Penguin City on Fifty Acre Island and Other Tales
A correspondent reports on a secluded island formed into neat squares by penguin habitats, noting how penguins build home sites and incubate eggs. The penultimate piece follows a domestic anecdote about a wife’s washing calamity and a travelogue line about road conditions in Ecuador with a patent pavement description.
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Strange Weather and Distant Travels Across a Fractured World
A jumble of historical snippets reports oddities and trivia from early journalism: a Penobscot Bay seizure, a 18 ounce weight, birth and death rate quirks, a choking mouse tale, Massachusetts bragging rights, a Georgia walk to Chicago, a brittle-bone family in Montana, a claimed decline of boiling water rituals, food statistics about Paris horses and beasts, and a chorus of eccentric individuals from Tennessee to Exeter.
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Chicago
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America
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Exeter
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Miss
Old Ironsides
Marblehead Bay
The Companion Prize Offers And Subscriptions
Competition offers thousands in prizes for tales and folklore with 2968 entries. Winners will be announced in The Companion and subscriptions offer free issues through January. A humorous exchange about blackberries appears amid an Irish regional ad and a note on a weight reduction page in the Chicago Tribune.
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India’s Taig Cities Population Figures
The text lists Indian cities by population with Bombay at 921,760 and Calcutta at 978,37, followed by Madras at 454,520 Hyderabad 4 0uv, Lucknow 273,030 and Beraies 219,470. It notes twenty two other towns over 100,000 and forty eight towns between 50,000.
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Calcutta
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Hyderabad
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Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Hearing, Rochester Man Says
Mr Herman Pt Hicka testifies that three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla cured his deafness and catarrh after three years of trouble. He adds hearing returned fully after additional doses and slight lingering symptoms. Rochester resident and address listed.
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Hood
Herman Slicks
Carter Street
Rochester
N. Y
Fashions in Dogs and Remedies in Old Times
A historical column notes dog fashion shifting from Pugs to Mastiffs and St Bernards, praising terriers for homes and noting Bull Dogs as a craze. It also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney ailments and malaria, plus six day nurseries in Philadelphia and Syrup of Figs as a household remedy.
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Population decline in France from wars 17th to 19th centuries
Dr Lagnenau reports to the French Academy that France lost about 5 165 000 people to war since 1700 through 1890, averaging 51 650 annually, amid a 46 600 000 population, explaining stalled growth. The piece also mentions Bull’s Cough syrup as a universal remedy for bronchial and pectoral issues.
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French Academy
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Telegraph World Facts and Oddities Mixed With Remedies
A compact survey of telegraph reach and traffic figures cites miles of wires and stations, then shifts to assorted ads and curiosities. Claims on cures for catarrh, patent medicines, railway fares for couples, and odd notes about a veterinary student and a legend of a 200 foot tall Eve.
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Europe
August Flower Restores Neighbors Health in Holt Ontario
John Quibell of Holt Ontario recounts a neighbor Mr. John Gilbert’s long illness and severe emaciation from liver and kidney inaction. After using August Flower his health dramatically improved, astonishing his family and friends.
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John Quibell
Holt
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