Alligator attack spurs family to abandon lakeside home
In Florida near Lake Tsala Apopka the Lambert family endured repeated alligator raids on hogs and fowls. Mrs. Lambert saved her daughter from a large alligator by killing it with an axe and striking its eye, while her dress was torn and she nearly died. The husband returned and killed the beast with a Winchester. The child was unhurt.
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Los Angeles Express
Lambert
Lake
Charlie Apopka
Tsala Lake
Mr. Lambert
Mrs. Lambert
Samrian
Mr. Deace
Japanese Fisher Maidens on the Kamakura Beach
The St Louis Globe describes a spring beach scene in Kamakura with bare legged fisher maidens in blue head scarves and baskets, families gathering seaweed for food, and children lining up for a penny game as surfers and workers enjoy a festive shore.
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Iceland
Kamakura
Japan
British Rude request sparks American comeback on San Francisco car
A delicate British woman asks a fellow passenger to close an open window. He retorts that Americans cannot stand anything. A large American passenger asserts his identity with a firm window slam and neutralizes the insult, ending with the Briton staring out at the street.
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San Francisco
Avoir Dupois
Emigration surge sends Liverpool liners to Canada
Two thousand emigrants sailed from Liverpool to Canada in one week and six more steamers with capacity 4500 were added the next week, all filled. Many passengers remained over due to lack of room. The emigration rate stays high and the season’s record is expected to be unprecedented.
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Liverpool
Canada
Police Officer Receives Five-Year Sentence
A Liverpool policeman was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of stealing from a jewelry shop to fund gifts for his sweetheart, a cook.
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Liverpool
What a Blind Man Can Do
Charles H. Fennimore, once sighted, became blind after eye injuries and started a country store in Lower Squankum. He navigates by memory and touch, counts steps to reach the store and back, locks doors, weighs goods by feel, and makes exact change with remarkable memory and calculation.
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New Jersey Southern Railroad
Charles H. Fennimore
Farmingdale
Lower Squankum
New York
Asa
Fennimore
George Brower
Mr. Fennimore
Breath Holding for Wasps Stings Demonstration
A long-winded note claims holding breath makes skin sting-proof against wasps bees and hornets for a time. It describes a demonstration where the insect is held by the feet and released, lifting the body with each sting, while any air causes immediate stings. The author suggests breath affects skin pores and insensible perspiration.
Silent Bridgeport couple after thirteen years of silence
A Bridgeport farmer and his wife have not spoken to each other since a June 1875 incident when coffee spilled during breakfast. The couple, remaining on good terms, never exchange words and rely on their children to communicate, awaiting who will break the silence first.
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Theenre
Bridgeport
Conn
A Kentucky Romance Ends in Averted Incestuous Elopement
A telegram from Mrs. Eliza George to Chief of Detectives Yankee Bligh led to the arrest of Madeline George sixteen and Robert Stephens Jr eighteen in a justice's office just as they were to wed. Decades earlier Eliza’s father left a farm and money on condition she never marry, but a hidden marriage produced two children who grew up unaware of their kinship. The bookish tale follows how the two youths fell in love, and how the law halted a possible brother sister union.
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Eliza George
Louisville
Yankee Bligh
Eliza
Henry Stephens
Cupid
Stephens
Miss George
Madaline
Henry
Humble Dakota Minister Faces Debt With Frugal Home Life
From Dakota's east comes a tale of hardship as a Methodist minister, ill for three months last fall, begs a small debt. He says winter demanded strict economy, living on $2.50 for cattle and food for himself and wife under 25 cents weekly. The man, frail but paying most debts, shows astonishing thrift.
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Dakota
Cures Promised by Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy Glow
Thousands report relief after using Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy priced at W cents, with many testimonials praising its effectiveness for catarrh symptoms and related ailments.
Lady of the house Briefly Probes Furnace in Evening
In a conversation from The Idea a lady questions whether the furnace has failed as she speaks with Bridget. The maid asserts she has been at the gate with a gentleman friend all evening and did not miss any sign of trouble.
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Bridget
Dr Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets Promoted as Harmless Remedy
An advertorial promises happiness through health noting that digestion and liver troubles spoil wealth and family joy. Dr Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets are touted as the safest remedy, described as purely vegetable and harmless for morbid digestive conditions.
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Jierc
Young Woman's Father Stamps Foot in Martial Warning
A terse notice informs young men that when the lady's father stamps his foot, he signals readiness to send a warning through the male. The quirky phrase reflects social conduct standards of the era.
New Haven Man Praises Warner's Safe Cure for Kidney Disease
John Coleman of New Haven recounts his struggle with Bright's disease starting in 1873. He describes severe back pain edema and failing kidneys then credits Warner's Safe Cure with restoring clarity in urine and strength after months of worsening condition and treatment.
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New Haven Register
New Haven
Coleman
Kright
Warner
Bright
Gregory St. John Coleman
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