A German strongman breaks steel chains in public display
Charles G Sampson a German athlete aged about thirty astonishes witnesses by breaking mate chains and a 1 inch gas pipe with chest and arm power He bends steel pipes and fights twelve men in tug of war He has toured Europe earning 51 decorations including gifts from European royalty His claims include defeating eight men and breaking a three foot chain ring he created from steel links in his biceps He says his strength stems from training not fate and cites a Petersburg St He rings and other demonstrations in Europe and America including a steer breaking feat before emperors in 1878
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
Mr. Wilson
New York Evening Sun
Wilson
Charles H. Sampson
Mr. Sampson
Sampson
Charles G. Sampson
Baden
Germany
America
Europe
St. Petersburg
Sullivan
Mitchell
Manly
William
Prussia
German Empire
Francis Joseph
Austria
Alexander
Czar
Russia
Roumania
Wurtemburg
Bavaria
Hesse
Wilhelm
Ems
Paris
Hercules
Gossip on Mrs. Levi P. Morton Wife of the Vice President-elect
Nellie Bly previews Mrs. Levi P. Morton born Anna Livingston Street in Poughkeepsie New York, wife of the Vice President-elect, describing her appearance dress and modest personal history. She says Morton values plain attire and simple jewelry preferring pearls and cotton gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi P. Morton
Nellie Bly
New York World
Mrs. Morton
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
Preacher's Joke Sparks Sunday Surprise in Minneapolis
A Boston Congregationalist leader Dr. A E Dunning known for travel plans and a drummer persona visits Minneapolis. A bold drummer taunts a Sunday church plan, bets on a wild Saturday night. Dunning invites him to First Congregational and the drummer attends the service and flees after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Dunning
D.D
Boston
Minneapolis
First Congregational
Portable catamaran yacht for Arctic like winter expeditions
A Fort Schuyler correspondent describes Captain A Day’s modular canvas catamaran exploring boat. The craft splits into a trunk packed hull with two canoes and wooden bunker, carries a crew of six, a servant, dogs and provisions, sails with multiple masts yet rows in calm seas, and can be assembled for railway shipment.
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Fort Schuyler
Baltimore American
Riley
A. Day
Fifth Artillery
Florida
Boreas
Neptune
Fort Schuyter
Schuyler
Captain Day
Cobra's Revenge Fatal Cobra Encounter in India
A Madras Railway employee, Andrew Fischer, killed a cobra and later died from a bite believed to be from the same snake. The tale cites Hindu belief in cobra vengeance after an attempted kill. Also notes Frank Silva of Stockton dying slowly from consumption and a scam involving a coffin and a tombstone. Roos and Their Product notes bee populations in North America, honey output, wax production, and values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Fischer
Madras Railway Company
Frank Silva
Stockton
Cal
Silva
Mrs Mary McKee to Join Harrison White House Family
President elect Harrison’s daughter Mrs Mary McKee is described as lively and cultured. Married to J R McKee, she is a pianist and mother of Benjamin Harrison McKee and Mary Lodge McKee, aged about five and eight months respectively, with strong social standing in Washington and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
White House
Mary McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
Mary Lodge McKee
Senator Harrison
Ogents
Philadelphia
J. R. McKee
Indianapolis
Waanington
Remedies and notices in a 19th century health ad collage
A clipped ad page from 1886 discusses pneumonia cure anecdotes with Allcock's Plasters and various tonics. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Baker's Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, Brown's Bronchial Troches, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, and Geppert Medicinum as cures. It mixes medical claims with social quips and references to a police witness box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Burwater Safety Reinholder Co. Ad Claims Samples Worth
Read as a fragment from a Molly Michigan notice about samples claimed to be worth 1.60 dollars. The item references a safety reinholder and a brand name unclear from the readable text. It appears as a promotional or manufacturing label note rather than a complete article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwateh Safety Reinholder CO
Molly
Mich
Exeter College
Houghton Syriac
Oxford
Exon
Oxon
Lightfoot
Proctor
Harold Browne
Mosheim
Edinburg
James Middleton MacDonald
M.A
Prof
A. Loisette
Fifth Ave
N. Y
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Samson
Ann Arbor
Chicago
Michigan
Ice
Dr. Dunning
James
Skinflint
Myrtle
Florence
Fred Dumley
Roos
North America
Mary M'Kee
Cura
Hess Road
Niagara Co
Allcock
William A. Sawyer
Baker
Jno. C. Baker & Co
DutTcHu
Geppert Medicinum
Cincinnati
State and Western
Western Steam G WU
Bsio
Wisconsin
Steam
Baltimore
Hess
Indianapol
Isville
S Jacobs O
Ohio
St. Jacobs Oil
Charles A. Vogeler Coy
Baltimore, Md
TUE
Charles A. Vogeler
Ae Bele Proprietors and Manufacturers
Mrs. Harriet Lewis
Robert Bonner
Williams
New York City
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Ill
Hayfever
Woents
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Island Home Stock Farm
Ravage & Farnum
Island
Girasse
Bavage & Farnum
Detroit
Arving
Graham Flour
Cary Mill
Mic
W. T. Fitzgeral
Wington
W. L. Douglas
Uglas
W.L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Singer
Y True & CO
Augusta
Maines
M. W. Dunham
Oaklawn Farm
Brilliant
W. Dunham
Wayne
Illinois
C. An
W. R’y Bet
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Chas
B. Lamborn
SGO and Jones
Fershamton
bin Guanton
Jarley
French & Bon
Bed St
Piso
Kk. T. Hazeltine
Warren
Dew
A. W. McCormick & Bons
Washington, D.C
IDEAL
Embrolder Machine CO
Clinton Steel
Mal
Yryant
Buffalo
Thus & Co
AN. K,—E
Deaker
the Youth Companion
Temple Place
Mass
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