Unsettled Times and Oddities Across the Nation
A compact roundup notes Kansas farmers holding over five million bushels of old wheat and more than 37 million bushels of old corn. New Haven doctors favor lemon juice in prescriptions, with one eight ounce mix containing six ounces of juice. A New York woman stung unconscious by a bee swarm near Birmingham, Connecticut, faces serious injuries. Carrie Fenn of New Haven, once spinal‑ill, relearns music and astonishes family by recalling complex pieces after a piano session.
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Kansas
New Haven
New York
Birmingham
Carrie Fenn
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Tragic child suicides shock readers in 19th century report
Reports detail a Philadelphia girl's attempted self harm over parental spending limits and a Canton Georgia boy who drowned himself after losing a race for a jug of water to his older brother. Both cases highlight distress among children in harsh family pressures.
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Philadelphia
Canton
Teachers arraigned for assault flogged boys discharged with praise
Two St Louis teachers arraigned for assault and battery were discharged by the judge who commended the act. He said years on the bench show that boys who become criminals often lack whipping and that border crimes are mostly youths aged 14 to 20, so it is better to whip first than imprison later.
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St. Louis
Miner’s health tale on Fort Mountain’s tall Piedmont range
Dr Felix Oswald recalls a Canadian miner seeking health on Fort Mountain in Murray County Georgia. He traveled from the valley with eggs, pausing to ease his chest each ascent. By year’s end he ascended without stopping carrying a bushel bag of corn meal.
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Piedmont Range
Felix Oswald
Fort Mountain
Murry County
Cruel jackass bounty and Paris monkey show clash
Court action in Pescadero over a $50 reward for killing a grizzly that was stealing calves ends when the jackass owner wounds the bear and claims the prize, while a cattle raiser argues the reward was for any person. In Paris, Dr Brown-Sequard faces a disturbance as an umbrella wielding woman attacks a monkey dissection scene. A Newbern North Carolina paper recalls a husband’s odd treacherous welcome as a wife and conspirator plot to hang him through an upstairs hole.
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Stit
Pescadero
Cal
France
Paris
Brown-Sequard
Newburn
N. C
Boy pockets $50,000 in wallet while chasing baseballs
In Philadelphia on Market Street a 14 year old, Gus Rickersberg, and two companions searched for lost baseballs behind the Commercial Hotel wall. He found a package containing a New York Herald and a leather wallet stuffed with bonds deeds and notes totaling over $50,000 belonging to John Stockwell. The wallet was turned over to a lawyer and a $30 reward was paid to the boy, a larger payout than any baseballs.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Gustavus Rickersberg
Rickersberg
New York Herald
John, Stockwell
Enlightened progress through the horse in world history
Prof. WinLiam H. Brewer argues the horse shaped civilizations from ancient times to the modern era. He traces breeds from Arabian and Span ish lines to the rapid trotting records culminating with Maud and other champions, noting dramatic score progress from 2:25 to 2:10 over decades and a rising number of 2:19 and faster horses by 1882.
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WinLiam H. Brewer
Yale Scientific School
B. C
Boston Blie
Top Gallant
Dexter
Goldsmith Maid
Maud
Shipping News Tale of a Stevedore and Uncle's Jest
A shipping column excerpt features Falkins' nephew boasting of joining the stevedore trade unloading schooners. His uncle reacts with amused skepticism and a grazing joke about beer, while later fragments recount a valuable pear oilstone and a valued olive noted in Thomis street.
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Falkins
Hlave
Scott
San Francisco
Maryland stock breeders claim lung plague stamped out
The article notes that Maryland stock breeders believe the cattle lung plague has been eradicated there. It also includes various farming tips on rainfall effects on grain, duckling care, grain storage, and ditch construction, with community comments from the Chicago Journal.
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Maryland
Crocodile Meat and Odd Dishes in 19th Century Fare
A New York World writer surveys crocodile steaks praised by a scientist in Basle as the meat bridging fish and flesh, notes varying opinions from an English traveler, and mentions crocodile soup as highly flavorful though debated. Also includes a culinary section on omelets and potatoes with detailed recipes, followed by a miscellany of epigrams and a report on nail works in the United States.
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New York
World
M. Paul Bert
Westphalian Zoological Society
Basle
Herodotus
Elephantine
Jattern
United States
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Kaleidoscopic Fragments and Light Verse Jumble
A collage of quips and humorous vignettes from various papers. Items include playful puzzles, double entendres, a puzzled maiden and frog tale, a Kansas man surviving a hotel fire, and satirical portraits of the modern “dude.” Scattered humor spans disparate clippings with no single narrative.
Umbrella Night Ruse Echoes in Quarrel Between Spouses
A humorous exchange unfolds as a weary husband explains he carried an umbrella on a starry night to avoid looking drunk. His wife questions his odd behavior while a tired voice adds a final shrug as the scene dissolves.
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St.ps
Movable War Depot Train in Spain with Armored Carriages
A railway train in Spain has been adopted as a movable war depot consisting of two engines and twenty four carriages. It accommodates eight officers and 136 men for long-term reception. The iron clad carriages have loopholes and carry four guns.
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Spain
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