Thurston’s Blackberry Cordial praised for chronic illness relief
Unsigned testimonial from J. L. Styron describes Libby Prison era diarrhoea and six week attack finally eased by Thurston’s Blackberry Cordial. Adverts tout holistic cures, constitutional catarrh treatment, and various patent medicines with prices and distributor claims, including F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo and S. J. Hollingsworth & Co. Owego.
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Libby Prison
Thurston
J. L. Styron
Spareton Chemical Co
Grand Rapids, C
Syrup of Figs Promises Health and Gentle Relief
An ad touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases constipation without weakening organs. It claims wide medical approval, notes benefits for kidneys, liver, and bowels, and warns buyers to purchase only the California Fig Syrup Co. product in 50 cent or 31 bottle sizes.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Cargadores of Mexico: Mountain Pack Men of the Sierra Madre
A Chicago Times description of the cargador, Mexican pack carriers who haul heavy loads up to 300 pounds in the Sierra Madre region. It details their tough physiology, daily routines, meals, and roles in Manzanban and coastal trade, including peddlers carrying goods into remote towns amid drought and rough terrain.
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Mexican Republic
Sierra Madres
Manzatlon
Pacific
Sinaloa
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Cargador
Chicago Times
Siftings and Oddities From Across The World
A collage of brief curiosities: Julius Cesar as a New York cigar maker, 1866 gold fields in South Africa found by hunter Hartley, a Missouri guitarist built from over a thousand pieces, Vienna organ grinders restricted to midday to sunset, ancient views on dancing, Socrates learning late in life, a Paris restaurant serving grasshopper soup, a Georgia farmer with a free roaming rattlesnake, a huge mackerel haul in Dorset, Moses dieing on his birth anniversary, Pendleton Oregon rattlesnake killed near children, Paris drought dew on trees, a medieval Bible translation history, coyotes branded by Yakinees, a Bangor office boy misdelivers a livery team and incurs charges for a week’s stall use.
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Julius Cesar
New York
South Africa
Hartley
Missouri
Vienna
Austria
Socrates
Paris
Buchanan
West Bay
Abbotsbury
Dorset
Moses
Pendleton
Oregon
Christ
United States
Indian Department
Bangor
The Northward Sleep Belief Aimed By Odd Experiments
French scientists conducted postmortem tests on a criminal to probe body orientation. Using a pivot board, they observed the head consistently align north after rotation, then return to that position when freed. The results, quoted from the Chicago Herald, suggest a nonrandom directional tendency rather than superstition.
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Chicago Herald
Aged Apache Woman of 100 Lives by Chautauqua Lake
Sophia Paul, a full blooded Apache centenarian living in a small hut by Chautauqua Lake, remains active and stoical. With her daughter, she bought land years ago to supply daily needs, earning income from visitors and garden yields. Visitors come from Lakewood to view her and often leave coins before departing.
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Chautauqua Lake
Sophia Paul
Lakewood
Dunkirk
N. Y
Lifeboat Stations Reach 242 Across United States
Since 1871 lifeboats along the coast have saved 9000 lives and the country now maintains 242 life saving stations.
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United States
Fashion and society notes from distant lands and prominent women
A diverse array of society vignettes covers fashion notes from satin and silk fabrics to unique weaving, women professionals and activists, and prominent figures. It mentions Dora Ondoo the lawyer in Georgia, Miss Whit ney at Vassar, Mrs. Hearst and Mrs. Wolcott, and the Queen of the Belgians among others, with remarks on etiquette, education, and cultural curiosities across Europe and America.
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California
Temple
London
Paran Stevens
New York
Georgia
Dora Ondoo
George Sand
Maria Mitchell
Vassar College
Mary E. Whitney
Pennsylvania
John Smith
Japan
Pierre Lorillard
Rue de la Pompe
Wanda
Borneo
Mary Anderson-Navarro
Ohio
Bertha Lamme
Ohio State University
Westinghouse Works
Friendly Societies
Order of Foresters
England
Victoria
West Indies
Phabe Hearst
Senator Hearst
Wolcott
Practical Jokes Debate and A Rocky Drowning Warning
An essay railings against practical jokes cites harm from pranks including a drowning death and a disfiguring accident. It argues for radical reform and warns that even well meant jokes can cause fear, pain, and unsafe outcomes. A reader asks for counsel on a man facing a forced divorce demand from a grass widow near a mountain school posting.
Those Wooden Nutmogs and Connecticut Peddlers
The Stratford Times cites rumors of a Connecticut peddler who sold wooden nutmegs as a possible fraud. The joke distracts from real frauds by peddlers while giving a playful toast about Nutmeg State pride. A Chicago Tribune quip about Beecham’s Pills and a note on the human ear length are also mentioned.
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Connecticut
Startford Times
Amphibious steam warping tug eyed for lumber districts
A Canadian invention in Northern Ontario lumber districts promises to boost timber operations. The steam warping tug moves on land and water, with six built by Ottawa investors, two ready in Nipissing. It is thirty seven feet long with steel boiler plate, sleeping quarters for four, and a twenty two horsepower engine for ten hours work. It uses site wheels in water and a steel wire cable drum on land to pull and propel, climbing one foot hills with stability.
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Ontario
Ottawa
Nipissing
Estimating Thunderstorm Distance by Lightning and Thunder
A Louisville Post-Dispatch note explains that sound travels at 1,100 feet per second while light is nearly instantaneous. By counting the seconds between lightning and thunder, one can estimate distance in miles, e.g., 30 seconds equals about 64 miles, and suggests using a clock for precision.
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Betheas
Louisville
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Muni
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Dasa, Sarsaparilea Co
Dana
N.Y
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