Hair trade stories from Buck's and global hair sources
A Philadelphia Timester visits Buck's to see wig making and learns of the hair trade. Europeans buy hair from country girls, factories sort and price by color and length, and hair comes from Germany, Naples, Sweden, and Paris. Chinese and convent hair supply cheap strands. colored hair is limited, with gray and blonde in high demand. A sick man recounts patent medicine regrets as another tale closes.
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Philadelphia
Buck's
Dushing
Europe
America
Germany
New York
China
Naples
Paris
Old Resident Recalls Early Medical Needs in Timber Town
An elderly neighbor recounts a primitive physician visit in a fledgling settlement. A sick man, treated with quinine pills from town, worsens after self-medicating, illustrating early access challenges before the university era medical supply.
Saved From the Jaws of a Lion by an Elephant
An old showman recounts a Cincinnati or Smithland Kentucky engagement in which an elephant saved him from a lion after the keeper was away. He describes the tense retreat across the arena as the lion closed in, the elephant lifting him to safety with its trunk, and his grateful escape as reported by the Washington Gazette.
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Smithland
Washington
D. C
Hutto
Tex
Ayer
Farm and Household Tips From A Historic Page
Horse care tips emphasize checking feet and legs for disease, with glove powder and corn starch as preventatives. Advice covers feeding poultry with ground hay and meat byproducts, a dessert cream lemon dish, and guidance on selecting well-muscled hogs. Also includes a cookie recipe with steps for cream, eggs, milk, and spice, plus baking tips.
Count de Lesseps Promotes Sahara Flood Canal Plan
The dispatch from Tunis claims a canal to flood the Sahara with Mediterranean waters is feasible without water running uphill. French interest leans to linking the Tunis salt marshes to the Gulf of Gabes, forming an inland sea to Civilize and enrich France. Count de Lesseps seeks 15 million dollars, nearing eighty, amid a dossier of grand railroad and canal schemes.
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Count de Lesseps
Mediterranean
Sahara
Tunis
Gulf of Gabes
India
United States
France
Africa
Col. Flatters
N. ¥. Mail and Express
How to Raise Calves
A Boston Mirror correspondent describes methods for rearing a calf from winter birth. Begin with close cow contact for 1 2 days, then separate feeding, then gradually train the calf to drink from warm milk and gradually reduce dependence on the cow. Provide meal, hay, and a milk oats corn mix, with skimmed milk at four weeks and continue with appropriate meat and milk balance.
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The
Boston Mirror
The Husband and Wife as Shelters From Life's Storms
A reflective essay urges husbands to share burdens and furnish cheer at home. It cites Governor Jewell as a model of balancing business and family, noting unselfishness as essential. The piece argues a supportive home eases wives and reduces stress from work.
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Jewell
Laicus
Christian Union
Thirtieth Divorcees Run Lynn Shoe Factory
In a Lynn Massachusetts shoe factory, thirty workers are identified as divorced wives, highlighting economic and social ties within the local labor force.
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Lynn
Mass
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Lansing
Albert
Brazil
Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Minas Geraes
San Paulo
Pata
River Plate
New England
Allen
Vermont
Connecticut
Maine
S. Paca St
Baltimore
Jos. McCawley
Dr.j.c.ayer & Co
Lowell
Uni
Boots & Shoes
J. P. Ayers
Russell
Loose’s Extract
Plossom
Notich
Loose
J. M. Loose & CO
Monroe, Mich
Farrand
Williams & Co
Swift & Dodds
James B Davis & Co
Detroit
Meirme
ST. Vitus
A. Richmond Med. Co
St. Joseph, Ico
Switzer & Kehnast
Johnston
Malta
Defiance
Clinton Street
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago Line
Chicago Express
Enews
Chic
Sn.y
Chicago
Avilia
Wees
Garrett
Auburn
Hicksvilll
Deshler
Fostoria
Republic
Piaeeieek Sandusky
Aarebacee
Monroeville
Oo Een
Plymouth
Papeete Peoane Shelby Junction
Manstfield
Mt Vernon
Newark
Columbus
Zanesville
Cambridge
Barnesville
Bellaire
Wheeling
Cantacatnneseer i
Begignmiole
Ccis
W. E. Reppert
G. P.G
Senate
General Assembly
State of
Hi Om P
Ives
R. G. Richards
United States OF America
James W. Newman
State of Ohio
Soup Byatt
R. Pengelly, M. D
Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Mich
Colby «& Scort
Defiance, O
Parker
Hiscox & Co
N.Y
Floreston
Floreston Cologne
N. Y
John Tuttle
Maumee R
O. F. Ensign & Son
Times Block
Clinton St
Sena
F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
Toledo Ohio
G. W. Bechel
Nebraska
Exhram Sibley& S Co
Ilinois
Peter Dickman
Defiance, Ohio
South Clinton St
Joseph Derheimer
Spence Bros. & CO
Cincinnati
C. S. Wellman
Defiance Branch House
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