Salvation Army meeting moves donor to convert
At a Salvation Army gathering in Washington Gen William Booth moved a well dressed old man to tears and acceptance when he offered a gold watch and chain as a gift for his own conversion. The article also notes Gen Cassius M Chay of Madison County Kentucky, 76, Yale graduate 1832, noted anti slavery leader, former Governor candidate, Major General in the federal army and minister to Russia.
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Salvation Army
Washington
William Booth
Cassius M. Chay
Madison County
Yale
Kentucky
Russia
Papeston’s Coal Land Purchase Ties to Early Pittson Reportage
Mr S H Papeston a wealthy Parliament member plans to buy two million dollars of Pennsylvania coal lands. Twenty years ago he worked as a reporter on a small Pittson Pa paper where he took part in local politics and later gained a Washington DC post. He never naturalized as an American citizen and reportedly bears an old Wilkes Barre Pa judgment for twenty dollars from his poverty stricken reportorial days.
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S. H. Papeston
Pennsylvania
Pittson
Washington, D.C
Wilkesbarre
Prehistoric Giant Skull Display Sparks Local Wonder
Tur Wakuila Fla Times notes a mantel display of a skull and jaw bone from a mound on the sea coast unearthed by Henry Gwaltney. The under jaw dwarfs modern teeth by size, teeth remain sound except one decay, and the creature likely weighed three to four hundred pounds with a remarkably thick skull.
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Tur Wakuila
Fla
Henry Gwaltney
Mountainbury Pioneer Survives 1812 Accident to Remain Strong
Grover WaSHINGTON Srus of Mountainbury Arkansas born January 14 1777 served with Jackson's baggage wagon in 1812. He survived a bridge collapse injury that cost part of his lip fractured skull and dislocated shoulder. An operation removed skull bone the size of a 25 cent piece. He recovered quickly and in 1849 travelled to Colorado as a hardy pioneer. Now hale and able to hunt ducks at long range and a first class rifle shot.
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Grover Washington Srus
Mountainbury
Ark
Jackson
Colorado
Bertillon Measurements Sorting Prisoner Identity
A French system by Bertillon now used in France Russia and Japan records precise physical measurements and a photo of arriving prisoners to improve accuracy over bare photographs. The piece also notes a $5,000 breach of promise suit revealing telegraph kissing schemes involving Miss Jennie Davenport and Louis Ryerson with a bells system to signal kisses.
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France
M. Alphonse Bertillion
Russia
Japan
Jennie Davenport
Bloomingdale
N. J
Louis Ryerson
Jenmie
Young Ryerson
Louis
French surgeon tests fresh grafting on burn wound
Dr Dubousquet-Labordiere, following M Paul Bert’s method, grafted skin from four thigh strips and four frog patches onto a workman’s eight by four inch burn. Wound healed in days. frog skin proved soft and elastic while human skin appeared slightly strained and irritated on some points. The patient resumed work.
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M. Paul Bert
Dubousquet-Labordiere
Dubousquet
Clockwork Coffee Cup Dial and Afghan Amir Noted
A Philadelphia jeweler displays a small nickel pan with an inverted ground glass coffee cup acting as a clock dial and medicine indicator, illuminated by an internal lamp. The Amir of Afghanistan is praised by the London Standard for modernizing governance and state administration. A Northwestern engineer recalls a fatal seven years past track accident at Ashland avenue, where a woman’s child was crushed, leaving a haunted memory.
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Philadelphia
Afghanistan
London Standard
Abdurrahman
Rawal Pindi
Cabul
Kotwar
Northwestern
Chicago Herald
Jake
Ashland Avenue
French Fun And Courtroom Quips From A Bygone Era
A curate of light humor and legal trivia, this fragment highlights a physician’s first town visit, a bathers’ whale hoax, and Napoleon’s rationale for allowing marriages between brothers and sisters in law. The seaside town ad hints at summer visitors and playful social observations.
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Sam
France
A Pretty Smart Wasp in Clever Nesting Drama
A Richmond column recounts a true tale of a black wasp that defeats a green worm, builds a nest from soil, seals the burrow, and caches food with methodical care. The observer notes precise measurements, repeated trips, and calculated actions suggesting instinct or reason. The piece contrasts human pretension with insect ingenuity.
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Darwin
Richmond
Raising Children in a Small Town Parlor Tale
Sam Jones recounts his method of raising children and courting, noting no patent on parenting. He recalls old-time schooling with daughters, shared gatherings in the parlor, and the idea that there are better and worse outcomes in every family.
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Sam Jones
Buck
Paul
Bob
The Value of Food and Plain Living
A Cassell's Magazine essay argues that simple, plainly prepared foods are safest and cheapest. It warns against long stored meats and stale eggs, notes indigestion risks with strong sauces, and contrasts animal temperaments, stressing careful food selection for health.
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Cassell
Formation of a Feather Diagram in the Skin of a Fowl
A Wisconsin Agricultural description explains feather formation as a pyramid in the skin where a pit and mound develop grooves that radiate outward. Growth adds hard skin forming a horny coat, eventually breaking into a feather with barbs from grooves, and the process mirrors nail and hair development, healing over months.
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Wisconsin Agricultural
What Constitutes a Love Match
A dialogue suggests Gus De Jones plans marriage to rich Miss Brown, framed as a love match. The exchange hints she loves him for his money while he loves her wealth, prompting skepticism about pure romantic motive in the Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt.
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Gus de Jones
Miss Brown
Pittsburgh Dispatch
A Little Of Her Base
A playful exchange in a Chicago Ledger cartoon panel centers on a visibly intoxicated woman walking the street. Two men joke about her state using nautical slang, comparing her to a wash tub and sheets in the wind.
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Henry
Fred
Chicago Ledger
Cajoled by a Woman in Counterfeit Shinplaster Case
In 1864 a Wisconsin sting traced bogus shinplaster currency to George Disston and a Chicago agent. Old Newell, a farmer near Green Bay, bought the notes and tried to flee. his wife aided his escape before he was arrested. Newell received a six year sentence after pleading no defense per the Delrott Free Press.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin
Slick Sam
George Disston
Chicago
Newell
Delrott Free Press
Observations on Baldness in Eastern Public Halls
A biased survey counts men over 30 in churches theaters and halls to estimate baldness. Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington sites show 27 to 71 percent bald with varying indications. The piece cites Trinity Church King’s Chapel Boston Theater and other venues for data.
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Chiago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Trinity Church
King’s Chapel
Hollis Street Theater
Boston Theater
Popular Science Monthly
The Discovery of Mahogany for Cabinet Ware
A London discovery circa 1724 shows mahogany's suitability for cabinet work. A doctor received boards from a sea captain, found too hard for tools initially, yet a candle-box and later a bureau showcased superior beauty. The timber quickly gained general favor and commercial importance.
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London
Gibbons
West Indies
Street fakir taunts crowd with mayor in bluff
A street fakir in St Paul presented a card trick and pitched a claim about Mayor Rice. He challenged the crowd to see the mayor while describing three prominent figures as cards. A well dressed man volunteered to verify, but returned home as the scene dissolved.
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Prince of Wales
Cleveland
Mayor Rice
St. Paul Globe
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Atlanta Constitution
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