A Strange Maladyaffecting Prominent Men
The article recalls cases of sudden memory loss and disorientation that strike successful men like James Redpath and a famed newspaper editor. Redpath vanished then reappeared in Bermuda with no memory of the interim, while the editor woke on a Paris bench after three weeks with no recollection. The piece notes unclear brain changes and questions why such episodes recur, citing sporadic newspaper reports and uncertain statistics.
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Lone Highwayman of Tucson Dead in Stage Robbery Tale
In Tucson, Arizona the famed desperado Bill Brazelton a former livery stable worker was killed after a dramatic ambush outside town While reputed as the first and greatest lone highwayman he terrorized Southern Arizona his end came when a hostler led a trap that killed Brazelton and his horse at close range The next morning his body lay beside an adobe wall and a gruesome photographed reminder entered into local lore
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Arizona
National Hotel
Washington
California
Bill Brazelton
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Tazelton
Stler
Izelton
Prendezvous
Pasture Interlude with Wild Animals and Kinship Musings
The narrator observes a pastoral commune where grass and cows share space with chipmunks and a wary woodchuck. A brief encounter on a logging road shows the woodchuck guarding its territory, snapping at the hand, then fleeing up the slope as curiosity yields to caution.
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Cape
Hawthorne
Thoreau
Ltaiso
Secret brick burning method by Nevada miner sparks patent hope
Nevada brickmaker Matthew Callahan unveils a novel kiln firing method discovered when an outer kiln shell fell away. The process uses about half the fuel, yields uniform brick hardness, and aims for a patent. Over 1,000,000 bricks burned with claimed perfection.
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Tower of Babel
Nevada
Matthew Callahan
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San Francisco Chronicle
Wig Making A Revival Says Oldest Maker
A 19th century interview with the city’s oldest wig maker, Mr. Roulefuss, describes a renewed demand for wigs and toupees amid varied wearer profiles. He notes prices from 10 to 50 dollars for wigs and 10 to 15 dollars for toupees, and highlights care, fit, and gender differences in satisfaction.
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British Museum
Xenophon
Astyages
Commodus
Louis XIII
Rouchfuss
On Equal Terms at Tapley Dry Goods
A humorous exchange in a Tapley shop shows a clerk declaring himself a sales agent while a customer questions marriage to a common clerk. She accepts him, ending with a flirtatious consent as the exchange closes with a playful Zephyrus-style twist.
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Tapley
Tropic New England City of Aspinwall Colon
Description of Aspinwall Colon as Columbia’s flourishing seaport, ceded in perpetuity by New Granada in 1185 to an American company for the Atlantic terminus of the Panama railway, with a New England style look out of place in the tropics.
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Aspinwall
Colon
Columbia
United States
North
New Granada
New England
Philadelphia Record
A Sensible Mas Uses Kemp's Balsam for Throat Relief
A Sensible Man uses Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung ailments. It is claimed to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and other throat and lung troubles more than any other medicine. The proprietor offers a free sample bottle to convince you of the remedy’s merit. Large bottles sell for $1.
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Pearl St. New Cat
Mummy Aroused by Familiar Words An Old Yarn
A traveling man praises a well preserved mummy in a museum. He humorously suggests it might wake and speak if the other man repeats the familiar tale he just told. Both men share a dry, light moment over antiquities.
Louisiana settlement and statehood noted
The article recalls Louisiana’s 1699 Iberville settlement and its admission to the United States on April 30 1812. It also mentions a distressing illness and promotes Sureka medicine as a remedy.
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Iberville
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