Lion tamers and Bengal tigers in 19th century shows
A Chicago Herald account recounts lion tamers era practices, trainer methods and dangers. It details taming steps from feeding to board hurdles, handling the beast, and crowd-pleasing acts, plus anecdotes of famous lions and handlers, with historical notes on lionesses and ring behavior. Historical context includes animal acts, trainer risks, and public spectacle in frontier circuses.
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Herald
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Tou
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Lowen Senner
Navehad
Bea
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Wallace
George Wombwell
George
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Wanchester
Wombwell
van Amiing
Lamous
Crockett
Ant Crockett
Daniel
Vane
Americ
Bowe & Cushing’s Circus
Chicago
Maccomos
Jimmy Strand
Nan
Lion Klage
Phan
Chaeago Herald
Sensible Suggestion From Gondor On Christmas Cards
A garbled early 20th century notice discusses truth in the business of sending Christmas cards and the changing audience. The fragment hints at motives, proportions, and skepticism toward enthusiastic newspaper prognostications.
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Gondor
Aeka
Honest Writers and a Frightful Accident in Fare News
A Mercury era column discusses the ethics of newspaper interviews and publication, noting that correspondents withhold sentiment for propriety. It then reports a Santiago death at 115 and a tale of a boy’s frightful accident, including local anecdotes about Caldwell, Bowed founding, and a Pittsburgh heir to an estate, all framed in a late 19th or early 20th century tone.
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Catienary
G. Carpenter
Zengss
Caldwell
New England
Bowdoin College
Franklin Pierce
Pierce
United States
Lewiston
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Tully D. Bowen
WN. X. Herald
James B. Kelir
Pittsburgh
Duke of
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Jononias
Johanic
Johnnis Briely
Owell
Farmers' alliances grow in Lucas county townships
Farmers' alliances gain traction in Lucas county townships amid increased attention to property and health. Advertisements tout Shiloh and Wells patent remedies for coughs, bronchitis, catarrh, piles, and digestive issues, alongside a cautioned note on local pest control and a new banking venture in Grand Junction.
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Farmers’ Bank
Grand Junction
Greene County
H. C. Jools
HL Underwood
Ferre Trade and Medicine Bottle Size Increase
The article notes post tax reform on Proprietary Medicines benefits to consumers and home manufacturers. It highlights Green's August Flower and Boschee’s German Syrup, with a thirty six cent price cut and larger bottle sizes. It touts improved value for remedies like Ispepsia and Javer, and German Syrup for cough and lung troubles, urging urgent sale in towns and villages.
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Green's
Flower and Boschee
Abe
Sicent
Coimbines
Colored Glass Reveals Colorful Craft and History
The article surveys the craft of colored glass in church and home adornment, detailing the historic revival, production methods, and diverse hues from oxide of silver to uranium oxide. It notes the modern window industry, pigments, and the skill required for layering and fusing colors for rich effects.
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Minda Thas
Prisant
Horne
Art Hay
New York
Huby
Cape Per
Englehart
Zinaw
Cappar
He Rymans
von Minutolj
Smocked Incomplete Rural Notes From An Old Ledger
A fragmented column recounts farm life with Webster’s stock notes and turnip harvest details. It mentions oxen, cows, and a son Flyteher, plus anecdotes about a dog, a lane sighting, and the care of livestock. Smuggling passages and local notices appear alongside early patent medicine ads and names of Iowa residents and printers.
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Rerlaely
Webster
Washington
Aid
Flyteher
A Cary Niucht
Min
Webster’s O Xen Farm Soil Reform In The 1800s
John Webster sought to improve poor Maryh eld land by buying large quantities of manured material and spreading it on his fields. This farming experiment, though fragrant and malodorous to neighboring townships, tied the statesman’s name to his efforts to make soil productive despite initial poor value.
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Maryheld
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