Plant Life at Niagara A view of flora at the falls
A Garden and Forest essay notes how Niagara’s cliffside hosts hardy wild plants despite barren soil. Aquilegia canadensis and wild grape thrive on the wall while creepers climb from base to summit. The piece argues to leave Niagara’s native flora undisturbed, as cultivated plantings fail to match the atmospheric conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Prospect Point
Goat Island
Niagara
Bath Island
The Czar's Cups and Nabonassar Era Note
The piece notes the Moscow white enamel cups from the Czar's gifts and their tragic crush. It mentions their design with Slavonic tracery and imperial symbols. It also references Nabonassar beginning his reign on February 26, 747 B C and his era's use in astronomy and chronology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
N. I
Nicholas Imperator
Enamel Company of
Vienna
Westminster Gazette
Patent Hye and Skin Ointment Ad
Advertisement for a skin ointment claiming relief from eczema sunburn chapped lips itching piles burns frost bites sores and granulated eyelids. Sold by druggists at 25 cents per box with owner contact details obscured by damaged text.
Wildcat Duel Ends With Kennon Slaying Mate
On the edge of the Okefenokee swamp in southeastern Georgia, Kennon traps a large male wildcat that had taken 50 sheep. After a night chase the cat fights the hunter and his dogs. Kennon finally shoots the cougarish feline when it returns to its mate at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okefenokee
Georgia
Kennon
Hot Water Prank At Rural Galway Inn Causes Confusion
Two ladies traveling to a country house in Galway stayed at a rural inn. While awaiting dinner, they asked for hot water to clean their dusty faces. A servant fetched a tray with two glasses sugar lemon and hot water. The tale echoes a Liverpool Mercury quip about hot water and the history of man divides ecclesiastical ages into six eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sne
Galway
Liverpool Mercury
Chew Ga Cracker Tobacco For Me
CL Fennel presents a brief feature on Chew Ga Cracker Tobacco For Me exploring its origins and use. The piece highlights tobacco blends and regional habits, noting cultural ties and traditional preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CL Fennel &Cto
A Poets Treasures Eugene Field Room of Oddities
A detailed tour of Eugene Field's room reveals his taste for grotesque red decor and antique toys. It describes the room’s swirling red wallpaper, a white bookcase, a gray screen, and two odd focal figures. The article notes Field's fondness for old calico, red curtains, and quirky items like canes, candleholders, and Cinderella shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Field
Schild
Henry B. Fuller
Chicago
Susan Bates
Mr. Field
Field
Mr. Toole
Pliny's claim on Mithridates and toxin immunity
The text notes Pliny's report that Mithridates trained to resist poisons by ingesting a mixture whose main ingredient was Pontiac duck blood. It argues that using an immune animal's blood to immunize another reflects an early form of antitoxin strategy and hints at plagiarism accusations toward originators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Mithridates
Pontus
Habits of Sea Lions and The True Galloping Dick
A Cincinnati Tribune excerpt recounts sea lions captured during breeding season using a small steamer and cages. Captain Mullett explains pups, harems, and fights among males, plus adaptations like no tongue and skin water absorption. The piece also reviews Hind's philosophy on crime and a short note on Macmillan's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullett
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Hind
England
Macwillan
The Fatal Horse And Wagon Dangers
The Poughkeepsie Eagle argues that horse and wagon travel may be more deadly than steam boats railroads trolley cars or bicycles based on travel proportions. It notes uniformity in Japanese infantry measurements and states patents are assignable by law with interest transferable like property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Maiden Lane
New York Sun
Poughkeepsie
Aken
Castoria Cure Publicized by Gardener Father
Mr Gilman Brown of 84 Mill Street South Gardner Massachusetts recounts doctors saying his son would not live a month due to lung trouble after Typhoid Malaria and $375 spent. After a few bottles of Dr King s New Discovery the boy recovered and returned to work praising the medicine as best for lung trouble. Free trial bottles offered at W L Carmichael Co drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman Brown
Mill St
South Gardner
Mass
Dr. King
W. L. Carmichael & Co
DR. Hathaway & Co
United States
Asu Bebe
Annals of Medicine
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Nabonassar
Babylon
Jas
Peffer
MEL _CAL ASSOCIA CLON
Lil
Adam
Noah
Abraham
David
Castoria
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
New York
Pitcher’s Castoria
Cme
U.S
Opp Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Vann
Smith
Commercial College OF
Kentucky University
Wilbur R. Smith
Lexington
Miles
Strauss Bros
America
Tailors
Cincinnati
Holton
Indiana
Ffurstine
W.b.holton Mfc. Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Hathaway & CO
South Bread
Atisata, Ga
Mineral Wells
Tex
Hot Springs
Ark
Lippman
W. Fr. Timmins
Timmins & Hines
Carocers
Waxahachie
P.P. P
Ramsay
de Leon
J. J Lambert
Notary Public
Johnson
Savannah
Catarre
Lippman Bros
Lippmans Black
Sgrofula
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