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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1887

Page

4

Health Gospel from a Heart to the Liver Sermon

Rev Dr Talmage argues Scripture links body and soul health. He cites Solomon and ancient physiology to warn that early dissipation harms the liver, urging Christian physicians and believers to seek holistic care and spiritual vigor through prudent living and service.

Solomon Ana Christ Leon Antietam Tome Satan Nee Our Salvation Sijah Laos

Crow Tale of Darkness Turned Black in Northwest Legend

In a San Francisco Monitor retelling, Northwest Indians recount a creation myth where the crow, refused water by Cannook the chief, is blocked by smoke as the wife wakes her husband. He escapes through a smoke-filled hole, gaining black plumage, completing the raven coat origin story.

Cannook San Francisco Monitor

Automata through the ages from Greek to Viennese masters

The article surveys ancient and medieval automata from Vulcan and Daedalus to Archytas and Regiomontanus, then details seventeenth to eighteenth century feats. It highlights Vaucanson's clockwork figures, a marching carriage for Louis XIV, and Maelzel with the metronome and a life like trumpeter automaton.

Vulcan Homer Dedalus Archytas Tarentum B. C Regiomantamus Maxt Maximilian Nuremberg Albertus Magnus Thomas Aquinas Albertus Roger Bacon Prof Faber Vienna London Euphonia Philip Campe Louis XIV Jaques Vaucanson Grenoble Lyons D'Alembert Paris Vaucanson de Genses Maehzel Maetzel Weigl Dussek Pleyel New York Journal

The Savage Way and Log Cabin Remedies Promoted

A promotional piece extols returning to nature and grandmothers’ vegetable cures. It promotes Warner’s Log Cabin remedies including Log Cabin Sarsaparilia Log Cabin Hops and Bucha Remedy Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy and others as simple, natural treatments sourced from ancestral formulas.

Warner's Log Cabin

Fricasced Frogs Noted As Delicacy In Shrewsbury Dish

A Baltimore Herald excerpt praises fricasced frog legs as a superior dish. It describes prep methods and the locals in Shrewsbury Pennsylvania dressing frogs, known as bloods or bloodys, whose calls echo through marshes at night.

Shrewsbury Baltimore Herald

Deep Artesian Wells Show Varied Outcomes Across Regions

The article notes Beldin Bros. failed 2700 foot well at Northampton silk works with no water flow. In Holyoke water is abundant at 600 feet. It cites St Louis at 3180 feet with sulfur water and a world max in Russia, a 4000+ foot government well with hot water. It mentions Passy France as largest artesian well with 1913 feet depth flowing nearly 3.8 million gallons daily.

Messrs Belding Bros. & Co Northampton Maess Holyoke Beldin St. Louis Prussia Passy France Grenebec Chicago Tribune

Self Mutilation in Crabs Reported by Paris Scientists

A Paris letter describes a curious series of observations by two scientists on crab self mutilation. If a limb is injured or pained, the crab drops it by muscular action against the shell edge. The limb detaches with little bleeding, unlike cutting, and the phenomenon occurs in many crab species lobsters some spiders and even vertebrates.

Paris

Virginia Girls and Their Transcendent Complexions

A literary reflection praises Virginia women for natural beauty and conversational voices. The piece extols manners as fresh and graceful, likening them to wild honeysuckle on wooded hills and attributes charm to high altitude living. Thoughtful, though nostalgic, prose from American Magazine.

America

Floating Gardens of the Aztecs and Their Lake Farming

The Aztecs cultivated on floating gardens formed from aquatic roots and twigs in a lake surrounded by foes. Their cintes or ribbons supported soil drawn from the lake bottom to grow maize and chile. Gardens stood about a foot above water, adorned with flowers and herbs for worship or palace decoration, offering independent refuge from social and political pressures.

Heart Casket of Anne of Brittany's Heart Displayed in Nantes

The Nantes Museum displays a small gold heart shaped casket believed to hold the heart of Anne of Brittany Queen of France and Navarre. The ornate piece features nine fenr-de-ls and three trefoil towers with a motto and is attributed to painter Jean Perreal who painted the queen’s portrait after her death at Blois in 1514.

Nantes Anne of Brit Tay France Navarre Jean Perreal Francis Blo’s

Capturing the Beans Hats Trend Noted by Reporter

A writer observes a fad among girls to collect paper outlines of their favorite young men’s head shapes on hats. The practice involves pasteing profiles in scrapbooks as a curious social study of fashion and affection.

Pidledel

Health remedy testimonials and patent medicines ad

A historical clipping presents multiple testimonial style notes praising Swamp-Root Kidney Liver and Bladder cure and various tonics. It mentions Dr Nilmer Co at Binghamton and other patent medicines with assorted claims and pricing. The text includes patient Mus J R Treat describing health improvements and itching relief.

Slmina Anne Friel Kimer Mus. J. R. Treat Perrice Street Express Dr. Nilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y

Cured Consumption Claim Offers Free Remedy Samples

An advertisement asserts a positive cure for consumption with a timely remedy. It promises two free bottles to readers who mail express and postal addresses. The message cites T A Slocum M C of 181 Pearl St New York and endorsing physician testimonials including T W Preece MD Knoxville Alabama for Scott's Emulsion dietary benefits.

T. A. Slocum M. C Pearl St N. V WM. F. Kidder & CO N.Y Thare Warrsat New York

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