Hunting Leopards of India Describes Cheetah Hunt Tactics
A London Graphic description covers hunting leopards in India using trained cheetahs from bullock carts. Masks hood the cat, prey is lured by antelopes and hunted by sight. Leopards are captured with nooses, blankets, and ground stakes, while native lore explains cheetah temper and hunting behavior. The piece also notes cheetah social hunting and zoological behavior.
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London Graphic
India
Regent’s Park
Zoological Gardens
Lawyering at Trial Admits Question About Smith Reply
In a Boston Transcript account, prosecutors clash with opposing counsel over admissibility of a witness’s reply. The judge rules the question admissible after debates citing Massachusetts Reports and Blackstone. The witness testifies he recalled no exact words, and the prosecutor moves to call the next witness.
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Smith
O. C
P. A
Bimblebeg
Applecart
Massachusetts
Hogg
Swinesby
Bencher
Bagwig
Court of Queen’s Bench
Blackcoke
Lincoln and Stanton on Honest Administration in War
The great War Minister opposed theft and demanded absolute honesty in government dealings. A distinguished Surgeon General was rumored to be involved in a crooked drug deal, Lincoln sought placation, and Senator Henry Wilson urged leniency. Stanton replied that a republic must be a vast statue of an honest man amid the Chickamauga sacrifices.
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Lincoln
United States
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
Stanton
Republic
Alexander
Memoir of Rockett the editor and a wartime fortune
The narrator recalls early editor Frank Y. Rockett of Memphis who stayed Unionist, avoided combat, and survived the Civil War by scavenging post pay day street finds. He details Rockett's improvised fortune after discovering bundles of greenbacks dropped by Grant’s paymasters.
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Rockett
Frank Y. Rockett
Yorick
Memphis
North
Grant
Solomon
The Hoosier Schoolmaster at Lake George
A feature on Dr Edward Eggleston at his stone library overlooking Dunham's Bay near Lake George. He writes three to four hours daily, rows or fishes in the afternoon, and enjoys time with his four grandchildren. His gray hair and past Beecher quip are noted.
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Edward Eggleston
Dunham’s Bay
Lake George
Caldwell
Chaucer
Dangerous Drinks and a Bar Fight Over Beer
A Philadelphia News item recalls a bartender defending strong beer by arguing stomachs are iron and demonstrating with raw meat placed under a drop of imported ginger-ale. The meat quickly falls apart, prompting discussion on beer’s effects and hard feelings among patrons.
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Philadelphia News
The Marks of a Lady in Speech and Demeanor
A brief essay outlines marks of a refined woman regardless of surroundings. It cites a gentle voice, refined language, and neat dress as essential traits. It warns against slang, exaggeration, or affectation, urging calm, measured speech like a soft snowfall.
Indian fowl and the hungry traveler in Chambers Journal
A humorous, observational piece on the Indian fowl’s wily nature and lean, muscular build. It describes the hunted bird dodging cooks and dogs, then being dished up, while noting its stubborn appetite and philosophical tolerance of daily restaurant fate. The essay ends with a tongue in cheek toast to the bird and a sabered pride in colonial politics.
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Khansamah
Cook
India
Chambers’ Journal
Maine Pedagogue Henry Hobbs Taught With Rod and Resolve
Henry H Hobbs of Norway Maine was a famed early 19th century schoolmaster known for strict discipline and effective teaching. After being kicked at noon by a punished pupil he resumed class, singled out the culprit, and administered punishment to the guilty student. The tale, cited from Swision Journal of Maine.
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Henry H. Hobbs
Norway
Hobbs
Swision
Luxor: Metropolis of Thebes in the Nile
The article portrays Luxor as the fashionable modern Nile town known as the metropolis of Thebes. It highlights the busy streets filled with Nubian dancers, bead-sellers, copper-smiths, traders, decorators of mosque candies, jewelers, money-changers, Koran sellers, and more. A street-sprinkler adds to the lively, chaotic scene.
