Medora Folsom Chooses John Brown Amid Zoo Panic
In Chicago Medora Folsom torn between two lovers, Aylmer Hastings and John Brown, fears a snake attack at Lincoln Park Zoo. John bursts into the arena, rescuing Medora from danger as he declares his enduring love.
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Shakespeare
Goldsmith
Medora Folsom
Medora
Lincoln Park
Osirig
John Bown
John Brown
Chicago
Fulsoim
Brown
Angela Heatrice Montgomery
Adam Potts
John
Aylmer Hastings
Hastings
Jon
de Vry
Record of remarkable voice distances in natural settings
The piece cites claims that eighteen miles is the farthest a human voice has carried, with an example in the Grand Canyon where a shout of the name Bob was heard across nineteen miles. It notes Dr. Young noting ten miles in Congo and mentions student support at the University of Michigan. It ends with a humorous exchange about hiring a cook and a French engineer Lou testing a motor car plow.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado
Bob
Young
Raltar
Congo
Lou
Wary-sur-Seine
Bittersweet Snippets from Humorous Parody Columns
A collage of witty phrases and comic exchanges from classic papers. Snippets include Puck parody jabs on authority, mistaken goodbyes in studio talk, baby cries, and clever lines about love on wheels. The clippings showcase rapid-fire quips and social satire from multiple era outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tathati
Puck
Judy
Bobby
Cas
Boston Globe
Slimson
Ife
Jennice
Glasgow
Evening ‘Times
Adam Upp
Baltimore American
Barnes
Howes
Boston Transcript
Bogsdato
Citiman
Swamphurat
Phidelphia Preas
The Bubonic Plague Germ Described and Its Dangers
A London Chronicle excerpt outlines the bubonic plague germ, its discovery in 1804, and its behavior. It notes the bacillus is killed by heat, spreads via animal hosts including rats, and can infect humans through skin breaks, with buboes forming as a key symptom.
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London
Europe
Kitaxato
Yerkin
London Chronicle
Record Log Drive Delayed West Branch Maine Logs
Log drivers on the Penobscot river faced an unprecedented season with the west branch drive arriving late after a dry summer and heavy delays. An 80 million foot start, 150 men, later 300, grappled with ice and a big snowstorm before discharge and pay end.
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Penobscot River
Xeason
West Branch
Maine
New England
Aly
New York Sun
Chesancook Lake
Bangor
World News Snippets From An Early Chronicle
A broad survey of facts touches on population estimates in the Philippines, living standards in Europe, and global statistics. It notes London medical advice for insomnia, South African mining output, railroad expansion in Mississippi, and Moscow's vast hospital system with beds and staff. It also mentions philanthropy by Carnegie, Danish royal circles, and a U.S. federal official overseeing vast Alaskan territory.
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Philippines
London
Boston
Hanna
Mackenzie
United States
Rome
Sweden
German Empire
France
England
Scotland
Denmark
Switzerland
Waldemar
Mississippi
Washington
A. Hamilton Rice
Countess Annesley
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Ireland
Castle Wellan
Susan Cornella =Warren
Samuel Downes Warren
Belgium
China
Europe
Danville
Mass
Henry Woodward
Geological Department
British Museum of Natural History
Museum
Federal
Andrew J. Baillett
Rampart Precinct
Alaska
Americans Buy Land in Saskatchewan Western Canada
A Michigan delegate reports from Western Canada on rich black loam soils along the Vermillion River and near Edmonton, noting wheat yields up to 50 bushels per acre and oats to 100. He describes thriving hay meadows, stock country conditions east of Edmonton, and Americans from Minnesota purchasing 12 and 20 sections to farm and improve immediately.
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K. Lent
Allegan County
Michigan
Canada
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vermullion
Wetaskiwin
Lacombe
Macleod
Regina
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Rosthern
Duck Take
Minnesota
Peruna praised by congressmen and officials in letters
A fragmentary 19th century notice cites Amos J. Cummings of New York and other lawmakers praising Peruna. Letters from J. F. Sheppard of Texas and W. L. Chambers of Ohio extol the remedy for catarrhal conditions. References to Dr Hartman and The Peruna Medicine appear in a promotional context.
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Amos J. Cummings
Congressionaal
New York
Cummuninga
Cuba
Amos Cummings
Vast Wealth Facts From Historic Ledger Notes
A collage of figures notes sugar ban in Chicago unrest, air in lungs around a gallon, Spain mineral output value at 57.7 million, cranberry bog cost 300 to 500 per acre, Alps cover 90 000 square miles with river sources, English money 97 percent by whocks 3 percent by notes and gold, London wealth via dire insurance near 4.85 billion, Canada dire insurance about 740 million.
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Chicago
Spain
Alps
North Black Sea
Mediterranean
England
London
Canada
Remarkable Kidney Cure Claim By Detroit Man
Detroit January 13 Mr Benjamin Major of Lane and Hurlbut Avenue reports a full cure from kidney and bladder troubles after using Dodds Kidney Pills He endured long pain and failed with other medicines before finding relief His claim is supported by ongoing reports of cures attributed to the remedy.
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Detroit
Mich
Benjamin Major
Lane and
Hurlbut Ave
Major
Dodd
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