From Sunny Italy The Headless Baby in Milan Chronicle
Special Correspondence details Italian life and a sensational tale of an infant born without a head in Milan. The piece surveys social conditions, cholera risk, strikes, and the plight of the poor, interwoven with lurid anecdotes of American expatriates and theatrical scandals. It muses on disability and the moral tone of European society.
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Demi Monde
Cora Pearl
Emma Roach
Paris
Fanny Lear
Dovtor
Duval
Milan
Italy
Belgium
Wag
Mantua
Buda
Charlemagne
James T. Ficklds
Rome
Savoy
Corso Como
Euregio
Grack Greenwood
How Women Bathe at Asbury Park in 19th Century Echoes
Special correspondent at Asbury Park describes beachgoers delaying deep water, seeking courage near the rope, then wading out in stages. Women trade taunts and laughter, fear and bravado amid surf, with husbands and admirers in view, ending with dry clothes and social bravado at the hotel.
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North Carolina
Gaarkupe
Frogs and Their Edible Use Across Continents
A Boston Budget cornet piece explains frog varieties common to America and Europe, focusing on edible bull frogs, European edible frogs, and preparation methods. It details frog anatomy, voracity, capture methods, seasonal availability, markets in New York and Boston, and prices from fifty cents to two dollars per dozen.
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Boremus
Europe
United States
Germany
New York
Boston
Cor
Big Fire Reporting Challenges Cited by Dana
The New York Sun editor notes that big fires test a reporter with panicked witnesses and rapidly changing damage data. He recalls a 1847 Bleecker Street blaze as a difficult recent example, highlighting the need for prompt, accurate insurance and loss figures alongside vivid description.
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Dana
New York Sun
Bleecker Street
Chicago
Evenvaopus Pain Paint Book for Home Decorating
A guide promising to teach everyone to paint indoors and outdoors. It covers mixing, whitening, staining, paper hanging, kalsomining, furniture renovation, and farm implement painting with color lists. Includes explicit directions and notices price and postpaid offer.
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Statso
Gossamer Clothing and Lamp Offer in Ledger Ad
An old ledger ad promotes Gossamer Coats and a Student Lamp set priced at four dollars. It touts a one year subscription and mentions shipment by express service, heavy nickel plating, and a fashionable, durable design aimed at students.
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Express
Prive
Opty
Western World Guide 800K Ledger Offer
An advertisement lists The Western World Guide Book and the Ledger for one year priced at $1.50. The brief promo promotes a combined edition sale and year-long access.
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Western World Guide Book
the Ledger
Special Offer Thirty Days in Warren County
An old newspaper notice touts a "best offer" for thirty days with a plan to supply goods via cash and advertising. It describes canvassers, subscriber testimonials, and a requirement that orders include a subscription commitment, with conditions on receipt, representation, and prompt payment.
The Ledger Subscription Offer With Premium Charts
A fragmented 19th century advertisement outlines subscription options for The Ledger with numerous premiums. It lists varied items including Webster's dictionary, prize sets, watches, sewing machines, and poetry volumes, each tied to annual or single purchases and multiple proposition tiers across the offers.
Special Club Subscriber Offers and Limits
Advertises tiered premilling rewards for new or renewing subscribers with cash payments. Limits apply to genuine subscriptions only, no incentives for self or family subscriptions. Various subscriber targets grant articles from numbered propositions.
Worn Ledger List of Books and Prices for One-Year Supply
A long catalog lists many classic and popular works with varied authors and titles offered at $1.00 per volume or £2.25 for a full year Ledger subscription. Titles include Dickens, Irving, Goethe, Milton, Pope, Keats, Shakespeare, and many poets and histories, with references to children’s and household volumes.
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Wooor
Entels
Trandfather
Fubliver
Acb
Irving
Khanhow Lane
Bsa Retile
Kingsley
Franklin
Watter Rale
Webster Lash
Paul
Virstta
Lasselas
Wakeheld
Goethe Caldsmith
Tieine Heman
Sephert Treiner
Omyssey Ihnner
Ingelow
Jen Johnson
Keats Kingsley
Charles Leigh
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Corre Ninstris Res
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Brattleboro
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Banos
Wood
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Waites
Genel
Gray
Body
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Lednger
Gehei
SON Tie FC
Ltda
Newport
den i
Sbi Unis
Thacker
Leven
Tentie
Carpenter
Tapress
Bickford Knitting Machine
Tweleth
Wey Woods
Aus
Ans
Sudersety
Chun Bock
Cyckens
Dally Deag
Dickens
Pfister
Casriss
Arhold Aurora Leach
Axton Brownim
Tlante Jiryden
Faust
Goethe
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Meredith Mackey
Ch Milton Montgomery Moore
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Ami Pope Tractor
Irdes
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Very Son
Thompson
Teward
Phi Wordsworth Young
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