Canaries Toes and Love Birds In a Curious Cage Report
Odd notes describe canaries and love birds in a cage with mating behavior and a keeper's account of moving birds to avoid injury. Other brief items discuss diving psychology primogeniture eye anatomy snake remedies nomenclature wine taxes and a philadelphia telegraph advertisement.
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Bronx
Canaries
New York
Mustarine and Bank of England Note Forgeries
Bogy’s Mustarine marketed as a ready cure for sore throat headache neuralgia bronchitis and rheumatic pain claims rapid relief and a 40-plaster box price 25 cents in September with mail orders handled by J A Begg Co Rochester NY. A separate note warns that Bank of England forgeries are detected by hidden features visible under a microscope.
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Bogy
Bogg
N. F. Auten & Co
J A. Begg Co
Rochester, N.Y
Bank of England
German Peasant Farmers Own Most Land Tilled
The 1919 estimate suggests 88 percent of land tilled by German peasant farmers is owned by the peasants themselves. The figure highlights widespread land ownership among rural Germans amid agrarian perspectives of the period.
Fragmented wartime chatter and domestic skits from New York
A garbled New York Press fragment recounts a wartime exchange in Washington between a Russian and a Japanese man, a final toast in Tokyo, and a Brooklyn domestic scene where a mistress rebukes a cook over bitter gravy. The text blends foreign chatter and local humor with unclear dialogue.
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Blarney
Brooklyn
Homfatrous
Four Musicians and Oddities in Old Texts
A collection of brief anecdotes and excerpts. Musicians discuss a teacher called Abbe in Port Said. Turbulent notes recount a Turkish statue tale by Dinocrates and a ship escape in a crowd scene. Victorian social quips follow, including a legal debate about the term Gent and a Pantaloons origin note.
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Sfouiearthos
Turkey
Hayemi
Hind
Dinocrates
Atesqudoy
Nelly
Howe
Moxander
Nerses
Mighty Remedy Promises Health Return in Corry Advertisement
An ad by N. F. Amos & Co and agent Thomas Downey touts Thompson's Baronma as a cure for many ailments, claiming it restores health and relieves pains. It cites a testimonial from Charles Schulte of Dumble who regained health and weight after using the product, with prices listed at two and one dollars.
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New York
Washington
Rowwin
Japan
Tokyo
Yee
N. F. Amon & Co
Thomas Downey
Corry
Pat
Thompson
Paine
N. F. Amos & Co
Thomas Dow
Charles Schulte
Dumble
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