Faithful Fox Terrier Saves Wounded Hungarian Officer
In Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremonts The Guard a small fox-terrier follows Corporal Herr Wise to camp during a Civil War drill near St. Louis. The dog stays by his master through a brutal battle at Springfield, tends his horse, and after the officer is believed dead, ferries a passerby to the scene until the soldier stirs and the dog is content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Benton Fremont
St. Louis
Herr Wise
Springfield
Trees and Morality in the City Park System
Dr Rothrock links urban green space to moral life urging wide streets with trees and open parks. He argues better parks reduce vice by offering comfort and air, noting saloon visitors seek relief from crowded tenement life and praising parks as antidotes to brick desert environments.
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Woten
Dr. Rothrock
Caloon
Nervous Ailment Among Sky Scraper Workers
A new nervous condition affecting high rise workers in urban settings has been observed. Patients show extreme restlessness and a desire to descend, with relief when lowered or supported, suggesting air rarity or elevator motion may affect sensitive nerve centers. The ailment appears linked to modern skyscraper life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Analysis of 2000 accident policies shows varied injuries
An analysis of 2 000 accident policies shows 531 injuries from falls on pavements 243 from carriage or wagon incidents 74 from horse kicks or bites and 47 from horseback riding 127 cut by edge tools or geass many were hurt by falling weights and bicycle accidents 73 from falling downstairs Grenadier lies 3150 miles southeast of Washington.
Nervous system relief praised Hood's Sarsaparilla
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as fortifying blood to strengthen nerves and stomach, claiming it revives weak health and aids daily tasks. A testimonial recounts severe heart and nervous symptoms that improved after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Takea
Christ's Garden: The Church as a Divine Garden of Faith
Thomas H. Talma ge’s sermon likens the church to a cultivated garden planted by Christ. It highlights bright flowers of virtue, thorny trials, and the cross as the central bloom, urging believers to nurture fruits like patience charity and mercy through active service and aid to the needy. The garden irrigates a desert of sin with wards of compassion.
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Lin. Talmage
Isaiah Iviit
Montgomery
Milton
Dante
Wordsworth
Tiates Pollock
Cowper
Spenser
Nahor
Neshbon
God
Job
Orion
Arcturus
Charlemigre
Henry IV
Montpelier
Shenstopey
Tleasewes
Walter Scott
Abbottsford
Christ
Dhe
Denver
Christ's Garden
Be Leitter
Monsaman
Ben
Bartimeus
Galilee
Church of Christ
Garmen
Fontainbleau
Champ Elysees
Mary of Bethany
Martha
Ridley
Heaven
St Paul
The Garden of Christ for troubled souls and the waiting
A sermon unfolds in a garden allegory where Jesus guides the weary, offering courage and peace. It contrasts heavenly gardens with worldly joys, comforts bereaved families, and invites listeners to choose salvation now, urging immediate acceptance of Christ.
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Jesus
Christ
Isis
Jesus Christ
Ieaven
Theodore Hock
Tam
Shenstone
Christ's Garden
Mixed 19th Century News Fragments Spur Curious Vignettes
A collection of scattered notes mentions HoxoLviu 4513 miles west of Washington, Patsy Peacur as a schoolmistress in Alount Desert Me, Harkey Fupsils the London Punch cartoonist touring America, and Epward S. Hotpen planning a solar eclipse view from Mt Hamilton. Also flagged are immigration promises to the south, Cleveland delivering an oration at Princeton College’s fifth anniversary, and Queen Victoria’s vast estates.
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HoxoLviu
Washington City
Patsy Peacur
Alount Desert
Harkey Fupsils
London Punch
America
Epward S. Hotpen
Lick Observatory
Mt Hamilton
Cleveland
Princeton College
Queen Victours
United Kingdom
Apu
Dwarkayho
Wheel and road progress amid changing transport views
The piece notes a shift in attitude toward wheel use and road conditions. It cites widespread bicycle adoption across social classes and professions, and reflects on how American farmers and railways confront dirt and water challenges after recent developments.
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America
The Tax That Counts for Farm Freight and Roads
A vivid appraisal of the farm transport burden. The piece cites 152 million tons of produce plus 1.2 billion dollars in farm equipment and 4 million dollars daily horse feed costs. It contrasts farmers reliance on roads with the costs of mud and impassable routes, urging attention to infrastructure.
Pink Pills Report a Miracle Cure for Indigestion
Mrs. Anna Simith of Brooklyn describes years of illness cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the pills with restoring health, enabling her to manage her home again, and urges others to try them. May be purchased at local druggists or by mail from Schenectady company.
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The
Standard-Union
Brooklyn
Alice
Sean
John Duryea
de Kalb
Summer Avenues
Wit Ray
Rhg
Smith
Williams
Dr. Williams
Schenectady
Berry Carrier for Collectors Ideal for Fields to Sheds
A practical berry carrier design from Farm and Home by Co. W. Edds describes a 32-quart carrier with eight baskets per side, 16 inches by 41 inches, four six inch legs, and seven eighths inch handles. Weighs 25 to 50 pounds with a central 16 inch walk space.
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Connecticut
Orchard and Garden Pruning Guide From Old Text
The piece explains pruning grapes to reduce fruit and improve quality. It favors choosing short stocky plants over luxuriant ones and recommends moderate spring pruning to prevent overburdened trees. It notes overbearing the prior year can exhaust vitality of an apple tree.
No Taste for Flesh Reflects On Natural History Insight
A speaker recalls a shift toward vegetarianism after studying animal minds and brain action. He argues birds think, mammals think, and would wish to converse with humans. He says understanding animal thought could advance natural history knowledge and broaden humane ethics.
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Ald
Indian Legend Of Stock Lake Monster
Native lore across the northwest holds that Stock Lake in Washington harbors a sea monster that never ages and preys on Indian flesh. The belief says no one who enters its waters ever returns alive, whether for a drink swim or canoe ride.
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West
Stock Lake
Washington
Northwest
Dusky Politeness and Power Talk in Arcane News
An assorted wire service style column recounts a Philadelphia butler’s polite assist with a walking jacket and a humorous southern dialect line. It then turns to experts estimating hydroelectric potential in Sierra Nevada canyons with power claims reaching 250 000 to 350 000 horsepower for transmission to urban centers.
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New York Tribune
Philadelphia
Los Asorres
Sierra Nevada Canyons
United States
Fen. Sha f wine poetry sentimentality in letters
A fragmentary note discussing fondness for wine poetry and a curiosity about intimate letters. The snippet includes a quoted remark about a man reading his wife's letters but not mailing them, attributed to Mrs. Bloocher and a Chicago style journal.
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Harper
Borat
Hall's Catarrh Cure marketed as a universal remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, builds up the constitution and offers one hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and cites testimonials.
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Hall
J. Caeser, Co
Toledo
Solit
Tc. Hall
California, Fig Syrup Co
Biliousness and many evils urged to use Stomach Bitters
Advise Hostetters Stomach Bitters for biliousness dyspepsia rheumatism malaria and constipation. Promises relief from many ailments and urges daily use. Includes unrelated ad phrases and literary quotes mixed with the medical claim.
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Omaha
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Chicago Record
Tracner
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Huntington
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