Fasting Test Tracked by Newport Scientist Group
A member of the Scientific Association from Newport undertakes a strict fast to prove a healthy human can live on air with occasional water. The record outlines pulse, hunger, thirst, and use of instruments as the observer endures from 6:30 A. M. to 12 M. while doctors, reporters, and observers monitor his condition.
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Kentucky State Journal
Scientific Association
Newport
Tanner
Davis
Thornton
Gunkel
Locke
Jones
Keener
Phythian
George Francis
Mexican hunts California lion for a dollar
A Mexican, armed only with a butcher knife and aided by his dog, climbs a tree to slaughter a California lion to sell the hide for one dollar. After stabbing the eight foot beast, the man falls to the ground and is saved by the dog. he then finishes the lion with a heart wound and escapes. The trader Mr. Edwards buys hides for one dollar each and tanns them for boot leather.
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Arizona
Beadle
Tempe
California
King of Beasts
Mr. Edwards
Iowa Emerges as Supplier of Black Walnut Logs to England
A new Iowa industry ships black walnut logs to England. An agent from Liverpool buys the timber in the tree, oversees cutting and squaring, and the log ends are painted to prevent weather cracking before export.
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Liverpool
Great Britain
Iowa
England
Hair Growth Miracle Ends In Folly
A Syracuse lullaby of a man who coats his scalp with a hair growth product that is actually glue. He wakes with a coppery, helmet like scalp and a wife in hysterics as they try to remove the stubborn stuff. The tale ends with the man in his office never removing his hat.
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George
Jane
Utica
Syracuse Sunday Times
Bss
Gonzalee
Mass
Jim Bakers Eulogium of the Jay From Mark Twain
A vivid Twain passage extols the blue jay as highly human, noting its moods language grammar and moral flaws. The speaker claims a jay can swear lie steal deceive betray and outscold any being, arguing a jay shares human sense and humor and even conscience in a lively humorous critique.
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Ajay
Jay
Mark
Twain
A Pee Will Stick By A Man Through Hard Times
A reflection on loyalty and judgment: a dog remains faithful while a man’s fortunes decline and others abandon him, suggesting enduring attachment may outlast wealth and social expectation. The piece contrasts human fickleness with canine fidelity.
Night vigil warning from scattered phrases
Fragmentary text warns of danger upon waking with a bulging cry. The garbled line mentions a rock and a location near Malmaiat, adding confusion about the scene and its source.
Boston Baked Beans and the New England Culinary Icon
Boston bakes and serves beans as a regional specialty. The piece notes Boston’s high per capita bean consumption, a dedicated brick-oven bean bakery, and the business model feeding restaurants with pots twice daily while detailing methods and public enthusiasm for this classic New England dish.
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Boston
New England
New
New York
Boston Bean
Central Sun Theory Debate and Beelike Retribution Tale
The article debates Mauler and Mahler’s claim that Alcyone is the central sun, noting expert skepticism and public belief. It recalls Indianapolis discussions on whether the theory rests with Bessel or Madler and reflects on public appetite for speculative astronomy. A Georgia picnic tale ends with a bee sting revenge on a kicked mule.
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R. A Proctor
Mahler
Mauller
John Herschel
Milky Way
Pleiades
Taurus
Alcyone
Indianapolis
Bessel
Madler
Thad
Georgia
Women's Rights in Africa and Patent News
The Bolonda negroes in Africa uphold female supremacy with women in councils and matrilineal duties. Wives may divorce husbands and children belong to mothers. The piece notes such rights in Central Africa as contrasted with American struggles and mentions R Hoe and Co paying the Bullock widow 2 million for printing machinery patents.
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Africa
Central Africa
Bolonda
R. Hoe & Co
New York
William Bullock
Councilman Endorses St Jacobs Oil for Rheumatic Pain
Cleveland Fifth ward councilman J Jackson Smith recommends St Jacobs Oil to a prominent politician long a martyr to rheumatic pains. The piece notes heavy rail traffic in Pennsylvania railroad and others with 1 000 locomotives and 40 000 cars plus 18 730 cars on various lines. It lists 1 000 railway equipment trust cars 500 railway car trust 1 308 tank car trust and 3 153 Union and National line cars.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Fifth Ward
J. Jackson Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railway Car Trust
Union and
National Line
Hamburg Drops and an Old German Remedy Praised
A letter from Eus tace Sauer of Medina Missouri extols Hamburg Drops as a highly valued old German remedy. He claims seven years of liver disease ended after trying the product and notes improved health since using it.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Eustace Sauer
Medina
Hamburg
Sir Walter Scorr Temperate Host at Dinner
The text describes Sir Walter Scorr keeping temperate habits even while hosting. He would appear to drink, yet Macbeth the butler secretly replaced the decanter with toast-water to maintain the illusion of sherry.
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Walter Scorr
Macbeth
Are You Not in Good Health Liver Invigorator Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Sanford's Liver Invigorator as a vegetable laxative that acts on the liver to cure bilious diseases. It directs readers to write Dr Sanford at 162 Broadway, New York for a book.
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New York
Son
Sun
Hancock
English
National Republican Democracy
Hamburg
A. Vogeler & CO
Batons
ADIES
Monsey
Muuvugesiton & Dutton, && Tremont St
Boston
Mass
Gah Fist
Anid Arthure Byke
Malley
The
New York Tribune
Americ Ook Exchange
Dbone
On Thirty Days' Trial Belts Offer From Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall Michigan firm advertises Electro-Voltaic Belts available for a thirty day trial. The notice urges readers to try the belts at home before buying. It also promotes VEGETINE herbal remedy and WitHort's Fever and Ague Tonic priced at one dollar. Additional notices mention MEDETUR for nervousness and Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners for boot and shoe comfort.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
WitHort
Welfare Belt Co
Marehail, Mich
Hoffmanns Hop Pills Fever and Ague Cure Ad
An 19th century advertisement touts HOFMANN'S HOP PILLS as a cure for fever and ague biliousness and malarial poisoning of the blood. The offer lists fifty pills for 500 centa.
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Hofmann
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Neienes
Jim Baker
Boson Herald
Women's Rights In
Lyon
the Sun
New York City
McLain
Wan Stinson
Bett Shance
Address Metal Strip CO
Fremont, Ohio
Graham,Graham, Young Co
Tex
Ceco
Enterprise Carriag
Cincinnati
RSJ
Staphens
Lebanon
Oftia
Fay
Camden
New Jerey
Prgedad
Buffalo, N
Bev
Garfield
Perine
Perry Davis
H. Hattert & Co
Portland
R. Valentine
Janesville
Outfit Free
Bronson
Detroit
Mich
True & Co
Augusta
Northwestern College
Naperville, Il
A. A. Smith
J - Lerch
Smith & Bon
Ad- Walther & CQ
Wadut
America
United States
H. B. Converse & Co
Chicago
Perce Comeatio Scale Co
W. 5Th St
Milo B. Stein
ENS & CO
Hio, Or
Iino
Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
Daniel F. Beatty
Opticians
Jewelers
Spender O. M. CO
Maiden Lane
O. R. Sykes
E. Madison Wm
Ill
Ouuda
Anl Draggiste
Penna
Cy. Phila
Frazer
Brewer
Chicano Ork
St. Louis
John H. Mecowan & Co. Civil, O
George E Lemon
P. O
Washington, D.C
Red River Valley
s.Patl
St. Paul
Gles
Brattleboro
Goodrich
Bessemer
Sewing Chins Company
Church St
Worcester
Hoyne Ave
Marchisi
Oorenne
Howarth & Ballard
N. Y
Will. RE
N. U
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