Around the world in days and other old-time quips
A collage of brief items notes New York Times on Pike County bears and global curiosities. It cites a blind population ratio, Sioux City epitaph clubs, Prussian lace heifers, a Richmond monument fund, Boer awakenings in Natal, an Atlanta farm well with curative alum, and Charleston earthquake antics.
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Neww York
Pike County
Tennessee
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Sioux City
Iowa
Lee
Richmond
Robert F. Lee
New York
A. I. Hillman
Atlanta
Taliaferro County
Georgia
Picturesque yet dirty district drives health inspectors in New York
Franz Leslies describes East Broadway and surrounding streets as a crowded, poverty stricken area with tenement houses and street vendors. He notes ethnic diversity and unwholesome food. Health inspectors intensify summer rounds to seize rotten produce and outdated provisions amid tense dealer resistance.
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Franz Leslie
New York City
Broadway
Hester
Ludlow
Baxter
Mulberry
Bayard
Mott
Division
Essex
Chrystie
Elizabeth An Cherry
Board of Health
Budget of Fun and Magical Tricks Noted by Critics
A New York Sun snippet quotes observers praising Herrmann the Estimator and his vanishing act. Critics compare him to a Parisian illusion known as the Vanishing Lady, noting the trick overshadowed by a boarding house tale where a young lady vanishes during a piano performance.
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Herrmann
Jones
Ruvning
Brown
New York Sun
Mason & Hamlin
New York
Chica
HEART
John B. Gough
D. Worthington & UU
Martford
Saving Philosopher Joke About Daily Walks
A wandering philosopher claims walking downtown to his business saves him $400 over ten years and improves his health. An indifferent rider replies that he is out that amount, then the philosopher asks to borrow $5 for a few days, eliciting a light exchange.
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New York Graphic
Estimator Ponders City Beans Contest Crowd
A Broadway store blocks a pavement as a proprietor offers a prize for guessing the beans in a tile bottle. Bystanders report guesses ranging from 900 to 15,000 with a joking remark about a 100,000 bean estimate. A stranger from the West says he estimates city populations from directory names.
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West
Rice the Minstrel In A Farm Show Impersonation
The Washington Critic recounts a farmer and editor spotting wideout Billy Rice at an agricultural show. The farmer misidentifies him as a peculiar pumpkin like figure, prompting a humorous exchange about the odd likeness and a visit to inspect it.
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Billy Rice
Billy
William
Washington
Man teeters from three story window plans November 1 grocery venture
A crowd of fifty gathers on Grand River street as a man near a unfinished three story building signals intent to leap. He then announces from the window that on November 1 he will open a cash grocery business with staple and fancy goods in the same building.
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Grand River Street
Detroit Free Press
Mourning on the West Side Bed Misadventure
A dolorous friend recounts a peculiar tale of gloom and misfortune in a West Side boarding house. The narrator describes a folding bed incident that escalates from awkward curiosity to chaotic intrusion, ending with a shockingly sultry note as he reflects on his own discomfort and injury.
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A Gage D'Amour
West Side
Charleston
Bedridden Turbulence Ends Night At Boarding House
The speaker recalls a violent scene during drunken delirium tremens in a New York boarding house. He notes the bedclothes were torn and the landlady would have refused admittance if known, while fellow boarders whispered about his condition as he left.
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Panthe
New York News
Remarkable voyage of the Templar a perilous sea tale
Captain J N Armstrong commanded the Kalakaua loading Tamber for South America when Seattle readers recall his earlier feat aboard the Templar. The vessel drifted for a year after a mutinous crew died and yellow fever ravaged the crew and captain. The captain was chained for two years and later the captain's daughter navigated to San Francisco guiding the ship home with the second mate. The ship carried merchandise valued over $200,000 and returned intact to San Francisco Bay at last.
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Port Blakely
South America
Seattle
Armstrong
Templar
New York
San Francisco
Sanisco
San Francisco Bay
W. Te
Post- Intelligencer
Herbs and healers persist in Westchester communities
In Westchester Putnam and Rockland counties hundreds of African American and white residents gather, dry, and sell herbs for medicines. Dame Ramroo of Mamaroneck tends a Seventy-fourth street herb shop and treats locals from across the region with roots, bark, and powders.
