The Dealings of the White Nace with Africa and Islam
A Contemporary Review essay surveys Africa's early contact with Europe and Islam, noting ancient Phoenician influence in the Zambezi region and Islam's spread since the seventh century. It contrasts European colonial effort, dominated by coast settlements, with the continent's interior challenges and resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ham
Japhet
Shem
Egypt
Zambesi
England
Portugal
Mrs. Harris
Africa
Europe
Prince Henry the Navigator
Cape
Congo
African
India
France
Holland
America
Australia
North America
Malay Archipelago
Indians as Tramps on the St. Clair River
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls roving Indigenous bands along the St. Clair River, living nomadically with rifles and baskets, trading for flour and corn meal, and sleeping on kitchen floors. It contrasts past hospitality with modern riverboat fashion and ends with a maternal Y Ledger quip about marriage and earning flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair River
Boo Joos
Detroit Free Press
Jones National Locked Wire fence sample ad description
The cut shows one rod of six wire fence with 3 stays 4 feet apart described as the cheapest strongest durable fence. It compacts stock without injury and can be plain or barbed or mixed. Self adjusting to temperature, stays heavy spring steel locked to wires to prevent sagging. For materials and rights contact T A Cotta Nursery Ill sample panel north of Exchange Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
T. A. Cotta, Nursery
Ill
Exchange Bank
Akron Buckeye Binders and Mowers Repair Line
Akron Buckeye Binders and Mowers offers a full line of repairs. If you plan to buy a new machine this season, visit to see options before purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Buckeye
Repairing Mills and Pumps in East County Agency
Local ad offers exclusive agency for the eastern half of the county including Chadwick for the Junior open wheel vaned mill, claiming it is unsurpassed. Ready to install any model to fit buyer, with cash and gel prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Grover P a well bred Strawberry Roan buggy horse
Is a Strawberry Roan foaled in 1887 by Nathaniel Roe 2873 out of a line tracing to Florida sire of Walnut and Dexter with Arabians and Black Hawk ancestry. Grover P. is praised for fine action, driver potential, and even temperament. Inquiries invited for breeding or partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Roe
Florida
Rysdyks
Dexter
Volunteer
Seeley
Jay Gould
Dictator
Jay-Eye
Director
Phillis
Grover P
Arabian Knights
Young Kinble Jackson
Old Kinble Jackson
Imp Grand Bashaw
Duroe Horse
Muffin
Black Hawk
Sherman Black Hawk
United States
Grover
Merchant Tailoring Line Offers Wide Suiting Selection
A local merchant promotes a complete line of tailoring goods with guaranteed satisfaction and invites the public to inspect and choose from worsteds tricots crepe diagonal blue and black cheviots thibet cassimere suitings checked suitings tan diagonal Austrian and other premium trouserings.
Pianos or organs sale and convention notices
Catalogue bargains for pianos and organs at 33 dollars and an array of public notices. Includes convention details for Baptist Young Peoples Union in Detroit July 14 to 17, plus excursion offers and premiums, with endorsements for medicines Downing's and Chambe rlain's Cough Remedy and local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convention Baptist Young Peoples Union of America
Detroit
Mich
National Educational Association
Saratoga Springs N. Y
M. M
Olin
Local man praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Mr C H Shawen of Wellsville Kansas testifies to the remedy’s fourteen year effectiveness in treating summer complaint and diarrhoea among his children without a physician. He claims no medicine equals it, and notes it is sold by Puterbaugh Druggist.
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Miles
Miles’ Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
H.S. Puterbaugh
W. W. Whitmore
Grocer
H.M. Banges
Chatsworth, II
Chamberlain
Puterbaugh
Downing
C. H. Shawen
Wellsville
Kan
Mules Show Stubborn Ways and Odd Habits on the Plains
A St Louis Globe-Democrat report recalls how mules, rough from winter, react to spring work. They shed, resist saddling, and exhibit quirks from smoke to water to ears. Frontiersmen note mules’ timidity and unique fears, while a herd may panic if one is startled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurro
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Parent and Teacher Should Work Together as Partners
The Boston Globe argues that government education should support families, but parents must share responsibility. It says schools are not a moral mill and urges active parental cooperation in fostering studious habits and timely attendance to align with teachers' aims.
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O— K
Boston Globe
Noted Artist Describes Sketching War Battles
Theodore R Davis recalls dangerous scenes while sketching civil war battles for St Nicholas. He recalls a sketchbook shot from his hand and a soldier sharing a blanket at dawn after a battle. His duty to illustrate war brought exposure to gunfire and peril.
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Theodore R Davis
St. Nicuolas
Puterbaugh's Stand Sells Complete Line of Farm Implements
Puterbaugh's old stand offers a complete line of cultivators mowers hay loaders binders and binding twine. As the only city dealer specializing in this line customers may trade there for best value.
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Puterbaugh
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Euracre
Y. Ledger
Hewail
Monarch
Senour Mfg. Co
Uruggist Sale Agt
Lanark
DR. Miles
Sheller Merchant Tailor
Pianos Organs
Beatty
Daniel PF
Washington
New Jersey
Cat
Danny
Wash
N. J
Carroll County
W. R. Hostetter
Mt. Carroll
Dr. Bixler
Reynolds Bros
McKenney Bros. & Lafferty
A. Anenra
Oxford St
Crooklyn
D. C
New York City
Castoria
Enry F. Pannes
12Th Street
Tth Ave
Tas Cestara Company
Murray Street
Strickler’s
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