Random Notions From The Times On Fashion Crime And Science
A collage of anecdotes and vignettes from Macon and beyond covers fashion in homespun attire at the State Fair, a Virginia campaign jab, glove shop customs in New York, mutual protection societies in Jersey City, and curious notes on carpentry, telegraph wires, and a Paris youth gang led by Grusosr. The piece also recounts a Rhode Island farmer’s clever cow sale, a Portland sailor’s near misadventure with a telegraph line, a Chicago style juvenile crime romance, and a New Bedford Mercury tale of college sophomores and a luxurious dorm room surprise.
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Anumla
Macon
Gil
Virginia
New York
Paris
Jersey City
Sannin Fay
Rhnnva
Ohio
San Francisco
Japan
Massachusetts
Woburst
Cork
Aman
Sifly
United States
Tun
Aone
Wyoming Levishitute
Black Jack Bill
D Prairie Doe
Stim Sunshaw
Grizzly Grahamn
Detroit
Rhode Island
Providence
Portland
Grusosr
Geliner
Wil
New Bedford Mercury
Anecdote of the Late Dr. Nelaton in Paris
A Paris letter recalls Dr. Nelaton tending Napoleon III after a pony accident in 1865. The infant emperor’s leg injury led to a deadly abscess. Napoleon's fear and fury clash with Nelaton’s calm insistence as he opens the wound, the blade piercing the abscess and the emperor gasping in pain.
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Nelaton
Napoleon
Paris
Prince Imperial
Ife
Jenseth
Ile
Nelalon
Freeze-Out Tale From Truckee Ends With Escape
In Truckee California two young men visiting a local girl tried a moonlit freeze-out. The host coated chair seats with wax causing both to glue to their caned bottoms. After hours of struggle and a failed stove heat plan they freed themselves with their knives and fled as dawn neared.
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Truckee
California
Athrand
Tragedy in Paterson Clerk’s Office Aims and Fatal Shooting
In Paterson New Jersey Edin B English entered the Clerk’s office and shot Winneself, killing him. He then collapsed and died hours later after being taken to hospital. A note found on English referenced a failed engagement with Eva Ford and ties to Alexandria Virginia and New York New Jersey relatives. The incident caused a court inquest and governor’s involvement.
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Paterson
N. Jac
Edin B. English
English
Winneself
Theodore Shoemaker
Goroner
Barnes
Amitaux
Twish
Tornes T
Muglish
Aleexandia
Virginia
Eva
Ford
Parenson
N.J
Hun Ford
Hd. Mord
Clark Street
Huglish
Lier
Sid
Alexandria
Miyor
New York
New Jersey
Price
Levy
Train gunfight on Detroit to Lansing route shocks conductor
Monte men on a Southern line train tried to steal from passengers on a run out of Detroit. Conductor Wilsey and two bystanders drawn pistols forced the gamblers to surrender a stolen watch and money after a tense standoff aboard the coach.
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Michigan
Detroit
Central
Milwaukee
Lansing Road
Southern
Wilsey
Iremont
Pittsburg
Fremont
Ava
Toledo
Niles
Giieve County
Bell
Chang-Chang CO
Madison St
Chilehgo
Amazing dental tales amuse Boston area readers
An elderly woman near Boston tests nitrous gas by inhaling several breaths before tooth extraction. She awakens and chats with the dentist about the procedure. A separate legend tells of a man who kept a giant tooth in a display box and fooled guests with a horse tooth substitution.
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Boston
George
Teaching a Colt to Stop by a Firm Command Tone
A writer discusses training a horse to stop at the word whoa using a consistent firm tone. A calm, royal demeanor is essential, as loud or fearful cries provoke anxiety and counteract early training. The goal is a masterful, fearless command that conveys absolute control.
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Juwa
Diman
Grambling
Lack of Ingenuity in Austria Inspires Mockery Abroad
The Vienna Letter ridicules Austrian tools and methods for shovels and planes, lambasting oversized handles and awkward planing devices. It notes workers laboring in the sun with inept machines and mocks Austria’s reluctance to patent improvements or discuss reforms.
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Austria
Empire on Wugh the Sim Never Sets
The article notes Queen Victoria rules a worldwide empire with sun never setting. It lists subject totals across regions: British Islands, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Malacca settlements, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Australia, West Indies, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, British Guiana, Honduras, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, St Helena, Hong Kong, Falklands, Bermuda, Malta, Gibraltar, and other areas, totaling 202,813,872 subjects outside Britain.
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Victoria
Osborne
Balmoral
Windsor
London
British
India
Ceylon
Mauritius
Straits of Malacca
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
British Columbia
Prince Howard Island
Newfoundland
British North America
Australia
New South Wales
New Zealand
South Australia
Queensland
West Australia
West India Islands
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Trinidad
British Guiana
Honduras
Fries
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Gold Coast
Sierra Leone
Gambia
St. Helena
Tong Kong
Falklands Skimds
Bermuda
Malta
Gibraltar
British Islands
Early colonial legal practice allowed consulting a bystander
A Boston Transcript correspondent examines 1825 Suffolk Bar notes on Hon William Sullivan and finds early colonial courts sometimes permitted lawyers to consult a bystander when not satisfied with the Court's opinion. Prince Bismarck enjoys quiet life at Varzin, tending his estate and paying little attention to politics.
