Diverse 19th century notices mix travel, theology and curiosities
Advertisements praise taste and manners while English railways urge courteous service. Pilgrimages surge in France with Lourdes visitors and Chartres crowds. A banker’s widow struggles after a fraudulent marriage spark, a rat trap mirrors vanity, and social snobbery defined by Tate is quoted. Global longevity, royal betrothals, Juggernaut deaths, a thunderbolt oil tank accident, and exotic fowl thefts round out the miscellany.
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England
Yun
The
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
France
Lourdes
Chartres
Generid
Notre-Dame de Dessous
Norre
M.D. Conway
London
Scotland
Micawder
Enoch Arden
Stagecoach Robbers Loot Nevada Wells Fargo Safe
An eyewitness account describes four armed robbers stopping a coach near Nevada, forcing passengers off and into a log seat while they drilled the safe. They demanded silence, threatened violence, and worked to blast the lock, taking a large sum from Wells Fargo & Co. before fleeing.
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Nevada
Wells, Fargo & Co
Davenport
E. Baldwin
D. &St.p
Colfix
Downieyville
Bold Riverside Train Robbery Leaves Passengers Unarmed
Fourteen travelers on a Grass Valley line were halted by four armed robbers who escaped with $8 000 to $12 000 after a rapid stagecoach attack. The travelers, all with revolvers stored away, faced danger but complied as the robbers ordered the coach to speed off, leaving locals skeptical of the tale.
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Grass Valley
Stirlings
Grass
Baldwin
Davenport
Iowa
Machine runs cooperage race as union men strike
Inside the Pal mor cooperage twenty five hands work under new machinery turning out up to one thousand barrels daily. The machine lines up workers, hoops and staves with furnaces and beating jacks, while guards shield the plant. A laborer trims forty barrels daily earning four dollars as pickets guard outside to keep new help away.
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Tavemeyer & Elder
Palmer’s Cooperage
Cooper's Union
Union Cooper
Dietetic Fibrin Proposed By Dr John Goodman
Scientific American reports Dr John Goodman urges a new dietetic fibrin derived from albuminous material as a nutritious aid for feeble alimentation and reduced appetite. He describes production from egg contents in cold water, then heat to ready use, noting lightness and digestibility for sick room care.
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John Goodman
British Medical Journal
British Medical Association
Scientific American
Best way to set hens for incubation in quiet nest
Advice from the J. Y. Herald on setting hens, building a protected nest in a half barrel with ash and hay, moving the hen at night to a quiet room, providing water and soft feed, and using light grains during incubation. Includes note on avoiding disturbances and keeping other birds out.
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J. Y. Herald
Cheap ice houses described by Elmira Wartmers Club
W A Armstrong proposed a frugal ice storage method using a simple roofed enclosure without walls or pits. The design uses six inches of space packed with sawdust and dirt. A nine by nine foot example stored ice for years, with drainage and porous soil aiding water runoff.
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Elmira
W. A. Armstrong
Ife
Early Colts Reasons From a Seasoned Horse Breeder
A veteran horse breeder outlines six reasons for early foaling. He argues mares handle blood heating better with age and strength, early foals avoid fly lime and wear, March births ease weaning and eating among young stock, early foals become larger stronger horses, swift weaning after early births saves time, and early stock gains at fairs as yearlings.
Drinking and social duty amid a feeble appetite risk
A critic argues society must curb drinking to spare the poor from ruin and asks whether women and men can resist excess. It notes the social stigma for women and cites a Madison Georgia couple inheriting twelve million dollars in France, plus a Fond du Lac man deceiving his son about buried gold and the son’s treatment of his father.
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Dr. J. Holland
Setibners
Camraray
Chambers
Madison, Ga
France
Bennaleau
Judah P. Benjamin
Jacon Wits
Fond du Lac
Wis
Home Made Foods and Animal Advice From The Southern Farmer
A page offers kitchen recipes and cattle notes with household tips. Instructions cover cucumber onion fry browning with lard, a flour sugar butter dough, and color dye methods. It also details ox and horse characteristics for judging strength and efficiency, plus a milk cream percentage test using a milk vessel marked with lines.
Anecdote of Napoleon III and swindling diners in London
A new London published book recounts Napoléon III’s counter to French detectives who deceived him at a dinner. He honored an English officer with payment after learning the swindle, defending hosts and guests from colony of deceit. Cholera remedies praised Perry Davis Pain-Woller cited by physicians for cholera and bowel troubles.
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London
France
Napoleon III
Napoleon
Sone
Pam Willer
Perry Davis
Pain-Woller
Matisi
R. Wileon Cerr
Tallicore
Faya
T.C. Pugh
Beltinore
Labney Bail
Paltimara
M. J. Cantannce
Craven & Co
Drugsiete
Gordons Villa
Fey
Sam's G
McFadden
Northern Pacific advances laying plan toward Missouri river
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company signals new contracts for grading and bridging 205 miles from the Missouri river to Yellowstone, tracing a line north of Stanley’s route through prairie lands and good buffalo pasture, as engineers report finding a viable path through difficult terrain. A separate notice promotes Vinegar Birrens as a universal remedy, claiming it cures ailments from dyspepsia to nervous disorders without harming vital organs.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Stanley
Dakota
Missouri River
Yellowtone
Public notices and advertisements fragment compilation
The fragment mentions National Life Insurance Company offering low cost policies and seeking agents in every locality with a Philadelphia address. It also advises on Elm wood or Warwick collars for travelers and critiques common pills as unsafe. It promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a vegetable, mild remedy. A claim about chills fever and Antidote by Shall enberger appears with a druggist note.
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Vermont Dairyman’s Association
Alexander Hyde
Jersey
Durham
Myr. J. M. Mackie
Great Barrington
Mass
Kerry
Brittany
Ayrshire
The
National Life Insurance Company
United States of America
Philadelphia
Pierce
J. Walker
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Jaynes Carminaitive Balsam Promotion
A fragment promotes Jaynes Carminaitive Balsam as a cure for Cholens Morbus cramps diarrhea colic and similar affections. It claims the remedy is effective for a family’s needs during this season.
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Jayne
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Jardin d
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Lvkes
Coopers’ Union
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Mr. Speaker
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Eclipse
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Montreal
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Warwick
Shallenberger
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Sheridan
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Peerless
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Boston
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Brown
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AVON
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Peary Davis
India
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Rey
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Sholapore
Ain Hiller
J.N. Waris &Co
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Streat
St.louis
Springs
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Beadie
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Pacific
National Publishing CO
St. Louis
Tehonphea
Goourelt
Peter Parley
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America
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Bright
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Ad Way
Davely
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Pekonsha
Michigan
Mersey
White Piains
May
O. R. Will
H.W Lewis
Sk Yol Weahington Ave
Monta, Mo
Ees National Publishing CO
St Loula
Dwestvectal
Eugenie Mg Co
Fulton Stan Y
ST. Charles ST
MC. Lilley & Co
Columbus,o
Wantag’ Nain
Every Secret Society
Speue
Every. Blam & CO
St. Lous Mo
Rinian
Clements & CO
Commerce St
Baltimore
Willson
Wilson
Cad Liver
Otis Nature
Ihearingie
J. Tawillsson
John St
New Yorlk
Pete Suurlbet & Edsall
Cresco
Wystens Aar's
Ighardson & CO
St Levig
Iwaesonise Wangimai Aeom
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M. Young & Cox
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ST. Charles
Hittie To Bonk
A.ln.k
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At. Lowe Mo
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