Deafness Cure Promises and Quack Remedies
A garbled letter-style notice touts a supposed cure for deafness via genetitational remedies and claims nine cases out of ten stem from catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cure proof and lists dubious formulations and prices for various patent medicines and nostrums.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Remnants of a Species on Silver Heights near Winnipeg
Remnants of a vast buffalo herd still exist near Winnipeg in a test breeding program with cattle to create hardy stock. The offspring resemble cattle more than bison, with a shaggy coat and a temper. The piece links to aging power concepts and a parade of short ad snippets and quips.
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Silver Heights
Winnipeg
Texas Plains
Saskatchewan
Discovery in French cavern reveals prehistoric wall art
In Dor dogne, the La Mouthe cave shows Neolithic and Quartenary human occupation with ancient hearths and remains of cave bears and hyenas. A pre historic picture gallery on walls and roof preserves ochre drawings and engravings, illuminated by candles after long efforts.
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France
Department
Dordogne
la Mouthe
Greece
Rome
Cave of
M. Emile Riviere
M. Riviere
The Snake Bird in Rivers and Estuaries
The snake-bird or darter inhabits tropical and subtropical regions. It dives after fish with a snakelike neck, often resting on trees near rivers and skimming water surface to ambush prey. Nests are built in bushes over water and sightings extend from Gulf states to North Carolina.
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Bennett
Im Thorn
Guiana
England
Takootoo
Gulf States
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolina
South America
Meteorological Kite Explores Upper Atmosphere
The Meteorological Kite is praised for rising to great heights and carrying instruments to record temperature wind direction and strength and height. Though data gathered is less than balcony observations, it is obtained without altering conditions and at lower cost.
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Lees
Fragmentary tale snippet with obfuscated dialogue
The readable lines show a character claiming to tell a story and another replying with a terse refusal. A furtive glance toward a teacher or parent figure appears, while a name like Menographus surfaces in the obscured text.
Battlefield tale and wartime humor at Gettysburg
A visitor recalls Gettysburg while a Confederate clarifys his stance, noting a substitute lost a leg on the field. The column then shifts to health ads urging Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for rheumatism, chills, fever, and digestive issues, plus various patent nostrums and notices about real estate demand and temperance plans in England.
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Gettysburg
Nagleft
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