Natives who aided whites across the North Woods frontier
Emerson Hough cites North Woods Indians as essential partners in exploration and the fur trade, noting mixed heritage voyagers, alliances with Britain in industry, and harmony before alcohol, cattle, and plows disrupted relations along the Hudson Bay route.
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Upper Wilderness
North Woods
Great Britain
Great Lakes
George Simpson
David Thompson
Alexander Mackenzie
Harmon
Hearne
Alexander Henry the Younger
Hudson Bay
Old
Nor’west Company
Greysolon du L’hut
Emerson Hough
Sailor Captain Whipped by Magistrates in Boston Tale
In Burnaby's Travels in America 1759 a British warship captain left his wife in Boston and was publicly whipped for meeting him ashore. Before sailing, he hosted an entertainment for magistrates who then received thirty nine lashes each aboard the ship as the crew cheered.
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Burnaby
America
Massachusetts
Boston
How Tobacco Got Its Name Origin debated historical notes
The origin of tobacco's name is unclear with Oviedo attributing it to a Y shaped snuffing tool called tobaco. Another claim links the term to West Indian origins after tobacco entered Europe via Spain in 1558 and France through Jean Nicot who inspired the plant’s scientific name nicotine in honor of Queen Catherine de Medici.
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Oviedo
West Indies
Spain
Fernandez
Philip 0R
Mexico
Portugal
France
Jean Nicot
Catherine de’ Medici
Balancing an Egg and Brain Weights and Health Ad
Balancing an Egg on end is explained by shifting the yolk center of gravity after boiling, while brain weight ranges reported as 34 to 65 ounces for males and 31 to 56 for females with newborns around 11.656 ounces male and 10 ounces female. A caller asks about longevity with the reply stressing avoidance of fights with bigger men as a key factor. Hexamethylene tetramine noted as Foley’s Kidney Remedy ingredient. use to treat uric acid and urinary issues. advertised by Carroll Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Carroll Drug Co
Danville Man Reports Kidney Pills Benefit
Danville Illinois resident Jacob Schrall reports eighteen months of kidney and bladder trouble improved after seven weeks on Foley's Kidney Pills. Carroll Drug Co. endorses the product. A local quip notes fishing tale originality and skepticism after a joke about a man who claimed luck.
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Danville
Jacob Schrall
South St
Ill
Foley
Carroll Drug Co
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Ad
Advertisement urging readers to use Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. Promotes the product and warns against substitutes from Carroll Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Carroll Drug Co
Tailor Tells Court Jury Has Debt Against Him
A tailor defendant in an assize case was despondent in court claiming the jurors all owe him money for clothes. His counsel asked to dismiss the jury and empanel a new one, hoping for a more favorable panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assizes
San Francisco Chronicle
Odd Blends of Ads and Notices in Local Paper
A collage of snippets from medical ads and notices includes Foley remedies claims, cautions about mercury in eye/Catarrah cures, testimonials, a public sale notice in Stevens county Washington from 1909, and probate sale details for Fred Haas estate with bid instructions and cash sale terms.
Dedication of Cronin Hall Celebrates Thanksgiving Night
Cronin Hall was dedicated before the largest crowd yet at Kendall with the project started last fall and completed for use. Funds for furnishings came from a silk patchwork quilt sale raising $20, while baskets netted $101 at a dance and supper. P H Grace spoke for a hall to be “WE” not “I,” as community members sang America and honored the ladies led by Mrs F S Anderson.
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Cronin
Kendall
P. H. Grace
America
F. S. Anderson
Grace
F.S. Anderson
W. Kirchan
Messrs. Banzeler
Switzer, Rockley, Walton, Kendall and Connelly
Sheriff Sale Notices In Stevens County Washington
A sheriff sale notice outlines that N M Williams’ interest in section 11 township 37 range 37 E W M is to be sold at public auction to satisfy a judgment of $639.76 plus interest from June 22 1909 costs and fees. The sale is set for 1910 at the courthouse door in Stevens County Washington by sheriff W H Graham and deputy C A Ledgerwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stevens
Superior Court
State of
Caan
Washingto Device Company
N. M
Gorl
Anid Stevens
N. M. Williams
County of
Towit
Stevena
J. L. Cagle JL. le
Townah
E. W. M. Aterhig
J. L. Cagle
Raham
C. A. Ledgerwood
Walter S. Roberts
Stevens County
Cerville
Walter S. Roberta
Bank of
Colville
Kettle Falls
Walter
Robert
Ledgerwood
Codington
Tod
Makina
Windeceee
Bank of Colville
W. H. Graham
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D. Laury
The
Colville Plumbing and Tinning Co
Columbia Stables
John W. Walsh
Prop
Idaho
A. R. Thompson
O. K
J. M. Dupuis
Peerless
GEO. Stenger & CO
Spokane College
College of Liberal Arts
P. M. Glasoe
Spokane
Northwest
Spokane, Wash
North Woods Indians
Chicago Record-Herald
Kansas City Times
Catholic Standard and Times
Tru
Joe
Towne
Sharpe
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Shakespeare
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
State of Washington
Fred Haas
Fred Hoss
Tre Stine Sacuieng
Fred Ne
Fred Hass
Deceas
Hoss
F. B. Goetter
Castraion
J. H. Merritt
Bossburg
L. Loew
J. F. Leighton
Opera House
Albert Loiselle
Guy A. Young Cronin, Wash
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