Parchment Toe Mystery Reveals Doctor Friend’s Strange Dream
In New York a physician recalls treating Alfred Van Druler, a famed patient whose right great toe allegedly hardened into parchment. The tale begins with a dream in which a failed toenail clipping leads to bizarre white matter, provoking medical doubt and curiosity about bizarre transformation.
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New York
Germany
Alfred van Druler
van Bruler
Montague
Hke
Dalrymple
Alfred
Amputation of a toe saves a life in a strange tale
In a dramatic medical plot a performer agrees to a drastic cure for a dream made real by a severed toe. A graft is performed with a healthy toe from another patient, secrecy preserved, and the actor heals while generosity follows. A volcano observation and Dickensian musings close this varied column.
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van Bruler
Alfred
Tor
Women Nurses Of Wounded Soldiers Honored By Howard
In praise of the selfless devotion of women who tended wounded soldiers during the Civil War, Howard recounts Mrs. Harris and Sadie Sampson among others. He notes the humanitarian impact, field hospital relief, and personal acts that steadied morale, with vivid anecdotes of meals, letters, and prayer gatherings.
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Falmuth
Rappahannock River
Mrs. Harris
Maine
Sadie Sampson
Bath
Sixth Corps
Philadelphia
Maryland
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Ietrons
Mair Oaks
Vanderbilt
White House
Val Mas
Shiame
Base Ball Gossip Highlights Anson On Next Season Plans
Captaine Anson says Chicago will make few changes and should be strongest nine in the league next year. Ward criticized by McGunnighe, minor league drafting rumors swirl as teams eye pitchers. Emslie praised as popular umpire. recap of 1889 catchers contrasts past stars with present players.
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Altain Anson
Chicaros
Gyeason
Chicago
Decker
Anson
Baltimore
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Toby
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Blart
Uncle
Gondling
McGunnighe
Ward
Louisville
John M. Ward
New York
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Fifield
Detroit
Callahan
Kansas City
Denger
St. Paul
Bill Phillips
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chauncey Wisher
Damman
Parker
Minneapolis
Thamas
Connors
Preston
Stewart
Robert D. Emslie
National League and
American Association
Emslie
James A. Hart
Chicago News
League
Assention
New Yorks
Buck Ewing
Brown
Murphy
Buck
Gianta
Boston
Charley Bennett
Bennett
Bostons
Mike Whelly
Mike
Charley Ganzel
Detroits
Tebeauu
Tases
Hucites
Yale
Carter
Lewis
Washingtons
St. Louis
Jesse Burkett
Charry Davis
Pittsborgs
Pittsburg
Varney Anderson
Rockford
Sills Kiewilton
Lothor Pas
Imide de Des Moines
Thule- Hannity
Jennines and
Burkett
Horrific Potter's Field of Hart's Island Exposed
The New York World reveals Hart's Island Potter's Field as a vast, grim burial site for pauper remains. It describes trenches, coffin handling by official diggers, and the pervasive odor of the improvised cemetery as convicts and keepers perform daily burials amid soldiers and sailors plots, with grim notes on premature babies and cremation views.
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Palmer
New York
Kate Swan
New York World
Charities Department
Ward’s Island
Potter’s Field
Potter's Field
Bartel
No. 12
Collector of Nations Left Rich Web of Odd Relics
Arthur Hamilton, an English collector who died near Vienna, amassed remarkable items. His collections include 20,000 buttons representing world military uniforms, teeth from formidable wild beasts, and 862 fans once owned by famous women, illustrating a singular curio cabinet of global curiosities.
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Arthur Hamilton
Vienna
Mystery Personage and Hair Do Politics Hint
A Washington Star quip imagines a scene in which an editor questions a visitor about his look, joking that hair style no longer reveals a poet or populist. In Norway lobsters generate roughly $100,000 in revenue.
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Dickens
London
Lord Darnley
Gad
Charles Tead
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington Star
Norway
Hopeful Trial Echoes From Jury Room
The transcript hints at a first degree murder conviction being addressed. A defendant, marked by a hard cynical smile, asserts he has a pull ahead while facing accusers, and reflects on his difficult situation amid the courtroom tension.
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