Mysterious Daily Fragments and Oddities Across the Nation
A collage of curious items: a teenage girl in Springfield earns thousands selling Dutch cheese from her neighbor’s sour milk. a French murder reconstitution trial in Joigny. Artemus Ward twins quip cited by a Conn. schoolmaster. a two-ton devilfish hauled from Tampico. a Chicago wedding tour by ox cart. a Fresno rabbit drive with thousands of animals. a woman avoids a city policeman after repeated bad luck. a Long Ridge mother dies, his baby also dies at deathbed. a Atchison graveyard episode. wind rotted snowballs and a fish preservation note. The column blends oddities, crimes, weather lore, and human interest.
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Springfield
Mass
Morano
Vadher
Vetard
Joigny
France
Josephine Martin
Josephine
Turface
Brewster
Burns
Esther Potter
Long Ridge
Atchison
Dakota
Wyoming
The Phosphorus Habit Victim of a New Addiction
John Clayton, hospitalized in San Francisco after a phosphorus pill addiction, suffered jaw necrosis and blood poisoning. Once a nerve stimulant, his daily intake rose to a tenth of a grain, far exceeding safe measures. Doctors removed his lower jaw and he remains in frail condition, begging for phosphorus and requiring morphine injections to stay peaceful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Can
John Clayton
Clayton
No flies on the free list says Free Trader
A prominent Free Trader argues that the free list has no flaws or exemptions and implies broad access without limits. The remark highlights ongoing debate over trade policy and tariff exemptions.
Examin Before You Buy Ivory Soap Warnings
A warning poem urging shoppers to beware of imitation Ivory Soap in grocer stores. It cautions against trusting praise for cheaper imitations and reminds buyers that fraud is not limited to dark color schemes but can appear with snowy appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Corwin
Post Creek
Ev. M. Camprest
Oakland
California
A Word of Warning About Counterfeit Ivory Soap
A 1886 notice warns readers that numerous white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its unique qualities. It instructs consumers to ask for Ivory brand specifically and to insist on getting it, citing copyright by Procter & Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procter & Gamble
Treating the Wrong Disease
Public notice offering Dr. Pierce's treatise Diseases of Women for ten cents in stamps, presenting a 160 page paper covered book as a treatment guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
der. Pierre
Pierce
E. F. Morgan
Lerington St
Boston
Mass
Fie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
Wuesx
Artemus Ward
Artemus
Miller
Meadville
P. J. Burke
Coldbrook
Conn
New York
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Yonkers
Burke
Tampico
Mexico
Clifford Robinson
Jennie L. Leonard
Hebron
Aard
Slaughter
Turre
Possi
Fresno
Col
Rite Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Truk &0
Augusta
Maine
Caleskins
C. S. Page
Hyde Park
Vermont
Weleleleleles
Hawtigvos Camo K Co
P.O
Box 1
Frazer Seit
Gents
New Church St. Col. Fulton
York
A. Simis & Son
Atest Stylay
Singhamts Binghamton
Ee Ocke
Ste
Rifier
Ehmlin Sper
BSA
Inghamten
Mize
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Morteer
Prva Konrrr
Crab Orchard, Neb
Jenny Stewart
Oh Fails
Wis
Liz
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Burraro
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