Racy portrait of Dr Mary Walker draws Washington talk
A Columbus correspondent recounts Dr Mary Walker in Washington describing her as androgynous from neck up with a slender face and short brown hair but wearing a manish dress including pantaloons and a Raglan coat. The piece notes public curiosity and remarks on her notoriety and mannerisms.
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Columbus
Cincinnati Times
Ohio
Washington
Mary Walker
Mary
Walker
Treasury Building
Earle
Willard’s Hotel
Wade F Lampton
Sprains and Tendons Explained in Ancient Health Journal
Hialls Journal of Health outlines sprains and strains focusing on joints and tendons. It explains muscle sinew relations near joints, swelling from extra blood, and the need for rest. It notes careful bandaging by a skilled physician and cold water therapy to reduce swelling.
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Hiall
Journal of Health
Perard
Washington Fashioned Buttons From Conch Shells
Washington began wearing pink conch shell buttons on his velvet coat after an 1789 New York encounter with a sailor selling shells. He bought the shells and had a button maker craft them into concave buttons with a silver drop. The incident sparked fashion, boosting shell sellers and button makers fortunes as Washington’s use proved both generous and economical.
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New York
Washington
Capt. Lewis
Robert Lewis
Republican Court
Capt
Lewis
The Token of Friendship in a Gift
A reflection on tokens of affection such as a lock of hair portrait motto or bible and how a gift from loved ones softens a hardened man. It argues such tokens bridge ruin and temper a life scarred by conflict, suggesting the harvest of friendship endures through eternity.
Circus music spark of longing mirrors a boy’s missed night
A Chicago Journal writer laments a boy unable to enter a circus as the moment of the song arrives, capturing genuine pathos about poverty and delayed joy.
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Chicago Journal
Legendary Chicago lawyer hosts unconventional funeral
The widow of General I N Stiles died on the 7th inst and friends gathered at Warren Avenue Chicago home for a farewell without a clergyman. A free thinker, she was born 1837 in Sag Harbor New York, taught music, spoke languages, led the Athenea literary society, and was present at battles in the war. The service featured poems written by the deceased and readings by Athenea Club president and sisters who sang Farewell.
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I. N. Stiles
Warren Avenue
Chicago
Stiles
Sag Harbor
N. Y
Lafayette
Ind
The
Athenea
Property auction description in Van Wert Ohio 1876
The notice describes the east half of the southeast quarter of section 16 totaling 80 acres with an appraisal of 21 060. The four tracts are in township 1 south range 3 east. Sale terms are cash. Sheriff Fred Billman of Van Wert Ohio signs the notice dated April 27 1876. Attorneys Alexander and Saltzgaber are listed.
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Fred Billman
van Wert
Ohio
Alexander & Saltzgaber
T. 8
McKim
Fred. Billman
Sheriff Sale In Van Wert County Ohio 1877
Under a pendente execution from Mercer County Court, Samuel Miller et al. J K B Frisinger vs. filed at Mercer Common Pleas, the sheriff of Van Wert County will vend the real estate at the courthouse door in Van Wert on May 23, 1877 between 1 and 2 PM. The property covers the middle third of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 14 town 2 range 2 east, totaling 19.37 acres, appraised at 2150 dollars. Sheriff Fred Billman. April 20, 1877. LeBlond & Day, Attorneys.
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van Wert
Ohio
John C. Blossom
Board of Education
Thomas Cully
Edson & Brodnix
Guardian
van Wert County
Ernst Munzinger
William Muntzinger
Jacob Germann, Jr
John Jacob Hoffman
Price & Shissler
Board of Commissioners
Range 4
Evans County
WM. Pollock
Delphos
Shanesville Road
John George
Shieriff
D. J. Davis
Court of Common Pleas
van Vs
Fred Billman
Perry L. Marker
Court of Common Fleas
Eatse
Samuel Miller
Sea van Wert
Price & Shiseler
Samuel Foster
Middlepoint
Saalee
Wert, O
Glenn & Porter
Arah A. Pence
Samuel 8S. Pence
County of van Wert
State of
Sarah A. Pence
Peter Frisinger
J.K. B. Frisinger
Mercer County
Sherife
Reuben Frisbie
van Vs. Wert County
John Green
Towit
W. Price & Shissler
George
O. A.S
D. W. Burt
Clark & Darnell
Andrew S.burt
C. Mahan
Fred Bilman
J. M. Barr
P. F. Feigert
Section 14
Adam Burger
Geo. Hart
John W. Pierce
Fred. Billman
Sherrif
Jacob Haley
Ben Stewart
A. C. Decker
Heath and Stewart
Convoy
Wé. Price & Shissler
Joseph Esch
John Loy
Alexander & Saltzgaber
William Finney
Neaseen
Wal Wert
Ws. Clark & Darnell
Wm. Urton
Aan Berlman
van Wert, C
Jesse Plumley
James West
P.m
Vance County
Cate
Rillman
Ate
P. W. Morton
Court of Com. Pleas
John A. Cooper
Hugh Gilliland
Robert Gilliland
Fred. Billman, Sheriff. Sheriff’s Office
van Wert, O
B. J. Brotherton
Range 2
Defiance Road
Section 1
Town 2
Range
Howe Machine
Court of Com. Vs. Pleas
William Tester
Outlet No.7
J.M.C. Marble
Township No. 2
Cunningham & Kemper
Henry Lambkin
Sutphen & Jones
Clark & Darnell Attorneys
Emerson & Marble Court of Common Pleas
Norman Kile
Sherive
van Wer
Shleripi
Emerson & Marble
R. N. Balliet
Sierife
John A. Bumgardner
Court of Common Vs. Pleas
van Wert Co
Nathan Durbin
Towi
Willshire
Alexander
Glenn
Shteriff
Thomas L. Black
Jacob Able
Township Three
Sheriff’s Office
Buckeye Engine Company
Nathaniel McClure
The
van Wert Co. Bank
Court of Common Va. Pleas
County
O. Y
Section No. 14
Range No. 2
Julia Cook
A. Moebus
Ype
van Wert, CO
A. J. Porter
Samuel Williams
Court of Common vs.Pleas
J. K. Woods
Washington Street
Inlet No. &66
Sheriff
Charles Hannah
Francis Kolb
William Keith
Levi Hammon
Alexander. & Saltzgaber
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Webster & Wise
P.H. Miller
Wm. Sherman
Marble
Cline
Sheriff's Office
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Ezra Thomas
William Masters, Jr
Peter Harter
Richard Jarvis
W. HK. Owens
David Smith
William Feasel
Rosina Wistner
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William P. Casteel
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Charles M. Ciifton
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Celina Long
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Probate Court of
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J. B. Husted
Nassau, N.Y
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Wood St
Pittsburg, Pa
Kendall & CO
Boston
Mass
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John K. Sallowe
C. N. Crittenden
Sixth Ave
Charley Ross
Robinson Crusoe
Dr. Pancoast
John E. Potter
Philadelphia
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Grange
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Omaha
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Shterife
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Sherif
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Harriet C. Knapp
D. Swartout
Ayer
West
J. C. Ayer
Suzerife
Range No. 3
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Valencia
Baney
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Vyan
Capital
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C. A. Melsheimer
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Old Country
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F. F. Weed
W Cmen Tt
Adelia R. Grayam
Lansing, Mich
Sheripe
Toledo
Taps
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Summit &T
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F.F
Norice
Weed
Michigan
Indiana
G. C. Graham & Co
aGiss
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Oo. P. Clare c& Son
South Washington St
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