Special Excursion Rates to Colorado and Black Hills
Excursion tickets go on sale June 1 via the North Western Line to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer good to return by October 31. Several fine trains daily offer an enjoyable vacation trip. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway. Pinesalve acts as a poultice heals skin without scar sold by C A Gamble.
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Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
North-Western
Jane
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead and Custer
Chicago & North- Western
Living Silver The Process by Which Mercury Is Extracted
The chief mercury source is cinnabar native in Europe with Almaden Spain Idria Illyria New Almaden California as major mines. Mercury is roasted in open furnaces where air converts sulfur to sulfurous acid and fumes carry mercury to condensers. Final purification uses linen filtration and delivery in leather bags or iron bottles holding about seventy five pounds.
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Europe
Almaden
Spain
Idria
Illyria
America
New Almaden
California
Leprosy in Crete Linked to Diet and Slum Conditions
The New York Herald reports leprosy is widespread in Crete due to filth and traditional diet. Houses appear clean but interiors are filthy. locals rely on salt fish and olive oil, with pork on meat days. Leper houses stand as small white leprochorions outside villages. poverty is met with daily bread and passersby charity.
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Crete
New York Herald
Origins of the Word Bogus Across Theories
The item surveys multiple explanations for the term bogus. It cites Dr Ogilvie linking to Boghese counterfeiters around 1835, others to bogie goblins, Lowell referencing bagasse, Brewer’s French argot bogue, and a rind or casing meaning outward shows no solid foundation.
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Ogilvie
Boghese
Lowell
Biglow
Brewer
Pearson’s Weekly
Masur peasant girls seek marriage on midsummer wreath toss
An East Prussia custom on St John the Baptist day sees Masur girls form wreaths and throw to lodge on a fruit tree. The number of tries foretells years until marriage while village men jeer as misses occur. The Masurs are Poles in Prussia’s former Polish lands.
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East Prussia
Prussia
Poland
Donkey Riding Among Egyptian Women
In Egypt women continue a long standing practice of riding donkeys to market, shopping, and travel. The small trained animals carry burdens without protest, requiring no special horsemanship.
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Egypt
Primitive Stage Flourished In Elisabethan Drama Age
London World notes the primitive stage where Marlowe Shakespeare and Jonson were performed in Elizabethan dress before daylight on a small stage. Actors were ordinary working people with few luxuries, yet drama rivaled churchgoing in popularity amid Puritan protests and theater growth despite city restrictions.
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Marlowe
Shakespeare and
Jonson
Burbage
Nathaniel Field
London
Senator Lamar Halts Duo Duel With Witty Stratagem
In a House debate a New Yorker Jones and a Mississippian Smith agreed to duel amid fiery exchanges. Senator Lamar intervened proposing to tailor a shot location to spare Jones, a plan that unsettled Jones and prompted talks. The duel never occurred, Lamar's tactic succeeding according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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House of Representatives
New York
Mississippi
Lamar
Jones
Smith
New Yorker
New Orleans
Oil on Water Calms Seas A Medieval Notion Revealed
Early accounts note that pouring a few gallons of oil on stormy seas reduces violence and prevents breaking waves. Byzantine historian Theophylactes attributed this to oil’s adhesive nature allowing wind to glide, leaving water calmer. A Gulf of Mexico area called all spot stays unusually still in storms, attributed to oily mud.
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Theophylactes
Gulf of Mexico
Peru's Whistling Jars Unearthed in Ruined Cities
In Peru nearly fifty types of instruments have been found among ruins. Unique artifacts include double whistling jars or musical water bottles. Front jars feature figures, with openings for whistles. Swings create multiple whistles as water shifts between jars.
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Peru
Customs In Mongolia Tea And Snuff In Greeting
Customs in Mongolia include tea salted with mutton grease as a common beverage though not recommended. Snuff taking is universal and the snuff bottle offer serves as a greeting. Mongol women appear sequestered from strangers, and a traveler's arrival often prompts the ladies to depart to neighboring tents.
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Mongolia
Corner Talk Sparks Curiosity in Indianapolis Journal
A witty exchange between Robert and Richard on a corner draws attention as a remark about a wife’s curiosity. The brief anecdote highlights street corner chatter in Indianapolis.
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Robert
Richard
Indianapolis Journal
Fortune Teller Warned by Dark-Eyed Man with Diamond Pin
A fragment reports a Timely Warning about a hand some man with dark eyes and a brilliant diamond pin. The scene involves a fair maid asking why and a teller replying you cannot support him in the Smart Set setting.
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Fair Maid
I Suppose You Flatter Yourself You Are a Great Man
He asserts he does not flatter himself but recognizes a fact about his stature. The exchange centers on self-perception and pride between two unnamed speakers.
Silent Wisdom of Dumas on Speech and Silence
A compact reflection notes that mastering silence can be harder and more rewarding than speaking, attributed to Alexandre Dumas. The aphorism contrasts restraint with vocal fluency, suggesting quieter strength yields advantage.
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Dumas
Timekeeping by Cannon and Ball in Edinburgh
The Edinburgh observatory on Carlton Hill uses an electric connection to Castle Hill’s cannon. At 6 p.m. daily the gun fires and the ball on the tower drops simultaneously, marking Scotland’s official time. The writer recalls watching the event and the crowd’s startled reaction.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Carlton Hill
Castle Hill
Edinburgh Castle
Castle Pill
Carlton Bill
Birmingham News
Malice and superstition in wax figures through history
The text explains how medieval malice led to wax effigies of enemies with pins driven in to injure them. Belief persisted into the seventeenth century and even echoed in Scotland where clay enemy models in streams were used to threaten health as days passed.
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Highlands
Scotland
Winds Bend Belgian Trees Inland From Sea
Traveler in Belgium near the coast notes trees bent toward the interior under persistent winds. Earlier proof showed Holland peat bog trees toppled from southwest to northeast by similar wind influence, indicating a regional directional impact on tree trunks.
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Belgium
Holland
You snorted remark on marriage apology in Philadelphia Ledger
Miss Sharpe scorns a proposal saying the suitor is an apology for a man. Mr Small protests that she will not marry him. She insists she will not accept the apology.
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Miss Sharpe
Mr. Small
Philadelphia Ledger
Children’s confusion over grownups reading books without pictures
A fragment quotes Atehl gon Globe noting that children cannot grasp why adults spend so long with books lacking images. The remark hints at enduring curiosity about reading habits.
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Geo. O'Brien
Bell
Ames, Iowa
J R. Munden
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J.A
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Pineule Medicine Co
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U.S. A
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Tilden Bros. & CO
Elisabeth
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