Ghostly Rappings Alarm Cincinnati Couple
A Cincinnati Enquirer report recounts Brown and his wife facing repeated supernatural raps at their home while Brown is away. The pair, not believers in spiritualism, describe three rapid knocks at the window and bedhead, prompting fear and plans to remove the haunting. The tale ends with a phonographic digression on facial wrinkles and a phrenological aside.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Brown
Mr. Brown
Uamistal
Reading the Eyes and Phrenology in Moral Insight
An excerpt outlines phrenology relating eye shapes and eyelid movements to traits like reflection penitence prayerfulness humility and truth. It links upper eyelid droop to confession, inner eye angles to repentance, and downward eye tilt to Madonnas, suggesting eye behavior mirrors moral faculties and honesty.
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L Parsons
Les Nink
Faculty of Justice
A Tough Teacher Tackles Disorder At Western New York School
A new, athletic teacher arrives at a failing western New York school where prior instructors failed. He uses swift discipline after a defiant pupil, John Tarbox, mocks him. The boy submits, and by season's end the school is hailed as the best in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Tarbox
Bob
Pete
John
Tarbox
Rapid Changes in Science and The Dangers of Absolute Truth
A discussion on cautious claims in science citing Huxley Beale Darwin Towne and Helmholtz with quotes on protoplasm natural selection and electric theory. Includes a humorous real estate vignette and a medical ad for Shiloh’s Vitalizer and Brown's Iron Bitters.
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Huxley
Lionel Beale
Hunley
Darwin
Towne
Europe
Helmholtz
Rev Thayer Credits Shiloh Cure for Recovery in Bourbon
The Reverend Geo H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana reports he and his wife owe their lives to Shilohs Consumption Cure sold by A J Davis. He claims it has helped many, noting weight gains up to 40 pounds from chronic biliousness and dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon Ind
Shiloh
A. J. Davis
A.J. Davis
Brown
List of causes set down for trial in January 1883
The document lists civil cases scheduled for trial starting January 1 1883 in Warren Pa. including Alba M Kent v Corry National Bank and several others such as Wm Marsh v B P & W R Co, Charles Whitcom v same, Sarah C Hook v same, John W Fisher v James R Roupe, J B Eastman v Geo Bush, David Beaty v E Weatherby, Beecher & Copeland v C L Douglass, C G Hoyt v Rinzux RB R Co, Smith & Lapham v G W McCoy defendant, A V PR R Co garnishee, T P Brown & Co v W A Hull, Allen James v F M James Executrix KE James estate, C G Rollins v B P & W R B Co, Robert Campbell et al v H A Jamieson, Jacob Eysinger v B N Hurd, W M & J W Bunters v J BR Hamilton. Prothonotary J A Weible notes. Office, Warren Pa., Dec. 11, 1882. FIRST PREMIUM for White Sewing Machine at Warren county fair. Old story. repeats for simplicity durability etc. J K Weaver sole agent for Warren and Forest counties.
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Alba M. Kent
Corry National Bank
Lt. Marsh
B. P
W.R. BR. Co
Charles Whitcom
Same
Swanson
Guardian
Sarah C. Hook
John W. Fisher
James R. Roupe
J B. Eastman
Geo. Bush
David Beat
For Sale in Sheffield Two Properties With Fruit and Homes
Desirable Sheffield lots opposite the depot offer a small house and a rich variety of bearing fruit, suitable for hotel use or private residence. Adjoining site features a convenient house, gas lighting, a large fruit selection, flowers, and shade trees, with potential subdivision into building lots. Sold by D. F. Anderson on premises, plus Bath Platform Spring Wagons offered by Loomis & McMaster. Wagons available with or without tops, guaranteed for one year or with a written guarantee. Located at Jacob Evnsinger’s residence in Warren, Pa.
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Sheffield
D. F. Anderson
Bath
Loomis & McMaster
N.Y
Jacob Evsinger
Warren Pa
Sale of Sheep and Cattle Stated in Notice
A fragmentary notice references a sale of a large flock of fat sheep, several work oxen and cows, with terms and full details not readable. The terse text lacks clear dates or locations but indicates livestock auction activity in the North Warren area.
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North Warren
Rick
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