Blood Fued Ends in Knife Fight at Mexican Town
Mexico Letter describes a violent street quarrel in Sierra Majadako involving Donato Villegas Louis Gerra and Tiburcio Quezada. A drunken bet leads to stabbing deaths in a ferocious knife duel with both sides suffering fatal wounds. Villegas kills Quezada and mortally wounds Gerra then flees. The scene ends with Villegas leaving the scene.
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Sierra Majadako
Mexico
Donato Villegas
Louis Gerra
Gerra
Tiburcio Quezada
Villegas
Quezada
Viltegas
Inside a Base Ball Ball Spec and Craft Details
A New York Sun summary outlines the construction and regulation of premium base balls for the year. It details rubber cores, yarn winding, concrete inserts to limit bounce, leather covers, and materials like horseskin and catgut or flax stitching. It notes weight, circumference rules, and common machine made balls.
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New York Sun
The Sea-Spider a Dandy of the Sea Explained
A crablike creature called the sea spider is described as the most fantastic member of the crab tribe. It displays a curious instinct to cover itself with garb made of seaweed and small objects, appearing almost civilized in its fashion sense.
Advice on stage life from Annie Pixiey
Annie Pixiey advises that a young woman with stage talent should cultivate acting as an honorable profession rather than seek notoriety. She argues starting at the chorus or stock company hinders later stardom and urges girls to strike out for themselves under careful school training.
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Fanny Davenport
Miss Anderson
Annie Pixiey
New York
Ingenious Hen Raises Five Chicks From Window Nest
A Worcester farmer reports a black-breasted red game hen raised from A. D. Warren stock hatched in spring 1874. The hen, nesting in a hay-loft, fetched five chicks down from a ten foot window, catching each on her back and protecting them as they grew, a cross with white Leghorn.
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Country Gentleman
A. D. Warren
Worcester
Mass
Reclaimed Herself in a Fashionable Reception
A guest mocks a woman by naming her husband as a whisky bloat. The insult escalates as another woman notes anger over similar remarks and jokes about the husband being an available governor candidate. Arkansaw Traveler.
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Arkansaw
The Nopal Cactus and Founding Fathers Legacy
A New York World excerpt extols the nopal cactus as sheep feed with minimal water needs after thorn removal by a special machine. It contrasts this with proud lines about Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Jackson and Franklin, asserting national greatness comes from effort and character, not titles or birth.
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Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Jackson
Franklin
Annals of the Republic
New York World
Guillemot Critiques Public Hunger for Personal Lives
The Pall Mall Gazette reports M. Guillemot denounces authors and artists who unveil private life. He traces the shift to America where public curiosity grows as individuals become spectacles. He warns this trend lowers literary standards and makes Paris a crystal palace.
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M. Guillemot
America
Paris
France
Atlantic
United States
Lincoln
Barnum
Arnold
Pall Mall Gazette
Reflections on Religion and Humility Across Thinkers
Emerson cites divine imagery of a dove over vulture while Froude notes unity through many strands. Fenelon flaws zeal with vanity, Swift laments religion breeding hate, Browne warns of sectarian gates, Young calls for honest humility, Peterborough notes self-critique, Confucius defines a good man by justice and consistency.
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Emerson
Froude
Fenelon
Dean Swift
Sir Thomas Browne
Dean Young
Peterborough
Confucius
Arkansas Appetite Turns to Turtle Eggs Tale
An Arkansas man in a back country finds a pile of eggs and boils them thinking turtle eggs. A friend reveals they are actually snake eggs. The man finishes the batch and vows to be more careful next time.
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Arkansas
Jim
Arkansaw Traveler
Quip About Reducing Mouth Size Upsets Couple
A Central avenue young man teases his girlfriend by citing a Baltimore girl who reportedly shrank her mouth by whistling. He jokes a four inch mouth could become two and a half inches, prompting her anger and a postponed engagement in the Oil City Derrick.
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Central Avenue
Baltimore
George
Watches Made Daily Rise At Waltham In Quality And Price
From Waltham Massachusetts a special report notes production of fifteen hundred watches daily. The piece highlights improved quality and lower prices compared with prior offerings.
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Waltham
Mass
Misconstructed English Phrases in a Domestic Encounter
A departing American guest asks to “take a bus” in Britain and flirts with a landlady who ponders his phraseology The guest waits in an office for half an hour wondering why she does not kiss him The Judge
Advertisements World of Patent Medicines and Lemons
An array of early 20th century patent medicine pitches touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Horsford's Acid Phosphate and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as cures for liver complaints rheumatism indigestion and general debility. Testimonials claim tropical travelers and overworked men benefit while ads promote cod liver oil Caswell Hazen fish oils as superior remedies.
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Hostetter
Tropics
Horsford
J. C. Wilson
Philadelphia
Carboline Ad Banner Praises Superior Oil
A vintage advertisement extols Carboline as the premier oil among all seen, praising its strength and superiority in bold banner language. The phrasing emphasizes brand confidence and standout performance.
Instant Relief Reported By Mother For Son
Mrs Ann Lacour of New Orleans writes that her son had a two year illness with repeated coughing and near death. After using Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs the boy was instantly relieved following her husband’s purchase of the remedy after seeing the advertisement.
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Ann Lacour
New Orleans
Wm. Hall
Vitalizing Treatment by Compound Oxyzen Promoted in Philadelphia
A medical sales pitch urges chronic disease sufferers to request information from Drs. Starkey and Palen at 1109 Girard Ave Philadelphia about their Vitalizing Treatment by Compound Oxyzen. It claims wide attention and remarkable cures in desperate cases.
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Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard At
Philadelphia
Gault House Chicago Offers First Class Rooms At Low Rates
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets in Chicago advertises fist class accommodations for two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents per day. The hotel boasts central location one block from Union Depot and an elevator with all appointments. Proprietor H W Hoyt signs the notice. Additionally Caswell Hazard & Co. promote Juniper Tar Soap as a cure for chapped hands and pimples.
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Il Drugelsta
Deslers
Charles A. Vogeler
Charles A. Vogeler Co. += =agore to A. VOGELER
Baltimore
U. 8
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
W. Hoyt
Pain and Health Remedies Mixed in 19th Century Snippet
The passage recounts Mrs John Gemmell of Milroy Pa who in 1864 suffered spine injury and paralysis then in 1883 found relief with St Jacobs Oil. It also mentions Tut mignonette a fragrant plant from Egypt and describes palpitations from nervousness and blood issues, recommending Dr Guyot Yellow Lock and marilla to purify blood and strengthen the heart.
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John Gemmell
Milroy, Mifflin Co
St. Jacobs
Egypt
The
Nile
Moses
Guyso T
Marilla
Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy Promises Kidney and Bladder Cure
Advertises a tonic claimed to purify blood and restore diseased kidneys and bladder. Claims to relieve back pain and dark urine, with testimonials of cures and assurances from Dr Kennedy about female health and general weakness.
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Suis'Tours
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Smith
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Louisville, KY
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Rahway, NJ
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Detroit, Mich
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Sun Hill
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Burlington Vt
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Cleveland Ohio
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Locan
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John Street
Pourtay van
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Tampa
A. WM. Lang
Dove Dale
Lewis Co
Blaine & Locan
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