Origins of the Earth as Seen by Prof Milleson
Chicago audience hears Prof Mille–Sod challenge to cosmic center ideas and propose a sun growing larger, planets forming from hot internal heat, oceans and valleys arising from water pools. He narrates the earth’s ascent from a sunbeam to a dense world, capturing the moon, then expanding toward forty five thousand miles diameter, ending with a moral reference to fortune.
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Chicago
Mille- Sod
Milleson
Earth
Carehr
Eorth
Economy as Virtue in Wealth and Reform
A collected reflection on thrift and detail in wealth and philanthropy. Noting Howard the reformer and Bristol merchant Samuel Buidgett, the piece praises exactness, voucher discipline, and frugal care, arguing even small savings reflect sustained economic virtue.
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Hmerson
Howard
Samuel Buidgett
Bristol
George Moore
Napoleon
Watling Street
Bow Churchyard
Prince Consort
Prevention in Diphtheria and its antiseptic cure claim
A discussion from Youth's Companion reports Dr Caille of a German hospital presenting a mouth and nasal cleansing regimen as a potential diphtheria preventive. Eight recurrent cases stayed attack-free for nearly three years after dental care and thrice-daily antiseptic rinses, suggesting mouth and nose hygiene lowers risk alongside enlarged tonsils increasing danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caille
New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Heligoland Gretna Green for German Couples
The island Heligoland serves as a Gretna Green for German lovers seeking quick marriages with fewer formalities. Last year about forty foreign couples wed there, and by July over twenty more followed. Although papers may be dispensed with on oath and a single Sunday banns publication suffices, many still face substantial costs totaling at least 200 marks, with half to the German officiating clergyman. Berlin lettes.
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Heligoland
Gretna Green
Smu
Berlin
Leltes
Homes of All Ages Exhibit in Paris Next Year
The Paris exhibition will feature forty nine dwelling structures tracing human housing from prehistoric caves and rocks to later civilizations. It will display interiors and surroundings of each epoch with figures in representative costumes from Aryan, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, Eskimo, African and Aztec cultures.
Currants and currents and curious history mix in satire
A humorous collage notes topics from English currants to electric currents and ballooning origins. It cites Cavendish, Montgolfier, and Green, then pivots to General Sherman, gender buttoning habits, stock range fines in the northwest, and the Prince of Wales learning Magyar speech.
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Lowell
Prince of Wales
Allcock’s Porous Plaster Warning Against Imitations
The article condemns imitations of Allcock’s Porous Plaster that ride on its reputation. It urges the public to beware fraudulent copies that lack quality and may harm users and to insist on the genuine Allcock’s product for any external remedy.
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Allcocke
Allcock
A Young Postman Tale From a Brooklyn Woman
A observant curious boy imitates a postman, taking letters from his grandmother’s desk and delivering them to nearby houses. Several neighbors receive open letters, each claiming they did not read or unfold them, as the astonished mother watches the chain of deliveries unfold.
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Brooklyn
Delicate Nerves and Health Shaped by Bitters
The piece argues the nerves are the body’s delicate mechanism akin to telegraph lines and that mental anxiety and dyspepsia disrupt them. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic restoring stomach function, brain calm, and nerve vigor, citing a medical authority and noting relief for malaria, constipation, biliousness, kidney inactivity, and rheumatism through improved nerves.
Hartley Coleridge and the Devilish Will Joke
An amusing reminiscence on Hartley Coleridge, famed for wit and excess. He recounts a tale of a rich man's will folded into satire, noting how the devilish companion became a sharp observer of human frailty and folly.
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Hartley Coleridge
Devvils
Grasmere
Hartley
John
Robert
Consors
S. BP. G
C. M.S
Devvill
Deyvill
Widow Tests Suitor's Means Amid Pension Doubt
A widow questions a penniless suitor's prospects noting her own fourteen month pension as a sure steadiness. The dialogue reveals whether love can outweigh financial certainty as a king in Sweden is cited spending hours on history and seeking lasting memory as a historian.
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Oscar
Sweden
Decreasing the Death Rate and Pulmonary Remedies
Many claims on Scott's Balsam of Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites and Noda Phthisis for tuberculosis bronchitis pneumonia and throat ailments. Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs advertised with free trial and larger bottle. Moxie touts as a remedy for fatigue and paralysis. Combating throat coughs and sore throat with bronchial troches. Special offer from The Companion Boston subscription deal detailed with price and benefits.
