History of skating in Europe and America
The article traces skating from ancient bone skates in Europe to iron blades likely from Holland. It notes Holland as a key origin of practical skating, the role of skates in travel and daily life, and the Dutch as first to bring skating and Christmas gifts to America with St. Nicholas as patron of American skaters.
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Uller
England
Europe
America
Fitzstephen
London
British Museum
Holland
Olland
Nieuw Nederlands
St. Nicholas
Stoves Coal and Gold From Ancient Times to London
The piece traces stoves as a modern invention originating in northern Europe with Ben Franklin among early writers. It notes coal’s uncertain ancient use, England’s early adoption by the 13th century and Parliament’s 1316 ban, and mentions gold as an anciently used metal by Egyptians and others, though the text becomes fragmented.
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Europe
Ben Franklin
England
London
Simple Home Telephone Construction Described
Instructions from Professor Barrétein outline a cheap telephone made from two wooden boxes two metal disks tin sheet, two magnets two silk reels and iron wire. Drill a half dollar sized hole in each lid, mount a disk on the outside of one box, fix a magnet end near the disk without touching, thread wire through a reel, and connect both ends to complete the device. Continuous use relies on precise placement and noncontact magnet-disk interaction.
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Barrétéin
Ida Lewis Heroic Lighthouse Keeper Seeks Pension
Newport correspondent reports Ida Lewis in delicate health living at the lighthouse and continuing to tend the light. A winter effort to secure a government pension for her is planned, reflecting her lifelong service and famed rescues of soldiers and others in storms near Fort Adams.
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Newport
Boston Transcript
Ida Lewis
Congress
United States
Fort Adams
Miss Lewis
Earth’s Stop Would Trigger Cosmic Crash and Liver Cure
The piece likens a sun centered universe to a machine and warns that stopping Earth would cause a universal crash. It argues financial crises mirror such failures and extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pierce’s Pleasant Purge active pills as liver focused restoratives to cleanse blood, heal ulcers, and renovate the body.
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Wall Street
Dr. Pierce
Chey The Celebrated Mis ToEs Ess Wood Tay Plog Toraces
Minnesota harvested forty million bushels of wheat in 1877. St. Paul Dispatch promotes state news and migration, offering weekly editions and subscriptions. Quirks Trick Tea is advertised as a new tonic sold by druggists for 25 cents per package.
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Chey
New York
Minnesota
St. Paul
Dispatch Co
Minn
Hostetter's Bitters Promised To Cure Nervous Diseases
Polley Heads and Nervée are soothed by Hostetter's Bitters, claimed to remove root causes in stomach and organs. It argues sedatives cannot cure nervous excitability, while Hostetter's Bitters supposedly cures nervous maladies by correcting digestive and hepatic derangements.
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Hostetter
Sheridan's horse and cattle powders mailed sample offer
Dr. S. Johnson & Co. of Bangor Maine offer a postage paid C7 pound sample package of Sheridan's powders for twenty cents. The ad claims the powder prevents many diseases in hens hogs and horses including hog cholera and is valuable for animal health.
Dooley's Baking Powder Promises Purity and Weight
The advertisement touts the extended popularity of Dooley's yeast powder as proof of value. It claims perfect purity and full weight as manufacturers' watchwords and suggests it for light biscuits, pies, cakes, and puddings.
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Doley
Dooley
The Anodyne Liniment Promises Diphtheria Prevention
An ad claims Johnson's Anodyne Liniment costs 35 cents and is a sure preventive of diphtheria and will cure nine out of ten cases. It urges every family to own it to save children this winter.
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Johnson
Tobias Venetian Liniment Promises Cures for Wide Range
The Venetian Horse Liniment by Dr Tobias claims to cure dysentery colic rheumatism sore throats and various pains when taken internally or applied externally. It is sold in 50 ear quantities and pint bottles with a no pay guarantee if not superior to all others. Depot New York Park Place sellers listed nationwide.
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Tobias
Draggista
Park Place
New York
Bowery
N. B
Onc
Pomeroy Truss CO
Broadway
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