Factoids on birds, poets, bets and old chronologies
A collage of scattered facts and anecdotes covers birds of prey singing, Galilee elevations, Nevada nicknames, snail farming profits, London cab horses, Keats and Stern, Parliament directorships, Shakespeare, Oxford betting, morphine use, a Swiss spider wiring, Paris pari mutuel sums, Ceyton veddahs, light and sleep, Napoleons dates, New Zealand health measures, Salvator’s caverns, a highwayman named Macline, and a famous salve with guaranteed satisfaction. The text blends trivia from varied topics with no single narrative.
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Keats
Stern
London
England
Hamilton
Shakespeare
Oxford
Napoleon
Austria
New Zealand
Abips
Salvator
Sobedy
James Macline
The Young Queen of Holland She Speaks Freely
Three anecdotes illustrate the frankness of the young Queen of Holland. She condemns Spanish oppression and insists the king of Spain will not be invited to her court. She panics a painter with a humorous French remark and praises English amiability, amusing the Prince of Wales during her visit.
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Holland
Duke of
Alwa
Spain
Sahe
Jozselu
Prince of Wales
England
Bacon's Celery King Trial Package Offered Free
Daugherty Bros Indiana MateerRan Elderton Beringer announce free trial packages of Bacon's Celery King herbal remedy. Aimed at women with nervous disorders and constipation it is touted as a regulator that relieves headaches indigestion and bilious attacks. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Arab man hanged in Tunis asks for drink before burial
An Arab named Mohammed Ben Ari el Benszerti was hanged in Tunis for killing four Arabs. After the execution the body was handed to relatives for burial when he asked to be given something to drink. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammed Ben Ar
Iiel Benszerti
Tunis
The Truth About Alcohol as a Medical Remedy
An examination of alcohol use in illness argues against liquor as a cure and highlights that nonalcoholic physicians favor abstinence. It notes alcohol can dull symptoms while masking disease, increases mortality, and advocates healthcare with no alcohol in the blood, citing temperance groups and independent doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinoss
Bevier
A. Physiciai
Weis
Tyne
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Thoee Wei
Edward A. Wilson
Brooklyn
New York
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism Claims
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as neutralizing lactic acid in the blood and curing rheumatism. Frames rheumatism as caused by lactic acid and presents the product as a remedy.
Jacksonville tours schedule from New York and Philadelphia
Jacksonville tours, allowing two weeks in Florida, will leave New York and Philadelphia on January 26 February 9 and 23 and March 9 1897. Rates covering expenses en route in both directions are 53.00 dollars from Pittsburg and proportionate rates from other points. For detailed itineraries and other information apply at ticket agencies or address Thos. E. Watt Pass. Agent Western District Fifth Avenue Pittsburg Pa.
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California
Pacific Coast
Harrisburg
Altoona
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Florida
New York
Philadelphia
Thos. E. Watt
Fifth Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean
Nevada
Switzer
Paris
Cey‘ton
Backlen
T. E. Hildebrand
W. M. More
Homer City
M.G. Miller
Blairsville
Bet
Coa
Seita
Nenana
Becpe
Samuel Phacker
Castorla
Ford
Grey
Bnts al Nn
Sampson
Our
E. Rosenburger & CO
New York City
Pennsylvania
W.S. Daugherty
Penni A
F. T. Empfield
Penn’a
Indiana Tanning Company
Indiana Tanning CO
Indiana, PA
John S. Hastings
Indiana Ladder Company
John 8
Hastings
FLOR
J. N. Banks
Lockard
Indiana County
Eef Vogel
Ism
William McKinley
Cantos, Ohio
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