Murder Ties to Early Lighting Claim in Edison Era Tale
A 19th century lecture recounts how inventor Starr created an incandescent light using a carbon filament in a vacuum. Peabody backed Starr and sent him to England, but Starr died at sea while King stole the patent. The tale argues the murder blocked progress in electric illumination for a generation until Edison.
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New York
de Villeroy
Warcely
Starr
Mr. Edison
Edison
Jayme
Mr. Starr
Peabaly
Gators
Mr. Peabody
England
Faraday
Mr. King
King
Bt King
Wuld
Wart
Peabody
Mr. Pea
Ora
Ora Dickens
Gaborian
Prairie dogs and a boyhood encounter on an Illinois prairie
A Chicago paper interview recalls a Hoosterdam migration to an Illinois prairie with vast flower displays and sentry prairie dogs. The narrator recounts watching burrows, then captive pups gnawed off their feet after a failed late attempt to tempt them with food. The scene ends with the pets dying in the grass.
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Hoosterdam
Illinois
Chicago
Pompeii
A Lesson on Theatre Etiquette
Two young men and two young ladies attended a theatre evening together. After a brief exit and return, the men again left, the ladies teased them, and both groups went home. The incident provided a neat lesson in manners.
Mosquito Lectures Defend An Odd Case in India
Mr H Sullivan Thomas argues to the Madras literary society that the female mosquito does the biting and that the pest aids sanitation. He notes larvae inhabit dirty water for twenty one days and perform cleansing work while the male mosquito rarely bites. The talk blends humor with science as he praises the insect's public benefaction despite its bloodthirsty reputation.
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H. Sullivan Thomas
Literary Society
Madras
India
Mr. Thomas
Collapse in Monroe barn traps ten cows dead
Samuel Stevens a milk dealer in Monroe Connecticut discovered his barn floor collapsed overnight sending ten cows into the opening. Only the stanchions remained and all ten animals were found dead hanging from their fastenings.
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Samuel Stevens
Monroe, Conn
Duchess Blackmailed by Wealthy Suitor Threats
A trio of highborn French women face blackmail from men claiming rights to fortunes. Duchess de Polignac, Duchess de Feltreds, and Duchess de Luynes report threats to ruin reputations, shootings, and court actions. The Polignacs turn the blackmailer over to police. the Luynes story ends with a rejected demand of twenty thousand francs.
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Duchess de Polignac
Polignacs
Duchess de Feltreds
Zola
Duchess de Luynes
France
Cannes
Paris
Guinard
Thas
Free native hospital in Shanghai aids many patients daily
In crowded Shanghai's Chinese quarter a forty year old free hospital, mainly funded by Europeans, treats about 800 patients weekly with a low death rate. A Christian Chinaman oversees care while English missionaries share the Gospel. many patients travel far seeking medical help and spiritual healing.
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Shanghai
Bangor girl’s mangler accident prompts skin grafts from friends
Gert Trepe CunnincHaM of Bangor injured when her hand and wrist were stripped of skin at the Bangor Laundry mangler. Surgeons saved the hand using grafts taken from three young women friends, who donated 108 pieces of skin for her benefit.
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Gert Trepe Cunnincham
Bangor
Lassonne Tramps and Police Use Las for Capturing
Officer Orgnello of the Los Angeles police uses a lash to catch tramps who try to evade him and the jail that awaits the captured tramp in that city.
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Lassonne
Orgnello
Los Angeles
Kennan Siberia Exile Reports Stir Century Influence
George Kennan's Siberia exile studies are serialized in The Century. His tours of prisons and mines altered his view of the exile system. Exiles and liberals are named, with prison conditions described. The May and June installments cover the frontier crossing and Tiumen prison yard. The pieces face Russian censorship but circulate internationally.
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George Kennan
Siberia
Great South Papers
South America
War Papers
Life of
Lincoln
Nicolay
Hay
Ser.als
J. Kennan
Kennan
America
Stepniak
Prince Kropotkin
Theussian Frontier
Tiumen
Tiumenn
Mr. Kennan
Russia
How to Gain Flesh and Strength with Scott's Emulsion
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites as tasty and digestible for all ages. It claims rapid improvement in delicate individuals and touts use for Consumption bronchitis and throat ailments. A testimonial from a Alabama doctor asserts a child eight months old gained weight quickly.
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Scott
Prim, M
Alabama
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs Trial Cures Coughs
Town report notes Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat and Lungs is aiding residents troubled by coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. Drugstores offer trial bottles free of cost with a guarantee to relieve and cure. Large bottles available at 25 and 1.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised by Canastota Resident
Blres N A St. Ley of Canastota New York reports Hood's Sarsaparilla as one of the best medicines for stimulating appetite purifying the blood and regulating digestion. He says it did him a great deal of good.
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Hood
Canastota, N. Y
A. A. Rixer
Utica, N. Y
C. S. Pace
Hyde Park
Vermont
U.S
Shoe & Leather Reporter
Shoe & Leather Leview
Chicago
Page
Yellowstone's Half Acre Geyser Boiling Cauldron Experience
In Yellowstone in the cool morning air the Half Acre geyser spews steam from boiling springs. A 10 foot diameter column rises to 15 feet as eruption cycles occur. surrounding gevserite walls crumble, while the clear blue water offers views into depths far below. A large stream exits as a boiling cascade into the Fire Hole River and sunlight through the steam highlights sulfur colors.
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Yellowstone
Fire Hole
What a Dance Vellets Cure Fevered Patient
Patient suffered a week with fever head and foul breath and stomach upset. After taking Vellets the illness quickly abated. The account urges use of Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as swift relief.
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Dr. Pierce
Indiana man fears grave robbers detonates dynamite in coffin
An Indiana man previously planted dynamite in his daughter's coffin to deter grave robbers. When his wife died recently, gravediggers faced a dangerous task digging beside the daughter's grave, as many people avoided the cemetery fearing an explosion.
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Ix Trovsk
Indiana
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