Strange Tales and Oddities From Far and Wide
Curio items include explorers of saltless soldiers dying wounds to avoid eating, Mysore edicts on child marriage, a boy amputating his finger after an adder bite, fatal well collapse in Missouri, and a milkman dispute over entry into a debtor’s chamber.
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Mysore
Galashiels
Scotland
Brockie
Buckholm
Granrce Anperson
William Hunt
Corning
Anderson
Hunt
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Réon
Supreme Court
World’s Fair Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Awe
An observer details the vast Exhibits at the World’s Fair, praising the enormous iron and glass structure, clock tower, and evenly distributed pavilions. He notes France and Germany as premier displays, Italian statuary, Austrian glass work, Swiss jewelry, and Siam’s refined crafts, with pages of intricate descriptions and valued pieces.
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New Orleans
Liberal Arts
Brooklyn
Manufactures and Liberal Arts
N. E
Germany
Austria
Japan
S. E
France
Belgium
Russia
Great Britain
England
Berlin
Paris
Munch
Siam
Persia
Ceylon
Jamaica
Brazil
Switzerland
Corea
Morocco
Geneva
Jorge
Woodchuck and Muskrat Battle Ends in Tragic Fatality
A Scranton visitor witnessed a fierce fight between a woodchuck and a muskrat near Choke Creek. After a violent clash the muskrat drowned the woodchuck, dragging it into the pool under a yellow birch. The tale is followed by a note on a new oil derived from Len's eggs used by South Russian colonists for healing.
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Scranton
Venn
Choke Creek
Ito
Len
South
Russia
Unique Decorations Of Nilsson's Madrid Home
Mme Christine Nilsson known as the Countess of Miranda lives mostly in Madrid in a lavish house described as nearly a palace. Her interior shows eccentricity with a broom covered in music sheets from operas she has performed and dining room walls lined with hotel bills from her global tours.
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Nilsson
Christine Nilsson
Miranda
Madrid
Philadelphia Bulletin
Novel Fire Protection for Shingle Roofs
A Boston Real Estate Record notice describes a cheap simple roof protection device. A water pipe runs along the roof ring board and connects to the building water service. The pipe is perforated at intervals so the roof can be flooded instantly to prevent sparks.
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Boston Real Estate Record
Curious Bee Rarities From Far Lands
A Boston Globe note describes Ethiopian tazma that stores honey underground like a giant mosquito, sought as throat remedies. Indian forests host enormous bees with combs as large as doors on trees. Guadaloupe bees produce honey in wax bladders the size of pigeons eggs, with tiny stingless blacks yielding oily honey.
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Ethiopia
India
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promises Health Benefits
The text extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe thorough tonic and laxative. It claims to promote gastric juice secretion, convert food to nourishing blood, balance digestion, and ease liver ailments. It also mentions relief from heartburn headaches nervousness rheumatism malaria and kidney issues.
Limited Education in Russia and pictorial shop signs
The New York Times notes widespread illiteracy among Russian common people who rely on picture signs. Shops display drawings of mats coats trousers pills vegetables to identify goods. This pictorial advertising aims to aid a largely non reading public despite alphabet diversity.
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Russia
New York Times
Cheney Co. Catarrh Cure Offers 100 Reward
F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio prop halle catarrh cure offers a 100 reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials and try the remedy sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Halle
Ball
Twish 1 Delights with Clever Author In Harpers Bazaar
A Reader's Reflection from Harpers Bazaar surveys the idea of a heroine created by a witty author. It extols storytelling power giving excitement and turning a character into a noble figure without personal effort.
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Twish
Harper’s Bazar
Beecham's Pill Eschews Malaria Ailments With Cure Pitch
An old ad copy touts Beecham's Pills for avoiding malarial disorders and related fatigue with bold claims. The passage includes quirky lines about custom shoes and a humorous aside about a Boston transit script along with Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup claim and a price of 250.
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San Diego
Tex
South Africa
Harry Williams
Brooklyn Bridge
Laween Buxnge
Edlsworth
Hancock County
West
Bucksport
Ellsworth
Raisler
Horns Holt
Oregon
Tillamook
New York Sun
Rocky Mountains
Newcastle
Gateshead
Couse
Mr. Mattox
Mississippi
Chicago Post
Heaven
Mattox Esmonte
Vorta Costa
Cal
Carquinez Straits
Satcam
South America
Spain
Alhambra
Jesus
Liam
Europe
Beecham
Maude
Ethel
Boston Transcript
Hatch
Universal
Hood
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