Birds Build and Battle Over Summer Homes in Park Tree
A duo recalls making painted bird houses for robins bluebirds and brown martins. Robins invade bluebird nests causing a clash. battles ensue with feathers flying as war shifts through tree towers and housing. Meanwhile brown birds claim rebuilt nests as bluebirds and robins search for new quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottles
Mr. Robin
Mrs. Robin
Robin
Bluebird
New York Mall
Express
Village football in Central Africa and its unique play
A description of a village football match in Central Africa near a chief’s domain. The game used rough goals and hand passing, with many players and lively crowds. looseness of rules and improvisation dominated, ending only when the ball burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Africa
Marimbon
Harvard
Yane
Willch
Harper
Reading and cycling guidance from Harper's Young People
The excerpt urges reading classic works to understand historical periods and suggests novels by Dickens Weyman Doyle Scott and Weyman to delight all ages. It also offers bicycle riding tips emphasizing steady effort, smooth pedaling, and efficient power, with advice on climbing hills and maintaining pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles’ Dickens
A.conan Doyle
France
Stanley J. Weyman
Lady Rotha
Mr. Weyman
Micah Clarka
Dr. Doyle
Ivantoe
Sir Walter Scott
Quentin Darward
Wales
Harper's Young People
Eminent Philadelphia Lawyer Dies After Brief Illness
Obituary notes the death of a prominent Philadelphia lawyer last week amid recollections of his rare theater avoidance and a reticence about plays due to a promise to his father. The piece also mentions a curious zoological tale of a fish cat from India at the Philadelphia Zoo, famed for its water-loving nature and eventual decline after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edwin Farrest
Flo
Torrent
Philadelphy
Philadelphiat Zoological Gardens
India
Zoo
Sted
Crepons and Crepe Fabrics Rule Spring and Summer Trade
An advertisement touts crepons as top fabrics for spring and summer, noting wool crepons as a valuable investment supplanting serge and cheviot. It highlights new designs in creport-brack green brown blue and fawn, with silk crepons crinkled patterns and sheer cotton crepons, many shaded stripes, and openwork grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M & Dogres
Lyons
Paralyzed man cured after Landry's Paralysis Miracle
Philadelphia Times recounts O B H Dallimore of Madison claim of rapid recovery from Locomotor Ataxia to Landry's Paralysis. After months of deterioration in New York and Ontario, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pole People. He reports swift improvement beginning April 28 and full recovery by October 1884 with legal affidavit by Amos C Rathbun. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady N C for 60 cents a box.
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Landry
Mr. Dallimore
London
New York City
Mr. Gondy
Whmars
Ninerra
Onterla
New York
Altimore
Amos C. Rathbun
One Thing at a Time in a Humorous Society Letter
A collage of quips and comic snippets from a New York weekly page. It mocks drinking, work, and social exchanges with shorthand dialogue and quick witticisms. References to a government post in Dallas and playful conversations about aging and romance mix with colorful, era-typical captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Mra
de Rue
Mr. de Rue
Fragmented ad laden text about pills and cures
An assortment of old ads and stray lines mentioning medical remedies such as Bitters, a fig syrup, and cataract cures, interspersed with snippets of dialogue and brief notices. The fragmentary text references Health claims, a Boston maiden, and generic medical endorsements without coherent article context.
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Roueak Company
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Ellby
Boston
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En ‘Co. Serb ‘Dear
Chicago
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Connecticut
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Parker
Ginger Tonle
Ita
Tonnle
Misa Whitty
Piay
Hood
Dingle
Hostelera Slovich Bitters
Butcher
Fig
Gheney & CO
Propra
Toledo
Hanverly
Bondstock
Austin
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Ito
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Tirea Mapire Mig. Co
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
New Yorks
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Walter Baker & C0
Dorchester
Wars
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