General Interest Snippets and Oddities Review
A collage of short items from various towns reports a Philadelphia widow funding a life-saving station, a Massachusetts man’s stroke after life imprisonment for murder, moral reflections on modern life, a child’s fatal accident in Lykens Pennsylvania, a French judge suspended for pipe smoking, a Texas steer stampede in New Orleans, robbers in Montana forcing drinks, a Westfield burglar tale with courteous conduct, a rare monkey-faced owl captured in Orlando, smuggling tales on the Niagara and Detroit rivers, a Hartford elephant trainer killed by Barnum’s Queen, and a Portland scene of a failing farmer with a humorous dialect recounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp
Philadelphia
Deal Beach Ryan
Massachusetts
Boston Post
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Charles Brittain
Lykens
France
Court House
N. Y
New Orleans
N. O. Picayune
Montana
Chicago Herald
Jane Farrington
Westfield
N.Y
A. Y.-Sun
Pitts
Orlando
Fla
Everglades
Niawara River
Canada
Niagara River
Niagara
Detroit River
Detroit Post
Henry Packer
Hartford
Conn
Barnum
Cincinnati
St. Louis Post
A Boy Describes His Mother's Work at Home
A Connecticut child recounts his mother’s daily labor at home caring for siblings and managing meals. The boy notes he and his father are paid, while his mother works without pay, and the piece mentions Miss Minnie F Hoyt becoming the first clerk under the new civil service rules at the Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie F. Hoyt
Connecticut
Treasury Department
Times
Forests need protection and planting urged nationwide
The American Forestry Commission held a St. Paul meeting on forest conditions and a call for law against reckless destruction. Hon. Geo. B. Loring praised expanding forests in Maine New York and Ohio. A Toronto pamphlet by R W Phipps warned of historical waste and urged farmers to plant trees and fruit trees to shelter homes protect property and beautify land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Commission
St. Paul
Geo. B. Loring
Maine
New York
Ohio
R. W. Phipps
Toronto
Detroit
Ottawa
Europe
Mr. Phipps
Ontario
Bonnets of Camel Hair and Cloth Dominate Winter Fashion
Plaited camel hair bonnets remain popular this winter, with rough surfaces and dark colors suited to cloth and homespun outfits. Styles include small shapes with defined crowns, baskets of colors, and trims of velvet ribbons, birds, and wings. Novel blocked felt bonnets with corduroy-like stripes and Astrakhan bindings offer warmth for morning and travel.
Understanding Colic in Horses and Distinguishing It from Inflammation
Prairie Furnier explains colic causes including diet changes and cold water exposure, and contrasts its sudden onset with the progressive pain of bowel inflammation. It covers diagnosis, when to use antispasmodics, and supportive care like exercise, belly friction, injections, and housing, plus gas relief methods and cautious use of trocar drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calie
Prairie Furnier
How to Cure Bacon From Pigs Under 125 Pounds
Instructions from the Tribune outline selecting small pigs under 125 pounds, using lean Berkshire hogs for best bacon, and cutting methods. It details salt and saltpeter cures, brown sugar or molasses, barrel versus dry rub processes, multiple rubs over a month, smoking timing, and final air drying with cotton bags to prevent worm infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
EF Tribune
St Jacobs Oil Endorsement and Florida Cession Note
A Chicago Herald snippet jokes about St Jacobs Oil as a remedy praised by a congressman and champion driver Dan Mace for pains and sprains. It also notes that in 1819 Florida was ceded by Spain to the United States and later became a cotton and orange producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mace
St. Jacobs Oil
Florida
United States
Chicago Herald
Ep. R. Heath
North Street
Porland
Hunt
Portland
Smith's Drug Store
Bette
Kansas City Live-Stock Indicator announces subscription deal
The Kansas City Live-Stock Indicator offers new subscribers a reduced rate for THE INDICATOR. Get it mailed to your address for 35 cents for the balance of the year or from now until January 1, 1885 at the regular yearly price of 1.50. Sample copies mailed free to keep readers posted on livestock markets and western agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Great
New West
Grateful testimonials tout medicines and tonics across ads
A collage of ad copy and testimonials from newspapers praising Curtis supplements and remedies. Letters claim cures for scrofula, female weakness, and debility, with mentions of Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Ely Cream Balm Brown's Iron Bitters and Rough on Rats. Ohio and Texas readers praise products and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dn. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
T. H. Luxe
Galveston
Texas
GoLtpBex Medical Discovery Claims Purified Blood
An 19th century style advertisement claims GoLtpBex Medical Discovery cleanses the blood of all impurities and treats scrofula sores skin and blood diseases. It cites thousands of testimonials and offers a pamphlet on skin diseases from WorRLp's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo New York. Also notes Brown's Iron Bitters relieved indigestion and nervousness per Rev. D F Manly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GoLtpBex
Worrlp’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Brown
Prozz
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Lung
Luny
Basher
Portland Journal
Henri Trois
Paris
Ecru
Harper’s Bazar
St. Jacobs
Dvetrutt
Ose
V. . News
Wenen
Dr. Vierce
Huntsville
Ala
J.C. Spotswood
N. VY. World
B.S. Wells
Ely
Boston
Robert W. Merring
The
Phoenix Manufacturing Co
Grand Haven
Mich
Colden
Lyon
Wiser
General Markets
Kansas
New
ST. Louis
de Craggiste
Anc Ealers
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Suicessorate A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
Chicago Tribune
Wise
Kidney Company
Mount'y
Tneyer
Mary
Nobwich
John Bull
Hoe
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville
True & Co
Angrsta
Huostetter
Sone C.O.D
E.E. Mendes & CO
West Fifth Street
Catarr
U.ea
Cs Hayoreve
Ely Brothers
Hansas Cov
Owego
Chicago Scale CO
Heduerd
BFST
Wits
Engng Ao
Aultman & Taylor Co
Mensfield, Onio
Queen City
Andress Queen «City Suspender Co
Cincinnati,o
Jay Bronson
Moody's New Tudor System of
Cuttinghouby & Co, Cinrlanat
Atampsta
Bridgeport, Ct
O.p
B.csteshl
Wabashaw
Ore Aire
Ee . Bryant & Strattons
Piicnsa Cotsn
LCI
Mermod&jaccard
Worth Fourth Street
Svey
Stampa
Ss Johnson & CO
Pinas
Hagan
Monarch
Peatal
Monarch Manufactoring Co
Rendolph St
Semplew Sree
Anakesis
Trrygon &C
Sram Darc Curz Corz Co
Pearl St
Actors
Halent &Co
Cilia Paper
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