Champion Snake Story and End of the World Folklore
An elderly hunter reports a vivid nest of rattlesnakes in Wales mountains, detailing a colorfully staged confrontation between rattlesnakes and black snakes at a cave. The tale ends with an extermination duel leaving only rattlesnakes. Bizarre superstition follows about Mother Shipton and 1881’s doom tied to Pole voyages and Japanese banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Rodgers
Reading
Welsh
Jim
Casscake
Barnum
Mother Shipton
Mobile Register
North Pole
Stanley
Dame Shipton
Hartford Courant
New Orleans
Ernest P. Brook
U. S. Sanitary Commissionency
Nigsan Street
New York
Babbitt
Searsok
B. T. Babbitt
York
Prominent Patent Medicines Promised Relief Across Ailments
An 1877 ad excerpt touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and rest for mothers, then promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cures for catarrh, bronchitis, and consumption with patient testimonials from Voor, La and New Jersey. The notices depict ships abandoned at sea and praise medical tonics for blood purification and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Winslow
Dr. Sage
Dr. Pierce
Burlington Co
N. J
Dr. Prence
Liv
Henen B. McAnney
Breathing Miasma and Preventive Bitters Endorsement
The advertisement asserts thousands avoid fever and ague by using Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and remedy. It promises rapid relief between paroxysms, cites travelers as beneficiaries, and also promotes the Peruvian Iron Bitters for spring debility. Warns against counterfeit horse and cattle powders, touting Sheridan's Powders as pure and effective.
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment urged for lung diseases
An advertisement extols Johnson's Anodyne Liniment as priceless for preventing diphtheria pneumonia and lung congestion. It claims broad reach across New York Boston and Chicago and urges all people to learn about the product and obtain a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pla
Johnson
Gingerbread Recipe from New Orleans Mixes Butter and Molasses
A historic recipe instructs melting butter and lard, stirring in molasses and sugar with water. Ginger adds flavor, two eggs and four cups of flour are folded in, then baked in a moderately hot oven for a classic gingerbread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
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Japan
Langnor
Correspondin Pena
Sheridan
Tar Pioneers Tobacco Companys
Boston
Chicago
Tobias
Solibyal
Park Place
Mars
Dime Banjo Music Co
Fulton St
Brooklyn
KE Manufa Company
Mercer Street
LAN Central
Lowa
Howard Association
Ninth Street
Philadelpha
John Phin
Jose Smith
P.O
N.van Breil
Chambers Str Street
New
Thomson
Adaaiaae
Fupeact Co
Maiden Lane
Boston Novelty Co
Platt St
Wilbor
OIL and Lime
A. B. Wilbur
Peerless
Wringer
Chambers Street
Cincinnati
America
Phinney
Marblehead
James H. I. Gregory
W.s. Rex
W.S. Tildex
Moor Echo
Sue Ken
Persins. Pereiss
A & Everest
H. P. Danks
Ed O
Oliver Ditson& CO
C. Ditson &Co
Broadway
J. E. Ditson & CO
Chestnut Street
Petia
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