Tobacco tastes and tricks across cultures in unusual pipes
The excerpt compares Boer, Chinese, red Indian, and willow bark tobaccos noting odor, texture, and effects. It details a Native preparation of a fragrant smoking mix from willow bark and sumach, dried into crisp ringlets for a long pipe, and mentions a mix of willow and sumach with crushed tobacco as a mild, aromatic blend. The text also contains fragmented observations about a state fair and notices of widows at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oe
Ian
Ward
Poer Tobacco
Rio Virgin
Frogs for Boston Market Stir in Maine and Cape Cod
A humorous and curious account describes fishermen in Maine and Cape Cod supplying frogs to Boston markets. Frogs are netted or sometimes captured with hooks, then shipped alive or dressed for sale. In Faneuil Hall Market frog legs fetch forty to sixty cents a dozen, with peak season from June to October. A notably large frog and a private aquarium performer are highlighted, adding colorful local detail to the frog trade tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Boston
Oremore
New York
Maine
Belfast
Warren
Cape Cod
Barntable
Centreville
Yarmouth
Faneuil Hall
Lnds
Elas
Losion Journal
The Age of Trees and Cedars in England and Mount Lebanon
The article traces the introduction and growth rates of cedars and cypress in England, citing Fulham and Lambeth plantings, Compton’s coastal importations, and national timelines. It discusses measured girths from 17th to 19th centuries, growth rates averaging about four feet per century, and evaluates whether Mount Lebanon cedars could have existed in biblical times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jngland
Turner
Rngland
Bate
Fulham
Compton
Napoleon
Cesar
Milar
Lambeth
Uvedale
Enfield
Uxbridge
Gilpin
England
Mount Lebanon
Solomon
Maundrell
Senator Eckley B Cone of Wilkes-Barre Faces Ethics Inquiry
Wilkes-Barre Pa state senator Eckley B Cone has been compelled to explain a high value loan work and alleged improper financial practice amid a widening ethics inquiry. The chamber member, long associated with Paladelsi Bees, faces scrutiny over the connected dealings and potential conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckley B. Cone
Wilkesbarre Pa
Parisian Fashion King Worth at Fifty Five
Summary of gossip items on public figures and authors: Worth, the Parisian fashion king, is described as fifty five, fat, pleasant and balding. Christine Nilsson plans to settle in America. John L. Stoddard, European travel lecturer, earns 22000 dollars yearly plus expenses. Mrs Reynolds, Elvira’s daughter, spent 2000000 she inherited. Root sues for 17000 damages. jury awards six cents. Dettrat Post resigns postmastership. Baled Hay titled work by Bonnerangle as an improvement on Leaves of Grass. Rosa Bonheur, sixty one, energetic and healthy. Editor of Christian Commonwealth comments on novels and reading values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
Christine Nilsson
Amerier
M. ¥. Graphic
John L. Stoddard
Brooklyn Academy
N.V
Reynolds
Elmira
Millonaire
Eldridge
Bafato
N.Y
Root
Vidluy City
Dakota
Detratt Post
Ing
Laramie City
Wil
Walt Whitman
Chicago Journal
Rosa Bonheur
Humorous Otis Words and Prose Jots From The Papers
A collage of humorous quips and cartoonish remarks from various newspapers. It includes jokes about newspaper men, a forgetful parade of card exchanges, a colored girl’s candid notes, and satirical lines about editors and readers. It also recalls a Hungarian sleeper named John Gyumber and a moonshine witness tale from Louisville.
Farmer Tries to Trick Weather Bureau for Profit
An elderly farmer visits the Cleveland Signal Office after a frost forecast fails. He recalls eight hundred bushels of apples he sold at half price and asks for a new forecast to lose his rival with forty acres of potatoes, hoping for a profitable freeze prediction tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
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Pelorsa
Ella
Chicago Telegram
Cenimann
Chicago
Med
James Gordon Bennett
Robert Bolinginis
Charles A. Dana
John Grumber
Norristown Herald
Chicago Times
Louisville
Green River
Davis
Fair Play
J. L. Thomas
Muskoger
Ind.ter
Tetas Adso
Neary
W. Awampin
Joan
Cherokee Nation
D. L. Denney
Cleremore
J. T Ranch
Verdigris
Bird Creek
Sale
Ry Hs
Childers’ Station
J. E. Campbell
Lightning Creek
GEO
Bullett
Tulsa
I. T. Ranch
Herman J Vann PO
Webber Falls Branch
P.O
Jett
J. M. Lynch
Webbers Falls
Head of George's Fork
Dog
W.oe. Hallsell
Fort Spankey
E. C. Wheeler
Childer’ Station
Allen Gilbert
Rogers
Virdegris
Neiles
John Hill
Fort
Gibson
Creek
Etherside
B. W. Alberty
P. O. Chateau
Military Road
Pryors Craek
Thomas French
Gibson, Rianeh
Rosd
Cobb & Hutton
I,t
Bear’ Creek
Hayden
Coe P O
Choteau
Vinita Stock Association
A. Boudinot
Tahlequah, Ranch
Diinois River
Tahlequah
Ue & Men
Charles Starr
Bird’creek
Fisher
Chateau
W. Bushyhead
Gibson, I. T
J. B. Cobb
Gibson Stations
T. Ranch
Grand River
Ft. Gibson
W. Lipe
P.Q
Owala
Sforsts
Viita Stock Association
D. A. Mounts
Gibson Ranch
Vintta
WI Donaldson, Vintta
J.T
Demain
Sam McHoy
P. O
Garneld
Milnoig
Mudlake
Musgrove
Big Caney
Gleremore
J. C. Hall P. O
Vinttas Range
Cabin
Pryor’ S Creek
D.M. Faulkner
Childers’ Staton
Chiler'a Sta
Ranch Rock Creek
Sime
Locust Grove
Brand
WC Patten & CO
P.Q. Vinita
Miller Bros, P.O
Mingo
D On Hip
Cesar Bruner
Econtutska
Yole Nation
Turkey Creek
Econtuchka
Niles
Robert Johnson
Wewoka
Texas
Lem Reynolds
Denison, Texas
Colbert Station
L. Morris
Spanish Fort
Kansas
Har Oye Xcee
Callforsula Creek
Coffey- Vile
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