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Scott
The Value and Limits of Good Manners in Society
A portrait of manners argues genuine courtesy comes from a kind heart not a manual. It contrasts superficial rules with heartfelt behavior, noting youth insolence reflects social expectations and praising a warm, attentive social conduct shaped by experience and empathy. The essay cites Goethe, Daisy Miller, Aaron Burr, and ends with a label for Senator Cockrell.
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Daisy Miller
Aaron Burr
George IF
Curtis
Prosperous Northern Settlements Listed in Rail Pamphlet
The Minois Central Railroad passenger department will issue a pamphlet about November 1 describing prosperous northern settlements in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana including Jackson Holly Springs West Point Jacksonwood City Terry Brookhaven Kentwood Moseland Colony Hammond Crawley Jennings Lake Arthur Welch Town Lake Charles and Vinton. It notes hundreds of northern families are located there and letters from northern men will appear. The pamphlet also gives dates of two special land excursions south each month from Illinois Central line points in Wisconsin Iowa Dakota. Copies of both guides are free on request from J. F. Metny, General Western Passenger Agent, Manchester, Iowa.
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The
Minois Central Railroad
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Jackson
Holly Springs
West Point
Woo City
Terry
Brookhaven
Kentwood
Moseland Colony
Hammond
Crawley
Jennings
Lake Arthur
Welch
Town
Lake Charles
Vinton
Hlingis
Wisconsin
Lowa
Dakota
Manchester
Iowa
J. F. Metny
General Western
Chicago and Denver Express Through Pullman Service
Chicago and Denver Express begins Sunday October 28 as the only exclusive through Pullman line from Chicago to Denver via Council Bluffs and Omaha. Schedule shows daily departures from Chicago with connections to eastern trains, overnight arrivals in Chicago, and Denver arrival at 5:00 PM. Sleeping car fare is 86 dollars with tickets and reservations available at major Chicago offices and stations.
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Pullman Cear
Chicago
Denver
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Milwaukee
Chieaco
Colorado
City
Clark Street
Grand Pacific Hotel
Palmer House
Union
Canal and
Adams Streets
Millen
Chirk Street
Couple's ransom romance turns into generosity twist
A spoof tale shows a woman asking her fiancé George if a $5,000 ransom would fetch her back from kidnappers. He vows to pay willingly, even if the sum were millions. Now married, George plans to give the money to the kidnappers, reversing the original intent.
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Creorge
George
Teris Sifthigs
Wouldn't Take Him in Thompson Street Boarding House
A fragmentary dialogue at a boarding house shows Young Mr Johnsing seeking a large airy room with refined fittings, while Miss Purplebloom asserts her status as the mistress daughter. The exchange hints at social pretensions and humor, opening with a comic misfit in a swell New York setting.
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Mr. Johnsing
Swell
Thompson Street
Purplebloom
Mr. Jolnsing
Catarrh Cure Recalls Clergyman’s Long Suffering
A clergyman finally cured of catarrh after years of struggle reportedly found a recipe that saved him from death. Readers sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof d. A. Lawrence in New York City will receive the cure recipe free of charge.
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Kite
D. A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
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Tre Your's Companion
Boston
Maas
Senator Cockrell
Man
Nessee, Mississippi
Chicago and
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COL Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Mass
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Broadway
N.Y
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True & Vo
Augusta
Mains
Samplesworth
Brewster Safety Hein-Holder Co
Hotly, Mich
Bissell
Louisville
Stark Co. O. A
Glerk CO
North State St
Circulara
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
Hatlestown, Mass
Sskansas
Lloyd B. Perrell Ar Fange
Iver
Ely
LY Bros
Warren St
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U.S
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Cymo
Nature
Philbrook & Dean
N. Y
Washington
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West Lake St
Changery
Bank of England
Kingaz
Ion P. Maffre
Mitan
Chicag
G. HW. Ingraham
Amsterdam
D. R
Druggiong
Yant & Stratton Chicago Business College
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Hl Hayant & Son, Proprietors
Mhiame
John Vuncan
Oflasgow
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Sampur
Charles A. Vogeler
Icouch
Simell
Hogh
Luther D. Robbins
East Thompson
Lyon
Isaac Thompson
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India
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Radway
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A.J. Tower
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