Life on a Ranch in Colorado's Grand Mesa Country
An elder Philadelphia lawyer recalls his son amid a Colorado cattle venture on the Grand Mesa near Grand Junction. He describes the partners, herd growth to about seven thousand, water rights along Grand River and Piutean Creek, and the frontiersman life led by the crew under Capt. John Durant.
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Hen C. Townsend
Colorado
Mesa County
Rocky Mountains
Grand Junction
Denver and Rio Grande
Grand River
Gunnison
Plateau
Ouray
Frederick 5. Rockwell
William C. Needles
Frank Walworth Smith
Gov. Smith
Vermont
J. Trowbridge Bailey
Joseph F. Bailey
Bailey, Banks, & Biddle
Utah
Corral
Grand Mesa
John Durant
Philadelphia
Wild West
Buffalo Bill
West
Phibia Times
Great Eastern Costs Outdo Noahs Ark in Size
The Great Eastern cost 4 703 675 total after multiple reorganizations and fittings. Its length 68 feet longer than the ark but vastly heavier at 28 093 tons versus 21 762 tons. The piece notes the ark 647 feet long ninety one feet beam fifty four point seven feet depth in scripture measures.
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Bishop Wilkins
New York Tribune
Human Skulls as Drinking Cups in Paleolithic Europe
A Longman's Magazine writer argues early European drinking vessels came from horns and skulls rather than pottery bowls or fruit shells. He cites skulls used by Scandinavian ancestors and a clay vessel molded on a human skull as an ancient goblet model, noting linguistic relics like keramic linked to horns.
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Longman’s Magazine
Europe
Virtue in the Family and Brown's Iron Bitters Endorsement
Mr. A F Evans of Burrs Ferry Louisiana writes that Brown's Iron Bitters has proven virtue in his family. The tonic is praised as a reliable medicine with extensive testing and abundant proof. The advertisement notes nearly a million bottles sold yearly by druggists nationwide.
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A. F. Evans
Burr's Ferry
The Sparrow’s Business and Family Life
The sparrow is described as the toughest bird of its size, spending half its time courting and another half finding food for its wife and young. The passage notes that many men can learn wisdom from the sparrow.
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Chicago
A Lady and a Saleslady Contrasted by Gossip
An exchange reveals Mrs Jones aims to raise her daughter as a refined lady while Mrs Smith notes the daughter remains single. A Boston Courier fragment hints at florists and pallid dove imagery as a coffin receiver is discussed amid sharp, dark humor. The New York Graphic quips on quick believers.
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Bill Scrap
Bill
New York Graphic
Golden Medical Discovery touted for consumption cure
A dubious health notice claims loss of flesh and strength from consumption can be cured by Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. It links emaciation to scrofulous disease and cites liver trouble and poor digestion as underlying causes while praising the product s blood cleansing and invigorating properties. The text ends with an odd Bananas on the bunch count.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Baron von Iebig
Arthur Hill Hassall
F.R.S
London
England
Erasmus Wilson
Lynn
Mass
Wells, Richardson Butter Color and Kidney Wort Remedies
An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a universal cure for various ailments caused by impure flood waters, claiming strong action on kidneys liver and bowels. It also promotes Wells Richardson improved butter color as superior and widely adopted by reputable dairymen, asserting other imitations are inferior.
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Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlingen, Vt
Rough on Pain cures and patent remedies in a 19th century ad
A fragmented 19th century advertisement mix promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women and various tonics. It touts cures for cholera, cramps, uterine disorders, and rheumatic pains, alongside offers for sample pen boxes and a Cultivator subscription. Also mentions Carter’s Little Liver Pills and patent attorney services.
Startling Cases Reported for B. B. B. Cure
Mr. R. R. Saulter of Athens Georgia claims B. B. B. cured an ulcer lasting fifty years after other treatments failed. J. M. Ellis of Atlanta reports a twelve year stubborn eczema healed by B. B. B.
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R. R. Saulter
Athens, Ga
J. M. Ellis
Atlanta
Unclear Text Fragment Reflecting Medical Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows incoherent phrases about nasal catarrh and cures with scattered initials and names, lacking a discernible event, date, or identifiable subjects to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Prairies
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Baptistichurch
Greensborough
N. C
Fresho County
California
Carolina
Lincon
Bertha
Army
Sparrow's Business
Omaha
Neb
Louis Dagger&Co
Washington, D.C
Carter
William Dean Howells
Ame
Walter A. Taylor
Riddle Book
Taylor
Myron
Ely
Garner
Een Spencer
Tioga Co
EL. Balin
Ely Broruens
Colden’s
Axrays
Ohio
Loomis & Nymai
Tifein
Draeists
C.N. CarrTesrox
Hitxs
SALUS
ROYAL
Eny
Holmas & French
Principe
Kansas City
Sterling
Sterling Royal Nemedy Co
Parks Dererk
Kemper
Davenport
Iowa
Ott Christian
P.C. Wolcott
Wales
Camden
Opiur
Cto Se Ras
Criti Tenton
Sele
Fulton Street
New York
Klenn
Stee
Joseph Jaa Bet
Worle
Co. BM
Crittenton
O. N. Crittenton
Prop’r
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R. U
Lorillard
Lorilard
W.N. U
Dallas
Saint Katharine’s Hall
Pleasan
N. P. Richards Reasurer
Davenport, Lowe
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