A miscellany of oddities and reports from a distant era
The item collection covers Col Ingersoll’s sobriety, Nyack chicken fever, infant care books’ critique, a Providence death with How to Feed the Baby as cause, foreign meat markets, disinfectants by fire, a Virginia family dagger burial custom, San Francisco steam launch for Alaska exploration, London aristocracy land ownership, a Cologne duel, a Wisconsin court kiss verdict, Mr Russell’s worldwide family voyage, and various war and social anecdotes with notes on Washington and desert battles.
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Providence
R. I
Boston
Mrs E D E N Southwork Finishes Seventy-First Novel
Mrs E D E N Southwork is 61 and has completed her seventy first novel. She is under contract with Robert Bonner to write for his paper on demand at $8000 yearly. In June the Lancet praised Gen Gordon as a mystery with desert endurance described as miraculous given angina and meal horror.
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New York Munil
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Amorg
Senator Lamar
Aidea
Clara Morris
Watterson
Clara
Lamar
Deste
Sonera
Cincinnati Dctors
E. D. E. N. Southwork
Robert Bonner
Stone
Lancet
Gordon
Pugilist Charles Mitchell Defies Beard Myths
Renowned fighter Charles Mitchell credits his success to his inability to grow facial hair and debunks rivals who claim a smooth face signals weakness. He doubts Samson and Delilah stories but embraces a fearless stance against such hair based assertions.
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Charles Mitchell
Samson and
Delilah
Samson
Cumberland and Stanley Wayfinding Mind Reading Claim
StuarT Cumberland demonstrated a remarkable thought-reading experiment with Mr H M Stanley in London. The task was to mark on a map of Africa the route Stanley planned to take on his next visit, and Cumberland allegedly identified the departure point and traced the entire path.
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New York
Stuart Cumberland
H. M. Stanley
London
Africa
Stanley
Cumberland
Standard
Mr. Stanley
Rabbit Tail Lottery Prank Ends With Missing Ticket
A San Francisco laborer, urged by luck, tied a lottery ticket to a rabbit’s tail as advised by the News Letter. The rabbit led him to win a prize but devoured the ticket, leaving the family with a torn story and one rabbit less in town.
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San Francisco
Bunny
Climate talks on Soudan hazards from Sir Henry Green
Sir Henry Green recalls Scinde heat where Europeans avoided sunstroke due to dry air while dry heat proved survivable. He notes Soudan climate fears and discusses a stalled Suakin to Berber railway caused by clerical opposition and Granville’s silence, plus skepticism about tunnel needs in sand storms.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Sir Henry Green
Sir Henry
Scinde
Sandam
Peshawar
Asia
Suakin
Berber
Lord Granville
Duke of Teck
Caro
Nile
Red Sea
Florida strawberries fetch high price in Baltimore market
A recent report notes Florida strawberries sold in Baltimore for $1.50 per quart while in parts of Florida the fruit was hard to move. Tax assessments in Frankfort set incomes forHar on Mayer Karl and Willy de Rothschild at $61,140,000 and $1,190,000 respectively.
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Florida
Baltimore
Haron Mayer Karl
Willy de Rothschild
Frankfort
Orway Sets Low Inhabitant Density Among European Tries
The record notes Orway as having the fewest inhabitants per square mile of any country in Europe, while a fragment mentions Misoula Montana and gunfire after glarms.
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Orway
Europe
Langham Hotel Fire in Chicago Leaves Victims and Ruin
A five story Langham Hotel on Wabash and Adams, built in 1871, burned rapidly last evening. About 112 guests were present, with 30 at supper. three fire patrolmen and several hotel workers were injured. The collapse trapped workers and two firemen, with one man Burns killed. loss estimated at $250,000, insured for about $120,000.
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Suakin
Hasheen
O’connor
Birch
Graham
Shropshire Regiment
Berkshire Regiment
Tamai
Offih Hill
Hashem
Royal Horsa Artillery
Zareba
Am Camp
East Surrey Regiment
Ong
Ortars
Irish Lancers
Chicago
Langham
Langham Hotel
Wabash Avenue
Adams Street
W William R. Burdick
Omurig
Ioner
Messrs. Shaw & Son
Bar Harbor
Rota
Chamberinaids
Elsator
Wabish Avenue
Adam Street
Adams
State
Kanato Thim
Edward Shepard
Patrick Mu.rens
Edward Jones
John Walsh
Bullwinkle’s Insurance Patrol
F. R. Hilger
Burns
Ed Shepherd
Patrick Mullens
K. Thime
Shepard
Thime
Mullens
William Burns
Dr. Rounseville
Bullwinkle
John Wash
Barnes
Junk dealer uncovers $1600 in bank notes in scrap wagon
A De Kalb Illinois junk dealer bought a wagon load of scrap iron and rubbish for little. The haul yielded a pocketbook containing 1600 dollars in bank notes. The Canadian Pacific Railway announces its first Quebec to Port Moody run on August 22 finishing the trip in 106 hours.
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de Kalb
Ill
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quebec
Port Moody
New York Shires Priced Down to Two Cents on Washington Square
A fragment reports New York shires reduced to two cents on Washington Square with a note about City Hall at five cents. The text attributes a byline to FRANK FRANCE from Wickliffe, identifying him as editor and undertaker.
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New York
Washington Square
City Hall
Frank France
Wickliffe, By
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. Ingersoll
Nyack
N. Y
England
Paris
DE Chaumont
Miss Cox
Okonoko
W. Va
Qumberland
Fendals
Alexantria
Storey
Alaska
Stafford
Bridgewater
Sperker
Montague
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Portland
Harcourt House
Lord Dartmouth
Duke of Westminster
S. Sutton
Cambridge
Lord Palmerston
Chesterfield House
Dorchester House
Hertford House
Montague House
Hartman Square
Grosvenor House
Cologne
Gemany
Charles F. Russell
Paddington
Ruseell
Andey
Mr. Russell
Mrs. Russell
Santer
Washington
Vanes
J. Adams Semna
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Secon
J. Q. Adams
Jackson
van Uren
Harrison
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Arthur
Cleveland
White “House
Marshal McMichael
Maryker
Enomous
Benjamin
A Ickerson
Carolin Awhitten
Q wAickerson
Caarolina
David Aicker
Imany Os Gidar Alexannia
Intostinental
Fegimni
Delaware
Walington
Enormo
Custon
Colonie
Arthur. Clayden
New Zealand
Sheen
Wooster, Ohio
Herald Printing CO
Punrsuers
Soudan
Misoula
M. T
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