Christmas on Crusoe Island Pecary Hunt and Feast
The narrator recalls a Christmas on a Caribbean island where a herd of peccaries stalks him as he hides in a gum tree. A native hunter and dog drive the herd away, allowing a feast of two sacks of crapands and other island fare prepared by Pappy Ned.
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F. A. Ober
Crusoe’s Island
Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
South America
United States
Caribbean Sea
Inquirer
Old Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe, Esq
Mariner
Bristol
England
Daniel de Foe
Ned
Crusoe Echoes In Tobago As Pappy Ned Keeps Watch
A traveler recalling life on Crusoe’s island in Tobago recounts Pappy Ned guiding and saving him, the feast of peccaries and frogs legs, and a Christmas supper with tropical fruits, while pledging hope for good children at Christmas through a Santa Claus narrative.
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Pappy Ned
Massa
Pam
Pappy
Ned
Crusoe’s Island
Gibbs
Dan
Frederick A. Ober
Largest price paid for Bright's Disease treatment in San Francisco
A group of San Francisco businessmen paid 112500 in coin on August 30 1901 for a specific cure for Brights Disease and Diabetes claimed to be previously incurable. They began investigations November 15 1900 and reported an eighty seven percent success rate in three dozen cases. Free mailed clinical reports are available from Joan J Funton Company.
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San Francisco
Bright
Joan J. Funton Company
Montgomary 8T
Ban
The Canon of the Grand on Rio Grande Rail Line
An advertisement extols the Canon of the Grand as a winter and summer scenic lure on the Rio Grande Rail Road the World’s Scenic Route. It quotes Oy Warman praising its beauty and offers ticket rates and folders for travelers.
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Oy Warman
Canyon of the Grand
Dr Gunns Blood and Nerve Tonic Claimed to Rebuild Health
An advertisement touts Dr Gunns Blood and Nerve Tonic as a cure for women diseases, nervous weakness, and pale complexions. It promises rapid weight gain, improved flesh, and healthier blood, with testimonials and pricing for daily use and mail order from Dr Bosanko Co. Philadelphia and City Drug Store.
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Dr. Bosanko Co
Philadelphia
City Drug Store
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Tobago
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Stong
Robinson
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Santa Claus
P. J. Tansey
Ligtsterland
Ing Moon
Joe
Sal
Sue
Hal
Youngsterland
Dillon
Montana
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Gen. Mgr
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U. S. Mail
Salmon City
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Ida
Leesburg
Blackbird
Forney
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Silvercreek
Prairie Basin
Cca
Upper
Salmon
Red Rock
Mont
Caré Stage Co
F. W.vogler
Addreee- We.vogler
Bright’s
Oagh
Standard
Dearborn Bst
Chicago
G. W. Frvzerranp
Butte, Mont
Union Meat Market
Staudaher
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Helena
Clara Schuler
Geo.w. French
Anid
Herbert B. Belway
Fred Schuler
Ditlon
Edgar W. Ferris
Isaac B. Stapp
Bedrock
Frank D. Mrmacte
Register
Alias
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of Montana
Beaverhead
Adell Marshall
William J. Marshall
A.D
Fanany ‘ Gronas Fuenen
Bannoon
U. 3
Helens
Peter M. Collina
General Land Office
Frank D. Mreache
Congress
Mageia H. Edie
James Edie
Dillon, Mont
Beaverhead County
the Register of the U. S. Land Office
Towit
Bece
Layfette Scott
Pasur
Monroe Mann
Bank D. Migacuy, Reglater
John Shober, JR
Land & Livestock Agt
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Ozmanlis
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