Morphta s Slaves The Morphine Habit And Its Effects
A vivid recounting of a morphine addicted dinner party victimized by her husband physician who secretly supplied the drug. The tale outlines how morphine erodes willpower, corrupts behavior, and spreads through urban drug latches via two regular Hudson Street customers, detailing vials labeled poison and the toll on body and mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Andress
Tias
New York
Hudson Street
Bothrome
Fiftieth Street
Une
Afetime
Turnovers and chicken gravy bake get a hearty rural meal
A rural recipe outlines boiling chicken to remove feathers then using the broth to make a rich soup. It describes preparing flour turnovers with a butter filling, folding chicken inside, baking until risen, and serving hot with gravy. The piece notes costs and compares chicken to veal for breakfast dinners.
Recipes and Hints From a Historic Cookery Page
A collage of antiquated kitchen tips and dish ideas. It includes notes on shoe care with powdered resin or pegs, a buttermilk soup with cornbread and butter, a milk based cornmeal batter baked in irons, and a dusting argument about cleaning statues. It also offers stuffed tomato dishes using ham or cold meat and gravy for table service.
Barns Epigram on a Book in a Pobleman’s Library
A fragmentary tale notes Robert Barns spotting an elegant Shakespeare edition in a gentleman’s library. The volume is worm-eaten and unread, inspiring a wry epigram about silent writings and dead letters from hotel envelopes.
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Pobleman’s
Robert Barns
Shakespeare
Antavid
Petts
Mises
Othe
Lightning Picture Breakthrough Inspires Youths to Persist
A young photographer spent two years chasing a night storm to capture the first true image of a lightning flash, risking ruined plates and heavy rain. The 161st plate finally yielded a dazzling electric scene praised by European scientists.
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Sbiladel
Europe
Audubon
Hayes
Louisiana
Seven Cities Bigger Than Chicago, Says City Figure
A Madison street car rider, white haired and fond of figures, notes Chicago’s census population of just over 700000. He claims seven cities exceed Chicago in population, listing London Paris Canton New York Berlin Vienna and Philadelphia as the next largest. He notes several large Chinese locales might be near a million but lack census figures.
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Chicago
Madison
London
Paris
Canton
New York
Berlin
Vienna
Philadelphia
China
Siangtan
Singanfu
Techaotschau-fu
Tientsin
Tchingtu-fu
Chicago Herald
Onion remedy for wasp stings cited in reader letter
G M Haskins of White County writes to the New York World recounting a past incident where a child suffered many wasp stings. He claims applying raw onion juice to the stings saved the child, and he would use the remedy again if needed.
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G. M. Haskins
White County
Til
New York World
Man
Hair Turning White Noted By Sir Erasmus Wilson
A Notes and Queries correspondent cites Sir Erasmus Wilson in Healthy Skins with cases of sudden hair whitening. A girl’s hair turned white on hearing of a lover’s death, a woman whitening after finding her sister dead in bed, and other scattered anecdotes including observations by Sir Thegras More and Dr Casaan.
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Eranmus Wilson
Ead
Thegras More
Rasea
Boretlas
Daniel Turser
Dr. Casaan
Clay Eating as a Medical Oddity Across Desert Peoples
A physician notes clay eating among desert dwellers, claiming it soothes hunger by distending the stomach walls and that some clans prefer yellow marl while avoiding red clay. He observes these people subsist on minimal meat yet appear healthy, contrasting with their lean appearance and shiftless demeanor.
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Tod
Reipwares
Eis Weil
Sech
Melic
Sony
Brickyard
Wealth and wealthies in journalism in the Boston Record
The Boston Record argues journalists can become wealthy, citing examples like Charles Nordonf of the Herald and Joe Howard of an eye paper, noting salaries from ten to twenty thousand dollars a year. It lists many prominent reporters and editors and urges aspiring writers not to be deterred, asserting journalism promises both prosperity and virtue.
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Janmssienn Browne
Uim
New York
Charles Nordonf
The
Herald
Joe' Howard
Eye Paper
Edmund Hudson
Washington
Boston
Will B. Shaw
Hoston
Eugene Field
Chicago News
Mr. McKean
Philadelphia Ledger
Wa Taight Cak
Whitelaw Reid
Charles A. Dana
Colonel Taylor
Smart
Post
Exnat
Beacon
J. H. Browne
Boston Record
Amos
Kimners
Patna
Tam
Scissors Grinders Seize Summer Work in Country Towns
Scissors grinders travel from the city during summer to small towns and farms to sharpen razors and tools. They accept small jobs at homes, often earning $2 or $3, with better country prices and minimal costs. Some save enough to own property, while others struggle in winter, relying on savings to survive.
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Sesea ET Bace
Wicda
Giote- Denarat
Fragmentary 19th century text excerpt puzzle
A garbled OCR fragment presents a dialogue between a mother and child about thoughts and a pinking polry. The legible parts reveal a child named Neil and a line referencing what the mother asks and a reply about pinking polry, with many unreadable words.
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Neil
Puzzle Verse Fragment From Tide Bits Author
A brief fragment from Mrs. George Archibald in Tide Bits hints at a literary line about a figure turning and locking amid strained imagery with salt and reins, capturing a dated, poetic tone in a small cloze of verse.
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George Archibald
Weathr humor and snippets from old papers
A collage of quips, jokes, and brief lines culled from various periodicals. Notes on weather reports, advertising lines, and social observations appear alongside pithy one liners about lectures, haircuts, proposals, and public transport. The miscues, puns, and witticisms paint a snapshot of late 19th or early 20th century light reading.
Great Eastern the troubled giant of sea fame
The Great Eastern faced repeated disasters and delays from failed machinery to fatal accidents. Its names and roles shifted from Leviathan to Great Eastern amid a string of misfortunes, with captains drowned and legends of vast but faltering ocean service.
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Jessee
Vortland
Hanksop
Southampton
Great Eastern
Caite Be
New Zealand
Plymouth
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Post Ge
Sanna
Norristown
Texas
St. Louie Chrontet
Tom
Mae
POPC
Berkae Publishers Review
Broadway
David Trumbull
Mion
C. Muntington
N. B. Sartth
Clecret
Pulaski
Oswego Co
Filxin
J. W
Dawes Liserhale
bevie rumba +lle
Hotchkin Carriage Works
Syracuse
Joh
John B .B
Gough
Ea Tail
Lemme
Atlanta
Goghen Perman Benaatts
Recur Malt
Saeco
Prince Well Excavator Co
JONES
Sereicht
TRS
Gee Gels
Fightaoys
David Staachen
Gowers
Kilmer
Kilmer & On
Branmawene
Fowler
Siemens
Syeda Aitidaone
Saples
Blair
Iesusis
Boval
Opiu
Tessa Cataregene Toa
Bore
Leonard SL
Catarah Abe
Fish
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