Ancient Dardanelles Forts and tide dangers described
A historical account details the Dardanelles strait with its narrow passage and rapid tide from 165 to portanda minutes, the rocky European shore and verdant Asiatic side, and the formidable fortifications at Koum Kaleh Sedil Babri Kit Nd Babri and Sil tamesh Kalessi. It notes Mahomet II built the castles, Gallipoli at the canal outlet, and historic sieges and battles including 1770 Tsesse, 1807 Duckworth, and 1823 Ipsariota actions shaping the strait’s control.
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Marmora
Straits
Dardanelles
Koum Kaleh
Not
Sedil-Babri
Onty
Eld
Kit‘Nd-Babri
Sil‘tamesh-Kalessi
Mahomet II
Marmor
Nagars
Gallipoli
Mithridates
Byzantium
Constantinople
Teike
Turka
Tsesme
Duckworth
Ipsariota
Proper Mustard Plaster Use Without Blistering
A writer argues most people misprepare mustard plasters. He promotes mixing mustard with the white of an egg and water to create a drawing plaster that avoids blisters, suitable even for infants, unlike the common flour and water mix that often blisters and hurts.
Honest Miner's Tale About a California Digger
A California miner, dubbed a digger, muses on climate and a mountain described as Sawyer Nowaday with valleys on both sides. He imagines a ble barrel gun at the summit enabling one to kill summer or winter without moving. When asked if he has tried, he replies he has tried often but failed for one reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sawyer Nowaday
Radix Finds Hartford Life One of the Strongest Insurers
A Connecticut commission endorses the Hartford Life Insurance Company, noting assets over twenty four million and a clear surplus of about four and a quarter millions. The review praises management as experienced and unblemished, declaring the company financially sound and worthy of policyholders and public confidence.
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Vpaalver
Iy Trea
Radix
Hartford
Connecticut
Mtna
An African Coiffure Helmeted by Hair and Beads
An African traveler notes that Latookas craft elaborate helmet like coifs from their hair over years. The helmet features a thick woolly felt body, a two inch rim, a copper crest, ostrich plumes, and beadwork in blue and red with a cowrie shell rim for a regal, martial headpiece.
Four Brazilian butter making methods described
The text details four native Brazilian methods: beating milk with a spoon in a bowl, shaking milk in a bottle until butter forms, shaking milk in a hide by two end athletes, and dragging a leather vessel with milk on the ground behind a galloping horse to produce butter. The milk is never strained and the butter never washed.
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Empire of
Brazil
Campaign Slander Against Dr Pierce During Senate Campaign
Opponents published a biased analysis of Dr Pierce medicines to damage his candidacy for slate senator. The smear aimed to prejudice voters against his business integrity, but his election margin rebuked his rivals and their attempts.
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R. ¥. Pierce
Tnereby
The Great Limestone Belt of Kansas and Its Wheat
Major Inman extols Kansas central plains as a fertile belt with rich soil and climate. He praises the limestone belt for self fertilization, high wheat quality, and vast potential, contrasting Smoky Hill Valley with sandy southern lands and noting abundant water, limestone influence, and expanding irrigation. He cites rainfall data from Fort Hays, Larned, and Dodge for context.
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Great Central Plains
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Great West
B. E. Fryer
Fort Harker
Ellsworth
United States
Kanssa
Thia
Kansas Pacific Railway
Smoky Hill
Arkansas
St. Louis
Neous
Kanas
Iseas
Ying
Forta Hays
Larned
Dodge
Cenruat
Sourthern Xanbas
Fort Fort Fort Hays
IBTA
Great Plains
Kansas Pacific Railway Company
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Pabrifge Toilelsorp
Norgery
Major H. Inman
Alma
P. O. Crery
Teenee Maine
Wilbur
A. B. Witreor
Boston
Tei Wek
Dieomsee
Osea
Ste Ete
Navan Brie, Rae
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