Indian Village Life Near Kama City Described
A lengthy travelogue notes a Sac and Fox band thirty years settled west of Kama City Iowa. It details bark huts, reed tents called wickupa, daily chores, women sewing, children at play, and ceremonial dances. The piece portrays customs, housing, punishment, and religious gatherings with vivid, if drifted, ethnographic color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toa Sne
Tame
Iowa
Bereelf
Kama City
Lear City
Ainsel
Ile
Edgar
Agriculture insights and dairy farming guidance in old notes
The article discusses dairy cattle care and profitability, urging better breeds, proper feeding, and humane handling. It contrasts native cows with Jerseys, notes milk prices, and advises on improving stock, milk quality, and marketing. It also covers aging sheep by teeth, grapevine wintering, potato quality for milking cows, pruning wounds, and tree care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idainy
Fashion and kitchen notes linger in a 19th century page
An eclectic page mixes dress descriptions with recipe ideas and household tips. It covers white gowns with lace and sash details, decorative panel screens, croquettes and cakes, a new ceramic form called Gres, beef and oyster pie, a fruit loaf, a salt codfish dish, and practical advice on horse shoes and poultry care. Local weather and farming notes blend with a brief on a cat-hole swamp drainage method and a line about a church paper’s influence.
Fragments on cooking lace pins and home crafts from the era
A collage of household tips and fashion notes, detailing a sugar syrup icing method, decorative lace pins with diamond dew drops, London novel and opera bracelet ideas, closet organization hints, and a Parsley and Rotter skincare remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Pain Cure Promise Sparks Thanksgiving Quip
An Arizona Territory justice praises a patently odd medicine claim while a neighbor jokes about a flute student death nearby. The newspaper excerpt blends commentary on a famed remedy with light social banter and a local misunderstanding over a loan.
A Strange Medical Rant and Odds and Ends Tracts
A jumble of sensational medical claims and vignette anecdotes, touting tonics and cures for dyspepsia and stomach disorders. Characters include Colonel Rathbone and Senator Harris, with excerpts praising Hunt's Remedy and Dr Pierce's remedies. Several scenes unfold with outdated quips about medicine and public notices in a late 19th century tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone
Faareer
Colonel Rathbone
Booth
Nava
Harris
Troy
John
Cab Thomsanda
oMera
Br Davidennedy
Breeman
Pierce
Golden Medical
Scrofula
Kinga Iivil
Richmond Medical Co
St. Joseph
G.N. Crittenton
New York
Fragmented 19th century item mix includes notices and ads
A garbled 19th century column blends quotes about drinkers a penny swindle and a prudent thrift tale with various short notices. It references Dr Williams Hall’s Balsam, hair restorers, nightgowns for knights, a Brooklyn toy kitchen patent, and ads for hotels and rail services, plus a local court bail matter about diseased horses.
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France
Wwe
Agriculture
Ruano
Giroat
Shepe
Incheon
Jersey City
N. J
J. L. Burp
Isyimg
Hosant
Londo
Arzona
A. W. Sheldon
Supreme Wench
Arizona Territory
St. Jacobs
Dacron X
Restaurent
Acrosta
Syracuse
Alyo
Hunt
Hort
A. Wooprorr
TD. McCarthy & Co
Atamon
America
Iia
Hosselter
Artass
Atesling
Sildbecwin
Amd
New Frek City
Priev
Muatoan Nore
Mozart
Deye Seng
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Tamc
West Wayna Street
R. Wy Lierce
All Druggists
New Jersey
Yousa
Address World's Dispensany Edical Association
Buffalo
Phioenix
Madama
Conati- Roy
Zetca
Gmt
Dragiste
Taal
P. Neustardter & CO
Mercer
Ely
Sammanan
Owego
Siler & Broadway
B. Lindblom & UO
Chamber of Commerce
Obicex
Ieee Rasa Erait
EU ‘Vail
eoMar
Dar Belh
Ceuniae
Raxer’s
SOL
Petemne Sania Aneneen
Tommatic
Pera
Jura Capital
WAL
Hadley & CO
Walmut St
Phila
RAHPS
Smith
Waverly
P'yo
Tobn Kulm
Lafayette
Ind
Dr. Wm
Hall
Ian
Mattie
Mamma
Smrrn
Knmp & Co
Philadelphia
and & N. Carmiunton
Regland
Jones
Joneas
Brown
Brooklyn
New York City
Eave Baywage
Grand Union Diesel
Grand Gentral
Hlepait
Hevator
Louis Bean
Capa County
Graves
Lycées
Eily
OC. Warren
Kutland
A. Newark Street-Car Company
Runyea
Hig
C.M Branley
Merchast
Caswell, Bazard & Co
Cas- Well
Hazard & Co
Ls. Himiore
Kiine
Arch Street
Hal Exoreh
Lile
al An
Lhieirme TG
Uieiriomr
Hop Plasters
Ava
Hop Plaster Co
Boston Mass
Hawley
Wren
Taxelk
Tie Dce
Texas
Arkansas
Finowite
E. Pass
Balsimiora
MD. Eel Eans
Pasa Ato RE
Eday R.Y
Ole Musiness College
REY Ss
Mure
J. B. Mayer
Pan
Peroud
Pitladde
Arc
St Clair Hota
Ines Balsam
Ted Hyal Boeged
Aries
Ube
Ots
Natronal
Po Phileas
DR. Radway
Radway
Iremsat
Hagredienix
Rovers
R. Radway
Hellef
Michelae
Tha Kreumans
Eschildden
Toda
Wajor Tontent
Hiimers and Lumbertreri
Siteny Airwar
Asia
James
Beartburn
Yulgesa
Fuawars
Gallet
VAL Ving Bros
Janesville, Wis
Kline
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