Wealth in Waste A Simple Device Clears Culm for Millions
Ransom T. Mitchell of Bradford patents an air blast system to extract coal from culm piles in Pennsylvania mines. The method dries dust, carries waste from breakers to dumps via pipes, stabilizes emissions, and cuts transportation costs. Test at Pennsylvania Coal Company No.5 succeeds. several firms plan adoption. Mitchell rejects $500,000 offer.
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Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Carbon
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Ransom T. Mitchell
Bradford
Mitchell
Pennsylvania Coal Company
London messenger dogs proposed for urban posts
A London newspaper suggested forming a corps of messenger dogs to replace telegraph boys. Uniformed with neck badges, the dogs would operate in districts, waiting at street corners to receive money and messages, then route to the nearest postal telegraph office and return with replies. Babies language note from Boston: Chinese children say papa as a-de and call mothers a-ma, while fathers are addressed as sir.
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London
Boston Globe
Boston
China
Papa
Foreign phrases reveal common term across nations
The excerpt notes that terms meaning young lord and young lady exist in many languages and that a universal word for material remains the same worldwide. It highlights a quote about shared humanity as a single thread linking diverse cultures.
Cotton Curiosity From Baton Rouge Grows Tall Hybrid
Hon. Thompson Bird, Agriculture Commissioner, displays a cotton plant hybridized on ex Mayor Schorten's estate. The fourteen foot stalk, claimed to yield four bales per acre, uses artificial pollen from an ultra blossom and protective cloths during maturation. Seed from two prolific stalks may plant an acre of this foveal growth. The lint is described as silky and stout in fiber.
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Baton Rouge
Thompson Bird
Schorten
Death from a Chicken Bone in Boston Woman
A Boston woman died after a chicken bone pierced her intestines and a stomachlining artery. A physician initially blamed esophageal laceration and predicted recovery, but ongoing pain worsened until death five days later. An autopsy confirmed perforation and internal hemorrhage from the needlelike fragment.
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Boston
The Boss California Story Snowball Rescue
A Quincy boy rolled into a massive snow-ball on a mountain slope and was carried down a hill. It toppled from a cliff into a pine tree where the snow-ball lodged. Rescuers opened it to find the child alive but cold, proving California’s winter prowess.
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Quincy
California
Drolt Anecdote of a Excelsior Years Ago
A fragment from a long tale recalls church barefoot days and a devout old man who listens to talk of religious levies. He ponders a murder scene, wonders if he would have stood by, and offers a lone, reflective comment about protection and courage.
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Chin
Curis
Torture on the Track Near Savannah
A man named Ellijay fell into a trench between crossties while walking on the track. The Marietta and North Georgia train passed by with the engineer spotting a man’s head between the crossties and stopping within a few feet. Three men freed the unfortunate fellow from the hole.
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Qiaeer
Savannah
Ellijay
Marietta
North Georgia
Dream Inspires Fatal Discovery in Urbana Stable
Frederick County Maryland resident Columbus Dronenburg twenty five years old son of Charles Dronenburg a blacksmith living at Urbana was found dead in the hayloft of a stable owned by Thomas Dixon on Tuesday morning. He had left home Thursday and was seen Friday under liquor. The father reported a dream led to the discovery. death appears due to exhaustion and exposure.
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Gettysburg
Columbus Dronenburg
Charles Dronenburg
Urbana
Frederick County
Maryland
Thomas Dixon
Dangers of Potash and a Japanese Exposition Colony
A Indianapolis pharmacist warns against indiscriminate use of chlorate of potassium for throat ailments as it irritates kidneys and can cause fatal nephritis when large doses are taken within twenty four hours. A Japanese colony of about one hundred people, led by Fred Deakin, passed through en route from San Francisco to New York to establish a permanent Japanese arts exposition in New York City. The colony aims to showcase various Japanese industries and daily life, following a successful model in San Francisco.
