Crane Bird Guides Neighbors Pets and Flocks in South America
The yakamik or Psophia crepitans is a forest dwelling crane used by Venezuelan and Amazonian natives to guard poultry and herd domestic animals. It travels in flocks, can swim to cross water, and learns its master’s voice. It courts caresses, protects its family, and chases other animals from meals.
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Venezuela
Amazon
Psophia Crepitans
South America
British Guiana
Schomburg
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets touted as better than doctors prescription
A Virginia resident hails Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior to any physician produced medicine for stomach trouble biliousness or constipation. The ad claims dramatic benefits and notes the product is for sale by all druggists. Also promotes Chamberlains Pain Balm as a fast effective liniment and Bergs Sweet Laxative Chips for constipation with claims of purer blood and clearer skin.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Turner
Trubart
George K. Babcock
Babcock
North Plain
Conn
Berg
Loughran & Bauer
Korean Curiosities and Customs in Early Observations
A quirky account notes Koreans favor medicines and large gilded pills, lack bankruptcy courts, debts bind indefinitely, and marriages split equally. Husbands answer for wives, fires for ancestors, and housing uses extensive paper in walls, floors, and roofs with legal neighbor notices.
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Korea
Bucklen's Amnic Salve Promoted at Local Drug Store
Advertisement urges readers to stock Bucklen's Amnica Salve at L. M. Bosworth's drug store for burns cuts wounds and ulcers. Emphasizes remote living can lead to injuries and suggests the salve as the best on earth for such conditions.
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Bucklen
L. M. Bosworth
No Charge For Overvaluation Ring Offer
A jeweler offers a ring at 50 dollars with gratis extra service claiming the value is 150 dollars to mislead a prospective buyer. A young man questions the added service as a cynical ploy to inflate perceived worth.
Doctor sues over cholera morbus claim in Coachella
In a case tied to cholera morbus, R White of Coachella accuses a doctor of overcharging. The witness claimed the physician used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and the doctor would not deny it under oath. The remedy is advertised as universally effective and sold by druggists.
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R. White
Coachella
Cal
Chamberlain
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