Jenny Lind Concerts Remembered in New York
Harper's Magazine recounts Jenny Lind’s American tours from 1850 to 1852 at Castle Garden and other venues. Otto Goldschmidt's debut as pianist elicits a standing ovation and Lind’s gracious tribute moves the crowd, with a note on the farewell bouquet and the enduring bond between Lind and her young admirer.
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Lind
New York
Otto Goldschmidt
Ipler Hall
Bond Street
Broadway
Jenny Lind
Kenalt
Miss Lind
Assoluta
Her Majesty's Opera House
London
England
Castle Garden
America
Goldschmidt
Dresden
Berlin
Geo
William Curtis
Harper's Magazine
Madawaska Dealer Burns Credit With Portland Trader
A Madawaska clothing dealer visited Portland Maine and bought $239 worth of goods on credit. He returned a week later, paid the balance, and sought more credit for $500. The Portland wholesaler questioned his finances but ultimately sold the goods, hinting at a wary future.
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Madawaska
Portland
Bank of England
Equal to the Occasion Washington Letter
A Capitol floor anecdote describes a visitor asking Congressman Springer if he is a member. He replies with a coy affirmation, prompting the blush of a young woman and her companions to flee the scene as the group decides to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Springer
Illinois
Tliinois
Butler’s Gas Prank Ends in Vow of Vengeance
Henry Butler’s friends left his gas burning for weeks to prank him after he went to Portland. Messages about the fire circulated as Butler planned revenge, finally returning home to extinguish the blaze. He jokes about avoiding gas and plans payback with Penfield’s bills, while serenaded by friends with an ironic song.
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Henry Butler
Butler
Portland
Mr. Butler
San Francisco
Fred Allen
Penfield
Olm
Mr. Yesler
Mr. Yester
California
Maddocks
Los Angeles
Yesler
Brave Miss Freeman Leads Eleven Children Through Blizzard
Mr. J H Ayer of Ord Nebraska recalls a valiant act by Minnie Freeman a young Valey county schoolteacher. With the Myra Valley district school roof torn off by a blast of frost she bound her thirteen pupils with twine tied three abreast then carried the youngest and guided the group a quarter mile through a raging blizzard to a farm house for shelter.
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J. H. Ayer
Ord
Neb
Valey County
Minnie Freeman
Myra Valley
Skobeleff Letters on Central Asia and World War Outlook
The Paris Figaro publishes two letters by Gen. Skobeleff not previously released. One from 1877 to Gen. Kaufmann foresees a Russia England clash tied to Central Asia and warns of England backing Turkey. The second, to Katkoff in 1881, links Balkan war moves with India strategy and favors alliances with England while revealing plans around Akhal Tekke, Herat, and India’s gatekeeping role.
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Paris
Turkey
England
Central Asia
Katkoff
Balkans
India
Austria
Salonica
Russia
Asia
Oasis
Akhal Tekke
Afghanistan
Herat
St. James's Gazette
Lonpoy Sanitary Inspectors Public Health Check
Lonpoy operates a regular sanitary inspection service offering fixed fee testing of indoor air to determine if fumes are sewer gas or normal air. The firm emphasizes routine inspections for homes and businesses to ensure safe ventilation and odor-free environments.
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Lonpoy
Regularly Incorporated
Rain by artificial means proposed by Dr Cahill in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Dr Michael Cahill proposes a patent to open the skies using a condenser and electric cable to capture and rain down water from 3000 to 5000 feet. He claims a 200 foot diameter condenser could yield about 25 million gallons daily, potentially irrigating large tracts of land.
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Michael Cahill
M. D
San Francisco
Nebraska
Nevada
San Francisco Chronicle
Lady Sets Steel Trap On Doorstep After Midnight
A patrolman and a street resident approached a Macomb Street house near midnight. A woman's joke about catching her husband with a steel trap backfired when the man was literally snared at the doorstep. The officer noted the odd scene as they moved on.
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Macomb Street
Detroit Free Press
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Offered Reward
A $500 reward is offered in good faith by the manufacturers for a catarrh case they cannot cure. The remedy is described as mild soothing and healing and claimed to cure cold in the head catarrhal deafness throat ailments and related complications. Secrecy or mystery is warned against as roguery often accompanies such schemes.
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Dr. Sage
Cure for consumption offered by Y A Slocum
A letter to the editor from Y A Slocum of 181 Pearl Street New York pledges a positive remedy CREE that he claims cures consumption. He offers to send two bottles to readers who forward their express and post office addresses.
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P. O
Y. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St. N. Y
Men's Good Breeding Seen as Safeguard Against Ill Manners
A quotation notes that a man's proper conduct serves as the strongest shield against the rude behavior of others, emphasizing polite demeanor as social security.
The Correct Time and Liver Health
The article likens the human body to a fine chronometer and argues that a sluggish liver causes many illnesses. It praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for restoring liver action to prevent and cure diseases such as consumption, skin disorders, headaches, heart conditions, and dropsy.
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Kinney
Pierce
Golden
Forgetting a Friend and Savior Reflects on Mercy
A reflective saying contrasts gratitude to friends with mercy toward oneself, urging steadfast remembrance of both.
A Sensible Man Chooses Kemp's Palsam for Breathing Ailments
The advertisement promises Kemp's Palsam as a cure for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung troubles claiming it treats more cases than any other medicine. The proprietor offers druggists a free sample bottle to prove its value with large bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
A Thine of Bearty Hood’s 1888 Household Calendar
A discussion of Hood’s Household Calendar for 1888 is noted as a cut-out calendar featuring a young girl with brown hair and a blue bonnet. It highlights color printing and monthly designs and promises valuable information within. Copies are obtainable at drug stores or by sending six cents in stamps to C J Hood & Co Lowell MA. It also promotes Taylor’s Hospital Cure with a free pamphlet from New York.
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Hood
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Wayne's Ointment for Itching and Tumors
Moisture intense itching and stinging worsen by scratching. If untreated tumors form bleed and ulcerate. Wayne's Ointment stops itching and bleeding heals ulceration and, in many cases, removes tumors. Equally efficacious in curing all skin diseases. Sent by mail for 10 cents. Also sold by druggists.
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Gen. Skobeleff
Dr. Pierce
Taylor
Isaac Thompson
N. A. Stanley Canastota
N. Y
Mary Twas
Ricuard Proctor
W.W. Astor
Japan
P. Bengamis
Dr. Minem
Ely
Reali Balin
Elly
R. H. Cressengham
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Eer
Pjacces
Nearabia
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Sar
C. S. Page
Hyde Park
Vex
Hamilton
Hamilton Chemical CO
New
Charies Street
Proofa
Finca
M.U
Lara
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Tie Boat School Snee
Sie
Drv
iLe Aurelle
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