Paris Adulteration Critique and Civic Tales
M Vierre Delcourt warns Paris bears the worst food adulteration, from fatty river sediment in butter to worm-eaten bread and verdigris colored vegetables. He cites markets, vendors, and cheap fare harming public health in the city. Also noted: Susanna Salter of Argonia, Kansas, elected mayor at twenty one, amid contest maneuvers and jokes about her election. Additional items include a French moral tale, Albert Verhoven joining Catholic priesthood, Eliza Powers a Civil War veteran, and a bill granting a pension to the Florence Nightingale nurses group. The piece closes with a note on the San Carlos Indian reservation health outreach.
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Paris
M. Vierre Delcourt
Seine
M. Delcourt
Be Aleo
Susanna Salter
Argonia
Kansis
Nana
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Salter
Donnet
Cincinnati
Remarkable blood poison case saves seven-year-old Willie Horton
New York case of poisoning from a dog bite leads to extensive drainage and surgery. Dr Darling treats Willie Horton with twelve drainage tubes and seventy four incisions to remove pus. Through constant care and drainage, the boy slowly recovers, showing medicine’s triumph over infection.
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Sieil
Medical Scimnen
New York
Cincinnati
Darling
Willie Horton
Willie
Wille
Towle
Cine Dem
Willin
Littin
A Bedroom for Summer from Art Age
A charming summer bedroom features cream white and green block matting at sixty cents a yard, a pale green walls with a dado, a white painted iron bedstead with serum muslin and pale green lining, a green mantel with draped green fabric, a white and gold framed water color, and a bathe lattice screen before the fireplace. The simple ornaments and tasteful accents create a fresh, simple, and stylish room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reon
Water adulteration claim sparks dairy dispute
An inspector vows to confiscate the milk load after finding it largely watered down. The milkman defends himself, claiming the cows waded in a mill pond to keep away flies and promises to fence the area. local figure Janelle Breese is noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janelle Breese
Mystery red spot patient healed by daring surgery
A fifty year old Bellevue Hospital patient suffered a persistent pus discharge from a side wound linked to a hidden stomach pouch. After failed drainage and graft attempts, Dr Winkerson removed a seven pound tangled web of intestine and pouch, restoring health and freeing the patient to walk the ward within a week and hopeful discharge in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marc Dunnean
Bellevue Hospital
Nereide
Winkerson
Nasby and the Typewriter and the Rise of DOR Lovke
The article recounts DOR Lovke of The Yuleda Hate as the first U S editor to abandon quill for the typewriter, his anti prohibition stance, and how a drunkard's habit led to adopting typing. It notes his rapid productivity with the machine and his later temperance activism, with anecdotes from 1879 1881 era performances and a New York Graphic reference.
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Horan Greeley
Locke
Bailey
Danbury News
Adame House
Danbury
Widow Bedett
Wihd
Jack Haverly
Naby
New York Graphic
Father of Forty-One Children Became a Reading Local Character
A Harrisburg correspondent recalls John Heffner of Reading born 1814 who fathered forty-one children with one wife, plus a set of twins and several triplets. He died in 1885 after being struck by a Reading locomotive, leaving many offspring and a famed family history in Berks County courts. Heffner, described as jovial yet hardworking, supported a large brood by selling rags and paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
New York
Pennsylvania
John Heffner
Reading
Chilldren
Heffner
Berlin
Barks
Helfner
Jgtr Kbe
Shy
Tires Jeans
Shin
John Hetoer
Fianeral
Tee Suang Wali
Alove
Brand
Lappir
Man and His Shoes by Kate P Ward Poem
A verse in New York World by Kate P Ward compares men and shoes as parallel beings. It plays with imagery of soles and heels, movement and wear, suggesting life and status mirror footwear. The piece ends with a reflective question about personal shine and worth.
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Kate P. Ward
New York World
Dutch Superstitions in Pennsylvania Revealed
Edgar Wakeman details Pennsylvanian Dutch beliefs handed down by mothers. Daring vows, moonlit penances, and rituals claim to bless marriage fortunes while warding off rivals. Snails, flowers, and garters feature in secret practices to glimpse lovers and dispel bad charms.
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Edgar Wakeman
Nowers
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Alma Record
Ar. Brown
Alma
Mich
Death
Mies
Albert Verhoven
Milwaukee
Wis
Lawrence University
Appleton
St Meinrad
Ind
Verhoven
Cas
Baltimore
Aman
Eliza Howard Powers
Washington
Florence Nightingale Association
Forty-eighth Congress
San Carlos
Little Willie Horton
Bemis
Pinkerton
Mark
Man and His Shoes
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