Petrified human form found during road work at Taughanie Glen
During road work at the Glen near Syracuse, workers uncovered a hollow sounding stone form two feet below ground. The two foot tall petrified figure, possibly a woman, attracted crowds and press interest. The land owner rejected a $25,000 offer, with an admission fee planned for viewing the relic.
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Syracuse Standard
Ohn Thompson
Taughanie Glen
Thompson
Thompson Propos
J. Messer
F. Cregue
Creque
Geneva Courier
Trumansburg Sentinel
Taughanie Creek
Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh Testimony Page
Readers report rapid relief from catarrh after using Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh. Testimonials from Denver area residents claim this local remedy gave almost instant relief after trying many remedies over several years. Publication notes dates in 1875 and includes names such as J. C. Bomoorth & Co and Bliss & Co.
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Rose Seas
Denver
Wits Jenson, Bliss & Co
J. C. Bomoorth & Co
Col
Sanford
Decorer
Disloyalty on the Part of Canada
A Buffalo Courier report questions Canadian loyalty after the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise visited. It notes an unpaid bill of 20,000 for their visit, with questions over whether Canada should fund imperial expenses or the governor-general’s costs, while Ottawa repudiates the claim. The piece mocks Canada’s stance as hypocritical royalty.
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Buffalo Courier
Marquis of Lorne
Marquis
Princess Louise
Canada
Imperial Treasury
Colonial Office
Viceroy of
Ottawa
Ominion
The Affable Man at the Western Depot
A mother with her infant waits at a Western depot when a well dressed stranger with a rusty satchel questions the child’s health and later leaves, then buys cloves. The exchange hints the child may suffer delirium tremens due to alcohol fumes nearby.
Green's August Flower touted as a cure for indigestion
Comical ad asks readers if they suffer from head pain, nervous debility, liver trouble, or indigestion. Claims Green's August Flower cures dyspepsia with 2 doses proving its efficacy. Mentions 2.4 million bottles given away in the U S and sample bottle pricing ten cents and regular size 75 cents sold by first-class druggists.
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U. S
United States
A Kansas Woman's Farm
A Kansas farm near Mrs. Mary Maccutchen shows 20 bushels per acre. Widow Mary Maccutchen, left with 120 acres, bought the Bob Allen farm for 2600, paying with crop proceeds. She manages with her sons, proving self-reliance during hard times in Kansas.
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Mary Macutchen
Bob Allen
Kansas
Earthquake Felt Lightly in Mining Depths at Virginia City
The recent tremor was hardly noticed underground, with surface observers reporting the strongest effects. A past quake damaged chimneys and walls but left deeper workings largely unshaken, with the Imperial Empire shaft at 900 feet noting a faint air throb. The Gold Hill News suggested the event resembled an atmospheric electrical disturbance rather than an underground quake.
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Virginia City
Imperial-Emire
Gold Hill News
Building by Northwestern Lumber rules and quirky odds
The piece cites Northwestern Lumber on lath, nails, lime, sand, hair, and mortar for plaster, brickwork and shingles covering areas. It notes lumber and hardware yields, lime and sand quantities for plaster, shingles per 100 square feet, and brick courses for chimney height and flue sizes, followed by assorted ads, quotes, and anecdotes about market wisdom and city pranks.
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Northwestern
Restored by Prayer Story of Rev Swartz Healing
Rev W H Swartz of Beaver Falls Pa described a miracle of healing through prayer after severe illness. He recounted consulting Dr Cullis in Boston and, after prayer on April 7 8 and 9, regaining health to resume farm work and preaching Sundays. The article also counters a false Philadelphia Press report about Judge Warren J Woodward and notes the ongoing cost of the Zulu war to England at over 500000 per month.
