Dark Cells and Wrist-Suspension Punishment at Sing Sing
A historical account describes Sing Sing prison punitive methods for refractory inmates. It details dark, bare cells with heavy guards and minimal light, designed to terrify prisoners, and an adjacent device for suspending prisoners by the wrists. The piece notes alleged claims of blood, lifelong injury, and variable punishment durations.
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Sing Sing Pri
Sing Sinz
Wretel
Connaughton
Sing Sing
Lim
Mr. Connaughton
Dows
New York Sun
Prohibition News Flows From Mansfield and Beyond
A temperance bulletin reports boycotts by liquor men and women in Mansfield Ohio, rising clothing sales in anti liquor towns, and strong voices from Governor Martin and Gladstone on prohibition. It notes Wisconsin town Glenwood’s incorporation, a Madagaskar queen quote, and vivid prison torture anecdotes, plus temperance progress in Texas towns and Maryville Tennessee.
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the Warren
Mansfield
Mansfield, Co
Gladstone
London
Dakota
Texas
Frances EB. Willard
Lone Star
Maryville
Tenn
Temperance
W.C.T. U
Band of Hope
Union Signal
Grief and Business in Chicago Sees Discounted Funeral Costs
A Chicago man seeking to delay his brother's burial asks an undertaker about keeping the Sun Lady for after the funeral. The price is discounted 25 percent due to the brother's feet being frozen in a blizzard. The bereaved family faces the unusual settlement as they cope with the loss.
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Chicago
Deat
Sun Lady
Pecks
Hesselroth
Tiesseltroth
Lawrence Nesselroth
Chicago Ave
Insurance Advertising Text at Office Block
An old insurance notice extols the value of life fire and accident policies to protect families. It touts representatives from major firms with capital over a hundred million dollars and offers policies in approved forms from offices in a block near the telegraph.
The Humble Records of My Life Fragment
A fragmentary verse meditation on life, religion, bells, and love. The speaker reflects on past feasts and sacred sounds, invoking village bells and cherubim wings while critiquing faith and the lure of religious speech.
The Editor and His Son
A grim anecdote from Gill Nye recounts a stern editor who punishes his son for mischief by confinement beneath a dry goods box, coal piled atop, and a defiant note left by the boy. The tale ends with the missing boy Henry’s farewell, signing off as a hopeful future repayment to his father.
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Gill Nye
Sle
Tle
Henry
Dill Nye
New York World
Banker's Shrewd Trick From Early Railroad Days
A San Francisco Chronicle recounts a traveler who, eager to move $25,000 in greenbacks to New York, exploited a banker's exchange deal. The scam involved a draft for the $15,000 fee and transferring a parcel to a brother in New York, revealing how easily cash and trust could be misplaced in frontier finance.
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New York
Cork
San Francisco
Bennels
Economical Art Students in Paris Fashion
Boston Herald Paris cor respondent notes American art students in Paris economize on clothing. They wear old or recycled garments, favor corduroy and colored flannel shirts, and use boots with modest polish. A few avoid full new suits, preferring practical, economical attire while sketching or studying in studios.
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Paris
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Troy
Boston Herald
Wall paper and decorating services by N K Wendelboe Warren
Truths that Can be Verified by Inspection notes spring yearning for change. N K Wendelboe has long specialized in wall paper, window shades, floor and shelf decor, frames, paints, and house painting in Warren. He offers thousands of styles and a team supervised by him, with estimates and reasonable charges. 209 Liberty street, Warren.
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N. K. Wendelboe
Warren
Liberty Sreet
Literary Notes in April Pansy and Britain Sketch
The April Pansy offers stories poems and sketches including an Easter poem a France sketch and a portrait. Also notes a paper on Some Remarkable Woven and a Boston publishing notice from Lothrop company. English spavin limbment claims to ease horse blemishes and sells through L G Noyes Warren Pa with a $90 saving per bottle.
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Lister
France
Boston
TD. Lothrop Company
L. G. Noyes
Drugget
Warren
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Temperance Bulletin
The
Omaha Bee
Omaha
Martin
Kansas
N. G. Pierce
Greenfield
Mass
Georgia Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Glenwood
Madagascar
Wirs
Leavitt
Japan
Satan
Boston Y's
Y. Mlc. A
North End
Cra
Baptist Call
Kinzua
Y’s
Grief and Business
Amd
the Humble Records
Brows Chemical CO
Baltimore
Gselron
Lee of
Appatig
Seeeae
Pucgs
Slack Insurance Co
Tennsylvania
Warres
Cefield Hock
Weacham & CO
Acents
KR Bender
Bal Nay Tals
W.H. Picket & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore and
National Tube Works
Syracuse
Disston’a
Simond’s
Dupont Powder Company
Nelson Greenland
Xchange
E Tel
Bell Bros
Times
BET Bros
Warten
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