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Westchester
Putnam
Rockland
Seventy-fourth Street
Dame Ramroo
Mamaroneck
Flats
Scarsdale
Westchester County
Middle
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York Commercial
Standing Room Only
Dr Tidy of Islington warns in a Pall Mall Gazette despatch about urban crowding as population grows. He notes England’s current elbow room per person and projects world population and space needs across generations, questioning where future generations will stand.
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Haith
Tidy
Islington
United Kingdom
England
Ion W Sxreed
Freaks for Museums and the Marriage Market
A Chicago museum manager discusses sourcing freaks for display describing demand and supply dynamics. He notes cranks and self made celebrities attract higher pay and recounts couples who married freaks like Albert Stewart and Lou Bowe. He cites Barnum’s era hoaxes and asserts genuine new freaks attract strong interest from the public.
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Chicago
Niagara Rapids
Brooklyn
Graham
Cutting
Mexico
France
Russia
Feejee Jim
Toc Barnum
Barnum
Birnum
Albert Stewart
Lou Bowe
Sprague
A New View of Consumption and Its Causes
A physician discussion argues consumption is not solely a lung disease but a systemic condition linked to liver and kidney acids. The article promotes Warner's Safe Cure as the specific treatment, citing authorities and patient anecdotes, and notes broader claims about removing the underlying acids to cure consumption and related ailments.
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Dr. & & Clark
Watertown
N. Y
Jose Wasner
Boards of Health
H. H. Warner & Co
Rochester
Clark
Warner
Gettysburg
Lutheran Quarterly
Lyon
Isaac Thomson
Royal Amateurs in Greece Stage Hamlet at Court
An Athens correspondent reports Greek royal family members act in short comedies and scenes from classics. The latest court performance reworked Hamlet with the crown prince as Hamlet and the elder sister as Ophelia, ending with a rescued Ophelia and a light duel wound. Anglo visitors in New York say a new courtesy phrase, very teholden to you.
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Athens
Greece
Hamlet
Ophelia
Wro
New York
Heholden
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New Zealand
Cairo
Egypt
Excise
Natal
South Africa
Nel
Plaza
Great Britan
Buckingham
Ayer
Royal Amateurs
Hood
E. N. Nightingale
Quincy
Mass
Apothecaries
Lowell
Pinkham’s
American Oral Home
N.Y
Law
Poultry Yard
Danteleon
United States
TK. Parsons
Ayear
KocumsTen N.Y. Cockle
Thegre
Fletchan & Cos
Kaus Howes
Bright
Hostetter
Scovul
Scovill
Hood and
Hallett & Co
Portland Maine
Peterson’s Magazine
Parknson
Q Bic
Htc
E.c
Peterson
Paris
Withesn
Charles J. Peterson
Chestnaut Sr
Philadelphia
Apactorptia Ceakieta
Slen
Cur
Lea
Alogue
Baltimore Rubber Stamp Works
Second St
Baltimore
Bertie Hoor
Pierce Well Exe Vutor Co
Celera
Walter
Pension
ConnerrowWeNce
LO B. Stevens & CO
Washingdon
D. C
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Blair
Aaron Sam
St. Louis
Gaylord & Co
Ankers
Edmond Legendre
Sutter Street
Cal
Ed. P. Wells
Thetis P. O
Stevens Co
Wash. Territory
St. Jacobs
Wuntreaton
W. Fairman
Drazeiit
Deighton
Ind
Wittes
Allen
Lang Kulsam
Radway
Radway’s
Drugaiate
Hkottle
Warren Street
Kilmer
W. L. Douglas
Congress
Bation and Lace
Deal- Fe
Mandrina
Crea
Buffalo Scale Company
Nuffalo
U.Y
Plso
Cole
Wietahan
Frazer GweAst
Thurston Ss
Humax S Rembdt Ce
LaPoretta
Lod
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