Wealth of the era and railway gas trials in a world brief
The Pennsylvania Railroad weighs 6600 tons of coal daily and tests natural gas for engines for possible use to Pitts. The Acting Commissioner of Agriculture reports wheat world production 2.11 billion bushels in 1885 with consumption at 3.165 billion, signaling a 55 million bushel deficit. wealth of Vanderbilts Astors and Rockefellers noted, while English revenues rise. politics and elections discussed with global wealth contrasts and curiosities ranging from a nose surgeon to Belgian bed alarm clocks and a mosquito reservation in Nicaragua.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pitts
Department of Agriculture
Europe
India
Australis
United States
Australia
South America
United
A Novel Love Blooming Amid Ink-Stained Secrets
Benson Stevens learns an ink-stand he gave to Carrie returns via Mrs. Gosse, triggering doubt and jealousy. As Carrie explains, the gift was mislaid and recovered, revealing unspoken feelings. Their first closeness follows a tense, tender confession, shaping a quiet romance amid family scrutiny.
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Aring
Pyaseutaareg
Benson
Benson Stevens
Gosses
Stevens
Drs. Gosse
Mal
Patee Ceeracs
Mrx
Gosse
Pet—Benson
Geese
Benaga
Aed
Mabel Goose
Mrs. Goose
Roke
Carrie
Emma A. Opper
Poetic Fragment From A. L Carlion Verse In Lippincott
An aspirational lyric fragment features images of sun, summer showers, and a soul yearning for a fair world. The speaker pleads for renewal to lift careworn souls and restore hopeful vision, attributed to A. L Carlion in Lippincott.
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A. L Carlion
Lippincott
The Sleeping Disease on Western Africa's Coast
A disputed early 19th century note describes lethargus a fatal sleep disorder seen in western Africa. Typical patient is a male adult seized by drowsiness, sinks into deep sleep for about twenty one days, then dies. Vital signs stay normal and post mortems yield no clear cause despite treatments.
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Africa
Masechusetts Medical Jeurist
Newport Exquisite and the Modern Beau Brummell
A fragment from the Boston Herald mocks a Newport youth's fashion and lifestyle. It depicts white vests, patent shoes, and bespoke accessories as signs of a wealth driven, idle aristocracy. The piece contrasts jetage with a climate of social excess and consumer display.
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Beau Brummell
Kle
Searf
Ian
Boston Herald
Luck and Chance in Belief and Testing
The text debates luck as belief and testable outcomes. It argues that faith in luck resembles superstition and may vanish under scrutiny. It suggests conducting games to reveal how luck manifests and how belief influences perception of events.
Cat Attacked by Sparrows Sparks Street Fight
A large house cat in Williams of Streator reportedly was attacked by sparrows from a Delaware farm. The birds pecked at the animal, drawing blood as it writhed and tumbled, while a man nearby shouted in alarm and tried to intervene.
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Pail Mall Gasette
Berlin
New York
End
William K. Vanderbilt
Europ
Mora
Mra. Venderhil
Lady Mandeville
Gress
Pertesiesty
James Brown Foller
Williams
Streator
Delaware
Hokagerres
Board of
Shingla
Macabing Hs
Mumm
Chicaze Smith
Brown
Zifa
Benee
Jamaica Finger
Ang Toys
Uimo
Yellea
Pittiurg Chronicle
Bos
Somercille Journal
Reni
Capitol Mailroom Handles Million Letters for Congress
The Washington House and Senate post offices process vast volumes of mail daily. Letters and newspapers for members arrive in bags and are routed to offices, while packages require in-person receipts. The mail system here operates separately from the general Post Office, with about twenty thousand items reaching lawmakers each day and postal cards increasingly common due to pricing shifts.
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Congress
Washington
Posto
House
Senate
Enero
Postoffice Department
Con
Houss
Senate Postotees
Houe
Pacog
Itis
North Carolina
Tyrotoxicon Found in Ice Cream Linked to Poisoning
A communication from Ann Arbor reports Dr V C Vanghe identified tyrotoxicon as the active poison in ice cream implicated in a Newton Michigan poisoning case. The discovery explains how a small amount contaminated an entire can and caused illness to a person.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
V. C. Vanghe
Newton
Fragmentary report hints at a crime scene in Lincoln Parish
In the eastern part of Lincoln Parish a head and body parts were found near a farm house, with a crowd of children nearby and unclear details about the perpetrator or exact location. The eerie scene suggests a serious incident under investigation.
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Lincoln Pariah
Cinunneae
To Be Rich Yet Troubled, A Poem Fragment
A character muses on wealth bringing no peace. The speaker imagines glory and charity reversed, imagining angels rejoicing at feasts while the rich fear loneliness and loss. The verse ends noting the tire of riches and a royal, hollow happiness.
Fragmented Riverside Gazette Humorous Snips and Quips
A collage of crossword style quips and misread lines with jokes about memory, culinary caps, and small town observations. Citizens debate memory power and common sense while chatting about prices, social manners, and everyday mishaps in a lively, old time newspaper tone.
A Cowboy's Revenge Reveals Retributive Southwest Tale
In Las Vegas New Mexico cowboy Clay Allison faces a grim narrative of frontier justice. The chronicle recounts his sharp trading of steers then a violent confrontation near Chewe and a trail of vengeance. The tale blends stark frontier finance with fatal consequences.
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Las Vera
New Mexico
Clay ‘Allison
Aching Tooth
Lein wrGand
Marengo
Ned
Ivbrk
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Lanier & Toumars, Publishers
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Astors
A. T. Stewart
Jay Gould
Rockefeller
Hopkins
Mills
Flood
Pair
Sharon
O'Brien
Mackay
Huntington
Sothchilds
Great Britain
Duke of Westminster
London
Willam Hi
England
West Riding
Yorkshire
Lord Fitnwilliar
House of Wortley
Lord Wharncliffe
Fox
Westminster
Galway
Mayo
Ireland
Colonsl Martin
Azhel
Martin
Union Place
Martha ‘Howse
Squire Fleming
Palmerston
Nobelord
Hampshire
Valley Falla
Kan
Hegister
Meak
Belgium
Los Angeles
Cal) Herald
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Massachusetts
Michigan
Connecticut
Lancaster
Nicaragua
Asstra
Elthee Real Orerty
Arden
Stevens & Goose
Kinsler
Miss Kinaler
Berea
Our Lady
Lizzie
Liszie
Pet
Lenore Ray Mn
Carrara
Christa
Aris Ieee
Hon
Poe
Carris
Newport
the Capitol Mail
Pany
Tyrotoxicon
Nhe
Herbert Hall Winslow
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