Mischief on the Detroit Shore Line Fraudster and a Big Kick
A late train stop in Detroit prompts a show of bad Canadian money and a con game. A gullible man exchanges a counterfeit bill for change and nearly loses five dollars while a policeman jokes about a nonexistent kicking machine. A fraud tale sits beside a curious magnifying show window in Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Detoil .Fres Press
Bagan
Mic
Jesani
Sora
Wyandotte
Fakas
Jefferson Evans
Baer
Fragmented Manuscript on Tanning Practices
A historical text describes the Joageumedzaan and Hequimaux skins processing. It details scraping with a knife to cut fat, drying the hide, and using household tools to chew and rub it to remove grease, preparing hides for clothing.
Purifying Toads Sarsaparilla Praised by Texas Woman
Mrs Isa Griggs of Ex nla Texas recounts near death from local trauma and illness. She says Hood s Sarsaparilla rebuilt her strength, skin, and weight from 112 to over 125 pounds and restored her health after a long decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isa Griggs
Nla
Texas
Jeerane
Jiondl
Kennedy's Medical Discovery from Roxbury Mass Claims Universal Cure
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts announces a weed remedy that he says cures scrofula to pimples and has passed tests in over eleven hundred cases with only two failures. He claims two hundred certificates of value within twenty miles of Boston and offers a one tablespoonful nightly dose with no diet change required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Sunbeam Loss and Love's Song Across Newspapers
A collage of poems and verses from Chicago Evening Post Boston Transcript and Pall Mall Gazette narrate sunbeam hope, love and spring. The pieces explore light versus darkness and romantic motifs across three era publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Leap of the Salmon and Odd Natural Observations
Reports on the leaping power of Atlantic salmon with Norwegian evidence of sixteen foot jumps. Also notes on patent baby washers, Icelandic liver trade, deer leg injuries, Egyptian papyrus records, Naples salt experiments, and various commercial curiosities and ads.
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Europe
A. Landmark
Norway
Christiania
Peculiar Fact From Manchester Coal Mines
The president of the Manchester Geological Society notes that despite efforts to improve coal cutting, the collier's pick remains unchanged for a century and no coal cutting machines are in use in the Manchester district today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Geological Society
California Fig Syrup Co Advertises Laxative
The Ladies article extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant safe laxative for Indies to use under all conditions. It urges buyers to seek the true genuine article with the California Fig Syrup Co name printed near the bottom of the package.
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California
Thealifornia Fig Syrup Co
Cinder use noted for iron forge steel making
Report notes cinder demand as top iron forge material with high prices paid for basic steel production. Advertisment sections entice fishing trips to Green Lake Minnesota and references to fish yields at Dake Erie. Several product pitches and mixed ad copy appear throughout.
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Kennedy
Atubea
Elllita
Tobin
Greenswood
Tournal
Inella Clark
Boston Transcript
Agiow
Dlugene Ield
Chicago
Love
Wealth
Tennyson
Pall Mall Gazette
Pittsburg
Hla
Infant Machine Ag
Ag Indus
Iceland
Germany
Sydney
Hadese
Gerr Ureguch
Switzerland
Liege
Israel
Vlad
Naples
Hostetker
Edward Vernon
Ne-To-Bac
Ad. Steeting Kennedy Co
New York
The
Worth British Railway Company
Kinburgh
Ann
Green Lake
Minn
Sioux City
W. B. MecNider
GP. A
Dake Erie
Zacom
Hall
Pri
France
Knaala
Glenn
Alliz Dougpass
Fehoy
Mak. Oe
Winslow
Dora A.gutanie
Oetley, Overton
Poe
Canton
Maas
DAVIS
Evie & Rankin Bldg. Mfg. Co
Beecham
B.f.allen Co
Taos Eafer
Wathen
Ford
Panajan
B.D. Ride
Tae
Pearline
Dace
James Pru
N. K. Fairbank Company
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