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Luxor
Thebes
Nile
Rilner’s Magazine
A Waning Plague and Abigail’s Curious Quest
A fragment cites Abigail asking for the best method to rid a room of flies as Burnette quips about luck. The text notes that some men find fault because they never succeed at finding anything else, implying a skeptical view of effort and outcome.
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Abigail
Burnette
Great Wall of China Described As Impregnable
General J H Wilson notes the Great Wall stands in fine condition though ruinous in portions. It climbs rugged mountains and spans from the Gulf of Pechelee to Turkestan, with turrets, brick battlements, and earth and stone revetments, implying it could resist any early siege if defended and poorly attacked.
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J. H. Wilson
China
Gulf of
Pe-Chee-Lee
Turkestan
Vanity Fair origin tale and a home remedy claim
In early notes Thackeray reads Vanity Fair fashioned from a late-night inspiration, shared over tea and friendship. The piece also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal family medicine praised by doctors and households for indigestion constipation and related ailments.
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America
Dead space in chemical reactions noted in Berlin Academy
A report from Herr Liebreich explains a curious dead space in a uniform liquid during chloral hydrate decomposition with sodium carbonate. Air contact is needed for the effect, and removing air yields uniform reactions. Also mentions early American Methodist bishop Thomas Coke and Russia’s first czar Fedor. A nondescript verse ends with a drug advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription targeting women's ailments.
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Herr Liebreich
Berlin Academy
Arkansaw
Archduchess Says Mother Outshines Circus Acts
A Boston Journal tale notes a young archduchess visiting a circus and declaring that her mother outdid the cir cuits women, jumping through six hoops. The Emperor learned of the remark and the Empress reportedly staged private entertainments rivaling skilled riders.
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Austria
Boston Journal
Dr Norman Kerr on drunkenness and brain condition
Quote from Dr Norman Kerr of London describes drunkenness as an abnormal cerebral disturbance and dynamic psychiatric disorder with post mortem brain changes. The New York Tribune cautions readers to test any proposed treatments, noting the likely dubious expertise.
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Norman Kerr
London
New York Tribune
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure all
An ad style note extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for disease from impure blood, listing consumption chronic nasal catarrh liver and kidney issues dyspepsia headaches debility and more. It mocks sensational cures and cites a Paris barber joke about General Boulanger.
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Barnum
Dr. Pierce
Not Bulk but Business in a Western Man’s Praise
An advertisement excerpt extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as small yet effective. It claims they replace old pill regimens for Sick and Bilious Headache, Biliousness, Constipation, and blood disorders. The ad touts mild action, strong results, portability, and lack of discomfort, labeled as popular and convenient.
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Kidder & CO
John St
How to Gain Flesh and Strength from Scott's Emulsion
A historic ad style note touts Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites as a palatable digestion aid after meals. It claims rapid improvement in delicate individuals and consumption relief, with a testimonial from Alabama. It also mentions Brown's Bronchial Remedies and a Chicago merchant offer, plus Lyon's Heel Stiffeners for foot care.
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Scott
Tuo
Alabama
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OUD & CO
Lowell
Mass
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HAM
Att’y
Washington, D.C
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Moody & CQ
Cincinnati
Addre .M. CO
Vineland
New Jersey
Bend
Fitzgerald & Powell
Indianapolis
Ind
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Pettit
Wention
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Vevanon
Ohio
Brewster Esfety Rein Holder Co
Holly
Mick
Wen Werrina
Milo B.stravens&co
Metropol’n Elk
Warrina
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Whiting
Acteetioers
Washington
D.C
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
Soper
Sorer Music CO
Atarah Lauderbach
Oe Laudersauil & CO
Newark
N. J
U Sa
Baird
R. Batrd
Canada
Mfg. Co
Wallingford
Conn
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Hobenanck
la Oratory
TE Smith
Bricht
J. J. Smite & CO
SIT. Ouis, AO
Stampa
Boston
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ASTEM
Simei
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