The Crofter at Home and Hebridean Meeting Attire
A vivid vignette of a Highland croft near Lond MacDio with a widow tending barley, livestock, and a mule of finery amid smoke and peat. August church gathering scenes reveal island fashion, Gaelic worship, and orderly ritual at the manse field with caps, tartan shawls, and biblically modest dress. Nearby Orange Mountain reveals a Giants Causeway like trap rock quarry with hexagonal columns formed by ancient volcanic activity.
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Lond
Hebrides
Siay
Ing
St. Paul
Orem
Chicago Herald
Orange Mountain
N.J
Ireland
Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy Advertises Quick Cure
An advertisement claims Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy relieves bleeding itching and moisture in piles, absorbs tumors, and provides a permanent cure. The product is sold for 50 cents through The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co. in Piqua Ohio, with J W Hightower as a distributor.
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Bosanko
A Million Deaf Mutes
A Pittsburg Dispatch article discusses the prevalence and education of deaf individuals worldwide. It cites 700,000 to 900,000 deaf people globally, about 26,000 in Britain, and 387 institutions housing 26,473 inmates with over 2,000 teachers. It notes beliefs about shaving and face washing as deadly practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Great Britain
Chinese Use of Metals Transforms Trade, History Note
A Detroit Free Press item recalls how China thrived for two thousand years without metals but acknowledges the hardship of an old man tending a dry goods box without a jack knife and shingle as companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Darin
Never Buy a Steer at Sundown Said by Stock Dealer
Des Moines Special notes a Chicago news anecdote where a stock dealer tells a News correspondent that the sunset magnifies objects, advising against buying a steer at sundown. The remark illustrates market caution and perceptual tricks in livestock trading.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Notable Sums From Tuileries Concerts And California Trial
A fragment lists payments for performers at the Tuileries with Pattion earning six hundred dollars, Nils two hundred forty, Capoul one hundred twenty, and Marie Ze one hundred. It also recalls a San Francisco gunman nicknamed the most patient man after a trial verdict, and Mary Butler noting that truth and honor precede love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuileries
Nils
Capoul
Marie Ze
William Washburn
San Francisco
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crofter
Mary Butler
Lorillard
J. F. Taylor
Trans Chemical Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gleet
Alcott & Lisk Hudson
N.Y
W. Hightower
Barnesville
Wade
Nicalco
Baltimore
Frenc
Lawge
Tate
Coca
Pemberton
Broad Stree
Voice
J.B. Pemberton
Gresham
Satlanta, GA
Iltell
F. A. Toomer
Perry
Joseph Palmer
W.W. Smith
W. B. Jobson
Macon
Byttle
Per
Nussia
Ind
SHUEY
Dus. J.P. & W.R Houma
A. Murpheys& Co
Public Square
W. O. Marshburn
Forsyth Street
L. A. West, Griffin,Kt
Noviz J. A. Hunt
America
H. H MauuLerr & Co
Portland
Maine
A. Horne
Kimball
Markham Flouses
Mall
Aprat
Peachtree St
Athluna, Ga
Tripod
Broad Street
Atlanta, Ga
Aveill
SAND
Silicate Paint CO
Sduced Productions
Oakton Springs
Lake Pewaukee
Milwaukee
Mil & St. Paul
Waukesha Co
Wis
Thotel
Pewaukee
Oakton
Wisconsin
Currie
Henley
LG. Henley
Patentee & Man
Ricmond, Ind
True & Sta
Nols Mainst
Dulius
Higgins & Son
Stevens, VE. T
Va. & Ga
RB. R. Wert Georgla
Eagle Planing Mills
Lee Institute Omaston
G. A. Harrison
Prin
WM. Abram Love
Thos. D. Love
Whitehall Street
Atlanta
Georgia
M. A. Christopher
Carria
Nowla Ly
Eeeeee
Ullmann & Philpott’s
Tinted
Aikin & Lighton
W. Hewitt
Sunit
Elephone
WNI
Etc
Tlanta, Ga
Orme & Reynolds
Hamburger & Stafford
Freeood Street
W. A. Williams, Jr
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