Violets trade and confections in New York markets
The New York Sun reports thousands of dollars worth of violets arrive from Long Island New Jersey and Westchester County from mid October to Easter. Growers face a mysterious pest. violets sell as mourning flowers and in funeral arrangements. Candying violets is costly but popular in fashionable shops, with price variations from under a dollar to several dollars per half pound box.
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New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Westcherter County
Wocdertaker
New York Sun
General Luther Spoon Prank In Cincinnati Lecture
The New York Tribune reports a practical joke during General Luther's Inez lecture at Pike’s Opera House in Cincinnati. A spoon thrown from the audience startled him as he spoke, he mistook it for a fly, then calmly pocketed the spoon and resumed his talk amid laughter.
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Luther
Inez
Cincinnati
Pike
Oper House
Chamber of Commerce
Meanie
Chen
New York Tribune
Explorer Selous in Africa Prefers Comfortless Expeditions
Mr Selous the hunter and explorer discusses his methods in Africa noting he forgoes any transport or shelter, travels with only a blanket for weeks, and claims venomous snakes are rare and rarely fatal compared with dangers in London streets. A New York secretary of state and treasury posts are cited as never including an interior secretary.
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Mr. Selous
Bngland
Africa
Mir
Selon
Maehonalom
Tomdon Streets
Venemetia
Thone
Afriean Foreste
London
Automatic gallows adopted in Connecticut scrutinized
The new automatic gallows adopted in Connecticut under a recent general assembly act is described as an improvement over Colorado. The article explains the mechanism visible through the doorway, including the cage where the condemned man spends his last days and the platform under the noose prepared for execution.
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Haseen
Connecticut
General Assembly
Colorado
The Automatic Hanging Machine Described in Detail
A detailed description outlines an execution device with a floor level platform, a noose, a warden, and a dial display. A 50 pound shot-filled cylinder releases a weighted mechanism that triggers a drop and suspension, with the condemned man suspended above ground after a timed, noiseless operation.
Jersey Preacher Claims Women Excluded From Paradise
Rev R A Motley of Jersey City argues that women have no place at heaven’s gate citing biblically framed questions about marriage after resurrection. He asserts that angels are male and that man is for God’s glory while women serve man, fueling a controversial view on the hereafter.
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R.A. Motley
Jersey City
St. Peter
Mark
Mr. Motley
Theopera
Gabriel
Michael
Gentheanan Suma
Captain Ravel Pirates Quietly Brought to Justice in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Times recounts a 19th century piracy tale in which the West Indian merchant Perron is drawn into a scheme by the feared Captain Ravel, a privateer named Bart McCormick. Ravel is arrested by U.S. Marshal John Conrad and associates, ending a career of murder on the high seas and bringing McCormick to British authorities for execution.
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Tess
Miche Perron
McCormick
United States
Pennsylvania
John Conrad
Tn Bron
Ravel
Bart McCormick
Plato
David Porter
Gulf
Philadelphia
Jaahek
Jolle
Cat tale from Bombay to Liverpool intrigues a London cor respondent
A Liverpool resident traveling to Bombay took a cat to India but the feline vanished on arrival. The cat reappeared later at its Liverpool home, claimed to have completed an imaginary trip. Bombay papers corroborate the claim, though details remain unclear.
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London
Yorkshire Post
Hombey
Liverpool
Tombay
India
Bomby
Laverpool
Bombay
Brother Who Made a Sulejun Compact Tale Ghost Visit
A St Louis Globe Democrat humor piece recounts a Dayton man’s pact with his cousin Jack Doolittle to return as a ghost after death. After Jack dies in the Ashtabula wreck, the surviving brother experiences a comic, unsettling nocturnal visit and a failed seance.
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Robert L Pogi
Ashtabula
Dayton
Jack Doolittle
Jack
Ourrioney
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Unusual Moopskirts and Historic Malaria Remedies
A fragmented snippet describes the Moopskirts in 1530 via a staged iron cage device, then shifts to 19th century adverts for malaria remedies like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Attcock's Plasters. The passage mixes historical oddity with patent medicine claims and casual dialogue on cures.
Cure for Consumption Promoted by Golden Medical Discovery
Advertisement claims hundreds of living witnesses certify Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption in early stages and after lung bleeding. It cites testimonials from home physicians, contrasts with cod liver oil and other remedies, and offers a 160 page book by mail from Buffalo New York upon sending address and six cents.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Woxum
Dispensal Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr Price Cream Baking Powder Wins World's Fair Prizes
The Park and the scoiemnane World’s air jury awarded Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder first prizes and diplomas for leavening power and keeping quality after exhaustive tests. Dr Wiley of the U S Department of Agriculture supported the verdict as the nation’s leading authority on food products. The claim settles which baking powder is best and the item has since earned Highest Award and Gold Medal at the California Midwinter Fair.
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Pairk
Dr. Price
Riley E Ief
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wiley
America
Chicago
Gay Nore
California
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward
One hundred dollar reward offered for catarrh cure that fails. F J Cheney Co of Toledo endorses the firm as honorable and capable. Kinneas and Sakai, wholesale druggists, Toledo, advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous membrane remedy priced at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. ‘Cheney
TRUAX
O. Wae Kinnas A Sakai
O. Hall
All Druggista
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Benefit
A vintage advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims broad health benefits without weakening organs and notes the product is sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Warren Street
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Paradise
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God
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Cor
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Lom
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Front
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Louis Clapier
Lombard Street
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Voltaire
Delaware Bay
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St. Domingo
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Little
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Islands
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Captain Gardner
Salem
Mass
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Venice
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Captain Breed
Roger Tichborne
Perron
Ima
Revel
Tam
Lee
Lewet Cote
Hines
Soni
Raffian
Merren
Eldher Merminie
Jane
Chantal
Spriyoe
Julie
Hany
Harry
Helen
Prenk
Joli Perron
Ann Julie
Cormiae
Frank
Sbe
Kavel
Thives
England
Miss Julie
Cnmands
Frank Hardy
Havens
Julie Perron
Frank Handy
Tom Johnson
Ohio
Thoman
Tom
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Attcock
Autococn
Attcock's
Tompkins
W. E. Jones
Alder Street
Portland
Tay Geewea
Parilla
Hood
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne, N.Y al Druggieta
Liebic
Portland Business College, & PF Afeereors
Pum & Waco Ee
Irving Institute
Kev
EDW
I.chu
Velencia Street
San Franch
A. M
Edith A. Brown
Hamilton Building
Portland, Or
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DR. J
KOCH
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Pramon
Washington Street
Cerive Tonic Company
Sutter Street
W. L. Douglas
Cordovan
L. Douglas
Brockton
Murat
Woomanion
Sean Lee Bee
P.N. U
Portland Wire and Iron Works
Omoe
Closset & Devers
Big Four
Beast
C. B. Martin
Faas
Moore
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