Personal crisis reports and the hydra of self destruction
A narrator describes obsessive urges toward self harm as a common but misunderstood phenomenon. He recounts a suburban man’s suicide after years of resisting a compulsion near train tracks, and notes similar impulses among workers near a rotunda railing and a Chicago bridge tale, arguing many so called suicides are accidental actions driven by morbid impulses.
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John
Chiago
Leon
Terra Firma
Chicago Times
Dream Warns Franklin Birthplace Mystery Through Sleep
A Boston Atheneum daily reader dreams of a colonial tallow chandler at Hanover and Union streets claiming Benjamin Franklin was born in his Blue Ball house. The dream ends with the man confirming Benny was born there, then the sleeper wakes, realizing the tale was only a dream as reported by the Boston Budget.
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Atheneum
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Milk Street
Hanover and
Union Streets
Franklin Monument
Hanover Street
Josias Franklin
B. Franklin
Benjamin
Benny
Buried Treasure Legend Tied to 1514 Castine Escapade
Lewiston Journal recounts a tale of Castine's 1514 British occupation and a Yankees fleet sunk near Hampden. A fugitive crew, led by Winslow, carried wealth to Fort Halifax but was betrayed by cousins who killed him and hid the treasure along the Sowadabsenok and Kennebec routes, drawing Carmel locals to search the riverbanks for Captain Kidd style riches.
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Castine
Penobscot
Bangor
Eennele
Wasaman
Winslow
Hampden
Tibbitts
Kennebec
Fort Halifax
Carmel
Sowadabsenok
Capt. Kidd
Lewiston Journal
Aids to Oratory and the Myth of Potent Elixirs
A New York Tribune excerpt notes that famed remedies for speakers, including Mr Gladstone and the Iron Chancellor, are largely imaginary. It argues stimulants only smooth vocal joints and may thicken throat mucous, while plain water sometimes suffices. France favors water with sugar as a superior elixir for orators.
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Morrell Mackenzie
Mr. Gladstone
France
Mme de Girardin
Tribune
New York Tribune
Carter
M: Carter Medicine CO
New York
Small Pit
Smell Doe
Small Pei
Bad Form Reflects Imitation in Child Training
A boy tries to eject his bulldog in a horse car but fails as the dog follows. The boy cries for the dog to turn back then excuses poor training, admitting the dog’s social bond with his master. The quote illustrates imitative behavior from Youth's Companion.
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Terger
Daniel Boone Letters Found in Rochester Papers
John H. Rochester uncovered two Daniel Boone letters among his uncle Henry E. Rochester’s papers. The missives, dated July 17 1785 from Danville, Kentucky, discuss land claims near Quinty and Cantucke, survey plans, local Indians, and the need to settle debts before meeting Col. Rochester.
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Daniel Boone
John H. Rochester
Henry E. Rochester
Kentucky
Col. Rochester
Nathanel Rochester
Danville
Fevarre County
Mefadden
Wright
John Mart
William Hoyassee
Wiliam Deel
Capt Ervings
Astels
Luis Cragesis
Thare
Smart Crick
Jesse
Bentons
Millers Crick
Dean
Pres
Lyes
Limestone
Uper
Rochester Herald
Why Mr Stebbing Did Not Respond
In Hillsborough North Carolina a militia muster for Mexican War service fails to find William Stebbins among the ranks. The recruiting sergeant calls his name and the reluctant man eventually admits he will not go to Mexico, sparking a tale of old and new militia views.
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Scott
Taylor
Hillsborough
N. C
Bill Stebbins
William Stebbins
Mexico
Washington Post
Strange Death and Apparition Tale From Beloit Kansas
A Beloit Kansas resident recalls a boarding house death and a later sighting of a coffin in a room where a stranger described by Mrs Laura C appeared awake and visible. The tale includes a cemetery interment, a moonlit room, and a man’s body believed to be the one buried earlier.
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Beloit
Kan
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Wr. Wallace
New York City
Holyoke
Orleans Picayune
New England
Wolff & Randolph
Philadelphia
Rco cpTil
P.s I
Sheffield
Tionesta Valley
Garfield
Fransworth
Tone
Mark
Tioa
Shefield
Terry Crary
Anc
Allegheny Springs
Llegheny Springs
Irvine
Warren Co
Allegheny Spring
Magnesia
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FE. O'Donnell
Warren
Warren, Pa
James McKinney
Brokenstraw
Warren County
Seid
Arthur McKinney
D. P. Brown
Youngsville
Ke, R. Bumpus
Railroad St
North
Clarendon, Pa
Keystone Hotel
K. of L
Finzer & Bros
Louisville
FREEM
Tinermtreeth Wits Pattase
Tyne
VETTE
Dunit
Allegheny Valley
Burgh Railroad
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laona
Ville North Warren
Jackson
Youngsville -Pittsfield
Garland
Newton Frand Valle
Titusville
M. Ole
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aToe Place
L ci
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
D. Thayer
Ga. Dee
L. T. Biscop
Warrer
Peerless
Joseph A. Schofield
Scofield
Merck Drug Store
Eily
Charles A. Peterson
Keatty Block
Brown, Stone & Rice
Second Street
First National Bank
BB. Brown
EB. Brown, Co
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W.eric
D. M. Schermerhorn
Judge Scofield
Hazeltine
Liberty Street
Sy. Seer
Pete
T. Nein
New Exchange Block
Leonhart Bros
Ball & Thompson
Attorneys At Law
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A. A. Davis & Co
Cook
D. L Ball
D. J. Ball
C. C. Thompson
Dinsmoor & Cable
Office Water Street
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Chas
Dinsmoor
JAS. Cable
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Selon
Wourren
Wedlaine
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Golden Horseshoe
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Stuedio
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the Revere
Frank Murresi
Mansion House
Court House
E. W. Sealy
UBURG
Makera
Gooda A Ander & Guarantee
United States
Luburc Mfc
North Eightth Street
Phil
Adeliphia
Tor
John C. West CO
Johnson & Siegfried
the Guarantee Nursery CO
Geneva N Y
Pitcher's Castoria
Sic
Castoria
Larry
Allegheny
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