Townsend Gazette Notes On Travel Risks And Social Satire
A miscellany of items questions rail travel risk in Germany, notes famous Emma singers, mocks balloon trips, argues for peaceful settlement in Asia, and lampoons a tramp scam. It also highlights women borrowers in Cambridge and a Massachusetts tuberculin plan for cattle to control tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Emma Eames
Emma Calve
Emma Nevada
Emma Abbott
Queens of Song
Cua
Japan
Massachusetts
Slavery Era Sale in Selma Details Shocking
A rare postwar sale in Selma Alabama saw Samuel Johnstone bought by Col Oliver for 75 dollars binding him to labor until death with food shelter and clothes provided. The event drew a crowd as the bond drew and the slave walked tethered to a hotel column before beginning a twelve mile trek to his new home. The report also notes medical testimony about Amick treatment for consumption in Cincinnati.
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Selma
Ala
Starke Oliver
Samuel Johnstone
New York Advertiser
Southern Hotel
Johnstone
Sam
Oliver
Turkey
Buz
Colonel Oliver
Mr. Niever
Justice of the Peace
Gwyne Ter
Rossini Feigns Illness to Please Meyerbeer on Boulevard
On a boulevard encounter with the musician Braga, the famed Rossini was greeted by Meyerbeer who anxiously asked after his health. Rossini claimed a headache and pain but, smiling, said he was fine and he only wished to delight Meyerbeer by a dramatic display.
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Waterloo
Cambridge
Worcester
Rossini
Braga
Meyerbeer
Myerbeer
The United States Longest East West and North South Widths
The United States spans 2754 miles east to west along 45 degrees north from Eastport Maine to a point west of Salem Oregon. Its maximum north south width on the 97th longitude line runs from Pembina North Carolina to Point Isabel Texas at 1611 miles.
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United States
Eastport
Maine
Atlantic
Pacific
Salem
Ore
Pembina
N. C
Point Isabel
Texas
Bigamy Tales Tie To English Heiress And New York Trial
An English aristocrat of Hengrave Hall at Bury St Edmunds faced tales of three suitors and marriages, while in Ballston, New York Nellie Duclos, aged 18, was convicted of bigamy for marrying two men while her first husband John Duclos lived. The Saratoga Springs woman admitted guilt as William Lawler and Frank Clough awaited.
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Hengrave Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Penlope
Earl Rivers
George Trenchard
John Gage
William Hervey
Gage
John
Theady
Ballston
N. Y
Nellie Duclos
Saratoga Springs
Court of Sessions
William Lawler
Albany
Frank Clough
Asbury Park
Charles Duclos
Saratoga
Filtered Charcoal Water Guards Against Lead Poisoning
English medical journal notes lead poisoning from drinking water, especially June to October, and recommends charcoal filters. Use large quantities of powdered or granulated charcoal, renew filters frequently, and avoid unfiltered water to protect gout sufferers and others from long term exposure.
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England
A Remarkable Duchess of Abercorn and Her Noble Kin
The dowager duchess of Abercorn hosted a unique levee at Montagu House with about 101 descendants. Her family links span the dukedoms of Bedford Russell Marlborough Buccleugh and future titles, with noted photographs of the march past and a long, influential life at court and in society.
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Abercorn
Duchess of Gordon
John
Earl) Russell
Louisa Russell
Granville
Duke
Marquis
Duchess of Buccleugh
Lady Abercorn
Robert Peel
Duchess of
New Mexico Orchard Boom Affects Western Fruit Markets
The article notes New Mexico and Colorado growers expanding irrigation based orchards amid drought in the east. It mentions plans for a 16 000 acre Pecos valley project near Roswell and 1 000 acres of apple trees in Chaves County. Grapes from upper and middle Rio Grande valleys have grown as essential freight items, often priced above California grapes.
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New Mexico
California
Oregon
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Mexico
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Missouri Ru
Chaves
Rio Grande
Agricultural Defect and a Neighbors View
In a light domestic vignette Mrs Goandsee compliments a new home while Mrs Howlingswelle praises it but notes one flaw. The architect’s design hides the elegant sideboard from the street, a peculiarity that amuses and puzzles the neighbors.
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Goandsee
Howlingswelle
Oddities and Anecdotes From A Bygone Era
A New York thief is captured and punished in hours. Reports note Chicago and New York campaigns against alcohol in sweets. Portland inventor Twombly touts ether powered bicycles. West Point rejects many cadets over cigarettes. An Oregon hanged Aman is linked to Revolutionary heroes lineage. A New York worker boasts a lucky cap valued at 500. British dominions see 8000 disappear annually. A Gratz Austria tale warns paying tailors before diplomas. Eton longs for fagging reform. A ten year old saves a train from a fire at a ravine bridge in New York. William Bell of Syracuse, born 1789, recalls George Washington’s body servant as a close friend.
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New York
Chicago
W. L. Twombly
Portland
West Point
Adenapolis Aman
Oregon
Dominions
British Empire
University of
Willie Norton
Kalletville
N. Y
Airoad
William Bell
Syracuse
South
Describing Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a cure all
The passage promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for chills and fever malaria and various ailments while claiming it eradicates several conditions. It includes other tonics and emphasizes continual use and endorsements by medical men. An aside notes a Paris statistic about personal crisis reports in June.
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Tropics
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Downsend Messenger
John BR. Stout
Raiway
Germany
Carcado
Evanston
Leo Stevens
Robert McKim
Bridgeport
State Supreme Court of Minnesota
N. A. Thompson
Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Building Association
Canada
Alabama
Sam Johnstone
Orcinnati
Amick
Reeves
Amick Chemical Company
Hegeman
Lark Con
Paris
Mr. Al, G. _Hyame Hood
Stee Ho
Hood
Tr G. Hyrama
T .v. Howrnt
N. Third Street
Alias
Obie
W.L. DougLas
Workingmens
Sendo
Apis Best Dong
Oxford Mfc. CO
Wabash Ave
Siemn City Engine & Iron Works
W Pech Mig Biovs City
Missouri
Wissou Ive Stock Company
Neosho
News GS
Juiure Choice
Sorbank
Ortm
STARK
Louisiana
Rockport
Wall Street
Pra
Orm
Morton
Eps Wai St
Omaha
Douglas St
Lincoln W. A
Une . Simpson
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