Remarkable cases and curiosities from Mitchell to Oregon
A long jumble of anecdotes on unusual health, freak accidents, and oddities. It includes John Bou, a bed-bound African American man in Mitchell for 27 years, the bullet wound survivor J. Yarnoroven, a frost-damaged fish tale near London, a milk forced-feeding jailer’s prisoner, a long-lost brothers reunion in Pittsburgh, a two-faced stone halves find, Krakatoa vegetation recovery reports, a snow white pigeon in Worcester, and other scattered curiosities from Findlay to Oregon.
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Mitchell
Ind
John Bou
Paoli
John
Sears Means
J. L. Yarnoroven
Sandersville
Mr. Yarorough
Welsh Harp Lake
Hendon
London
Omha
Henry M. Rogers
Rogers
Ile
Pittsburg
Frank
James Williams
Pennsylvania
Colorado
James
Wien
Loughton
Boston
Mass
London Standard
Straits of Sunda
Krakatoa
Treub
Buitezorg
Batavia
Worcester
Court House
Findlay
Ohio
Jennie Sutton
T. C. Fritch
Athens
Pistol River
Curry County
Oregon
Paris
Indian Medical Journal
Count Mattel
Austria-Hungary
Jenes
Time puzzle why four I's mark the hour on clocks
The clock face uses four I symbols instead of IV to avoid confusion with VI. The arrangement ensures each hour marker is a single repeated symbol, preventing misreadings on analog dials and maintaining a consistent Roman numeral style.
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Charles V
France
the Wise
Charles
St. Louis Republic
Counterfeit Money Mania and Matches Factory Details
A Treasury Secret Service agent discusses an extraordinary hand drawn twenty dollar counterfeit note and a $1 raised to $10 bill. The piece also outlines how matches are produced from pine logs in a four stage process using machines that churn out over 8 million dipped splints daily.
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Treasury Department
Secret Service
New York Tribune
The Snuff Box Fad Among Fashionable Ladies
A Chicago Herald note describes a fad where fashionable young women collect snuff boxes inspired by Beau Brummel. The drive to grow a collection leads through brothers and male friends, with boxes used for powders and cosmetics rather than snuff, and rivalrous stories among cousins highlighted.
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Richard Mansfield
Mabel
Carrie
Chicago Herald
The Seal and Its Appetite in Canadian Debate
The Toronto Mail argues against seal preservation citing the animal’s alleged daily intake of a hundredweight of fish. The Pittsburgh Dispatch questions the authority behind this claim and says the story smells fishy, recalling a pig in a bucket anecdote to challenge the figure.
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Toronto Canada Mail
Pittsburg Dispatch
Gazer Nerve Restoxen Trial Report Claims
A brief note reports a trial involving UR Kuiwe's Gazer Nerve Restoxen with references to a two dollar trial. Mentions Ur Kline and Hl Arch SL and locations in Phile and California. The text suggests medical cures but is fragmented and unclear on outcomes.
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UR Kuiwe
Ur. Kline
Hl Arch SL
Hile
Various 19th Century Notices and Advertisements
An assortment of dubious mail offers, medical cures, and business notices. Items promote earnings schemes from Kansas City and Bath, Maine, tout Vaseline as a family remedy, and cite smallpox in Rusk Texas while listing multiple firms and product claims across Missouri and beyond. Some entries mention ship and military movements as part of the clutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thetr Heseprough Manufacturing Company
Colum
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Tse
Dollar
Sean
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L. Douglas G3
Shoe Confinen
Rwe Welt
Iandeont Wa
Rougela
W. L. Douglas
Brocktos Mas
Focal
Ant Aldress
Benj. Lewis & Av. Security Building
Kansas City
Rusk Texas
Oklahoma
Lyler & Co
Kanusas City
Vienna
Austria
Lee Wa
Adeier & Co
Wvannotte St
United States
Bath
J. H. Bauerlein & Co
Dr. Koch
Egypt
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Tyler& Co
Zanzibar
Berlin
Germany
Hood
Lumbaco
Reurney San I
Hare Heer
Stein
August Flower
Green Mountain
Stephen
Loisette
Critteems
Peay
Fifth Ave
New Yoram
Huntley
Srcros
L. Huntley &E
Ceria
Leuanc
Tillieghast
Io Piame
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