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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1885
Page
6
A collection of kitchen notes detailing Orange Stuffle with custard, Italian Orange Ice Cream, Orange and Coconut, Coconut Macaroons, Fried Meat Cakes, French Rolls, Escalloped Sweet Potatoes, and Parsnip Stew. Includes layered fruit desserts, custards, frying method, and bread-making steps with temperatures, ingredients, and timing.
The piece outlines pay and living conditions for unskilled workers in 1800, noting daily hires in cities and employer provisioning on farms. It details monthly and yearly wages in Pennsylvania and nearby areas, regional variations in Albany, New York, Lancaster, Baltimore, Virginia, and other spots, with notes on housing, food, and hours from sunrise to sunset.
A San Francisco report details the Spreckels De Young shooting acquittal and finds the Hawaii reciprocity treaty cost United States over 3 million annually. It notes Chinese immigration, wages, labor markets, and the paradox of papers opposing immigration while employing Chinese servants.
A Philadelphia Times report notes ordinary pigeon speed around thirty miles per hour with records of faster flights. It cites methods from Turkey and Belgium and mentions long-distance runs from Charlotte to New York and from South Carolina to New York, highlighting coast and mountain routes as guides.
Lieut Schwatka notes Arctic summers arrive swiftly with warming, snow houses collapsing, prompting Eskimos to abandon the winter dwellings for tents on shorelines as the season briefly awakens the north.
The article surveys mimicry across plants and animals, noting bees resembling flowers, leaf insects mimicking leaves, and butterfly wing patterns that imitate bark and lichen. It highlights the leaf insect and moths like Lappet and Bufftp as vivid examples of camouflage in nature.
Mark A. Miller traveling agent for the Erie Railroad writes from Portland Oregon that an attack of pleuro pneumonia left a severe coughing spell. After trying several remedies without success he began using Red Star Cough Cure and after one bottle his condition improved rapidly and he resumed travel.
A quarrel between a bride and groom is recounted with sharp exchanges about how they spoke to each other before marriage and their respective appearances. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes the couple’s heated exchange ending in her crying and his profane retort.
A cartoonish caption from Harper's Bazaar shows boys insisting they are not tired and should play marbles, while a spokesman reminds them Sunday is a day of rest. The exchange highlights playful stubbornness over a quiet Sabbath scene.
An Iowa farmer recalls a near miss with a lightning rod man and says he would have preferred being struck by lightning earlier. He told a neighbor I wish I’d a been struck before I saw that chap. The remark captures local caution about rogue sales tricks and weather-driven misfortune.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet recalls a young woman skating with friends in a candy store. She jokes about being down on roller skates and references a previous sighting at a rink while her sprightly sisters giggle at the moment.
A woman produced California’s first orange box and now operates a factory producing about 50,000 boxes per year. The text blends quotes on charity, Chinese questions, and consumer quips from multiple papers, ending with social commentary and wit.
The excerpt touts the Grand Union Hotel opposite Central depot offering grand accommodations with six hundred ele cs rooms at about one million dollars cost. It notes cheap carriage hire and elevator restaurant, with horse cars and elevated rail to depots. It hints at social satire in the line about suits and divorce proceedings.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as a direct remedy for weakness. It frames life as a golden age for children and targets frailty with bold claims about restoring vigor.
Searcy of Ganorix Texas in 1884 orders three dozen of your T X 8 Aque onic and guarantees its efficacy for catarrh. He claims he has sold every bottle received and it never failed. The notice touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as superior amid imitators.
An old advertisement touts Prickly Asm Brirrers as a mild laxative and tonic for the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It dismisses troubles as persistent annoyances and claims the Diamond Dyes color fabrics to look new. Wells Richardson Co. of Burlington distributes it for 10 cents at druggists.
A brief proverb-like note advising mutual care within marriage, emphasizing wifely protection of a husband over personal concern, framed as domestic counsel.
Fragment describes critics calling women doctors from English journals and mentions a phrase used by some druggists and medical ladies. It references mothers, saliva, nervous cells, and health renewer as terms in the discussion. The text is unclear and appears to mock or stereotype female physicians.
A chicken with four legs and wings hatched in Petaluma, California. The page also promotes various dubious cures and mail offers including a free remedy and a “Marvelous Mexican Medicine” blood purifier from St. Louis, with sensational health claims and a generic moral quip about bad men.
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