Ants and a Dervish Tale on the Desert and Sea
A vignette on ant engineering from St. Croix showing ants disassembling a carcass and transporting pieces to their citadel. It leads into a fable about a dervish and a walking delegate with a sharp end, then notes on chrysanthemums, Longstreet and Hill, and a dramatic brain tumor removal. The piece includes brief notes on England’s bank security and gulls exploiting barnacles, all in a late 19th century penny press tone.
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St. Croix
New York Ledger
Jing
Nbino
Mecca
Kaaba
Dufer
Tam
Simeon
Bismillah
Marshallah
Tacoma
Minnesota
George J. Kellogg
Historical concerns on ammonia and alum baking powders
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is contrasted with ammonia and alum containing powders. Dr H Endemann notes ammonia baking powders alter gluten and harm digestion after his 1891 Washington talk to the American Chemical Society. Cited authorities warn against ammonia or alum in powders like Reval Chicago Yeast Calumet Bon Bon Taylor's One Spoon Unrivaled Forest City Snow Balt Pearl.
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H. Endemann
New York Board of Health
American Chemical Society
Washington
Chicago
Taylor's
Forest City
The telegraph dream on Mount Ouray a boy's daring
A Colorado family home near Mount Ouray becomes the setting for Jack Ford and his brothers plan to build a telegraph line to Saluda. Jack raises poles, insulators, and copper batteries from jars, learns splicing, and wires a line to send a message to Ned. An avalanche later tests the line and Jack's bravery saves the family.
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John C. Walshe
United States
Ford
Colorado
Denver and
Rio Grande
Little Jack
Mount Ouray
Jack
Mr. Ford
Jad
Jack Ford
Dan
Ting Jack
Ned
Saluda
Denver
Setver
Inna
Oil Tlacksmith
Hercules
Jery
Beak
Fnce
Nedsler
O. K
Uo Ford
W Union
Compa
Racy origin of oilcloth cap tipsters at the tracks
Tales of a sharp racing tipster who sold envelopes with horse tips for a dime at tracks. A failed gambler turns clever entrepreneur as his selections, kept in envelopes, win repeatedly and spread nationwide. He now prints selections in major papers but allegedly never bets his own tips.
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Broad
New York Commercial Advertiser
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Lee
Longstreet
Hill
Mosby
Alp. Hill
Virginia
Edward Angler
Losby
Gaines Mill
Georgia
Richmond
Richmond Examiner
A. P. Hill
Washington Post
New York
Robert F. W. Weir
England
Bank of England
London
Dr. Price
Liebig Sie Gren
Damask Ebon
Sommer
Sonny Selde
Skiew
Iraph Line
Lake Talcott
Bos
Tom Kirk
Tom
Isladors
Jackson
Holland
Circouit
Paris
Pisa
Europe
Materdam
Steenwyk
Veenhuizen
London Daily News
Herald
Walter
PS. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drogaisin
M.fampron
Piketon
Long
Balun
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Lowa Methodist
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Hrazginte
Taail Eby
Warren SC
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Dr. Pierce
W. Dor
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Tabbe
Mr. Donel Hood
August Flower
J. B. Young
Daughters College
Harrodsburg
J. W. Smith
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Gen. Merchant
Townsend
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C. Rugh
Mechanicsburg
G. Root
RO Ieithis
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Gondit &Co
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