Distressed Wife Seeks Aid After Blind Husband Regains Sight
A distressed wife pleads for help as her husband regains sight, while a benevolent man recalls a fable about preferring a crow to a flatterer. The article also notes a political pause on speaker choices and adverts a Great Western Railway excursion schedule for February and March with first class round trips and 20 day ticket validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meekers
Great Western Railway
South‘western
Ay Lord
G. i
Chicago
Til
Louisville & Shville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
C. P. Atmore
Louisville
George L. Cross
Fragmentary 19th Century Teas and Teething Remedy Snippets
A garbled fragment from a periodical recalls a young woman paying a fine, a warning about using a remedy for teething, and scattered lines about beverages, pregnancy, and fashion. The text mentions Mma, Wouoe's Soprina Bear for Children Teething, and notes on Egypt and strawberry tales in Florida.
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Florida
Knowledge Brings Comfort and Laxative Benefits
Knowledge brings comfort and improvement by guiding health choices. Syrup of Figs is praised for a pleasant taste and gentle cleansing action on kidneys liver and bowels. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 60 and 81 bottle sizes. beware substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Two Livers Siamese Twin Case in Lincoln Alley
A Nebraska man named Marshall Seward from Lincoln underwent a remarkable post mortem showing two livers connected as Siamese twins after death. Dr H E Neb describes the man’s strange physical and mental symptoms, including alternating moods and insatiable hunger, before death and a later postmortem revealing dual liver anatomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
H. E Neb
Tobes Beti
Wallacius
Marshall
Chinaman Servants and a Magazine Rifle Tale
An account praises Chinamen as reliable servants who replace a departing worker without fuss, noting their steady hand in kitchens and loyalty to employers. The piece contrasts this with prior domestic help and notes new rifles supplied to fifteen U.S. regiments, advising distant telephone parley in mobs.
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United Sates
Baby Boy Born After No-To-Bac Cure Claim
A Lecompte man and his wife celebrate a baby boy as they credit No-To-Bac with freeing him from tobacco slavery. He describes quitting cigarettes after years of hard cravings and vows the cure boosted health, vigor, and happiness, urging others to try the remedy.
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W. E. Simpson
Lecompte
Brigands Loot Tortoli in Sardinia Town Attack
A night raid by over 100 brigands on Tortoli in Sardinia leaves town defenders routed after hours of fighting. Looting ensues with 27,000 lire in gold, 20,000 lire in paper money, and 3,000 lire in jewelry seized. Guards and citizens wounded. assailants flee to the hills. The report also notes Deschapelles the famed one handed whist player and a brief aside on ancient inlay methods and Chinese vermilion manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tortoli
Sardinia
Nese
Sig. Depon
Greeley’s proof reader tale and odd clippings from the era
A compilation of historical notes includes a tale of reforming a proof reader after a misprint in Westchester county figures, a description of Rev. Shippen at his son’s installation, and brief items on Kansas silk farming, frog farming in Contra Costa, African diets, and a Brooklyn burglary scare. Names such as Greeley and Ship, and places like Boston, Washington, Peabody, and Brooke lyn appear amid colorful anecdotes and curiosities.
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Homes Gresley
Rodley
New York Express
Westchester County
Tribune Almanac
Greeley
Westchester
Lence
Temler
Sam
Eugene Ship
Mass
Gen
Boston
Lee
Rush R. Shipastor
Unitarian Church
Washington
Gradyard
Oxford
R. Shippen
Theodore Mommsen named vice chancellor of Pour le Merite
The historian Theodore Mommsen has been appointed vice chancellor of the German order Pour le Merite. The order, founded by Frederick the Great, honors military valor since 1810 while a second class for science and civil life was added in 1842. A mix of notices mentions deafness remedies and agricultural reports amid historical notes.
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Theodore Mommsen
Free the Great
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Reagh
Pops Sixtus V
Texas
Tassies
Wal
Bara Zom
Phe Nouse
Clara
Eagear
Weil
Egypt
Christ
Schrage
Gure
Alan
Imost
Teem
Sing Lee
John
Pittsburg
Tell
America
Deschapelles
Louis Phillippe
Vatry
Damascus
Stan Sik
Kansas
United States
Iis
Peabody
Contra Costa
Cal
San Francisco
Oakland
Brookelyn
Heights
Royal
All
Mabel Dodge
Salzer
Department Agriculture
John A. Salzer
Ced
LaCrosse
Thi Corm
Don A. Grimnsn
Qckey
Ovrom Gy Zhane
St. Jacobs Oil
Scott
Pampiet
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
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