Trials of a Collector in Debt Seduction and Death
A satirical piece follows debt collectors and their grim tactics. A small man, framed as a weary broker, recounts harsh encounters with debtors, including one violent incident that leaves him with a scar. The narrative shifts to a Boston physician advising a consumptive man to return north, highlighting misguided cures and ineffectual remedies.
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todd
Pohlec
scarcy
Tan
poe dohe
sullivan wohl
wil sali
savacely al imser
EPA
Laleudy
John Smith
Boston
Susith
San Antonio
Texas
Siwaith
Alamo City
ventlenan
bod scolloaene
thia elimite
Who Invented Chess According to Diverse Traditions
The Hindovs credit an ancient astronomer with the invention of chess, Greeks attribute it to Palamedes during Troy's siege, and Arab legend says a tutor devised it to instruct a despot. Oriental chess splits into Chinese and Indian forms with regional variations globally.
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Hindovs
Palamedes
Troy
Asia
India
islands
Uneasy Heir to a Crown and the Tidal Observatories
A fragmentary note argues a crown brings unease and links scarcer peaks to repeated easy lying in the U niteda. It mentions twelve tidal observatories along the seas of India and China, each relocated every five years.
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India
China
McNulty Holts
Exposing Mesmeriam Fraud Staged by Chicago Doctors
Chicago physicians publicly denounce mesmerism as fraud and stage exhibitions to prove their point. Reporters observe the tests with subjects described as horses, noting painful demonstrations, stunts, and the minimal tolerance shown by participants. Pay averages eight dollars weekly plus board, with risk of unpaid salaries.
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Chicago
Uérald
Dr. Armstong
Fred W K. Brown
William Murdock
William Miller
RA. F. i
sone
Dr. Gray
nestle
Wiliam Murdock
William Mills
Frei Warner
Johnson
E Curtis
Dydivay
Reading Aloud in the Household Past and Present
The piece contrasts modern reluctance to read aloud with a past where shared reading was common. It notes how families drift to solitary books, eroding communal thought, while recalling a time when reading aloud from Shakespeare and Milton enriched domestic life and memory through attentive listening.
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papa
Milton
Lee pells Nights and Shilohs Cure referenced in ad
An OCR fragment shows an advertisement style claim for a remedy named Shilohs Cure and a misrendered product Lee pells Nights. Hodg inson & Co. appears as the probable advertiser or distributor. The text is garbled but indicates a medicinal remedy promotion and a cough relief claim.
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San Francisco Chronicle
North American Review
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