Aaron Burrs Pistols The Duel Weapons of Fame and Blood
A Louisville note profiles Aaron Burrs pistols owned by Capt Brent Hopkins, noting their London manufacture by Mortimer, thirteen inch barrels, flint locks with gold lined priming pans, and hair triggers. The piece traces the pistols from Burr to Hopkins, recounts their duel history in eleven killings, and mentions owners and battles across Virginia Kentucky and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Louisville Courier-Journal
Aston Burr
Brent Hopkins
Alexander Hamilton
Weehawken
Zié
Mortimer
London
Eagland
Burr
Sam Goode Hopkins
Forty-second Regiment
United ‘States Dragoons
Washington City
Washington
Samuel Hopkins
Kentucky
Hopkins
Massasinmeway
New Madrid
Pettis
Virginia
Biddle
Bloody Island
St. Louis
Edward Towns
Henry Clay
Capt. Hopkins
Rules for handling books in the library
Instructions warn against wetting fingers and turning corners. Use a durable bookmark, preferably a two card long bookmark. Keep books dry, cool, and away from gas heat. Avoid metal clasps and ornamented shelves. Use wooden blocks to replace missing volumes and log book usage with a silicated paper slip. Keep authors together and avoid color or size based classification. Check drawers for mouse nests periodically.
Poisonous Qualities of Metals Law Interpreted
A report outlines a law linking metal toxicity to atomic weight and specific heat. Cadmium proves more active than zinc, barium more poisonous than strontium, and strontium more dangerous than calcium. The rule holds across tellurites and selenites, noting extreme poison in heavier elements.
Oxygen Poisoning in Compressed Gas Exposures
The text compares dangers of gases, noting sulphides are scarcely dangerous while oxygen, though related to sulphur group elements, becomes poisonous when animals inhale compressed gas causing their blood to reach about twice normal oxygen levels.
Weather forecasting a distant scientific dream
The piece argues weather prediction remains uncertain despite advances. It notes proposing reliable forecasts hinges on understanding solar influences, meteoric streams, terrestrial magnetism, and geophysical factors. While meteorology cannot rapidly advance, progress comes from patient observation, discussion, and cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copernicus
Dr. Halley
Vennors
Tiees
Hazens
Wigginses
Indianapolis Journal
Hair Growth After Death Story From Oscar Wilde Tale
A tale recounts how hair grows after death in many burials, citing Oscar Wilde’s New York dinner anecdote about Gabriel Rossetti. Rossetti could not recall poems buried with a lover until exhumation revealed hair entwined with the manuscript, illustrating a documented postmortem hair growth phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
New York
Gabriel Dante Rossetti
Mr. Wilde
Rossetti
Man and bear on Long Lake ends in death
James Humphrey of Cohoes recalls felling a 200 pound bear on a small island in Long Lake. He used stones to deter the animal then grabbed the bear by the ears and held its head under water until it died. Also notes India gold mine hype and Krupp's vast workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
James Humphrey
Cohoes
Long Lake
Fred
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Northwest
United States
Oregon
Liverpool
Northern Pacific R. Bay
Oregon Railway & Navigation
Oregon & California KR. R. Co
Urefer
U.L. Stokes
Clark Street
Chicago
The Pig and the Dog Friendship on the Moor
A North game-keeper frees a troublesome greyhound and a pig on the same premises form an unlikely, enduring bond. They hunt hares and rabbits together, with the pig guiding the sight-based hound to prey while the hound retrieves it for the pig to share. The keeper later confines the pig to stop poaching, yet the hound remains loyal and stays with the pig at the sty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Walnut juice prank at school ends in stained skin tale
Excerpt from Seven Years at Eton describes a boy who, after applying decocted walnut juice as an ointment to darken his skin, cannot wash off the mahogany stain. The headmaster recoils in disbelief until a sixth form student explains the prank. A verse about St Jacobs Oil follows, recounting a hotel clerk and a Belair conductor whose injuries are relieved by the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Briscoe
St. Jacobs
Belair
A Grammatical Point From a Union City Letter
A reader from Union City Indiana praises Dr Gursett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparila as a blood purifier aiding kidney trouble and indigestion. He says it made him feel fifty times stronger and healthier than before, endorsing its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mn. Barron Famenixo
Union City
Ind
Baron of intellect in Burlington Free Press satire
The Burlington Free Press quotes Pip at the opera house noting a young man with a sealskin collar as a “baron of intellect.” The scene shifts to Hagerstown where a Grand Army post presents a bullet-riddled fence rail from Antietam. A stray line references Sir Walter Scott’s works being republished in France and Dr Myers praising Brown's Iron Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blobson
Pipinjay
Opera House
Ulster
Montreal
Blodson
Burlington Free Press
Tur Hagerstown
Grand Army Post
Antietam
Ricketts
Jackson
Sir Walter Scott
France
Favarreno
Iowa
J. “Myers
Painful coin remedy and cheerful sermon quips
An assortment of odd lines and ads appear: a claim for Putnam's PAINLESS Coin Ex TRACTOR promising relief for soul and corn, sold by druggists and wholesale houses. Evangelist Moopy voices fear of cold formalism in Christianity, while a School Board member jokes about spelling and reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Lord
Stoutenburgh & Co
Chicago
Evangelist Moopy
Paralyzing Symptoms and Patent Remedies Highlighted
A scan of tonic claims notes eye twitch, numbness, and base brain pain as warning signs of a spreading illness. German Hop Bitters is touted, with powders sold by druggists. Other ad copy praises Brown's Iron Bitters, Hood's Sarsaparilla, elixirs, electrified belts, and Carboline for beauty and hair growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cited In Medical Ad Claim
A testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for tiredness depression and low appetite. A mother reports her daughter improved after a first bottle and a second bottle completed the cure. A wife recovering from illness regains appetite after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alady
Hood
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Aaron Burr
Enessa
India
England
Baron Krurr
Pig and
Amos
Fargo Argus
Baron of
Jorrin, Mo
J. B. Morgan
Fitzhoodie
Aminadab
Tam Vourare Brent Co
Marshall, Mich
Dye
N. B
Lyon
Druggista
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Wm. Hall
Charles A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
Mark Twain
UNDAY
I. W. England
New York City
Mits
J. B. Gardner Army and Navy
All U Drugmiets Army and Niniment CO
Wabash Avenue
Trosa
Circulara Tres
Eggleston Truss Co
A Jones
Jones
Binghamton
Binghanton
X.Y
Wilbor
OIL and Lime
A.B. Wilson
Boston
Perry Davis
Permae 7
Tuiplay
Queen City
Queen City Suspender Co
Cincinnat,o
U S&s
Philadelphia
Tribuns
Tribune & Fars Mer
D. T. Moore
Moore
New Yorker
The
Tribune and Farmer
Sma
Rnita
Addie
Eva
Maybelle
Wose Skinner
ELK, Curtis & CO
Srisuox Co
Borviand
Maine
Agents’ Novelty Co
Southington,Ct
Addreas True & Co
Augusta
Mumgay Hill
N. Y
H. Haunert & Co
Portland
C.C.D
Burnham
State Street
Rochester
Prirce
Spercent, NaTIONAL/ PUBLISHING Co
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Birkhead & Co
Hudson St. N
S& Apl
Lacey
Washington, B.C
Erewi NS
J.s.breces
Auli & Taylo: Co
Manete
Cleveland
Arn Onl
Ohio
Washinggton
Idaho
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