Fragmented 19th century miscellany and satirical quips
A collage of puns and aphorisms touching religion science fashion and politics. Jokes range from fortunes and tea cups to iron tonic for ladies and a New York World coinage for a horse epidemic. A Boston mayor bans bustles with maps of a burnt district.
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Isaac
Houormras
Paraiise
Brown
New Hampshire
New York World
England
Yun Journal Des Debats
Napoleon
Darwin
Ohio
Chicago Times
Tur
Boston
Prince Napoleon Defends France and Skeptical on Republic
Correspondent asks Prince Napoleon in retirement on Lake Leman about the French Republic. He doubts its firmness, cites Switzerland and the United States as contrasts, supports republics only by free discussion, pledges loyalty to France, and criticizes Thiers for perceived weakness and a world scandal.
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N. Y. Herald
Napoleon
Lake Leman
Switzerland
Europe
United States
France
Republic
Naoleon
M. Thiers
Professor Pepper Explains Scientific Contradictions in U S Visit
London professor Pepper spoke before the Polytechnic Section of the American Institute in the United States on contradictions in science. He demonstrated with experiments including egg sinking and brine buoyancy, lime chloride indigo tests, iodide and starch color changes, and a magic bottle trick, warning on the insecurity of chemical testimony in courts and advocating a three chemist examination and judge’s report.
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Pepper
London
United States
Polytechnic
American Institute
Fire-eater Controversy and The Professor’s Demonstrations
A calm account explains why fire-eaters may work with impunity under certain conditions. The Professor describes skin hardening and chemical cushions that protect the skin. He performs experiments by dipping his hand in turpentine etc, showing heat resistance with dangerous materials.
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Scientific American
Centennial Celebration of the United States in 1876
A public appeal outlining Congress plan for a International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1874 to celebrate one hundred years of independence. It urges national unity, private funding, and state centennial committees to showcase American resources, industry, and arts with global participation.
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United States
Congress of the
Great Republic
Europe
India
China
Japan
England
France
Congress
Commonwealth
Reservation for Cochise set aside in Arizona
General Howard proposes a sixty mile square reservation in the extreme southeast corner of Arizona including Apache Pass. The Texas Pacific Railroad would run through a corner. only one white settler remains, a Sulphur Springs station keeper, plus an abandoned gold mine. Cochise and his people favor the reserve but resist leaving their current locality. they welcome rail access to communicate with friends in the North and seek a white intermediary for negotiations. Howard reports to the President and Interior Department to obtain approval and notes evidence linking Cochise’s band to Lt. Stewart’s death.
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Howard
Cochise
Arizona
Apache Pass
Texas Pacific Railroad
Sulphur Spring
Sladen
Captain Sladen
Delano
Secretary of the Interior
Lieutenant Stewart
Fifth _cavalry
W. Y.herald
Worth the Premier in Paris Then and Now
A Paris scene depicts Worth, described as a Frenchman in his mid thirties, overseeing rooms lined with silks and dresses bearing his label. The article notes his simple brass sign, his dignified yet heavy demeanor, and the fashionable assistants, contrasting with a claim of bankruptcy chatter from New York paragraphs.
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New York
Worth
Rue de la Paix
Wort
Ruskin
Ile
Paria Cor
World
How Smith Shot a Duck in a Mock Trial Teaser
A New Yorker visiting Jordanville Connecticut joins friends on a duck hunt. After repeated misses a decoy scheme is revealed in court as a staged mock trial with the squire and lawyers in on the prank. Smith learns to beware before firing again.
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New York
Smith
Jordanville
Conn
Ile
New London
Justice of the Peace
Lyashe
Greene
Freezing to Death: Arctic Expeditions and Hazing Critique
A lively critique surveys Arctic expeditions aimed at dying from freezing, noting few real discoveries and mocks the motive as death seeking. It argues hazing in colleges shifts from noble tradition to harmful practice and laments a cyclical, laughable sophomore dominance.
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Allen
Cost of Pork and Corn Relation in Historic Experiments
The Massachusetts Ploughman explains how pork price per pound relates to corn price per bushel using a ratio of 8.40 pounds of pork per bushel of corn. He demonstrates calculating pork costs from corn and vice versa, noting figures may be approximate but useful for quick calculations.
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Massachusetts
Seeeseersse
Heidag
New Phase of Horse Disease Hits City Stables
In the latest days the horse disease spreading through thousands of city stables shows a new phase in city railroad stables and among horses with minimal nasal discharge. The disease now causes body swelling and eye swelling in some cases, with several animals dying in great pain. Treatment involves rubbing swollen parts with camphor hartshorn and sweet oil liniment and light doses of physic.
