Mickey Finns Tragedy in Cooney Island Shanty
A macabre tale on Cooney Island follows Mrs Finn’s fatal nose swelling after a bee strike and her death, then her husband’s drunken end. Mickey Finn, an orphaned boy, binds a garter to his neck and dies as a goat attack and a dynamite blast devastate the Finn family. The bee chorus and wind linger as the town laments.
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Cooney Island
Stumpy Field
Lindsley’s
Mrs. Finn
Millia Murther
Ashhold
Hive
Mr. Finn
Mullen
Mickey
Billy
Lindsley
Mickey Finn
Lindsley's Wood
Nevermore
Lindsley’s Wood
Mr. Jarrold
Finn
Philadelphia
Leon
Buffalo Courier
Cornetist in a Philadelphia hotel tale and Fiji breadfruit customs
A Philadelphia anecdote describes a cornetist who impresses with a dramatic performance and a hurried hotel departure. The text then details Fijian breadfruit preservation methods, including pit storage, sea salt curing, and steaming cakes known as malria ni viti, as reported by Mototiresd Star.
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Bounty
Otaheite
Jamaica
Bligh
Agaile
Tau
Pennsylvania Women Inventors and Their Patents
The article highlights several Pennsylvania women with notable patents including Mary EK Heasley, inventor of a barrel-hopping machine that yields about £40,000 yearly and can place iron hoops on 1,000 barrels daily. It also mentions Mary EB Whither of Philadelphia with stereoscope improvements, Joanna Gerlita with buttonhole and funnel work, Emily Tasscy with a siphon patent, and Emma Reed of Scranton with a corset patent.
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Pennsylvania
Mary EK. Heasley
Mary EB. Whither
Philadelphia
Joanna Gerlita
Emily Tassey
Pittsburgh
Emma Reed
Scranton
Inventions Rush Toward Utility Says Patent Expert
A reporter asks a noted patent lawyer which path invention now follows. He says the trend is toward cheap practical devices with electric motors and storage batteries leading, plus cheap fire escapes, car couplings and other rail and transit innovations. Women contribute many household devices, while securing patents remains difficult amid thousands of applications.
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Edison
Cincinnati Times-Star
Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure trial touted as best remedy
An 1890s advertisement extols Sierra Chemical Co and its Great Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure as the best remedy for kidney and liver disorders. It includes testimonials, claims of universal cure, and references to Brown's Bronchial Traides and Montetlor's stomach Bitters, plus promotions for Cragin & Co novels and Dobbin's Soap promotions.
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GextLemes
Sierra
Eldrich
Montetlor
Lee
Ten Minutes by Electricity Cure Described
A Seattle man reports immediate hearing restoration after Dr Darrin’s new electricity treatment. The patient, once nearly deaf in one ear and with partial loss in the other, claims full improvement in ten minutes and offers verification from local residents near Portland.
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Dr. Darrin
Seattle
Searagol
Jane
Nilsdale
Portland
Gates
Darrin’s Medical Practice Advertised in 1800 News
A Port Lasnp reader forwards a long advertisement for Dr. Darrin offering consultation daily at the Washington building and at his Seattle office. The notice claims cures for bronchitis and chronic diseases, with free examinations and home treatment options. It promises confidential treatment and free care for the poor on a daily basis.
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Port Lasnp
Stn
Dre. Darrin
Washington Building
Fourth
Washington Streets
Wortland
Dei Leary
Freer reclining chair cars on Union Pacific train to Chicago
The Linited Fast Mail No 4 from Portland on Union Pacific daily at 7 AM features free reclining chair cars for first class and Colonist passengers. Dining and Pullman services continue with smoking rooms lavatories gas lighting and through service to Chicago at no extra charge. Agents provide rates tickets through baggage checks and details.
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Portland
Union Pacific
Chicago
Northwest
Allcock’s Porous Plasters and Liver Pills Adverts
An advertisement column extols Allcock’s Porous Plasters as a universal external remedy curing coughs liver and spinal issues urging consumers to avoid imitations and buy only ALLoock’s. It also promotes McLane’s Liver Pills as a sixty year trusted cure for indigestion and sick headache. An aside notes the height of faction and folly.
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J. Tidwell
Hatey's
Marion County
Ala
Allcook
Alloock
Allcock
Conn
Buxton Sarenos
Dr. C. McLane
McLane
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
Virtue of Medicine Tested by Its Effects in Seattle
A Seattle reader recounts a ten year old facial ulceration on the nose that matched cancer fears. After six weeks of Histogenetic treatment from Dr J Eugene Jordan the red spot vanished and no trace remained. Free consultation and prescription offered. product sold in one agency per town.
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Sherman
Regal
Smith's Ash Store
Front Street
San Francisco
Mus
J. Pouvers
Kirk's German Pile Ointment Promises Quick Relief Cure
An advertisement touts Kirk's German Pile Ointment for piles bleeding itching and tumors with claimed cures after years of suffering. Sold by agents and mail order for $1 per box. Includes lookout for imitations of a North Carolina tobacco seal.
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Seal OF North Carolina
Kirk
J. J. Mack & Co
Esale
San Francisco
North Carolina
Miia
Corenna’s Skin Purifier and Antodain Plaster Ad
An antique ad extols Corenna’s skin purifier as a world famous beauty soap for toilet and nursery use. It claims pure, perfumed formula to prevent pimples and skin flaws and touts demand and pricing. Also promoted is the CTR Antodain Plaster promising quick relief for aching sides and back with a Boston area company.
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Corenna
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as health restorer
A reader testimonial claims Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the system and purifies the blood, helping to expel scrofula and polio venom, with the speaker noting personal relief after several bottles and urging others to try the medicine.
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Hood
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N.Y
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