Yeast of Long Descent Brought From Ireland to America
Barbara Curran of East Orrington Maine preserves a two quart hand molded crock of yeast that she says was brought from Ireland in 1846. The yeast has survived across generations from Cromwellian times through her ancestors and has remained active despite poverty and hard work.
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Ireland
Lia
Cromwell
Barbara Curran
East Orrington
New York Sun
America
Boston
Leston
Medford
Classified Rates and Local Advertising Terms
The document lists unit prices for inch based ad space including durations from one month to one year with per inch rates and multiple column widths. It notes local notices priced by word with initial cents per word and additional charges, plus half cent per word for extra insertions and black letter locals. It also mentions special rates for local advertising contracts of 500 lines or more and that yearly contracts not carried to expiration will revert to monthly rates as shown above.
Hartman Opens Produce Stand at Gert Flouring Mill Site
A. E. Hartman has moved into the John Gert Flouring Mill property on Franklin street to serve and ship butter eggs and poultry. Call for special prices on produce weights and discounts.
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A. E. Hartman
John Gert
Franklin Street
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Fail to Cure
Drugstore remedy advertised as quick cure for ailments fails to deliver and druggists are told to refund the money. No specific individuals or organizations named. Patent medicine notice likely from an old newspaper brief.
To Cure Sick Headache Carter's Cascara Pills
M C Dunnington druggist offers a refund if Carter's Cascara Pills fail to cure headaches. Each bottle priced at 25 cents.
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Teke Carter
M. C. Dunnington
Curiosities of Nature And Science Updates
Water power is derived from sun evaporation and precipitation in highlands as snow or rain. Coral dies below 40 fathoms. deeper presence implies bottom subsidence or a fall from depth. Tendons bind horse ankles strongest, enabling long weight bearing. French and Belgian capitalists plan large alkali works near Central Asia salt deposits at Pola. Bardimkul coal nearby. Santoria excavations identify Thera and Oca remnants. Great Western Railway reports 2,500 miles of rails, 62,000 men, weekly revenue £200,000, capital £80,400, dividends. Star light vs moon light 1 to 44,000. stars emit far more light. Lucium from monazite sand forms soluble salts and weighs 104. proposed for incandescent gaslight on the Wagner-Welebach principle.
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Pola
Central Asia
Bardimkul
Santoria
Tiller von Gaertringen
Mesa Vouno
Capt. Abney
M. P. Barriere
Sanitation reforms cut infant mortality and changed housing
A historical overview notes that between 1879 and the late 19th century public sanitation campaigns reduced infant deaths and improved tenement housing in New York. It cites church appeals, sanitary reformers gaining influence, and a shift from corrupt slums to healthier urban living conditions. It also reflects on Pompeii’s ancient tools and infrastructure.
Stranded Stranger Tries Tipping on Chicago Railcar
A man with mud splashed valise boards a South Halsted Streetcar near the stock yards on a morning trip. He hands a nickel change to the conductor and insists on tipping with a silver quarter, claiming his Kansas City wife advised generous behavior and offering a half later as leverage.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Thirty Ninth Street
Kansas City
Labec Maine Plans Hearse For Montenary Emergencies
Labec Maine, a progressive village, resolves to acquire a municipal hearse to keep pace with neighboring towns. Citizensnote that while other towns have hearses, Labec lags, deeming it a burning shame and hope for future use in emergencies.
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Labec
Lubes
Lewiston Journal
India Shawls and Their Imitations Explained
The Chautanquan notes that genuine India cashmere shawls are often imitated in France since the Tibet goat introduction. Experts say real shawls show less even weaving and brighter colors, with borders sewn to centers and pieces joined before finishing. The softer feel and thread’s spin distinguish the genuine article.
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Tibet
France
India
Chinese Preventive of Rabies Through Eating Dog Liver
A French missionary in China observed five Chinese men bitten by a mad dog who reportedly avoided hydrophobia by eating raw liver from the animal within a suggested time after the bite. The account notes Pliny's prescription and hints this may mark an early laopathic approach related to later Pasteur Roch developments.
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China
Plinius
Pasteur
Roch
Yamagata Descendant Born in California to Japanese Elite
A son was born November 15 in Oakland to Matsuko Yamagata daughter of Marquis Yamagata field marshal of Japan and wife of Yoshira Funakoshi vice consul of Japan. The child weighs nine pounds and is the heir of Funakoshi and Yamagata families. The mother, the marquis’s only child, is widowed. the marquis has an adopted son.
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California
Oakland
Cal
Matsuko Yamagata
Marquis Yamagata
Japan
Yoshira, Funakoshi
New York Journal
New York
Funakoshi
Yamagata
Miss Prince
Tokyo
Berlin
Strasburg
Tubingen
Li Hung Chang
Czar Paul and the Scotswoman Tale in London
A rumor claims Czar Paul met a beautiful Scotswoman Miss MacGregor in Hyde Park while she rode a Shetland pony. The tale says they wed privately and she became Nicholaa’s mother, making the present czar her great grandchild.
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Hcholas
Czar
Paul
London
Miss MacGregor
Hyde Park
Nicholaa
Southern mines hailed as future of U S mineral wealth
A mining expert reports after surveying southern states that the future of U S mining lies in the South with rich auriferous and antiferous deposits across Virginia to Alabama. He cites monazite in South Carolina Piedmont, predicts high profits, and notes landowners growing rents from new contractors.
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New York
Appalachian Range
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Piedmont
Fielade
Cripple Creek
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Manhattan
Washington Street
Jegysie
Columbus Star
E. H. Kinney, c. A. Turpin
Columbus
Ind
EH Kinney
Chas A. Turpin
Gertrude Jett Society
Columbus Ind
Mr. Hartmen
NEW York’s Sanitation
Goodman
Tamz
Pompeii
Glass and Pottery Magazine
Pompeiians
Kitchener
Paris
Ita
Albany Journal
Iit
Europe
Far East
Indian Ocean
Audray Coote
Argus
Melbourne
Australia
England
The
Coote
Ike
Spantaras
Bechlege
Dagblad
Hague
Formosa
Holland
Russia
Holand
Eliterary
Photo Studiq
I. H Arnold
Jonsulationz Free
JOE. Young’s
Ulrich’s
F. C. Ulrich
Prop
Herman Vonstrohe
Crump'’S Theater
Third Street
Columbus, Ind
Tiger Thess’ Co
CREA
Tavylor
Aventors
Dimuul
Patent Office
Reeves Pulley CO
G. W. Cooper
C. B. Cooper
Per & Cooper
U.S
C.A. Snowe CO
James C. Miller
Bartholomew County
E. H. Kinney
Geo. Werner
Sean Appo
Aia
aMule Ld Ae
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