Gunsight Mines Found by Death Valley Adventurers
Three men A F Judson A D Spring and Barney Carter crossed Death Valley to reach Gunsight placer grounds located near the 49 and after days of brutal heat and scant water emerged with gold nuggets. They recovered coarse gold from gravel and found the old Gunsight ground, prompting plans for an expedition to open the mines in southern California.
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Death Valley
California
Gonsight
Lave
A. F. Judson
A. D. Spring
Barney Carter
Gunsight
Carter
Mojave Desert
North Star
Wien
Luckey
Garter
Judson
Spring
Los Angeles
New York Sun
For Her Beauty s Sake In Persia War Attractions
A Chicago Herald excerpt notes Persia and elsewhere boast extraordinary war attractions. It claims beauty elevates women from lower classes, recounts the shah's powerful adviser being drawn by a miller's daughter and mentions many poor yet handsome girls wed without dowries for their beauty.
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Persia
Brookside
Chicago Herald
Corn Shucking Joys Outshine Yachting Pleasures
A Boston Budget verse contrasts corn shucking with yacht races and autumn air. It depicts a farmer busking with a bushel and ears of corn, a lively scene of barnyard movement, hair blown in retreat, and the flirtatious chase between a maiden and her admirer.
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Boston
Faces of pretty women portraits draw society demand
A Broadway dealer notes rising demand for portraits of American society ladies. Mrs. Cleveland led the way, with others like Mrs. Potter and Miss Chamberlain now in demand. The piece details numerous ladies, including Lady Randolph Churchill and Adele Grant, and describes varying portraits and sittings as society interest grows.
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America
Cleveland
Randolph Churchill
Frewen
Leslie
Leonard Jerome
Adele Grant
Europe
Lord Cairns
Roach
Frank Work
Janes Brown Potter
Miss de Wolf
Ferris
New York
Miss Chamberlain
New York Mail and Express
General Dick Taylor recalls Jackson in Valley campaign memory
Ben Perley Poore quotes Gen Dick Taylor describing Stonewall Jackson during the Valley campaign. Taylor recalls riding beside Jackson and criticizing him, only to be corrected with Jackson’s gentle reproach. The scene captures wartime tensions and mutual respect amid the firing and marching.
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Dick Taylor
Stonewall
Jackson
Toby
Thad
Flanders
Ben
Perley Poore
Boston
No Load Left in That Gun
A farmer uses an old musket to light the morning fire. His wife borrows the loaded gun while he is away. He returns drunk at midnight and, after a sunrise misfire, shoots a bullet hole near his wife’s head. He jokes that the gun is loaded, revealing tones of danger and bravado.
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T. J. Bowditch
I Remember You By Your Lung Tale
An anecdote about James Syme the Edinburgh surgeon who could identify a patient by the sound of their chest years after a visit. The tale ends with his exclamation upon hearing the familiar lung sound. A second note mentions Central Park New York housing a baboon nearing six feet tall.
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James Syme
University of Edinburgh
Syme
New York Home Journal
Zoological Department of
Central Park
New York
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine touted as remedy for women and debility
A promotional notice from Rev. WB Emell and various endorsers in Pavilion New York and nearby towns touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal cure for female weakness debility malaria insomnia and general exhaustion. Endorsers claim it restores vigor and blood and urge purchases from A W Morek & Co.
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Warren
Gilmore
Leon
Ellen NY
WB. Emell
Pavilion
N.Y
Navy
W. Fisk
Aurora
Tartis Peck
N.V. Sats
Remy
Gilmoere
Daves
J Whitney
Clarkson
J. Hf. McIntyre
Daggett
Mills
A.W. Morek & Co
Pratt
Geneva
Bright
James E. Morris
Chambers ST
New York
Johnson
Warren Pa
Wall & Farnsworth Rail Road Notice
P&ER line trains run to Garfield and back. travelers may leave City and Titusville for Garland by morning train and stay Garfield three and a half hours then return. Through tickets at all P&ER stations Rideway to one. Freight at Vanderarift and Dunham's Mill. Passengers for Dunham's Mill take 10:25 am from Clarendon. A. D. Wood, General Manager.
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Wall & Farnsworth
Clarendon
Corwen
Nderwood
McCalmont
Wood
Mil East
Ou City
Titusville
Garland
Garfield
Vanderarift
Dunham’s Mill
A. D. Wood
Thayer and Tarrern Involved In Shore Line Train Coordination
In a brief dispatch, Gen. Supervisor Thayer and official Tarrern coordinate trains on the shore line and junction with the ord. Officials outline standard procedures and timing adjustments for improved service.
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Ord. Thayer
Tarren
Five Points mission school opens with 400 children at Five Points
The Five Points mission school reopened at 61 Park Street in the Old Bowery, serving over 400 children under ten. run by the Ladies Home Missionary Society, it provides free clothing and a substantial daily dinner, helping Italian and Polish Jewish families from destitute backgrounds.
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Five Points
Old Bowery
Park Street
Ladies Home Missionary Society
Protestant Episcopal
New York
Brooklyn
Mission School
Bowery
Mulberry
Baxter
The Vowels of Laughter Revealed by Observers
A musee des familles note classifies laugh vowels by personality. Laughing in A signals loud playful honesty. E hints at melancholy. I marks simple, timid kindness. O shows generosity and daring. Those who laugh in Y are labeled as misanthropists.
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Musee Des Familles
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Drug and Country
Cts
Quail
HOP Plaster CO
Washington St
Mass
Rochester
Pe Frechind
Fowletsille Noor
Castona
Castoria
Levane
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AE Newman
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Ely
Druzgist
Frag
Bryant, Stratton &Smith
Meadville
Allegheny College
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Westwart
Pittsburg
Div
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Ikagle
Tionesti
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Kinzua
Wolf Boy Reader
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Tidioutrives Oil
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Buffalo
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Pittshburg
Thpullman
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Gatchell
Penis JA
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Buckien
A.W. Morek
Pfrelzer Bros. & CO
Market St
Philadelphia
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Thomas
Foster, Milburn & 60
Prop’s
Buffalo, N
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Selers
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Big Sandy
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Adicine Co
Pittsburgh
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Onde of
Win Spinners Warren
WM. Spinner
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Waren. Pa
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Fredonia
Laona
Cassadaga
Sinclairville
Vermont
Ross” Mail
Falconer, Unction
Frewsburg
Fentonville
Ackrey’s
P- Russell
Orth Warrel - Warren
C. A. Clute
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Irewton
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