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Rown & Ball
Warren
Beatty Block
First Nations Bank
D. Fe Ball
D. Brown
P I
Ball Notary Public
noywWit Gas
Leonhart
Delon Carver House
D. BR. B
Stewart
Tragzeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Hickory Street
Illiam
Anson
Johnson
Exchange Building
Temperance
Bhy Cout
G. B. Evans
A. Hertzel
Water Street
Pittsburgh
Pittabazhi
W. H. Swartz
Beaver Falls
Allegheny College
State Street
Meadville
Irie Conference
Ridgway
Clifton Springs
Clark Swartz
Boston
Massachusetts
Cullis
Rayer
Swartz
Philadelphia
Warren J. Woodward
Congress
Custer Fate Narrated by Wood Mountain Chiefs
Three or four warriors corroborate how Custer cheered his men and fell while trying to restore order. A fifteen year old Indian boy reportedly killed Custer with a deliberate shot, ending the battle. Other accounts describe Long Hair’s death, the Seventh Cavalry’s poor showing, and wide Indian triumph at Rosebud. A New York Telegram note adds Sitting Bull’s view via Father Genin, including a claim of a decoy village and a flag of truce incident.
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Wood Mountain
Chicago Tribune
Custer
Buck
Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Little Knife
Rain-in
Ryan
Han
Ityan
Kaife
Sitting Bull
Carbina
Ald
New York
Father Genin
Bronx
Northwest
Father
Rosebud
Stting Bull
Genin
France
Electric Owl offers relief for back pains and rheumatism
Readers are urged to begin a course of Thomas' Electric Owl for lame backs rheumatic pains bunions and related ailments and to follow the plan until relief is obtained. The message also notes a second advertisement in the column mentioning Not Relectric selected and electrized.
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Thomas
National View editor targeted by Republican push to split Greenbacks
A House incident reveals Republican schemes to fund and favor the National View. Representative Hubbell advised Turner to subscribe, claiming Greenback editor Lee Crandall was aiding anti coalition efforts. Democrats who supported the National View may rescind their support.
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Washington Post
Washington
Oscar Turner
Kentucky
Anright
Turner
Rty
Greenback
Lee Crandall
Crandall
Toledo
Waa
Hubbell
Chaiman
Republican Congressional Committee
The Use of Short Words by Horatio Seymour in Utica
Horatio Seymour spoke before the New York School Commission in Utica last February on The Use of Short Words. He urged clear, short English to distinguish crime from crime like defalcation and prevarication, praising direct language and its moral weight. His remarks argue for precise terms, plain speech, and avoiding long winded phrasing in discussing right and wrong.
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Reagan
Senate
Congress
Commerce Committee
Conkling
Horatio Seymour
New York School Commissionera
Utica
Deadly stinging trees in tropical Queensland scrub
A traveler warns of the dangerous stinging tree in Queensland scrub. The plant grows from small shrubs to tall forms, has a round jagged leaf and red berries, and emits a foul odor. Touch causes severe, lasting pain with no visible marks, frightening effects on animals and humans, and hazards to ankles in palm-dotted scrub.
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Queensland
Mastodon bones found in New Indsor swamp
On Saturday mastodon bones were discovered in a swamp on Hugh Kelley’s farm in New Indsor, New York. Excavations began immediately and continued, with the skeleton believed to be nearly complete and the animal possibly twelve feet high. Finds include bones in muck four feet deep resting on blue clay near the spot where a famous skeleton was unearthed in 1845, three miles away.
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Kelly
William Brewster
Brewster
Boston
Otisville
Kelley
James W. Morrison
Wylie Kelley
Brewster Farm
Newsuron
Hugh Kelley
New Indsor
Jones
Origin of Petroleum Explained by Fossil Shells Theory
A observer attributes petroleum origin to shale composed largely of microscopic shells. He suggests oil formed by pressure extracting oil from fossil mollusks. If valid, abundant shale formations could explain large oil quantities. An engineer in Pittsburgh reportedly exclaimed Damme and feared insanity, seeking asylum.
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Pittsburgh
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Warren PA
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New York College of Pharmacy
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Chew “Jackson
Aweet Navy Tobacco
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Agassiz
Philip Teasdale
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Veronica
England
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