The Human Stomach A Swiss case upends digestion beliefs
The article reports Anna Landis a 56 year old Swiss silk weaver who has undergone a complete stomach removal and thrives on solid food. New York doctors including Dr. Wendt and Dr. Hoeber call it a historic, possibly revolutionary achievement challenging prior physiology about digestion.
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New York
Anna Landis
Switzerland
Anna
Charles E. Wendt
Zurich Hospital
Wendt
Emil W. Hoeber
Carl Schlatter
Alfred H. Little
Alexis St. Martin
Dr. Beaumont
United States Army
Murphy
Digec
Landis
St Bernard Guarded Jewelry Worth Eight Hundred Dollars
A Denver couple credits their St Bernard with foiling a jewelry theft. A supposed plumber entered the home and fled with a box containing $800 in valuables after the wife warned him of the dog. The woman recovered the box, declined prosecution, but alerted police. The dog remains with the couple.
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Denver
St. Bernard
Denver Times
Headless Woman's Ghost Haunts Cumberland Rails
Trainmen on the Baltimore and Ohio and West Virginia Central near Cumberland Maryland report a headless woman appearing at Greenwade's siding between Cumberland and Keyser West Virginia. She emerges from an old culvert or bridge and walks along the track, vanishing when pursued. Some workers threaten to quit if the sightings continue. one man crawled under a locomotive to avoid it. The specter is said to be seen almost nightly and has frightened several crews into reluctant service the next day.
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Baltimore and Ohio and
West Virginia Central
Cumberland
Greenwade’s Siding
Twentyfirst Bridge
Keyser
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Trade clash over West Africa hinterland risks arbitration
Liverpool merchant James Pinnock, longtime Royal Niger company promoter, argues that deepening contests between Britain and France over Niger hinterland could trigger arbitration to avert war. He recounts 40 years in West Africa, describes river exploration and the growth of trading firms into the Royal Niger company, and warns that open, free trade would have spurred British influence and trade, potentially preventing further French incursions.
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James Pinnock
Liverpool
Royal Niger Company
Daily Mail
West Africa
Niger
Forcados
West African Company
Central African Trading Company
Taubman Bros
Sir Taubman Goldie
Miller Bros
United African Company
National African Company
Mr. Pinnock
Porto Novo
Dahomey
Say
Nikki
Lagos
Niger Coast
Africa
France
South Africa
America
England
Council of Nations
Senegal
Caisse Des Depots Et Consignations
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Pinnock
Manchester
London Mail
Telephone Story From Kentucky
A Louisville tale describes Mr J and Mrs J visiting Louisville with a muscular madam bossing a ranch while the small nervous husband shopped. He later visits Bell’s and is told of the telephone, then Bell calls Goldwater’s to connect him to his wife. A lightning strike knocks him down as the call begins.
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Kentucky
Mrs. J
Louisville
Mr. J
Opened Cotton Mill Begins With Prayer in Columbia
The Elmwood cotton mill project started with religious services inside the old Congaree mill building. Negro investors gathered despite cold weather, attending fervent prayers as part of the unveiling. A Quebec shoe dealer markets a novel promotion giving overshoes with each sale, stamped with his ad, visible as customers walk in the snow.
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Columbia
Elmwood
Congaree
Columbia State
New York Tribune
The Tune He Hums in the Land Merrily
Mr. Leiter travels widely, humming a song of courage and cheer as he moves through cities and towns, unfazed by danger and confident in his path, in a piece from the Chicago Times-Herald.
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Mr. Leiter
Chicago Times-Herald
Notable Police Court Exchange Cited by Paris Paper
A Paris police court transcript notes the President remarking a defendant’s 37 prior convictions. The prisoner retorts with a wry, “Man is not perfect,” illustrating the case’s sharp courtroom wit as reported by the London Globe.
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Paris
London Globe
A Portrait of Wordsworth References by Lamb
A Pall Mall Gazette remark notes a friend asking Charles Lamb if he had seen Wordsworth and Lamb replies that seeing an old horse equates to having seen Wordsworth, reflecting playful literary banter about the poet.
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Charles Lamb
Wordsworth
Pall Mall Gazette
Putnam Wolf Den Wood preservation urged by Daughters of the Revolution
Connecticut Daughters of the Revolution push to make the Israel Putnam Wolf Den woods a state park. A Windham county woman faced with sale lost money and watched bidders, led by Daughters of the Revolution, secure an option. The site lies on a rocky hill near Mashamoquet and Blackwell’s brooks and draws visitors from across the country. The Wolf Den houses a famed tale of a country boy who killed a she wolf, tied to Israel Putnam’s historic farm nearby. The plow used by Putnam was found, restored, and displayed by E. A. Brooks of Hartford in his relic collection, as reported by the New York Herald.
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Connecticut Daughters of the Revolution
Israel Putnam
Wolf den’’ Woods
Windham County
Daughters of the Revolution
Connecticut
E. A. Brooks
Hartford
New York Herald
Peruna claims cure for catarrh and kidney trouble
Dr Hartman’s Pe r a na medicine is promoted as entirely curing catarrh and kidney disease. A Columbus Ohio company offers a free Dr Hartman’s Winter Catarrh book. A Tennessee resident reports full recovery after following the regimen and endorses Pe r a na for colds and debility. A free Pe r a na Almanac for 1898 is offered.
