Items of interest from a late 19th century paper
A miscellany of notes includes claims that Chinese beggars abound nowhere in the U S, observations on sleep positions affecting dreams, fees at a Kansas marriage, European scandals, medical curiosities, a Paris jeweler’s fatal error, Maine pond rights, medieval bookmaking costs, a New Orleans doctor’s taste-modifying drink, Mexican lotteries, a Philadelphia bookseller’s trust issues, earthquakes in Grenada reversing a village, a Yonkers child with two tongues, and sewage as fertilizer boosting British fish catches via the Thames.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Philadelphia
Grenada
Yonkers
Hhe Frs
The Great Charlatan of France Mangin’s Daring Posing
A curious Paris tale recalls Mangin a celebrated brick lead pencil maker who recently died. He rode daily in an open carriage with a servant, displayed portraits and medals of pencils, wore a burnished helmet and cuirass, and wore a velvet tunic with gold fringes. He proclaimed I am Mangin the great charlatan of France while claiming to sell millions of pencils.
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Mangin
Paris
Place Vendome
Place de la Bourse
Charlitan
France
Rue Rivoli
Tmue
How Insects Breathe And German Pine Baths Explained
The article describes insect respiration via spiracles and tracheae with intricate branching networks, noting the air filtration features of spiracles and their resilience to injected mediums. It then shifts to German pine wood cures for kidney diseases and delicate children, detailing pine needle extract baths and their reported soothing effects, ending with a pun about tobacco chewing.
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Germany
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United States
Pacific Coast
Larned
Kansas
Mearly
London
A. Damiani
India
San Diego
Bea
Plaintiff’s Arch
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Thames
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
North Sea
Hagtish Channel
Pine Woon
Calvert
Texas
Ayer
Churchill
Vicksburg
J. W. Whitley
Br.j.c. Ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
Citizens’ National Bank
Warren, Penna
Myron W. Francis HE A
G. Hertzel
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DI Myron Waters
Francis Benpy
HL AL Tameson
Davie
Ral
FP. Johnson
A. Bertzel
nRrowy
G. i. Parmlee
Warren Savings Bank
BREA
Path. Co
Savings Bank
Warren County
F. Watson
B.nesmeth
A.j. Wazeltine
Watson
O. H. Hones
M.B. DunHam
Jay, Clare, JR
Ad. Haze
Cashier
BR. G. Woop
B. Neste
A. Krreueners
Wm. D. Brown
al. Stinson
Sereeters
W.H. Wuckaber
Leon
Wilbur
Storrisville
A. Ryan
Fon du Lac
Mich
Suver
A. Bissell
Roberts
Ila
Peck & CO
East Mth Streey
N. Crittenden & Gy
Fulton St
Catarreh Ely’s
Im Bi
Visyrever
Portugal
Speer
Ted
Janice
OOLO
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Yosto
Oporto
Spren’s
Socrarirs
Sprap
P. J. Surry
Sprinr’s
P. J. Buanny
Alfred Speer Passaic
B. I
A. W. Merck
Warren
Warren and
Ansel
Bugs
S, Kobbley
Rae
Cecrmereneien
Murray St
New York
N. H
Henry
Joursox & Lord
Darlington
3. W. Morek, Arren Pa
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Odiceca
Methodist Church
Warren, PA
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Lie Pasenger
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Lexus
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Garfield
Isaestown
Fenris
A. E. Clank
Say't. Gun
Ohio
Dunkirig
Allegheny Valley & Pit
S- Burgh Railroad
Tim Takings
Dankire
Nga
Falcoter
Frewsburgh
Fentoanville
Ackley’s
Russet
North Warren Warren
Garhind Newton
Grand Valley
Tinsville
Titusvale
Eric Rathways
Quakirls
Eylown
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D. Puarser
C. A. Clory
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