Wisconsin Dairy Butter Fraud Exposed in Chicago Stink Study
A Chicago Herald report uncovers a rickety South Water Street loft where a soiled setup produces a waxy fake butter known as Wisconsin Dairy. Reporters witness a dubious melting process, a white powder revealing adulterants, and twelve risky recipes using sugar of lead, acids, meats, and oils. The piece notes vast output and warns consumers, with commentary from the inventor about illegal profits and public health concerns.
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Chicago Herald
South Water Street
Wisconsin
Chicago
Sid
Carbaneco
Determined Country Lad Refuses Low Wood Offer
A Rochester youth sends wood to Rondout under his father’s orders not to take under twenty shillings. On landing he’s offered three dollars, but sticks to the rule, insisting he must not take less than twenty shillings as his father commanded.
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Kingston Freeman
Rochester
Rondout
Pap
Merchant’s Offer Halts Creek Dump Overboard Bargain
A scuffle over disposal ends with one man selling a useless item for twenty shillings to the other rather than dump it in the creek. The Mombaccus man takes the money and goes home.
Fearful German Narrates Pig-Mouthed Panther Tale
An amused Fulton County crowd heard a well dressed German describe encountering a panther on a mountain road with a pig in its mouth. The frightened man claimed the animal dragged the pig up a tree, then warned others to avoid the area. The tale, recounted near Connelsburg, drew laughter as a crowd armed with shotguns and rifles sought the creature on the mountain.
Two Remarkable Dwarf Women In Oxford Me
In Oxford Maine two sisters Burns are dwarfs under thirteen inches tall and weighing sixty to seventy pounds each. They stopped growing at four due to a bone disease but are educated and read daily papers. They help with chores, avoid strangers, and once declined a showman’s offer of two hundred dollars weekly.
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Ince
Boston Globe
Oxford
Burns
Hendricks Anecdote and Burglars' Worth
A Louisville anecdote recalls Mr Hendricks sharing shoes with a poor barefoot pupil, waiting in stocking feet until his sister brought footwear. The column argues burglars bring indirect work for many trades, then notes two child moments during a New Hartford fire, including a girl hugging cats and a child praying to stop the fire.
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Hendricks
Louisville Courier-Journal
Nannie
New Hartford
Remedy for bleeding noves and talking seals in Capitale
A physician cites jaw motion to stop bleeding in noves and suggests inserting chewed paper wad in a child's cave to aid the process. The piece also notes seals in Capitale can be trained to play instruments and even sing, with stories of a Bavarian king and an American who trains a seal to perform.
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Bavaria
King Ludwig and the Ox in Bavarian Alps
King Ludwig of Bavaria wandered the Bavarian Alps when an angry ox blocked his path. He waited briefly then seized a rail bayonet and charged the animal, prompting a swift reaction from onlookers and local guards.
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Ludwig
Bavaria
Bavarian Alps
Warning to Vigarette Smokers
An eccentric monarch ordered himself photographed in a staged attack pose to warn against tobacco. A London medical journal notes tobacco can cause abnormal sphygmographs in young men, who continue using the weed despite warnings.
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Norris
Own Herald
London
Infernal contraption riles crows in Scranton tale
A Scranton Pa special recounts Dr. Banty Hui of Carbondale describing his homemade crow trap experiments. He stacks a sapling platform with silk cords to drop a platform on crows feeding on corn, claiming multiple birds killed, and he later uses decoy setups to study crow behavior.
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Scranton
Dr. Banty Hui
Carbondale
Coyne
Waymari
Hank
Salem Township
Two Townsfolk Struck by Sudden Insanity in Globe Village
In Globe Village, John Goodison and his wife abruptly lost reason after a daytime roof repair quarrel over a tree. A carpenter and two physicians observed the wife soon displaying similar symptoms, and local neighbors report no change in the couple's condition as of Saturday.
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Providence Journal
Globe Village
John Goodison
Hamlet Street
Goodison
Howard
Village Sympathy Grows For Goodison Family
In a small village locals rally around elderly residents Mr and Mrs Goodison who are widely respected and have drawn much curiosity and sympathy after a recent incident.
