Hair of a Starved Widow Sparks Romantic Rescue
A Philadelphia hair purchase leads a countinghouse tale of a starving sailor's widow who sold her hair to feed her child. The hair matched a sample sent to the Countess, prompting a wealthy savior to aid her. Years later a shipwrecked captain finds his wife after reading the tale, reuniting them aboard his vessel.
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Deipaia Times
Livoexpr
Melosia Sa
Europe
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Venius
E Lecaine
Shorty
Africa
Sean
Nvb
Bert
Fron
Phladelphia
Eloping Gypsy Princess Weds New Haven Youth Near Wallingford
A New Haven youth of twenty five is said to have eloped with the sixteen year old daughter of Gypsy Prince Williams near Yalesville. The couple reportedly fled amid uproar as locals and investigators search for the missing princess.
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New Haven
Yalesville
Wallingford
Williams
Prince Williams
England
Boston
New Eagland
Hartford
Mass
Canada
Birgain
Prines and Princess
Shrouded Warning Guards Woman in Camp Plot
Fragmentary text hints at a case involving pursuit and capture. A warning to avoid causing pain or exposure while aiming to trap a target. References to camp vengeance and marriage outside camp marked as repugnant by Gui se people.
Bull chases bicyclist around track in rural race incident
Stephen Pickens, nephew of Fry, rode a bicycle on a two mile secluded farm race track when a bull tied at a stake suddenly gave chase. The pursuit lasted around the loop with the rider sustaining bruises while the bull briefly recovered then wandered off. The wrecked bicycle was found near the track fence three rods away.
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Lhe Love Ruter
Akon
Weaugiai
Freek
Seary
Stephen Pickens
Fry
Pickens
Ant
Yesene
Presidential Locks and Hair Color Across Presidents
A curious survey catalogs hair color, style, and grooming from George Washington to Grover Cleveland. It notes Washington’s gray, Jefferson’s red, Adams and Adams Jr, Van Buren’s baldness, Jackson’s quilled hair, Tyler’s fine hair, Harrison’s gray front, Polk and Taylor’s left-part styles, Pierce’s curls, Buchanan’s open brow, Arthur’s dark waves, Lincoln’s long hair, and Cleveland’s brown thin hair with crown baldness increasing.
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George Washington
Jefferson
John Adams
John Quingy Adams
White House
Martin van Buren
Cleveland
van Buren
Jackson
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
Frank Pierce
James Buchanan
Polk
Fillmore
Taylor
Arthur
Lincoln
Hitching-Post Mischance In Hyde Park Near Boston
In Hyde Park a rider tied his horse to a dog and left the reins on the dog’s collar. When a boy shouted at the dog, the horse jerked its head and the dog flew into the air like a pendulum. The horse owner narrowly prevented a worse fate as the improvised hitching post risked catastrophe.
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Hyde Park
Boston
Everatt Square
Patent medicines and testimonials from Ohio readers
A jumble of letters and endorsements praises Peruna, Manan, and other tonics, with readers from Hartman Columbus and Mrs J W Bev expressing relief from dyspepsia and nervous troubles. Advertisements tout Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy Hunt’s Remedy and Day’s House Powder, urging use for digestion, rheumatism, and sleep, with prices and cautions.
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A. G. King
Ionia
Leetonia
Outio
Hartman
Columbus
Gaia
J. W. Reynolds
New Liben
T. Als
Lake Forex
J. W. Bev
Jones L. Mooney
Prospect
Ohio
Dee P
B.hartman & Co
Giexeland
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Promises Vital Health
An advertisement extols Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal remedy for female weakness, nervous issues, and general debility. It cites testimonials from Mrs. I Loomis and Rev. H Fisk Requa among others, claiming cures for malaria sleeplessness and nervousness, urging women and children to use the product and noting sales through A. W. Stock & Co.
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Oiean
Gilmore
I. Loomis
Elva
N. Y
Kev
H. B. Emell
Pavillion
Gilyose
Kev W. Fisk Requa
Aurora
Harris Fec
J.M. Dergy
Linden
Freeland
Fowlerville
E.J. Woitney
Clarkson
S. H. McIntire
Paggetts Mills
A. W. Stoick & Co
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