Deaf and Blind Caused by the Crip and an Abscess
A medical report links deafness and blindness to a crip unrelated to disease, detailing an abscess as the underlying cause. The case notes outline diagnosis, treatment attempts, and prognosis, with emphasis on the patient’s condition and medical observations.
Battle with Indians Retold by Gen Forsyth at Den ver Kan
Gen Forsyth recalls the 1868 Sioux and Cheyenne war on the republican river island siege near Fort Wallace. He describes fifty scouts under his command, the loss of horses, and the pivotal killing of their leader Roman Nose. Relief arrives after eight days, Forsyth later learns the Indians numbered about 970 with 75 killed.
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Quiet ride near Bloomingdale Asylum Inspires Reflection
An unnamed narrator recalls ordering a cab and riding along the quiet lanes that border Bloomingdale Asylum for a few pleasant, peaceful moments of reflection as reported by the New York Herald.
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Okkupation and Civil Marriage News From The Old Letters
A conversational example contrasts occupied and busy as Jake Potter learns nuance in definitions. A shift to 19th century social issues reports Hungarian priesthood opposition to compulsory civil marriage, citing a London correspondent about fears among peasant women and rural communities driven by clerical manipulation.
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London
The Man Who Feared the Cooking School
A Detroit Tribune portrait describes a bearded, aged man with worn clothes and doughnut remnants. A compassionate woman questions his foe, and he admits his deadliest enemy is the cooking school, then exits abruptly dropping a doughnut.
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Electric sunrise and bomb flash light stage at NYC theater
A New York City theater features an electric sunrise created by a curved gauze screen with fifty graded light levels. Simultaneously the system triggers a bomb flash via a powder charge and a gun behind the scenes for noise. A cork pavement innovation promises low cost, durability, silence, and firm horse foothold.
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New York City
Guide to Lighthouses and Ancient Beacons Worldwide
The piece compares global lighthouse counts, noting six thousand lights worldwide with 802 on U S coasts and thirty-two on lightships. It recounts fame of Pharos lighthouse, its height and cost, points to Corunna’s ancient beacon, and explains modern stonework dove tailing that bonds courses into a single granite base as a lasting improvement.
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Boston Globe
Notes and Remedies Mentioned in 19th Century Columns
The notice compiles various lines promoting health tonics and remedies such as Syrup of Figs and Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant while noting disturbances at the Oak Hill cemetery after Mr. Blaine's burial. It contrasts a war-horse with a peace donkey, reflecting period tone and miscellaneous public commentary.
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Let It Run Cough Ad Promises Cure for Consumption
A vintage advertisement urges using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cure severe coughs and lung diseases. It claims blood disorders invite consumption and asserts the remedy cleanses blood, restores strength, and rebuilds health, with a money-back guarantee if unseen benefits fail.
Conscience and neglect сбond in marriages
A reflective aphorism notes that a man’s conscience is pricked by neglect of his wife, while her conscience torments her for not feeling more grief over his actions. It asserts that every man harbors a personal scheme that fails.
Reforming a Parrot in a Penzance Parish
A Pittsburgher recalls a summer tale from England about a parrot in Penzance that kept saying I wish the old lady would die. The curate lent his parrot to counter the wicked bird, which then learned the prayer We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. The parrots' antics disrupted several Sunday services.
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England
Penzance
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Universal Remedy
Readers are told that catarrh can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, claimed as a constitutional treatment acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and invites testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo and druggists as sellers.
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Curious Finnish stone forecasts weather changes
A Finland found stone called seamakuir foretells rain by turning black when moisture is high and showing white spots in dry weather. Analysis reveals it is a fossil mixed with clay containing rock salt and water. Salt absorbs moisture and darkens, then dries and exposes white spots.
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Finland
Improvement in East End living says Toynbee Hall report
The annual Toynbee Hall settlement report notes better housing and street conditions in the East End of London. It records a large wage rise and more libraries and baths, concluding a greatly improved overall standard of living.
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Toynbee Hall
London
Garden Seed Offer and Miscellaneous Parlor Notes
An old issue advertises a free garden start from Peter Henderson & Co New York with full details promised in their ad. Also mentions the Czarina of Russia supporting home industry, remarks on royal seamstresses, and various health and beauty plug ins including Brown's Bronchial Troches and lead white makeup. A claim of a herb remedy Garfield lea and a Dr Kline nerve restorer offer trial bottles for fits.
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