Children's Department Verse and Puzzle Sparks in Old Paper
A fragmentary collection from a 19th century page includes playful verse about a child’s rights and affection, then shifts to an outdoor adventure on the Cheerhowitzkee River with an alligator harpoon tale, followed by a match puzzle from Country Life in America and an alliteration game prompt from the New York World. The piece mixes nursery rhyme tone with light entertainment and conductor-style puzzles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerhowitzkee
Uft
New York World
Rugged Sand Crie Haven Island Off Penobscot Bay Peculiar Stateless Community
A Pittsburg Gazette correspondent profiles Rugged Sand Crie Haven off Penobscot Bay. The carless, tax free Maine island hosts 42 year round residents rising to 100 in summer, no government or church, no lawyers or sheriffs, a Rockland doctor visiting by carrier pigeon, and lobster catching as main activity earning daily three dollars. The piece also notes Japan's expanding East influence, with Japanese merchants outnumbering Russians in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot Bay
Penobscot
Pittsburg
Crie Haven
John Crie
Maine
Rockland
Japan
Europe
America
East
China
Manchuria
Feussia
Praiseful Letter on Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Laura Eusons of Walkerville Ontario praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after five years of ovarian trouble and discharge. She says the remedy cured her within weeks and saved her from surgery, urging other women to seek treatment and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura Eusons
Walkerville
Ont
Alligator and River Adventure in the Great Cypress Swamp
Narrative recounts a perilous hunt in the Great Cypress Swamp along the Hermosas sa River with an alligator attack, boat capsizes, and a second kill after dawn. Details of swamp geography and dangers faced by natives highlight the region bounded by Everglades to the east and mangrove thickets to the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Cypress Swamp
Everglades
Hats and home remedies fill an old warning page
A fragmented 1900s ad style mix notes hats in Spain and England, then lists products for children and coughs. Mentions Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Dr Kline’s Nervorestorer, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Piso’s Cure, and various testimonials. Also includes generic quips about memory and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Russia's Salt Lakes Hidden Water Of Salt Crust
A remarkable lake near Obdorsk in Siberia is entirely coated with salt, exposing water year round. Nine miles wide and seventeen long, its salt crust thickens six inches annually, while islands brace the arched crust and preserve its position as the sun shines on it.
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Obdorsk
Siberia
London Globe
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Children’s Department
Ayer
Emma Jane Entsminger
Langsville, O
J, C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Masa
Mfe
Hermosassa
Susan
New York Tribune
United States
California Fig Syrup Co
Syrup of Fige
Louisville, Hy
W York
England
Spain
Hall
F. J. Cagney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J.cheney
Ae & Tauvax
Watpino
Kinnax
Manvix
Ohio
All
Kline
Dr. Bh, Kume, Ltd
Arch St
Phila
N. W. Bramvyn
Ocean Grove
N.J
Jung
Russia
Salt Lakes
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Sulzer
Garien
Sano
As Through Manufacturing Co
State Street
New York City
Ashtabilis County
Best County
Bancroft, Jefferson
Ashtar ‘Mio
Yl Unt Irenn
Ita Wee
T Thompson
Mnx
Atlante
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