Second sight reader Moffat dies in Bozeman while sword swallowing
Tierr Moffat, famed second sight performer also known as Francis Morell, died in Bozeman Idaho during a sword swallowing act. His life in St. Louis featured early talent tested by visitors from Philadelphia and European crowds. He toured the Old World from 1879 and left a storied, checkered life in American show business.
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Tierr Moffat
Bozeman
Idaho
Herr Moffat
Francis Morell
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
St. Louis
Europe
Asia
Iris
Morells
Robert Vinton
Philadelphia
Vinton
Young Morell
Turner
Morell
Mary
Tanner
United States
Black Hat
Monomania in Vienna and Medical Milestones Highlighted
An obsessed Viennese watchman steals 646 handkerchiefs over years, with early penalties and later hospital evaluation diagnosing acute monomania. The piece notes rising numbers of women doctors in the US and Europe, cites Elizabeth Blackwell as the first, and mentions Swedish pioneer Karoline Wherstrom. Essex superstition and a wizard rumor are reported alongside a Boston shipyard calker’s invention cutting work for six with a new calking machine.
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Vienna
Ile
New York
United States
Elizabeth Blackwell
Sweden
Karoline Wherstrom
Thule Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee County Hospital
Anna McConnell
Boston
Mary So-and-so
Jane So-and-so
John Brown
Stamp Collecting History and Its Lucrative Rise in This Country
A brief outline traces postage stamp collecting from 1840 to today, noting the global spread of the hobby and a multi journal market. It mentions a St. Louis collector’s trip to Mexico to obtain stamps, illustrating the fierce pursuit of rare specimens.
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New York Times
St. Louis
Mexico
Stamp Collecting and The Value of Stamps in Trade
The article discusses stamp collecting from its beginnings in 1847 with Britain and 1863 Belgium, the rise of philatelic literature, and modern markets. It notes multiple firms in New York and St Louis, high auction prices, surcharges by colonies, and countersfeits, with guidance on identifying genuine stamps.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Cuernavaca
Great Britain
Brazil
United States
Belgium
le Timbre Poste
Philatelic Journal of America
New York
St. Louis
Mauritius
New York City
Pxepee
Brattleeboro
New Haven
British Guiana
Postae
Germany
Switzerland
N. Y
A Man Builds His Own House From Bricks
With a few bricks a person can raise a house and be independent of bricklayers tar-makers and hod-carriers. If he dislikes the result he can dismantle and reuse the same material which remains as good as new.
Ingenious Paris Swindler Feigns Despair For Charity
A clever female swindler in Paris visits houses wearing a pleading story of hardship. She pretends to drink poison to elicit money but is found to use only water, after leaving behind a nonpoison bottle. The ruse, once common, may decline as authorities notice the trick.
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Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
Worlingmen
Rieger
Glogan
Silesia
Paris
London Telegraph
Rain-in-the-Face’s Daughter and a Lover’s Tragic End
The Denver Republican recounts a Sioux tragedy linked to Rain-in-the-Face. His daughter loved an Army lieutenant who later moved to Fort Laramie. A hunting-party band crossed into Wyoming. she followed, learned he was married, and ended her life by suicide. Burial followed Sioux rites.
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Rain-in
Denver
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Right hip hop fashion sparks promenade debate in New York
The World of New York condemns the new promenade style for women as impractical and dirty noting skirts hang long and sweep the pavement. Ladies counter by resting the forearm on the hip to lift the hem, creating a distinctive right hip posture blamed on dress design.
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New York Promenade
Promenade
Oysterman Finds Hose Deliberately Hidden Near New London
A dredger uncovered a seven foot hose fragment attached to oysters off New London Connecticut, mistaken at first for a life sized sea serpent. The find highlights how oysters conceal debris and possible fraud in local beds.
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New London
Conn
The Sweating of Coins and a Bottle Temple Tale
A discussion of coin tampering by swindlers known as sweaters detailing how gold is abraded from coins and how light coins are handled at the mint and customs. The piece also notes a temple near Allahabad in India built from shattered earthen bottles and a large pilgrim gathering with water from the Ganges.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
United States Secret Service
New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Daniel M. Fox
Secretary of the Treasury
Fox
Siva
Allahabad
India
Ganges
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Moffat
Conjurer
Freiherr von Falkenhausen
Berlin
Philadelphia Telegraph
Crimea
St. Petersburg
Haundkerchiefs
Essex
London Standard
Sible Hedingham
American Furniture Gazette
J. L. Belcher, M. D
Townsend House
Montana
Hazleton & Blessing
Mont
Ed. L. Huntley & Go
L. Huntley & Co
Omcaco
Great Northern Railway
Central By
Great Northern
Minnesota
Wilmar
Sioux Falls
Duluth
Watertown & Pacific
Minneapolis
ST. Paul, Duluth
West Superior
Sioux City
Chicago
Helena
Fic Express
Helena and
Butte
Depaby
C. W. Pitts
E. H. Hubbard
Trav. Pass
Ag't
B. H. Langley
Toledo Weekly Blade
Sicnec Aeneuet Ep’ Clube
BLADE
Totepo
Northern
Pacific
ST. Paul, Mneapolis
Eastern Cities
Montane
Palma
Colonist
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
San Francisco
A. D. Edgar
Gresml
Main End
Rend Streets
Hotena
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