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Mrs. Goodison
Souvenir Distribution Sparks Arizona Saloon Jest
An Anchorage of locals roars over GeeUp Charley and Short-Pants arrest for drunkenness, marking a ninety seventh offence. A souvenir programme is planned, Montezumas will be opened to the crowd, and notorious desperates will be fired as spectacle. The writer vows to attend and report from the scene.
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Arizona Exchange
GeeUp Charley
al Blodgett
E-Canion
Remarkable Georgia Colored Society Wedding
A notable marriage occurred Sunday afternoon in Greensboro Georgia between John Shell a seventy year old groom and Winnie Gunn a fifty year old bride. They obtained a license in town and were married at Mount Pleasant Church by Rev William Alexander. The bride wore a blue calico dress with red and blue ribbons. the groom wore a blue and white cattonade suit. The couple left separately after the ceremony with the bride heading home and the groom hobbling away.
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Georgia Colored Society
Greensboro
John Shell
Darkey
Winnie Gunn
John
Mount Pleasant Church
William Alexander
Bears Attack Camp Under Silver Moonlight
Surveyors in camp by a stream sourcing from the Rattlesnake Mountains reported a fierce night battle with four large silver tip bears. A sudden snowfall preceded a loud confrontation that woke the camp. The bears charged the men, inflicting injuries before the creatures were killed within ten minutes.
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San Francisco
Justin
The Colorado Idea in Denver Witness Oath tale
A Denver attorney questions a bright boy witness about the oath. The boy answers he understands the oath and that lying after it would incur costs, illustrating a humorous courtroom moment captured in the Denver Tribune.
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Colorado
Denver Tribune
Denver
Alaskan Wonders Reported in Philadelphia Cal
Alaska is described as full of wonders with a newly found great lake at the source of the Korvak River, said to be so deep no fathom line reaches bottom. Natives are noted as hardy, about white-man size, with distinct features and brunette skin. Their reindeer skin dress and underground huts are described.
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Philadelphia
Cal
Alaska
Korvak
Forfeits Game Divides Chicago Society Attention
A Chicago belle invents a party game called Forfeits. Couples gather at a house and men place their right hands on a center table. the man with the dirtiest fingernails must kiss all the homely girls. In Chicago, all the girls are kissed during play, boosting the game's popularity among the ladies.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Why He Was Happy
Captain J. M. Storey of this county survived multiple bullets in the war. He recalled feeling relief when realizing the lightning that struck him had not been a cannon ball. The same bolt felled seventeen of his comrades and left him unharmed.
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Greensboro
J. M. Storey
Captain Storey
Tackled the Wrong Game. Eureka Sentinel report
Two dogs from the hills behind Eureka Consolidated Reduction Works wandered into town yesterday afternoon. They endured extreme pain as three or four citizens restrained them and removed hundreds of quills with pincers. The animals likely learned to avoid porcupines.
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Eureka Consolidated Reduction Works
Cat blamed for Illinois home explosion remains uninjured
A cat allegedly blew up a house in Illinois by pushing a can of nitro glycerine from a table. The cat was later found hanging in a tree about five hundred yards away, nervous but nearly unharmed.
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Iinois
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine touted as cure all
An advertisement extols Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal remedy for women and nervous debility. It cites testimonials from multiple reverends and individuals across various towns praising relief from female weakness malaria and insomnia. The pitch claims rapid cures and urges broad household use and distribution.
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Gilmore
Giluere
W. Fisk Requa
Aurora
Bev
Harris Peck
Pavillion
Wase
D&. Freelasd
Fowlerville
E.J. Whitney
Clarkson, N. Y
Mks
U. McIntare
Daggetts Mills
Laines
A.W. Merck & Co
Warren Savings Bank Chartered in Warren County
Bank notices state Warren Savings Bank is the only chartered savings bank in Warren county and vicinity. It outlines permitted deposits by married women or minors and mentions foreign and other banking business transactions under supervision. Officers listed include Watson as president and Esmtts, Berg, and Brows in various roles.
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Warren County
Foreignacl
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