The Man Who Plays With Words and Weathered Hunters
A fragment from Marion House notes recounts Chip Macguire of Springfield Missouri urging readers to join a hunting trip in the Atlantic climate. It paints Missouri wild fowl abundance, rails on railroads, tents on ponds, and tales of venison, antlers, and wary beasts. It praises southern Missouri game and urges readers to travel, hunt, and leave medicine behind.
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Cold East
Chip'' Macguire
Springfield
Marion House
Missouri
Abandance
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Fort Scott
Galt
Aaron
Arkanms
Aepes
Onark
A. V
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Momma
Carrie
Brooklyn
Laly
Washington
Taginese
Wilson-Moon
Wilson
Fuwer Tours
Hdadelphia
Patrick
Faix
Moum
Ohio
Tower of Babel
Jonton Transcript
Liberty
New York
Herald
Merry Bird Woods
Zrook
Lyn Eagle
de Juana
Jackson
Raied
Dickson
N.Y. Run
New Haven
Russia
Voice of
England
Haris
Abe
Bin
Lowell
Miles
Siete
Lahall
Pituiiary
Ethel
Memphis
Mand
London Court Journal
Eephe
Cambridge
Mra
Maloney
Lowell Citraon
Clara
Featherly
Blue
Bazar
Harper
Wit and Humor From a Turbulent Society in the West
A collage of snatches from humor and social observation, noting pranks and jests about courtship, manners, and women. The column mocks manners, references politicians and editors, and skewers social rules with aphorisms and anecdotes from multiple cities.
Prophylactic Fluid Claims Against Fevers Promoted
An old newspaper fragment touts Darby Prophylactic Holding as preventing typhoid scarlet fever measles diphtheria smallpox and cholera. It mentions a Chicago church paying $6000 to a pastor and an assistant pastor over unpaid debts and a town seeking local public notices amid pursuit by creditors.
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Chicago
Love Ance
Creditoea
Pavellic
Superstitions About Birds Across Europe and England
The article surveys beliefs about birds across France, Provence, Germany and England. It notes the white owl as a death omen in France, the crow signaling luck in southern Germany, and left versus right flight affecting fortune in Tasraingee and Napier regions. In England, newspaper intelligence links a penny bird to current events by its numbers.
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France
Provence
Guedoo
Germany
England
Ann Tae
Superstitions of Birds and Omens Across the South
The St Louis Republican summarizes Southern beliefs linking birds to fate. Doves signal salvation or death for a child. buzzards and crows foretell disaster. a rooster appearance portends a visit, while right side owl hoots bring luck and left side misfortune. Salt in fire wards off spells for owls. A wren foretells home ruin if killed. Cuckoo timing affects fortunes. blackbirds crossing a road bring luck. Physicians are advised to obtain ridge feathers to aid patients.
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Prometheus
Jove
Heaven
St. Lewis
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