Victor Hugo in Paris Life and Habits Revealed
A portrait of Victor Hugo at home and in public life, detailing his Paris residence, garden, and interior riches, his affection for children, and anecdotes of his senatorial walks, riding with Mme Dorian, and daily routines from dawn to Senate visits. The piece notes his simple wardrobe, disdain for Academy uniform, health routines, exile, and playful exchanges with contemporaries.
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Paris Cor
Pittsburg
Victor Hugo
Louis XIV
Georges
Jeanne
Charles
Victor
Hugo
Jules Clavelle
Grandpapa
Victor’ Hugo
Bois de Bologne
Sormietimes
Senate
Academy
Tribune
Mme
Tola Dorian
Apollo
Dorian
Paris
Victor Tigo
Victor Hugoworth
French Academy
M. Pailjeron
Ted
M. Pailleron
Mme. Dorian
Hiphaeton
Ejad
Bartholdi
Jersey
St. Clement
Switzerland
Fontenelle
Dom Pedro
Republic
Boots
Alfred de Musset
Prince de Taserene
Monselet
M. Charles
Quai
Voltaire
Monsieur Charles Voltaire
Quai Monselet
Peat marsh venture and a fatal fall from height
A Fond du Lac Reporter item notes investors buying 140 acres of peat marsh near New Cassel to fuel a bath brick industry with machinery and warehouse. Separate dispatches report Robert E. Odlum, 33, leaping from the Brooklyn Bridge and dying of injuries seconds later. Also guidance about treating scrofulous blood disorders in children with Dr Pierce's preparation, warning of neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
New Cassel
Campbellsport
Robert E. Odlum
Washington
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Prof. Odlum
Tny
Prof
Odlum
Startling Recital of Kidnapping and Labor Shackles Abroad
The New York Herald reports a disturbing voyage from New Orleans to Puerto Barrios in Guatemala. Edward Santa Rosa, 16, describes entrapment by a captain, transport of 67 men, seizure of money, brutal coercion, and brutal working conditions under President Boucerron. Many were sick from poor provisions, and escapes were thwarted by threats and punishment as the laborers were kept as forced workers with no prospect of payment or release.
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New York
the Herald This
Key West
Fla
Edward Santa Rosa
New Orleans
Rosa
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
Ella Knight
Jim O'Donald
Glasgow
Scotland
O'Donald
J.P. Boucerron
Boucerron
N. B. Day
Chattanooga
Tenn
Day
Wanderer
Blanche Henderso
Tremendous Arsenic Dose Reported in Missouri Death
Dr. Charles Luedeking filed evidence with Coroner Nidelet revealing arsenic as the cause of death of Matilda Reynolds. A large lump of arsenic, about the size of an orange, was found in her stomach after she died at her North Third Street home on May 11. The intestines showed clear signs of arsenic poisoning.
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Washington University
Charles Reynolds
Canada
Luedeking
the Washington University
Laws
Charles Luedeking
Matilda Reynolds
Nidelet
North Third Street
Dynamiters Sentenced In Treason Trial At Parliament
Judge Hawkins summed up the treason felony case of Cunningham and Burton over dynamite explosions at Parliament and London Tower. Both men were found guilty and sentenced to life penal servitude. Cunningham claimed innocence, Burton sobbed as the verdict was read. US minister Fr J Phelps attended in mourning and listened to the charge. Separate notes discuss peppermint oil price collapse in Oswego County and speculative holdings worth thousands facing loss.
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Milwaukee
England
Scoville
Oshkosh
Scovillé
Tripoli
Loxton
Hawkins
Cunningham
Burton
Parliament Buildings
London Tower
Fr. J. Phelps
United States
Phelps
Oswego Pa
Wayne County
South Lyons 18
Editor Nixon credits Compound Oxygen with recovery in Florida to Philadelphia treatment
Hon Wm Penn Nixon, editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean, describes his six year battle with a grave health decline. After a severe cold in February 1878 he tried a Home Treatment from Starkey Palen in Philadelphia using Compound Oxygen. He reports strengthened resistance, reduced coughing, regained weight, and renewed energy. He notes no other oxygen therapy and urges readers to consider the treatment, citing other prominent beneficiaries.
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Penn Nixon
Nixon
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Agen
Chicago
Florida
Cuba
Boston
Starkey & Palen
Feu
Mr. Nixon
Messrs
Kia
Flanders
New York
Edward L. Wilson
T. 5. Arthur
Kelley
Philadelphia
Mary A. Livermore
Drs
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His Ways
Omnibus
the Weekly
Wisconsin
Gustemstate
Peerto Barrios
San Francisco
Axpary
J.B. Russell
Cuthbert
Russell
Wis
Geo
TY. Packhard
James P. Thorp
Richland Township
Walworth County
Dr. Pierce
MES
Fowp
la Crosse
Kaugausa
Plymouth
William Freutel
Edward Botts
Milton Junction
John Richmond
A. J. Yorty
Winnecone
Jefferson
Wisconsin Odd Fellows
Tus
Tussin
Waushara County
Tom Young Riponite
Chester
P. Lavenstise
Grand Chute
Napoleon
Outagamie County
Appleton
Peter Verney
Charles Ware
Markesan
Connecticut
Rush Medical College
Caas, Wicker
Fred. Korth
Hewikts
Marshfield
Waupaca
Joan Dinney
Crawford County
Ellendale
Oak
Homer Hackett
Dilleys
Tae Winona, Alma & Northern Railroad
E. Werer
Trenton
Apostle Island Improvement Company
W. Doros
Dan Carroll
W. O. Stone
Peninsula
Chicago & North-Western Road
Doton
Carroll
Stone
Bascom
State University
Madison
B.W. Keyes
Board of Regents
N. &. Gilson
Supreme Court
Green Bay
Duck Creek
Mill Center
Flintville
Little Suamico
Oconto County
Stiles
Oconto Falls
Maple Valley
Brown
Thedingee & Gonard CO
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