Relapse Proves Fatal After Illness, Reports World
After seeming recovery from a disease, individuals were driven along a road and suffered a relapse that proved fatal. The World agency notes the sudden downturn and death following the relapse.
Balloon to the Pole by Sivel Proposes Airborne North Expedition
The article reports M. Sivel, a French inventor, plotting a North Pole aerial expedition with an improved balloon and a temperature controlled car. It notes the role of the Societe Francaise de Navigation Aerienne and the plan to drift toward the Pole, land or sail if needed, and seek a temperate return with savans aboard.
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Weyprecht
M. Sivel
Pole
White Wax and Refreshing Kitchen Cures
The article discusses cleansing and whitening wax from hog fat, preserving meat with vinegar or lemon, tenderizing meat with acid, and cautions on strong flavors. It mentions Tunderdloin mushroom in England, a rheumatism cure with hot towels and potato water, and a simple indoor plant crafts using a tumbler with peas and moss for decorative vines and a pine cone planter.
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Epicures
Zeneth
Epping Forest
London
Obscene Publication Case and Prosecution Highlights
A controversial weekly by Woodhull and Claflin faces libel charges as two female editors are indicted by the United States Grand Jury for indecent publications mailed nationwide. The piece notes a male publisher’s arrest, a demand for 3200 to suppress a proof, and calls on Woman’s Rights allies to consider the case a warning. The column also promotes California minerals and Watkins California Vinegar Bitters, praising its health benefits and endorsing Perry Davis’s Pain Killer for fever and ague with a broad sale claim.
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Woophura & CharLin
United States Grand Jury
Nation
California
America
Golden State
Watkins
United States
Walker
West
Perry Davis
D. Ransom, Son & CO
Propr’s
Dr Jaynes Expectorant for Coughs and Colds
A historical ad claim states Tin LUNGS ARE STRAINED AND RACKED by five persistent Cough. The general Airesath wasted, and an incurable complaint established thereby. Dr Jaynes Expectorant is an effective remedy for Coughs and Colds and exerts a beneficial effect on the Pulmonary and Bronchial Organs.
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Airesath
Jayne
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Josefh R. Tawney
Lewis Wann Suiri
Apache Reservation
Ronanaupee
North Pole
Mr. Hall
Tossinsek
Greenland
Sir John Franklin
Grenadie
Spitzbergen
Siberian Sea
Nova Zembia
Behring
Strait
London Athenean
Behring's Strait
Lachange
Ed Dows
Toen
Eni
Csson
Megaehit
Parker
Slacr
Stanley
Maguire
Standard
Chicago
Siranuennerane
Davenport
New York Observer
Observer
Sipneyy E. Amonsz & Co
Park Row
Burton
Springfield
Tenn
Herug
YS Hurt & Tanner
Dra Slson & Ward
Drugeists
Centreville
Femi
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
C.J, Fay
Camden
J. ¥. Fryeauef
Columbia
Wayne
WEEB
Jy Worrth
St. Louis
Centamin
Webb Bouthdns
Gero. I. Bown
Milbrooke Devahess Down
ADIES
Williams
Mmc
Fecey Aatees
Apes Npes
A. Ll. Blair & Oot
P.O
Burr
Lancaster Co. Pa
Ploguetree
Gy Wright
Chiginnatl
W. W. Giles
St. Joe
Comblexion
I Fm
Noel Ponte
King OF the Blood
Schenck
Philadelphia
Jia Munrake
Tonle
Garg
Lant
Lockport
N.Y
John Hodce
Livingstone
Africa
Uriae
ARTSZ
Re Een
Will
Nuke
Lexington Ave
Patroleum Y
Thomas Nast
Charles Sumner
Thiz l
I. N. Richardson & Co
Mass
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Platte Valley
Tor Side
C.F. Davis
T.P. BR. Co
Omaha
Neb
Forsala
Great Atlantic & Pachiv'leaCo
Fultonst
Church St.n
Leffarmers
Family Corneiseller CO
Harrisburg
Ashe Eee
Washington
Bancroft
Prescott
Wotley
Gico
Mareh Halleck
Whither
Wills
Faye
Elihu Burritt
Daniel Webster
Butts Choate
Sid
Perioktrs
Murrian
Springfeld
Maes
Irs
Pittsburgh
Sinc
Baltimore
Fraroteau &Co
Fifth Street
Canadas
South Americas
Partic
Ora
Gr Stgon & Co. Povilla
Or & Mw
Secomiee Co
Mays
Pas
Zorbt
Louis
Blo
Whittier
OG Consultatian
Arlaing
Winslow
Curtis & Perkins
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