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Boston
William Sullivan
Suffolk
Prince Bismarck
Varzin
Parlor Remedies and Oddities From a 19th Century Column
A scrambled tale describes honey as a cough remedy, a well cleaning method using a weighted carpet bundle, beef brine prep, and repurposed cans as plant pots. It also covers a pig head preparation, a physician credited with a new tonic, and brief notes on Logan Cresap lore and collar fashions.
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Tloxry
Paris
Awhenib
Ainge
Joshiin Wanker
California
Vinndar Errrors
Planting seed corn advice from Western Rural
The article urges careful seed selection and storage to ensure good germination. It explains avoiding weak or imperfect ears, saving one year's seed, handling and drying methods, and how碎 to store corn for future planting. It compares flint and dent varieties and emphasizes consistency and conservative seed choice.
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Cuimot
New York
Texas
New
Paige
ST. Louis
Chicago
Winteria
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Dr Pierce Catarrh Cure Promotion and Remedies
An old promotional notice extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr Pierce’s Nasal Douche as a constitutional cure for catarrh. It claims a $2500 reward for an uncured case and adds Johnson’s Anodyne Ointment for digestive discomfort.
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Dr. Pierce
Sage
Pierce
Ber, Trask
Annals of Medicine
Dr. Trask
Ranson
Sox & Co
Proor's
Buffalo
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Dr. Nelaton
Tay “Auburn Sportsman's Club
Llow
J. N. Harris & Co
Allen
M. Appison
Maryland
Col. Cresap
Logan
Tie
Capt
Cresap
Abel
Tun National Life Insurance Company
United States of Americas
Day Cooke & Co
Northern Pacific
Jay Cooke & Co
Elmwood
Warwick
Security
Pent Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
T. W. Tiedell
Western
West Od Street
Johnson
Chuldren
Curtis & Perkins
Ale Maphins Dearanis
Brown
Andree
Curtis & Brown
Fulton Street
All Drugelsty
Sheridan
Jayne
Peerless
Wringer
Henry Co
Alabama
J. N. Harris , Co
Oita
Srus
D.D. Pool
New Market
Messrs
Penny
Davis
Harris & 60
ALL Medicine
Getze’'S New School
Schole
Prien
Charekehs
Roe Ily
LEZ & Walker
Chestnut St
Lung Walker
Angel
Pierse
West Senecafst
Burraco
N.Y
Schence
OR. A. Trask
Aaldr’s Yco
Pittsburgh
Matt
DE Anoxtu
Addeosi Fee
Manedaclueesg
Waltlain Ais
Conthiout Pub. Co
St. Lows, Ato
Waithnan
Enabte
Eureka Portable Table Co
St. Jonls
Catelogne
Descriphon
A.D Rey Girard
Webber & Co
Whittier
Fouis
Lidiecat
Coberwalle
Moore
New Yorker
Agriculyu
Ayan Sieber
Pridl
New York City
Spencer
Hunover St
Ww. We. Perkins
C. Davis & Co
Washington Ave
Si. Houls
Ated States and Foreign Salamander Felting CO
Manumemeer
Eastern
Bt. Louis
Sestern Brancie
Chesnut St
Sixth St
Fao Uwi Is
WMO
W. Thomas
SUN
Daily Sun
Pear Darey Sun
Addressy
THE
SUNY
Wilson Carr
Daltimore
Snys
C. Fugh
Tallimore
Dabney Ball
Wallimore
Clements & CO
Commerce St
Sallimore
P. Kuus Jvekis
MIB P
Dederioz Perpetually Press
Billings, Clapp & CO. Chemists
Miss
College Place
Willson
Willecom
Tysuase
Cod Laver
Nature
Patupin
Beat Draggists
J. Awillsoy
John St
Pepe Acepta
Sheerleet & Edsall
Tegtardius & Coy
Sstraus Mill
Farmor Kant
Bolttuz
Mi Company
Indianati, Oo
Arctic
Halls Polarin
Teorascly
AC Sigiy
Fenipire Hsning ‘House
Cinenati
Auger Co
Agents Wan Ttrd
Gatalogle
Domestic Sewing Machine Co
Prof. Fowler
Lee
NAS Thonas Publising CO
St. Lews
Teal Direct
Manicturer
Teel Selig al Senty
Lewis
At. Louis
J. Walker
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Excelsior Manufing Co
Saint Louis, MO
TEE
Ware
Hale Bury
Aly
Athantic
P.O
Wink fAgents
ATC
Seyror
Titan Sy Ae
G. Samson & Co
Portland, M
Ecca Lee
Far West
Honda
Thril- Gayhpantrestang
Outfit
B.A. Hutchinson & Co
Livingstone
Africa
Stanley
Valley Pub
G Ga
A.nk
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