Dueling Penalties. Silver Coinage. Uranium Mine News
A weekly digest notes Japan's crackdown on dueling with severe penalties for challenges and participants. Chinese plans to issue silver based currency with a full imperial uniform system are outlined. Uranium lode at Union mines Cornwall is being developed with extraction trials in London. Rome excavations reveal ancient water pipes and city infrastructure details. Forth bridge construction totals and rivet counts are reported. The widow of Jefferson Davis uses Y for veuve. Egyptian cats and embalmed crocodiles surface in fertilization and archaeology notes. Parish names in England include Foot Bath and Morning Dew. The British and Foreign Bible Society marks its 86th birthday with a cake for juvenile agents.
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Karikari
Japan
Seaboard
United States
Union Mines
Cornwall
London
Rome
England
Foot Bath
Pascal Lamb
River Jordan
Morning Dew
Offspring Dear
Smith Fellows
James
Edward Byng Tallyilo
Jumbled humor and ads fill a late 19th century page
A mosaic of captions jokes, mock dialogues, and short observations mix with product pitches and notices. The page features quips about social standing of the moon, school talk, a mock trial, and crosstalk bits, interspersed with advertisements for medical remedies, cigars, buggy ads, and books.
Man With a Double Heart Revealed in Trenton Session
The Mercer County Medical Society examined Wm. King, a 43 year old colored man with a double heart. Doctors noted he can control his heart and pulse, stopping both for sixty seconds to demonstrate the power amid reports of a nineteenth century wonder. His mother allegedly first observed the anomaly when he was six months old.
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Mercer County Medical Society
Trenton
Wm. King
St. Louis Republic
Change of Room Generates Clash With German Musician
A Congressman requests a new room after a night of clashing with a German musician next door. The neighbor allegedly played clarinet loudly, keeping the traveler from sleep and prompting hurried door confrontations. The notice also mentions James Gordon Bennett’s hair whitening since his last US visit.
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Waelimaton Post
James Gordon Bennett
America
Mabels Grandma Promotes Favorite Prescription
An anonymous poem opens with old world wisdom about health. The ad touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women, claiming it strengthens the womb and nerves, all with a money back guarantee and a free booklet mailed for ten cents.
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Dr. Pierce
Imiy
Mabel
Pierce
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Health
A testimonial from Rospert A. Sutiu of Honesdale Pennsylvania praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a powerful blood purifier. The ad claims it strengthens the system, cures biliousness headaches and fatigue, and eradicates ailments like scrofula salt rheum boils pimples and blood poisoning.
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Hood
Howl
Yielud
Rospert A. Ssutu
Justice of the Peace
Honesdale
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Genhillikens
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Sancusky
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J. A. Wood
The
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Monitor
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New York World
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Canada
Dobbins
Jonathan Young Scammon
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Chicago
H. M. Stanley
State OF
Ohto
Toledo
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
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Er Eee
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Gordon
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Main St
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John Buns
Town of Lake
Lowell
Mana
Nerce
Piso’s
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
DR. Schenck
Eaweed Tonic
Schenck
Dr. J.H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Reeman & Money
Washington, D
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Pesxsios
Clama Ayd Loyd
H. D. Money
Congress
A. Freeman
Frazer Erst
PatTaxick
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Provident Bidg
V. John
SUN & CO
Richmond
Atiagsta
Lore
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Ube Evans Chemical & Cincinasi
H. Ingraham
Amsterdam
DYCHF
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Chichester
Tobias
Hern Dietemr
New York
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