Scorpion Harvest From Pomona Sparks Caution
A San Francisco news note describes Pomona residents finding scorpions after rains, noting they emerge from sand in clusters and can fight violently when confined together. It reports rare deaths from stings, frequent tarantula and centipede sightings, and a Dig- ger Indian with a tarantula bite treated by a Pomona doctor.
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Pomona
William Stiffer
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
San Francisco
Ner
Social Life of Chinamen in New York
A Harper's Weekly writer notes most Chinese in New York live in countrymen run boarding houses. They are sociable hospitable though clannish, with frequent meals and social visits. Opium and hashish use occur, smoking in leaf or gum. They keep late hours but study in evenings, reading beside sleep by ten.
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Harper’s Weekly
New York
Injury of Bandaging the Eyes
A writer in Zealth condemns tight eye bandages for inflamed eyes preferring a shade over the organ that excludes light but allows air. He argues bandages hinder tear flow and may worsen pain when a foreign body is present, advising a spoofed cool air access instead.
Fortunes in Patents and Their Nationwide Impact
The article argues that patents underpin a vast share of U S manufacturing capital, citing estimates of six to seven eighths or about six hundred million dollars. It highlights profits from sewing machines, telephones, planing machines, rubber patents, and everyday inventions, noting Royalty flows and notable inventors, with examples from candles to umbrellas and moving egg drying belts.
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Commissioner of Patents
United States
England
London
Siemens
Lord Brougham
Isere
Colonel Green
Supreme Court
Sammel Fox
Will
Sink Hole Disrupts Rails Near Mission Creek Minnesota
Workmen uncover a sink hole on the St Paul and Duluth line at Mission Creek south of Hinckley Minnesota. The track sank as tiling fill was dumped over three weeks, with cracks and upheavals spreading across swampland and alternate sinks reported nearby. A subterranean river is suspected after many fish found in deep holes.
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St. Paul and
Duluth
Mission Creek
Hinkley
Minn
The Czar's Favorite Dog Malyutcha Killed in Railway Accident
The Czar mourns his beloved Siberian hound Malyutcha, killed instantly at a railway crash. Known in court circles, she guarded the Czar and followed him to audiences, reputed to pull coat tails of guests overstaying their welcome.
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Malyutcha
St. Petersburg
London Star
An Esthetical Impostor
A critical portrait of Oscar Wilde as an estheticist. It notes his wit and fluency while describing his Denver lecture and media tricks. The piece also quotes Wilde praising Langtry as the ideal of womanly beauty, likening her to the Venus of Milo.
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America
Oscar Wilde
West
Denver
Langtry
Venus of Milo
Stoical Fortitude in DentistChair Dentists Gag
A Nebraska State Journal comic bit shows a patient refusing anesthesia after a dentist asks for trust. The patient quips he never takes gas, recalling he once attended a wedding as best man without anesthesia. The exchange highlights stubborn resolve in a humorous dental scene.
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Nebraska State Journal
Care of Pneumonia Claim From Plaster Aid
A Niagara County man recounts a severe pneumonia attack in March 1886. He credits five Allcock's Plasters applied under arms shoulders and chest with stopping the cough easing pain and ending fever within hours and notes full recovery after eight days of use.
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Hess Road
NiaGara Co
N.Y
Allcock
Williamm A. Sawyer
Calcutta Missionary Conference Forms Temperance League
The Calcutta Missionary Conference has resolved to organize a Temperance League to promote abstinence from alcohol and support moral reform initiatives. The move reflects broader religious and social campaigns in the region.
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Calcutta
Shocking Accident Headlines and Persistent Consumption Fears
A dramatic column discusses a catastrophic accident and the ongoing toll of consumption, urging readers to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy to halt lung disease and spark hope for recovery.
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Dr. Vierce
Chambersburg Academy Refuses Admission to Tobacco-Using Students
The Chambersburg Academy in Pennsylvania announces it will not admit students who use tobacco products, citing health and discipline considerations. The policy applies to all applicants and current students seeking enrollment.
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Chambersburgh
Genteel Quacks and a Wealthy Physician
A prominent physician boasts a practice earning about $40,000 yearly and admits charging women $10 per visit while promising lifelong lists of patients. He laughs at claims of quackery as gilded illusion, contrasting it with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription which he says cures women’s weaknesses without deception.
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Pierce
Railway workforce in Britain tallies 370000 employees
A government listing notes 370000 railway workers in Great Britain with 12500 classified as total obtainers.
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Great Britain
Remarkable Paper Promises Free Companion Subscription
A promotional item touts True Youth's COMPANION as a weekly visit for over 400000 families. An appeal offers new subscribers $1.35 for a free weekly issue to January 1, 1889 and a full year from that date with Lamovle copies free. Boston notices conclude with a brief epitaph for a bridge jumper named Donovan.
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True Youth’s Companion
Lamovle
THE
YoutH’s Companion
Boston
Mass
A Radical Cure Offered for Epileptic Fits
A letter to the editor promises a positive remedy for epilepsy and offers a free sample bottle and treatise to any sufferer who provides a postal and express address. Authored by H G Root M C of 183 Pearl Street New York.
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H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
New York
Bathing Machine Man at U Zone Ireland
A playful inquiry requests a fitting name for the bathing machine attendant at the Irish watering place U Zone. The suggested moniker should evoke coastal leisure and local charm while fitting period tone.
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U’zone
How Many Kernels in a Quart Jar Prize Offer
An advertisement offers a $10,000 prize to subscribers guessing the number of corn kernels in a quart jar. Washington & Co. proprietors of a New York Magazine promote the prize and related advertising details.
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Washington & Co
New York Magazine
New York
Anc
Adve Eee Ae
John F. Phillips & Co
Park Row
N. Y
Jon
B. Stilwell &Co
N.Y. Rogers & Co
Bankers
Pearl Stret
Boston
United States
Washingston & CO
Publishers
Murray
Kemp's Balsam advertised for throat and lungs remedies
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as the most successful cure for coughs croup bronchitis whooping cough asthma and consumption. It urges nightly use during the week and claims a bottle can stop a cold at once with sample bottles offered free.
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Kemp
Switzerland Sees 71275 Alcohol Related Deaths In 25 Years
In Switzerland a period of twenty-five years recorded seventy-one thousand two hundred seventy-five deaths linked to alcohol. The population during this span was about three and a half million.
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Switzerland
Election Bat Sparks Morose Remark in Shabby Hat
A couple in a terse exchange discuss a worn fedora described as a shabby-looking affair. The husband calls it an election bat, implying a jokey jab at political paraphernalia or campaign whimsy.
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John
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