Oriental Beggars Among Dervishes From Asia to Persia
In Asia Minor and Persia professional beggars flood streets. Persia venerates mendicants as holy, with cripples and robust workers alike. Dervishes wear tiger or leopard skins, wield weapons, and roam bazaars, while Chinese beggars display extreme deformities to elicit alms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Thomas Stevens
Mendicants
Persia
Teheran
Teherno
Dervi
Mendicant
England
Europe
China
Curious facts and scattered curios from old times
A trove of curious notes cites languages numbers and world trivia from 18th and 19th century sources. Mentions 2750 languages, speeds of storms, abolition of death penalty in Michigan, biographies, symbols, and odd regional anecdotes across cities like Philadelphia London and Scranton.
Illustrious Prince of Monaco and the Riviera Gambler
A Modern Review article accuses the Monaco Prince of profiting from gambling and exploiting disasters to boost returns. It notes a £600 daily average income from roulette, a £400 subscription taken from him, and the sale of Mentone sovereignty to Napoleon for £160,000, with France paying £8,000 yearly.
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Monaco
Messe
Nassau
Baden
Waldeck-Pyrmontine
le Marchais
Riviera
Drew
Prines
Mentone
Napoleon [I
France
Zell
The Funereal Month of Maren Warns of Consumption
An observant barber notes a hair based gauge of health and warns that the coming March may bring consumption. It extols Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption remedy as a system searcher that targets the lung cause, citing J. W. Henson's 1858 endorsement and urging prompt use for coughs and wasting lungs.
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Maren
Samson
Julius Gusar
Warner
J. W. Henson
Greensboro
Moore
Remarkable Run of Accidents Ends in Death in Philadelphia
Theodore Genringer endured a long sequence of mishaps over decades including being run over by a wagon, crushed by an elephant, horse kicks that broke his legs, a fall from Cresheim bridge that fractured an arm, and other injuries. He finally died of apoplexy after a fall on ice led to erysipelas, with recovery interrupted by the stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Genringer
Philadelphia
Romeo
Cresheim Bridge
Mount Airy
Calf Case Draws Jones County Attention and Wild Cat Sighting
A Jones county Iowa calf case drags on after thirteen years with John son acquitted on six calf thefts and prosecutors facing accusations of malicious prosecution and ongoing appeals up to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile Greenville reports the largest wild cat seen locally, towering over townsfolk at about four and a half feet long with a head like a panther and legs as thick as a man’s calf.
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Jones County
Iowa
Jaindyce
Jardice
Johnson
Supreme Court
Naine
Greenville
Ana
Five Tramps Rescued From Locked Box Car at Birmingham
Five exhausted vagrants found in a locked box car in Birmingham Alabama on Monday after claiming they entered the car in Chicago five days earlier with no food or drink. They regain strength after a hearty meal provided by trainmen and were allowed to depart.
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Birmingham
Chicago
From Carpenter to Paris Opera Star Bernard’s Rise
Two years earlier Bernard earned coins singing at his carpentry bench in Paris when M Hartman an imusic publisher, passing by, discovered his talent. Hartmann sent him to schools, and now Bernard is the favored French tenor at the Paris Opera House, earning more in a week than he did in a year at the bench.
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Michigan
Maryland
England
Italy
Peele
Julius Tildebrand
Bismarck
Chicago
James II
Duke of York
Charles Preck
Milton
Mass
Scranton
Penn
Germany
Warren
Austria
Lithuania
Washington
Hyde Park
London
Vaughasville
D. C
New York
Wabash
Ind
Bernard
Carpenter Bench
Paris
M. Hartman
Imusic
M. Hartmann
M. Bernard
Faris Opera House
Koensington
Mand Palatine
Msa
Ai Ory
Howiekwear
Generi
Wjvn Vultural
Louscheeping
America
Dsusefil
Manthix
Sunshine
Calunis
Mn Amenea
Uuth
Arcret
Wall Lane
HAL
Herter
Applicant Failures Spark Fainting Upon Citizenship Test
Marius Christensen sought citizenship before a Utah Territory district court. During examination he stated he believed the United States was ruled by a king and could not name the nation’s or Utah’s capital. When informed he was too ignorant to become a citizen he fainted.
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Marius Christensen
Soldier John Reynolda Dies in Buffalo Veteran of Light Brigade
John Reynolda, reputedly the sole soldier on the American continent to join the Light Brigade charge at Balaklava, has died in Buffalo. He held bravery medals from the English army honoring Balaklava, Sebastopol, Inkerman, and Alma battles.
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John Reynolda
Balaklava
Buffalo Recenly
Sebastopol
Inkerman
Alma
Texan Jones Released From Penitentiary Then Returns to Theft
A Texan named Jones, previously imprisoned five times for horse stealing, was released after finishing a five year sentence but stole another horse before nightfall and was jailed in a county jail.
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Jones
Fragmented News Snippets From A Distant Era
A jumble of short items covers crimes, labor, illness, and oddities. A mobile man seeks a neighbor’s dog, a Dublin claimant in poverty surfaces in Chicago, and New York lawmakers face snowbound travel and pricey snacks.
Dr Greens Nervora Nerve Tonic advertised as cure
An advertised medical patent tonic claims to cure nervous debility sleeplessness and exhaustion. It markets Dr Greene as the discoverer and offers free consultations with the specialist in nervous diseases at 3 West Lith Street. It touts benefits including improved digestion appetite sleep and heart palpitation relief with bottle pricing.
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Damaties
Lr. Greene
Dr Greene
Dr. Greene
Sework
Swayne's Ointment for Itching Piles and Skin Diseases
Itching piles with moisture and stinging grow worse from scratching. If left untreated ulcers and bleeding may form. Swayne's Ointment stops itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes tumors. Equally effective for skin diseases. DH Swayne & Son Philadelphia. Sent by mail for 0 cents. Also sold by druggists.
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Swayne
Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Advertisement for consumption cure by T A Slocum
A reader letter promotes a home remedy for consumption claiming thousands cured. The author T A Slocum offers two free bottles to readers who send their Express and I Q address, citing his remedy’s alleged success and requesting contact details.
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T. A. Slocum
Pearl St. N.Y
Trentweand & Tree
ROOT
M.C
Peart St
New York
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Oriental Beggars
Turkey
Martin P. Rogan
Planters’ House
St. Louis
Port Jarvis
Wooster
Ohio
India
Mlisslitz
Moravia
Montreal
Santa Paula
California
Dublin
Baltimore
Echenectady
Middletown
Conn
Bartholdi
Bedloe’s Island
Dr. Pierce
Denver
Dr. Pi
Uruguay
Flora
Susan
Cora
Anna
Sarah
Lillian Olcott
Tra
Ely
Ea Ae EO
Prs
Parctevere
Mood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Storm
Ane
Hood
G. W. Stross
Masa
J. H. Prince
Granite Railway Co
Concord
N. H
Towers
Tower
J.tower
Simmons St
Boston
PNU
Scott
San Francisco
R. Bennett
Tro Carstorsia Society
Eregak
Lopes Far Hark
Merten Haiern
Cnet
Ile
Ome
Ureyen
Macy
ON &Co
Lox
Portia
Farber
Encourg - Lanstage
Gonir
Pilis
Rend, GO Ct
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Doughis
I. Poue
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dougla
Congress
W.I
Doug Brock
Boc
Drupgists
ES. Wells
Jersey City
Seerane
Duk. Weis
Wells
Dorser City
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Altonesota
Norttants
Montana
Ano
B. Law
Eeicerin
Utk
Fanuett
2. C
Moody's
Moody & Cd
Cincinnati
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