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Indianapolis
Bright
Chenge
San Francisco
New York
Fred Deakin
New York City
Japan
L G. Noyes
New Haven
Kate Doughan
G. Noyes
Ridelsperger
Jamieson
Warren
D. Riprtstereem
Loscience
Mechanica
ScieNtific American
Munn & CO
Broadway
Patent Office
Barca States
United States
Canada
England
France
Germany
Office Scientific American
Castoria and medical ads and notices in old paper
A fragmented page shows varied items including a Robert Toombs death in Washington Georgia, medical claims for Elixir Ackers and Castoria, Dakota's first Legislature in Huron, and patent medicine testimonials. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters are advertised with consumer anecdotes. Also mentions Davis war, a Philadelphia doctor ad, and a private consultation note with office hours.
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Robert Toombs
Washington
State of
Dakota
Huron
Noyes
New York Grant Monument Fund
Bucklen
A. Vi. Morek
Davis
Dust Duesday
Durrant
Miss
Ackern Dyspepsia and patent medicine boasts explode
A garbled 19th century newspaper fragment touts Ackern Dyspepsia Tablets with grand claims and testimonials. It cites L G Noyes as guarantor, mentions Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy, references a police sergeant’s wife suicide, and includes scattered ads for tonics, tonics, and clothing in Warren Pennsylvania and Lynchburg Virginia. The piece blends sensational health claims with local notices and odd misprints.
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Ackern
L. G. Noyes
Theresa Stock
Chicago
John O'Harra
St. Louis
Mary McColler
Dee Kennes
Palenky
Cambridge
Lucy Veith
Henry Veith
Frank Albright
Catakril
Hood
A. Lloyd & Co
Lowell Miss
Haddocks
John Thomas
Queer Wrinkles Odd Items From All Points
A miscellany of curios from across the country includes a four legged chicken from Baco Maine a tree climbing rat in California and a strange three tailed wiggle device in Manorville New York. A miner's boot in Amador County California held gold dust worth about three thousand dollars. A Maine Indian trains with a bull moose for farm work and a Northampton family weighs 1616 pounds in total. The Montana queen was replaced with a dead queen in an apiary and a local council in Cuarrancona hires to curb nightly lovers clogging streets.
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Baco
California
Montana
Hadson River
Glasgow
Manorville
Palenville
N.Y
W. H. Payne
Spencerville
Cal
Amador County
Parsons
A. Chittenden
Montclair
N.J
Dead River
Maine
Loro Bravouivs
Chris W. Braman
Northampton
Cuarrancona
Chaplain Wins Over Zouaves in Wartime Talk
During the war General Stevenson praises a devout chaplain who urged Billy Wilson’s Zouaves to hear a sermon. The chaplain claims blessing from his preaching and proposes baptizing 300 men at the creek, prompting Billy to joke that none of his regiment will be surpassed. The adjutant follows Billy’s instruction.
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San Francisco
Stevenson
Tunis
Billy Wilson
Billy
He Drove Home and Harmless Practical Joke
An estimable young man played a prank on a North Pearl street brougham driver by pretending to engage a hidden passenger. The driver sped off after the word home, leaving mystery about what happened inside the carriage beyond the threshold of the mansion. The second item recalls ex Senator Dorsey losing a 1500 dollar watch at a cattle convention and a detective’s sting leading to a four hundred dollar recovery.
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Albany Express
North Pearle Street
St. Louis
Dorsey
Dave Cook
Rocky Mountain
Cook
Horse
the Southern
Gander in Seal-Skin Sack Scares Kingston Crowd
A fat party in a seal-skin sack crossed a path of a large gander. The bird hissed as a woman cried to a boy to drive off the beast. The boy chased it away. the sack owner paid ten cents, thanking him for saving her life. A small audience witnessed the scene.
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Kingston Freeman
Bubby
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Gelogz
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North Clarendon, Pa
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J. C. Ayer & Co
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Usaiet
Fane Trantam
Columbuns
Warren County
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Ann AL. Trantuom
Warren, Pa
N.w.ayer & Son
Nuit Bing Philadelphia Cor, Chestnut
Eighth Sex
Kempetor Ayer & Son
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R. R
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Be and
Gailen Po
Banas
Pullin
Aineh
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Colat
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Bates
Clark
Sulou IA
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