Elopement Scandal Aboard Ohio and Mississippi Express
A sensational incident on the night express from Cincinnati to St Louis at Milan Indiana ends with a dramatic confrontation over a supposed elopement. Mrs Schultz and her sister Louisa King try to prevent Louisa from alighting with Walter Chamberlain, a married man. Chamberlain resists, a bystander Indiana man restrains him, fists fly, police intervene at North Vernon, and Chamberlain is arrested briefly before release. Mrs Schultz and Miss King return to Milan with the man’s fate unresolved.
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Cincinnati
Milan
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St. Louis
Schultz
Louisa King
Walter Chamberlain
Chamberlain
North Vernon
Calaboose
Longworth St
Miss King
King
West
Southland Love in a Siege and a Daughter’s Resolve
A Southern belle Eugenie De Loase and Prank Howard, a Northern loyalist, face love and duty as a Southern city resists Union siege. He declines betrayal to stay true to his country, while she rejects a Yankee’s support, amid marching regiments, ruined homes, and the city’s surrender.
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Old Town
Old City
New England
Howard
Eugenie
North
Jover
Hall
Blue
Weary Women Warn Against Excessive Household Labor
A Sanitary Magazine piece condemns the notion that a wife and mother fulfills duty by endless, exhausting toil. It argues that overwork ruins health, happiness, and youth, leaving families with poorer lives and urging simpler, ordered, moderate labor even at the cost of unfinished tasks.
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Sanitary Magazine
Child begs Ajarl for a door to door escape from prison
In a May scene visitors approach the prison to view inmates. A young girl clings to Jira, urging him to carry her from door to door, expressing love and a wish for companionship atop her plea for mercy.
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Asik’d Jira
Muybridge’s Zoo Gyroscope and Other Scientific Feats
A late 19th century survey highlights Dr Declat’s parasite theory, Muybridge’s zoo gyro scope revealing continuous horse motion from rapid photographic frames, nerve grafting in fowl and rabbit nerves, cattle inoculation against pleuro pneumonia in Edinburgh, magnetism experiments on steel plates, submarine photography, hair transformations, hair worm life cycle, air vapor’s effect on comfort, Archaeopterus fossil purchase by Berlin University, fungal infection in English salmon, hair pigment chemistry, and London fog persistence linked to oily coating.
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Paris
E. J. Muybridge
Muybridge
Zoo
Bucharest
Australia
Edinburgh
Scotland
Andrew Wilson
Gordius
Berlin University
Miss De Losse and Col Howard in Northern Return
In a moonlit scene at the De Losse mansion Col Howard confronts Miss De Losse, pleading to aid her amidst siege horrors. She condemns the army yet acknowledges friendship as they reconcile, with a vow to protect and unite amid tragedy. A later ceremony blesses Jugenie De Losse as the pair wed, closing with a veteran general praising Frank.
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de Losse
Miss de Losse
Mr. Howard
Misa de Losse
Miss
Hugenne
Jugenie de Losse
Frank
Pan
Hendricks Opposes Tilden Return for Vice President
St Louis April 5 The Times reporter met Governor Hendricks at the Lindell Hotel. He refused political interviews but privately stated that he would not join Tilden on the national ticket again. He urged a harmonizing Democrat for either first or second place and praised English and McDonald, reflecting Indiana Democrats’ broad gauge stance.
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Times
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Lindell Hotel
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the Times
Tilden
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Washington
Talden
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Horatio Seymour
S. J. Tilden
Kansas City Times
Itching Piles Cure by Dr. Swayne Ointment
The advertisement describes itching piles with moisture and night discomfort as if worms crawl in the rectum and mentions skin conditions like tetter and eruptions. It promotes Dr. Swayne's All-Healing Ointment as a pleasant sure cure priced at fifty cents per box, three for a dollar twenty five, mailed on receipt of payment.
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Dr. Swayne & Son
North ‘Sixth Street
Philadelphia
Swearing Punished by Law in Schuylkill County
Judge Pershing reversed a magistrate and upheld a 1794 law fining profane swearing. John J. Bashore was fined 16.08 for twenty three oaths and jailed after refusal to pay. The verdict notes the statute's penalties from forty to sixty seven cents per oath and potential imprisonment with bread and water for nonpayment.
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Pittsburg
Pershing
Schuylkill County
John J. Bashore
God
Christ Jesus
Bashore
Commonwealth
Wealthiest Men of New York and Frankfort Richest Cities
A writer notes New York surpasses most cities for private wealth aside from London and Paris. It cites John Jacob Astor and William H. Vanderbilt as top American fortunes, with Vanderbilt’s income over 5 million annually, and Rothschilds owning vast European wealth. Frankfort is described as the richest small city with hundreds of millionaires and a banking capital around 200 million dollars, controlled largely by Rothschild entities.
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New York
London
Paris
England
Duke of Westminster
John Jacob Astor
William H. Vanderbilt
Astor
Vanderbilt
America
Mr.Vanderbilt
de Late Rothschild
Wiliam HH. Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
United States
Wall Street
Edward H. Green
Tie
Louisville
Knickerbocker
Rhinelanders
Stammersleys
Lchermerhorns
Stevenses
Lennoxes
Atlantic
Prankfort-in-the-Maine
Rothschilds
Fenner Remedies Promoted by Local Testimonial
A Rochester sender touts Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for dyspepsia liver issues and debility, claiming four pounds gained after two thirds of a pottle. The piece extols cures for numerous ailments including biliousness skin eruptions dropsy and nervous debility, plus associated remedies and local dealers.
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Aunora
N. N
M. M. Fannun
Fredonia
David
Crane
Rochester N. Y
Fenner
Wells & _ Noyes
Belnap & Blodgett
An Old Physician's Advice on Wild Cherry Syrup
An advertising note urges prompt treatment of coughs colds and pulmonary ailments with Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry claiming fast relief and cure. It promotes 25 cent bottles or six for five dollars prepared by Dr Layne & Son Philadelphia and sold by druggists. It also mentions headquarters for clothing at Geo Ball & Co.
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Tybor
Addrose Jumn C. Wast & Co
Sela
W. Madison Bt
Chicago
Hlmeis
Warren
Wells & Noyes
Ineyldly
Dr. Layne & Son
North Sixth Street
Philadelphia
Oatmeal and Water Drink Proposed as Thirst Remedy
An old article argues for mixing oatmeal with water as a superior, wholesome drink for heat, claiming it quenches thirst better than water alone and aids digestion. It notes oatmeal’s aroma and skin-stimulating effects, appealing to workers in hot atmospheres to trial the beverage this season.
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England
Thinning Fruit and Pest-Wighting in Gardens
Advice on thinning fruit to improve size and tree health, noting grapes and dwarf pears benefit from thinning. Encourages encouraging ants to control currant worms, and shares anecdotes about language, manners, and Georgia Democratic leadership with a critical tone of dated humor.
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