Snow and climate beliefs clash with common sense and courage
An April Harpers essay critiques the link between mind and climate, arguing snow is not a virtue for most regions and excessive cold burdens the body and mind. It contrasts idealized weather with harsh reality, noting polar life can dull intellect while sunny, snowless days uplift thoughts. It also reports on porpoise fishing turning into a food industry along Cape May and Atlantic coasts, with meat praised as a tender substitute for beef and increasing profits from blubber and skin utilization. An odd vignette closes about a druggist helping a boy with a dog swallowing Aunt Julia’s teeth, illustrating odd everyday troubles in the era.
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Canada
Tess
New Jersey
Cape; May
Cape May
Atlantic
New York
Philadelphia
Cape May Company
Julia
Venices
Tom Hood
Grizzly Nail Through Air In Wild Canyon Tale
Fragment from a humor piece and mock biography. The narrator recalls nailing a grizzly with a pocket nail and recounts a pseudo future novel parody with humorous missteps and an extended critical sketch of George Eliot. The tone mimics frontier yarn and literary pastiche with clipped dialogue and quips.
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George Eliot
Richard Henry Sroddard
Guyon
Hannah More
Mary Wollstonecraft
Charlotte Bronte
Lady Byron
Theresa Gamba
Jesus of Nazareth
Ge Arederich Strauss
Frederick Strauss
M. Auguste Comte
George Henry Lewes
Carlyle
Uite
Lewes
Mirabeau
Dante
Platinum discovery in Montana and heavy snow in Oregon
The Helena region placer mines lead with a new platinum find near Virginia City. Edison received platinum concentrates from a Montana claim. Oregon reports a severe winter with 100 inches of snow, 60 inches settled, blocking rail and mail. Steam proves a stronger disinfectant than acids in cholera and smallpox tests. Amateur detectives note Beatrice Cenci’s notorious murder story persists a century later.
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Plating
N la Montana
Helena Q. T. Heral d
Alder Gulch
Montana
Virginia City
Edison
America
Exchange
Oregon
Wasco County
Chicago Times
Maj
Steinberg
United States Army
Brooklyn
Rough on Coughs and Cough Remedies Sold in Ad
An old advertisement fragment touts Rough on Coughs and a list of offerings for cough relief priced at 5c with phrases like liquid and remedies. It also mentions a cleaning product “Roughton Rats?” claimed to clear out rate, mice, roaches, ants, bed bugs, and other pests. A Wells Health Renewer claim promises cures for heart pains, palpitations, dizziness, headaches, and sleeplessness.
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Charles Dedrey Warner
Harpers Megazine
Dawson
Hugo Dusonbury
Jim
Grizzly
Justas
Mr. Howells
Gregory
Rreceuil de Medicine
Cagny
Boston Post
Beatrice Cenci
Trey W Kough
Perry
Gate City
Downer McBride & CO
Atlanta
Southern
Seth Thomas
Agenta Lambeth
Georg
Georgia
Alabama
Harrold, Johnson Co
Americus, Ga
W. P. Jowers
Preston
Webster County, Ga
Ted
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S. Ula
Dr. Ee
Beats
Curi
Ares Bsa
Nashvlle
TENN
Brad
Harris & James
Agnes Aycock
Forsyth ST
Paperries
RES
Agnes Aycour
Novatr
Mechwif
Oliver & Oliver
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Ourysz & Oliver
True & CO
Sugueta
Mane
Anacenyy Ly
Abargain
1St Street
Southwestern Railroad
Brunwood
Florida
G, Wells
Branwood, Ga
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