New fangled notions and the cost of progress
The piece recounts early trade rivalries in the China tea trade with clippers racing to New York for top profits. A captain buys a chronometer, is rebuffed by Astor, then returns to win big, while warning that new ideas cost money. It ends with a nod to Warner's Safe Cure and a Parker Johnson recruitment pitch.
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China
New York
Warner
Andrew Wilson
Royal Society
Edinburgh
Health
London
Eng
Ansewer
Magnanimous Lawyer and a Widow's Unequal Share
A thrifty Stoneham lawyer recovers a widow's $23.47 debt from a debtor who fears the law. In a display of mock generosity the attorney refuses the widow's small extra fee, offering instead to waive $1.53, leaving her wiser about trust and cunning.
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Stoneham
Boston Courier
Midnight Duel on Blue Ridge Ends in Georgian’s Death
An old soldier recalls a fatal duel between two Southern soldiers, one from Georgia and one from Mississippi, at night on Blue Ridge near Lula. The two men argued over a dance, agreed to a pistol duel at fifteen paces, and the Georgian was killed by a single shot to the eye as the Mississippi shooter remained unmoved. The tale ends with the survivor’s execution of memory of the event.
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Lula
Boston
Hill
Shenandoah
Luray Gap
Blue Ridge
Georgia
Mississippi
Panama Canal Victims Report Pitiable Laborer Conditions
Careful inquiry confirms dire conditions of canal laborers at San Pablo Tabernilla and Bohio. Some have died of starvation many more face death without aid. workers risk stealing food at night to survive and may walk to Colon if relief does not come. Engineers prepare a full measurement of earth removed to date. An Iowa man challenges peers to a race and feats of agility.
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Panama Canal
San Pablo
Tabernilla
Bohio
Colon
Colon En Manse
N. Y
Gray Mayor Better Than Young Man For Chief Magistrate
An old man proves a wiser choice than a youthful candidate for chief magistrate if the gray mayor is indeed the better option.
Lane's Family Medicine advertised for free trial in 19th century ad
An old advertisement promises 100 women and 100 men to call a druggist daily for a free trial of Lane's Family Medicine, a claimed root and herb remedy found by Dr. Silas Lane in the Rocky Mountains. It claims cures for blood liver and kidney diseases, constipation, complexion improvement, and is praised by children and adults.
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Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association
Lane
Silas Lane
Rocky Mountains
A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fire
A reader urges a positive remedy for epilepsy and offers a free sample bottle and treatise to any sufferer who provides a P and Express address. The signatory is H G Root of 183 Pearl Street in New York.
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Respy
H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
New York
It Is Worth Rather Than Merit in the Play Today
A brief editorial note argues that value lies in effort and outcome over inherent merit, asserting practical worth takes precedence in today’s discussion of theater and performance.
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