Filipinos on Barataria Island settle as quiet island fishermen
The article describes a cluster of Manilamen along Barataria Bay Louisiana, noting their isolated colonies on tall marsh islands, their lack of Manila women, Spanish creole marriages, and absence of local churches or schools. It also mentions a Dewey Avenue on Caminado Island and modest rents charged by a New Orleans owner.
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Pers
Grand Merous
Filk
E Barataria
Ipal
Rkcheniere
Bay
Barataria
South Seas
Manila
Spain
Dewey Avenue
New Orleans
Ivory in Siberia opens ivory supply amid Africa fears
In a striking shift, Siberia yields vast ivory deposits as Africa’s stocks wane, with mammoth tusks found among hundreds of frozen carcasses. The piece ends with a curious aside about a woman who drank soaked nail water to gain iron.
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Siberia
Africa
Boundary set by modus vivendi in Canadian American border
The article details a provisional boundary along the Chilkoot and White Pass region under a modus vivendi. It notes the map line spans sixteen miles with an imaginary extension to White Pass, the Russian cession treaty dispute, and how Canadian customs mark the boundary at White and Chilkoot passes amid miner conflicts in the Porcupine district.
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oUndary
United States
Canada
Dalton's Trail
Dalton's
Chilkoot Inlet
Chilkat Inlet
Tlehini
Klehini
Porcupine District
White
Chilkoot
Salt Lake City as a transcontinental rail stop with famed attractions
The piece extols Salt Lake City as a vital transcontinental stop served by the Rio Grande Western Railway. It highlights the Mormon Temple Tabernacle Great Salt Lake and surrounding resorts, plus climate and rail connections to Denver, Colorado Midland and Southern Pacific lines. It also promotes a pamphlet about Salt Lake City and notes ancient cedars on Mount Lebanon.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Dead Sea
Holy Land
Rio Grande Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland Railways
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Utah
Colorado
J. D. Mansfield
Washington St
Portland
Geo. W. Heintz
City of the Saints
Tea Poisoning and Daily Health Remedies Highlight 1895 ads
A collage of period ads and notes notes on health tonics and cures. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for tea poisoning and dyspepsia, Allen's Foot-Ease for painful feet, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething. It also mentions a California wage law, shingle shortages, and historical references to William Penn.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mrs. Winslow
The Burmese Feast customs and walnuts history
The Burmese feast known as pives features elaborate entertainment with paid dancers, early smoking habits starting at age eight, and a social pattern of chatter and inactivity as part of ritual gatherings. The walnut origin ties to Gaul and myths of Amiens where nuts overwhelmed guards during a covert siege incident.
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Upper
Burma
Pall Mall Magazine
England
France
Gaul
Amiens
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted with $100 Reward
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal treatment for catarrh and claims a $100 reward if it fails to cure. It notes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces, urges sending testimonials, and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a brief note about housing in Anderson and a banyan tree in Ceylon with two roads through its stems.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ceylon
Mount
Lavinia
Colombo
Would You Lend Hazel-Sandstone $25 Tonight
Narrator asks for advice on lending $25 to St. Hazel-Sandstone after an invitation to dine. Nutte urges lending, presenting personal trust as the basis for the decision. The piece frames a moral choice about generosity and friendship in a casual social vignette.
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St. Hazel—Sandstone
Nutte
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Louisiana
South Pacific
Missis
Aminado
Typcal Filipino Home
Iskan
Modus Vivend
Mount Lebanon
Chicago Daily News
Tacoma
KE. W. Grove
California
Piso
William Penn
Delaware
Kline
R. H. HK
Arch Steel
Philadelphia
Miss Walsingham
Anderson
Ind
Wanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Dearborn St. Chicago
Grippe
Croup
Joe Wheeler
Peruna
Sullivan, Roach
McEnery
Hale
Indianapolis Journal
Gillard
Elgin
Asly
Caldeat
Ieee Tee
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Gales
Santeds
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Rane
Faeceetary Sant Pation
Oli Lee
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Teari
Gars
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First Street
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