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Pe-ra-na
Pe-ra-na Drug Manufacturing Company
Colaumbus
Ohio
Hartman
J. O. Snow
Castation Springs
Tenn
Perana
Dawson City Diversions Report from Klondike Visit
London trader Robert Anderson returned from the Klondike to Ottawa seeking a hydraulic-plant lease. He described 50 days in Dawson City with 5,000 to 6,000 people, a highly orderly camp, many saloons and dance halls, and miners spending spare time there. He noted many rich claims, some men becoming wealthy quickly, and 200 explorers on the Stuart river awaiting further discoveries.
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Robert Anderson
London
Klondike
Ottawa
Dawson
Dawson City
District 1
Stuart River
New York Sun
General Fight Aboard Steamer Bob Beil Ends in Death
Forty roustabouts fought aboard the steamer Bob Beil on the Ohio River road near Sistersville West Virginia en route to Pittsburg. The train stopped and Peter Maxwell Bob Anderson and William and Frank Foy were removed. Anderson and Maxwell are dead. William Foy is critical. Razors knives and broken bottles were used.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Bob Beil
Pittsburg
Ohio River Road
Peter Maxwel
Bob Anderson
William
Frank Foy
Anderson
Maxwell
William Foy
Double Suicide of Young People in Monroeville
Fort Wayne news reports the bodies of 23 year old Viola Margquand daughter of a wealthy farmer and 26 year old Michael Mille saloonkeeper found in a rear room of Miller's saloon. Indications point to a double death by their own action.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Monroeville
Viola Margquand
Michael Mille
Dividend For Shove's Creditors
Manirowec Wis Jan 5 Judge Gilson at the request of Assignee Pien ing of the defunct T C Shove Bank ing company has ordered that a 45 per cent dividend be paid the creditors The bank has previously paid 40 per cent.
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Manirowec
Wis
Gilson
T. C. Shove Banking Company
Iceboat race on Lake Pepin features locals and Pepin contender
Lake City Minnesota January 5 A highly exciting iceboat race on Lake Pepin draws three local boats and one from Pepin. The Alaska owned by Charles Nor deau of Lake City covers 50 miles in 48 minutes 38 seconds.
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Lake City
Minn
Lake Pepin
Pepin
Alaska
Charles Nordeau
Peanut whistle ban reaches Topeka city hall
Topeka mirrors Mankato by banning the peanut whistle amid noisy shrieks from a vendor. Mayor Fellows signed an ordinance prohibiting the music, after years of resident complaints and a dispute with a neighbor over proximity to a show window.
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Topeka
Mankato
Fellows
Chicago Times- Herald
Ex-Governor Ross Dies at College Station at 60
Hounston Texas January 5 ex governor Ross died at his home in College Station age sixty He was a celebrated Ranger in Texas early days and reached brigadier general rank in the Confederate army.
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Hounston
Tex
Ross
College Staton
Texas
Half the Town Destroyed in Commerce Fire
A devastating blaze in Commerce Texas swept away the entire east side of the town during the night. The fire is described as the largest in the city’s history, with losses totaling about 100000 dollars.
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Commerce
Tex
Jubilee social for old settlers at state capitol
St. Paul residents report a jubilee social for old settlers to be held at the state capitol Saturday evening. All who came to Minnesota on or before May 11, 1855 are invited to attend.
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St. Pau
State Capitol
Minnesota
New Schedules for Pennsylvania Short Lines Promised
A note from H R Derg and A Go Agt at 248 South Clark Street Chicago announces new schedules for Pennsylvania Short Lines. The plan aims to reduce facilities and offer quicker, more pleasant trips from Chicago to Fiorita end resorts in the south. Further details are requested from the agent for the passenger.
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Tve Pennsylvania
Chicago
Chemmapati
Lonieville
Fiorita End
Pott
H.R. Derg. A. Go . Agt
South Clark Street
Perron Caotess
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Denver News
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Old Settlers
Kade
Bright
Hobbs Sparagu
P. ©. Lutz
Hobbs
Sparacus Ney
William S. Demaree
Julia A. Demaree
John H. Miler
Register of Deeds
Beadle County
South Dakota
Huron
Said
Court House
Beadle
Joan H. Mitleerr
Joan L. Pyur
Pnb
S. D
Joan H. Milner
Joan L. Prue
Nicholas Hotaling
John W
Charles Hotaling
Ni Hotaling
J. H. Alexander
Joan Woop
Robert J. Hawthorne
Millie E. Hawthorne
Mortenaeny
Thomas H. Campbell
Register of Deeds of
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Yin Township
St. M
South Otely
Louis E. Paquin
Louisa Pagram
Louisa Grahem
Ism
Louisa Graham
Southkin
Said Purchair
Dely
Richard Ramsell
Breward Ramsell
Qummons
Gund
Periedds
John Cund Brewing Company
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Archie
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