Struck for Home and Country in Old Regiment Tale
A fragment recalls a private who ran at the first shot and claimed greater bravery than those who faced battle. Laughed at for cowardice by his regiment, he says he followed the general's orders to strike for home. The speaker questions the courage of those who stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume
Harper's Magazine
Pat
Aayther
Renawald Deetor
Norway
Lief Briesel
Christopher Columbus
Bahamas
Fcore
Cakota
Newfoundland
Sir Francis Drake
Amciico Vespucci
Columbee
Henry Hudson
John Suita
Virginis
Ponce de Leos
Fiorida
de Beto
Cal River
Missinelppi
Marquette
Central West
Cuthura Remedies Promoted Amid 1900 Almanac Claims
An advertisement era collage touts Cuticura beauty products for eczema relief with personal testimonial from Mrs H Kiernan of Brooklyn. It also promotes a Philadelphia Remedy Almanac claiming science and charmed guides, plus a patent cure for rheumatism and back ache and a church driven vacation statistic for New York working girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
WN. Y
A Simple Cure and Warnings From Patented Mixtures
A poem warns that neglect of a cough or cold can be deadly. It prescribes a dubious home remedy of glycerine, pine oil, and whisky with dosing every four hours. It notes Russia kills 25 million squirrels for pelts and claims German medical students number 8,282 this winter.
Odd Bits and Clippings From Various Places and Times
A collage of vignettes from different shores cites Curious facts about France marriages, rose perfume, Manhattan population, German magnet experiments, naval canal limits, and American German studies. It also notes ancient theater digs near Monmouthshire, Arab fish commissions, a luxurious Japanese prison, Irish spider superstition, and Dickens era Hampstead lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Manhattan Island
United States
Congress
Fire Department
Archaeological Society
King Arthur's Round
Monmouthshire
England
Juno F. Sorzano
van Norden
University of Pennsylvania
America
Creamer
German Institute
Jianaty
Allsgather
Commission
Japan
Takia
World Map Project to Chronicle Earth’s Details in London
A global mapping effort will create a near one-to-one scale atlas with sheets covering four by six degree areas. Delegates from France, Germany, Austria Hungary, Spain, Italy, the United States, Canada, Australia and Russia discuss honoring explorers while nations debate discovery priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mapa
Charles Hardinge
Permenak
Foreign Office
France
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Spain
Italy
United States
Canada
Australia
Rueala
Healow
Ali Charles
Vant
Berne
Tropics
te @ setwett
Uie
The Cultivation of Mint in Japan and the United States
Two mint varieties, white and black, are grown for essential oil in England and Japan with limited area. Black mint dominates cultivation due to higher oil yield, while white mint flowers yearly like lavender when in bloom. Mint thrives in deep loam with moisture, is propagated from roots, and requires four to five years per plantation cycle before replanting. harvesting begins in early September and oil is produced via distillation, filtered, and bottled for wholesale druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasco da Gama
Africa
Magellan
Walter Raleigh
Clark
Lewis
Northwest
Togther
England
Livingstone
Stanley
Lilvingstone
United States
Nile
Liewtenant Bhackieton
Antarctic
North Pole
Dr. Conk
Command Ap Peary
South America
Mexico
Cortez
Pizarro
Discovery
General Fort Grave
Kugler
Japan
Michigan
Winchester Quarts
Marriage and race in historical domestic ideals and humor
Fragmented reading shows racial views on marriage and family from Success Magazine excerpts and a New York Tribune piece. It contrasts white civilizational norms with perceived Negro ideas, then shifts to a humor vignette about marital compromise and a holiday quarrel anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya Harris Dickson
Success Magazine
Africa
America
Feeding on snakes and the myth of perpetual youth
The passage recalls historical beliefs that devouring snake meat granted perpetual youth and other powers. It notes the danger of swelling diseases like goiter and mentions a supposed ritual of maraching a viper tail to gain longevity, while another belief claims eating a different snake grants universal understanding of birds’ tongues.
Devil to pay if he can't get an angel play
A humorous quip attributed to a Baltimore American item mocks a manager's claim about a new play. The exchange frames the manager's obligation to secure an angel as a comic high stake, reflecting theater satire of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meinghers
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Dodds
Afudyen Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Willie
Dicky
Thia
New York
Puck
Russia
Hamlins
Gil
Universitiva
Ireland
Somerset
New England
Longfellow
Chicago Tribune
Dick Turpln
Dickens
Mrs. Bardell
Jack Straw
Washington Irving
Skelton
Irving
Grub Street
Hampstead
John Forster
Maclise
Odin
Thor
Timsalf
Rome
Jedson
Silas
Hiram Hardapple
Hiram
Chicago News
Touston Post
Nina
Margaret
Maine
Saratoga
Bar Harbor
Ander
Cort of
Heanty
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