Alin Ence Saas
P. Co
Ballou
Monkton
R. N. Clark
C. M. Summertin
Sun Hill
Wells, Richardson & CO
Surlingtes Vt
Oldest
Beat Commmercial College
C. Bayings
Dunique, Ly
Ien
A.g.nettleton & Co
BEE Templi OF Music
Lindblom
Co” N+ GO
Grain & Provision Brokers
Jroduce
St. Loula
Milwaukee
Lindmeom & CO
On.u
Albert Crosby
D. McLean
N. E. Cor
N. Clark and Kinzie Sts
Chicago, Ill
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