Language Learner in Police Station Returns to Normal
In a Woodbridge Street Station exchange, Carl Dunder and Sergeant Bendall discuss Dunder’s comically broken English as he adjusts to America. The piece notes the broader trial aftermath of a high-profile murder, with Corkhill and Judge Porter dead, Charley Reed in a New Jersey asylum, Scoville wrecked, and Judge Cox handling the Butler-Strong case. Washington dispatch to Chicago Lines.
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America
Mr. Dunder
Ceermany
Bendall
Carl Dunder
Woodbridge Street
George B. Corkhill
Porter
Charley Reed
North River
New Jersey
Scoville
Griseau
Cox
Washington
Chicago
Dancing Girls of Java Describe Graceful Eastern Exhibition
Paris letter reviews a Java dancing troupe with lithe, bronzed performers of Mongolian-type features. Elaborate head dresses, silk robes, and gold inlay mark the costume as they glide in a slow, graceful motion around a platform. The piece notes modesty compared with other Eastern dances in the Exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Electrival Terms Explain Electric Currents and Resistance
A historical primer explains volts and batteries using simple analogies. It covers how many cells increase voltage, the origin of terms from Volta and Ohm, and compares currents to water in pipes. It also outlines three current types intermittent continuous and alternating and their differing dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiva
Volta
Tatian
Olan
Guiteau's Curse Recalled After Garfield Suspect's Death
The death of Policeman Kearney, who arrested Guiteau after the Garfield shooting, rekindles belief in Guiteau's curse. The episode feeds morbid imaginings about the fates of key figures connected to the Garfield case.
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Kearney
Guiteau
Garfield
Secret Agents of Foreign Nations in Washington
A Washington letter claims foreign governments hire American ex-officials as secret representatives to monitor ministers and legations. Notable figures include Sevelloy Brown as France’s secret rep and John W. Foster as a broker for Mexico and Russia, with salaries cited. Spain Germany China and Chile are said to employ skilled Americans to watch interests in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sevelloy Brown
State Department
France
Washington
John W. Loster
Mexico
Russia
Spain
Germany
China
Chili
Philadelphia News
A Serious Question in a Rural Texan Joke
A Texan jokes to a Kentuckian about the only serious drawback in their community hauling water. The Kentuckian asks how far to haul licker. Meanwhile a note on English papers claiming rich American girls are in demand in London, echoed as true in their own country.
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London
Insects and wagers across a wide gaze of facts
A St James Gazette writer discusses insect speed, from houseflies beating horses and bees racing pigeons, to dragonflies and silk moths. It also shares a humorous anecdote about tailor pockets for poker cards, plus a brief note from Albany on legislative asylum inquiry and a late night dance in Chicago.
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St. James Gazette
Lemmwenholk
Hamme
Westphalia
Rlinhern
Tome
Chabrier
Spoekers
Pater
Fim Po
Tunl
Jit
Chicago Mail
Sleepytown Tales and Newsroom Notes in a Tent Town
From Sleepytown via Oklahoma visiting, humor and hints of town life mix with items on journalism at Minnesota State University naming a woman editor and managing editor. The piece recalls Miss Amanda Ditmas as a sugar planter and quotes Phynicians in Phoenix with a line about Samoan soldiers and a blunt line on work and backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota State University
Sanford
Rheumatic Syrup Claim From Indiana Letter
Font Wexxe Indiana August 23 1869 letter from C Zollisger praises Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup used on rheumatism. Dreies & Bro druggists recommended the remedy and report cure after one bottle. The note states personal knowledge of the claim and urges asking your druggist for it. Dr Reien & Bro., Drugeists.
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Font Wexxe
Ind
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson, Mich
Messrs
Dreies & Bro
Hibbard
Qu C. Zollisger
DrEeien & Bro., Drugeists
Remarkable Hair Snake Found in Apple Core
A Brockton woman, wife of a stitching room foreman, sliced an apple and found a hair snake coil inside the center. The serpentine intruder, about nine inches long, moved and showed head and eyes under a magnifying device. Authorities or reporters speculate on how it ended up there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Thade
Very Unbecoming Language and Odd Medical Terms
The text mocks improper speech and odd medical jargon, referencing “a lemous colorid commence” and “pre-tailed brethren” who “hit the pipe.” It lists garbled, pseudo medical symptoms and ends with a string of malformed words about digestion and bile.
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Biliona Feriver Corphini
Dircus
Forties
Questionable Shape and Muddled Political Rhetoric
Fragmented text describes a controversial figure and a governor asking for a report on unrest. It includes stray quotes about a false savior and a claim of moral remedy alongside a pasted medical advertisement praising Dr. Pierce’s Medicine and a nasal cure. The passage interweaves political doubt with promotional health claims.
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Lyhlason
Vias
Dot Shack
Dot Feller
Albright
Carl Pinder
Bandera
Mr. Diider
Jung
The
Dancing Girls of
Java
Secret Agents of
Speed of
Vok
Pekerts
Reed
Putnam
Tam
Low
Albany
Cin
Sleepytown
Tenderfoot
Oklahoma
Vlahattet
Stanley Browne
Mollie Garfield
Amanda Ditmas
Louisiana
Southwest
Phumnix
Arizona
Melvor
Cov. Gordo
Qin Pacellerey
Dy Saee
Lersen
Charles
Lil Vane
New York
Ben Edgees
Maraced
tHibbbard
Wolfe
J. B. Smith & Co
St. Louis
Missouri
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Portland
Naw
Milford
Conn
Hood
Maria
N.A
C. J. Hood & CO
Lowell, Maas
Pete Bioteearets Medical CO
Richenond
Mark
Sheehy
Neeler
Ely
Ely Bos
Warren Bt
N.Y
Cook Hemiedy Co
Creaha
Neb
Hell
Soldaever
Pit
Kidder's
Harter
Padis Wren
F. A. Pemnd
Washinston
le Chadwick
Theodore Holland
P O. Box
Philada
Highland Park
Ill
North Esteen Military Academy
Sete Tur
Tiss Remeily
T. Unze
Warren
Moody6.co
Cincinnati
Drells
Swith
Dan
Mer Jagther
Bradfield Regulator
Atlanta GA
Scott
Kade Mark
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Rein- Holder CO
Wally, Mich
Amletig i School of Peloraphy
Madison
Wis
Yarus
Poledo
Ohio
E. Oss
Bryn Business
Buffalo
Aqa
Poe Caton
Greaghvitalizers
Fireiaretees
Calun
Wes Weitiss
Advantix
Pophnim
Jones
Fenifor Lerma
Binghamton
Wren Weiling
Ibaas
Loomis & Ryman
Tiffin
HE Xou
Isil
Gina Neoad Q 3
T Sr
Smt
Essu
Hamilericsa
Smavit & Wesson
Smith & Wesson
Springfield
Maas. i
Asewine Machine
Express
Chicago Ledger
Franklin Street
Chichester
Red Cross
Takenoother
Quichester Choutcal Co
Madison Su
Phuads
W.ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
Dyche & Co
C.N.Y
Piso
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