The King of the Forest, A Wood's Tale of a Timber Life
An oak log recounts its tumultuous life from a European forest to being carved into a mast on a slave ship, surviving battles and a Chicago table fire, and ending as firewood in a wintry cottage. The pine stump adds its own claim of a longer, wilder life before being consumed.
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Bridget
Thad
Heaven
Forest
Glasgow
Sca
China
Japan
Australia
West Indies
East Indies
Owever
India
Shiv
Africa
South Africa
Savannah
Washington
Lincoln
Tpg
Chicago
Remedies for Yellow Fever and a New Claim
The Atlanta Constitution notes two yellow fever remedies proposed by physicians. A prior unnamed South American doctor claimed inoculation could prevent the disease, while Dr. Thorington of Colon asserts cocaine cures when used early, claiming it stops vomiting and stomach distress with no toxicity, though skepticism remains about the breakthrough.
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Sue Thorington
Panama Railroad Company
Thorington
Colon
Jenner
Annie Louise's Kiss Sparks Maine Frisk at Reception
A Boston Advertiser writer recalls Annie Louise Cary Raymond greeting a Maine friend with a kiss at a Portland concert reception. The man, once a knee pants boy, is described as now a handsome youth, welcomed warmly by the prima donna who lingered with him in a fond embrace.
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Boston
Maine
Annie Louise Cary Raymond
Annie
Unwholesome Meat Warns Against Undercooked Beef Pork
A public health warning highlights danger from eating diseased beef and pork that are undercooked. Officials urge proper cooking and safe handling to prevent illness and outbreaks.
Meat Dangers and Tapeworms Warn Gentlemen Bidders
Dr Chevalier Q. Jackson warns readers that parasites in meat, notably cysticercus cellulosus causing tapeworms, can inhabit pork and beef. He details how cysticerci enter meat, the risks of putrid flesh, and how disease and improper handling affect safety. He urges thorough cooking, careful selection of butchers, and avoiding low-quality stock.
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Chevalier Q. Jackson, M. D
Engineer Captain Jack Lawson Made Historic Rail and River Career
A visit to the Globe-Democrat office featured Captain Jack Lawson a veteran engineer tied to early rail history. He rode the first Baltimore and Susquehanna locomotive in 1831, helped on the Tennessee river route, and later steamboat systems. Now 81, with wife 74, he resides in Paducah Kentucky after a 50 year river engineering career.
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Jack Lawson
George Stephenson
Liverpool and Manchester
Sanspariel
Mr. Ericsson
England
Baltimore and Suquehanna Road
Lawson
Baltimore
Green Springs
Winchester
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Ala
Tennessee River
Harold
Baltimore Road
America
J. Lawson
Alabama
West
Brighton
Captain Lawson
Padwesh
H.C. West
Why the Doctor Moved
The Chicago Herald recounts Dr. Potter who started in a healthy Southside neighborhood and had no patients for four months. A backwoodsman with a bandaged foot drives to his gate and asks what the injury is. Potter misidentifies a bee sting as erysipelas and decides to move North.
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Chicago Herald
Potter
Oakland Hotel
An International Episode. Piebald Horse
A fragmentary report references a Piute chief nicknamed Piebald Horse and mentions a clash over ceremonial smoking rituals with Indigenous practices. The text preserves historical stereotypes and lacks clear event details or context.
Feathers and Furs and Atlantic Waterfowl Sport
A historical column extols diverse North American hunting and fowling across Newfoundland Maine Pennsylvania and the Atlantic coast. It describes moose caribou grouse and waterfowl, hunting laws, regional wildlife abundance, and the lure of remote clubs and deer parks for sport enthusiasts worldwide.
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Athead
Newfoundland
Maine
Canada
Prairie States
Appalachian
Mary
Virginia
Carolinas
Orids
Mississippi
Louisiana
Scotland
Aly
The Village Big Man in Transit
A humorous portrait of the village big man described as a local figure who travels by train. The piece details his quiet entrance, distinctive signals such as his nose and cane, and his gradual realization upon reaching the city that urban life overwhelms his familiar surroundings.
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New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Harrisburg
Pike County
Sea Board
Coun
Sudden Departure From Paris Sparks Humorous Exposition Mix Up
In a playful courtroom aside, Miss West recalls her father’s exhibit at the Paris exposition. She explains Parisians mistook his canned product labeled Larde d Cincinnate for a Romana pomade and rubbed it into their hair, causing embarrassment.
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Oliphant
Paris
West
Neptune Visits Aboard The 8 Richmond In Equator Ritual
The crew of the U S S Richmond bound for the Society Islands hosts Neptune the sea king during a tropical voyage. Sailors adrift in a ceremony face a playful forfeit as the old officers cross the equator, with Neptune and his court proceeding through mock trials and comic rites aboard.
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Father Neptune
Equator
U. S
Richmond
Panama
Society Islands
Eerely
Mig
Neptune
Billy Bow
Billy Goat's Funeral in a Connecticut Hollow
A Hartford Courant excerpt recounts children in Winsted burying Billy the goat. They place him in a shallow grave, sprinkle water from a bottle, and bid farewell with a simple, heartfelt ceremony as a song sparrow or wren sings nearby. The narrator reflects on the poignancy of a small animal's burial among hillside memories.
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Billy
Winsted
Wren
Kingly impostor Jim Byrne fools Missouri crowd as King Kalakaua
Missouri congressman Jim Byrne impersonates a visiting king on a presidential train tour. He feigns a royal bow on the rear platform while crowds crowd stations. He even delivers an improvised speech about Honolulu and Pacific Islands before the train finally departs.
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Jim Byrne
Kalakaua
America
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Aoed
Sendah
Jim Barnes
Ple
Jim
Honolulu
Pacific Islands
John
Sandwich Islands
SLY SENATOR INGALLS AND THE TWO ROOMS
The article describes Senator Ingalls visiting New York and joking that Washington lawmakers have little access for months. He suggests having two headquarters rooms to meet constituents and avoid being hard to reach. It mentions a shop advert and a sales pitch for Mr. Gy Cohen's diamond store at 633 Smithfield.
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Ingalls
Congress
Washington
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