On a Mexican Street Feinerant Wonders and Vendors
A San Francisco Chronicle Mexico City correlative sketches a bustling street scene. Lottery ticket sellers operate under government oversight with generous commissions, while water carriers bear heavy loads in leather harnesses. Street beggars mix real need with deception, and birds and wares are sold in vivid, sometimes risky fashion along the curb.
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Mexico
Ted
Iidst
Calaveras
Nuevo Leon
Suli
Zocalo
Alameda
City of Mexico
San Francisco Chronicle
Inspection of Noses Promised as Science of Nutography
A French paper dubbed the science of nutography claims to reveal character, habits, and inclinations from nose shape. It asserts long noses signal merit and genius while various forms indicate traits from sensuality to cruelty, and a pale nose suggests egotism.
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Boston Herald
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Promised as Cure All Women
A long testimonial style notice touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal remedy for female weakness debility and nervous exhaustion. It claims cures for malaria sleeplessness and insomnia and asserts positive effects on beauty complexion and vitality with numerous named endorsers from New York and Indiana pathways. Sold by A W Morck & Co.
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J. B. Emell
Pavillion
N. Y
Gilmore
W. Disk Requa
Aurora
Harris Peek
J. M. Derby
Linden, N
Dr. Freeland
Fowlerville
E. J. Whitney
Clarkson
N.Y
I. H. Mclnatyre
Dargetts Mills
Pasys
Letters Show Mrs Beecher's Penned Burden Through Scandal Time
Detroit World World special outlines 1881 1882 letters of Mrs Henry Ward Beecher in which she details poverty amid the Beecher Tilton scandal. She recalls unopened correspondence and her husband’s burden while she bears the duties of wife mother and manager. She describes the harsh effects of public scrutiny and financial strain on the Beecher household.
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E. Adams
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher-Tilton
Tie
Columbia Teituts
Brooklyn
Beacher
Detroit
New York
What is Apoplexy in Medical Terms
The article explains apoplexy as a vascular disease not a brain ailment, caused by age or poor nutrition. It describes arterial structure, the middle shell's role in preventing filtration, and how weakened vessels may rupture or leak under heart pressure, with hemorrhage or exosmosis as possible outcomes. It notes Beecher’s brain relying on nourishment and links vessel weakness to brain susceptibility.
Deacon of the Fiftieth Congress Revealed by Telegraphist
A quiet, medium sized man at a government telegraph office identifies himself as 8. V. White, known in New York as the Deacon, stating he will be a member of the Fiftieth Congress and learned telegraphy in his New York City office. A curious operator fled before the message finished.
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Hle
8. V. White
New York
Tiftieth Congress
New York City
New York Herald
Two High Priests of Dyspepsia Question Cupboard Defenses
The New York Tone Journal comments on Dr Holmes and other English and European views on sea water and ice cream as dyspepsia culprits. It notes a countercharge about English tea and calls for a prohibition on national dietary habits seen as harming digestion.
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Dr. Holmes
Holmes Shoul
England
New York Tone Journal
No title present on old Montana freighter tale
An elderly Montana freighter recalls a harsh winter when hardship drives people to eat dead companions. He claims he has witnessed such cannibalism on multiple occasions, speaking of grim survival scenarios.
Cremation in Alaska Describes Potlatch Funeral Customs
The Alaska Free Press reports on a cremation at an Indian village where two deceased, Jennie and the other, are honored in a potlatch. The ceremony includes lengthy chants by elders, a beach cremation on a wood pyre, and the distribution of the deceased’s goods to relatives, reflecting Southeastern Alaska Indigenous rites.
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Martin Bros
Blackman
Jennie
Alaska
Buck
Wuat
Alaska Free Press
Gravelotte Battle Seen By King and Generals
The account recounts the Gravelotte fighting where French forces held high ground while German troops charged the valley below. As dusk fell, Kaiser William I watched from a church wall while Moltke arrived to declare success, with Bismarck and cheering troops signaling victory after hours of brutal combat.
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Gravelotte
William
Bismarck
Moltke
London
New York Mall
Express
A Cosmopolitan City
An elderly single Boston woman with money says she will spend winters in Washington. She notes no social place for older women in Boston and calls Washington the only American city where her age grants social space without a mission. She says, Yes, I’m going to Washington.
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Boston
Washington
The English Upper Classes in Controversy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton laments the English upper classes after hearing about divorce laws in the United States and a recent Colin Campbell case. She criticizes wealth tied to idle courtly life and social plotting, expressing loss of hope for reform after engaging with London high society reports.
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Terry
United
Tates
Eigabeth Cady Stanton
New York Star
Bending the Tree's Fruits Reported by Professor He
A Chicago Times piece cites Prof He discovering that fertility in bendy trees is tied to Satanic influence. Lower leaf surfaces show transverse folds where new tissues form and fill with starch, creating thick wooly tissue that redirects water flow. This favors fruit bud development beneath.
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Chicago Times
Rheumatic Remedy Promises Cure for Rheumatism and Catarrh
A May 28 1886 letter from Genandaiqua New York reports complete relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Pardee Medicine Co. Dr Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy. The writer notes throat catarrh improved as a gargle, calling the remedy indispensable as a family medicine and a splendid tonic.
Cure by Pardee Rheumatic Remedy Quells Heart Rheumatism
John Teron of Rochester New York suffered years of rheumatism in the shoulders and heart. After paying ten dollars for an examination he learned only he had rheumatism of the heart. He was cured by Dr Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy for less than half the cost, at one dollar a bottle or five dollars for six. The Pardee Medicine Co Rochester New York recommends the remedy.
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Wisense
C.F. Bruce
Metuchen
N.J
James W. Reed
Penn Ave
Pittsburgh
Aliss Carrie Patten
Eagle Village
N. Y
John M. Wolcott
Pillard
Athlophoros Co
Wall 8T
New York
John ©. Teron
4Th Street
Rochester
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