Indian Medicine Dance in the Indian Territory Described
The June Indian dances in the Indian Territory attract around six thousand participants. Dancers rush into the tent from all directions and fire guns at an effigy to drive away evil spirits, then resume a ritual, repetitive, largely silent dance. They disrobe to near nudity during rest, are painted with white designs, and wear wreaths. spectators observe with little interaction. A chief medicine man places sagebrush and bread offerings, while ritual elements include bark whistles and religious symbolism. The most brutal part is the torture where a dancer threads sticks under the skin then tears the flesh outward, often fainting from pain and blood loss, performed to placate the deity and benefit the tribe.
Exhilarating Ergot Mixture Noted At Rheims Infirmary
Dr Luton reports in a French medical paper that tincture of ergot of rye combined with phosphate of soda produced a lively intoxication like laughter and merriment in a 62 year old patient at the Maison de Retraite Rheims. Repeated experiments on seven or eight women yielded similar effects though men showed milder signs. The effect is tied to rye ergot content and resembles rye bread intoxication in wet years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luton
Rheims
Maison de Retraite
New Safety Lamp Demonstrated by Scientist
A scientist at the Mining Institution of Scotland recently displayed a new safety lamp. It emits a loud sound when an explosive gas air mix enters, signaling damp in collieries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Institution of Scotland
Care and Feeding Procedures for Spring Farm Stock
As days warm, ticks rise on sheep. tobacco dip or wash kills them. lambs eat at four to five weeks to ease dams. provide meals or richer feed. Pigs need clean spaces. breeding sows separated with straw litter. Horses emerge in good shape with grooming. sulphur-tartar mix aids skin irritations. Ground feed with cut hay suits spring work. mix corn and rye with moist hay for a meal. Potatoes or beets aid worms and general condition. Foaling mares should be in box stalls with gentle handling to influence foal temperament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
How to Arrange a Milk House With Shade and Ventilation
The article describes building a northern slope milk house with icehouse style ventilation. It covers a twelve by twelve foot ground plan, nine foot posts, plank flooring, filled cavity walls with sawdust or chaff, a strong ceiling for a 14 to 18 inch layer, a one by one foot ventilator, double doors, and inner and outer windows. It also explains using cold water tubes if no ice is used and daily door and window adjustments to control heat.
Charcoal for Flowers Boosts Egg Yield and Health
Farmers can improve hen health and egg production by feeding charred corn. Charcoal from whole kernels, not wood, stimulates appetite and activity, causing pale combs to redden and laying to begin earlier. The method yields stronger flocks and higher egg output.
Beet Sugar Question Praised by Freenow Statesman
An 1853 Freenow statesman urged beet cultivation noting its soil benefits and higher land value. He claimed beets require hoeing and fertilizing but increase wheat yields by about 10 percent and boost land selling value wherever grown.
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Freenow
Egg color of Asiatic and European fowl breeds
Asiatic fowls lay deep chocolate to coffee colored eggs while Spanish Hamburg and Italian breeds produce pure white shells. A cross with Asiatic lines, even if distant, causes the white eggs to tint slightly.
Famous Cobblers and Their Notable Shoemakers
A list highlights shoemakers who became eminent, tracing figures from Hans Christian Andersen and Hans Sachs to British and American names like Sir Cloudesley Shovel and Roger Sherman. The compilation argues Coleridge’s claim that shoemakers yielded many eminent people is well supported by history.
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Coleridge
Shoe and
Hans Christian Andeson
Hans Sachs
Nuremberg
Cloudesley Shovel
Christopher Minns
John Hewson
Cromwell
Chgrles J
Samuel Bradburn
Demosthenes
James Lackington
William Gifford
Byron
Westminster Abbey
George Fox
William Carey
Samuel Drew
Thomas Hobrst
John Pounds
Roger Sherman
Henry Wilson
Sheffey
Noah Worcester
Massachusetts Peace Society
H. P. Baldwin
Eyes For The Test Then The Teacher Sends Johnny Boonspiller Ahead
In a humor piece Johnny Boonspiller shares his love of eggs but misses feed during an egg famine. The class is asked to name something very high and peers list distant peaks and clouds, while Johnny quips Eyes and is sent to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Boonspriter
Johnny
Tommy Tompkins
California
Tommy
Jimmy Jackson
Himalaya Mountains
Jimmy
Billie Jones
Billie
Johnny Boonspiller
Topnoody Declares Himself Boss of House
Topnoody proclaims himself the head of the household but faces a fiery reply from Mrs Topnoody who likens herself to a boiler ready to blow. He asks how he can help with chores, while she warns of steam and eruption if challenged.
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Topnoopy
Lopnoody
Finally the parson who loves a long sermon
In a lighthearted portrait the clergyman lures back attention with the talismanic word Finally and holds his listeners for longer. Parson Smith is cited as a frequent user of the word often repeating it six times in a single talk.
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Parson Smith
False Promises Bring Irish Country Move
Pat denounces偉 false promises from his uncle the alderman who lured him to the country. He laments becoming a mere commissioner of schools while his cousin Mike rises as an assistant bar keeper, sparking regret over leaving Ireland.
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Pat
Bedad
Mike
Ireland
MidnightGreeting Sparks a Broken Wash Dish Marriage
A wife welcomes her husband with a kiss before midnight but if he stays past twelve the marriage frays. The scene shows her on the stairs holding a broken wash dish and their marriage certificate, implying a cooling or failed relationship.
Wisconsin Father Chains Boy in Barn for Five Days
A Wisconsin father chained his disobedient son naked to a barn floor and starved him on bread and water for five days. The remark about Griscom the Chicago faster, who lived over thirty days on water, frames the comparison to the severity of the abuse.
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Wisconsin
Griscom
Chicago
Going away this summer quote at post office scene
Boot-black questions a man about traveling this summer. The man replies in sharp terms that they cannot afford to leave, citing they cannot raise ten dollars to get their father out of the workhouse, describing family hardship.
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Saratogy
Auctioneer Calls For Bids As Crowd Echoes Sighs
Sarp the auctioneer urges bids with booming sales lines while an elderly woman sighs aloud that she has long desired such a moment. The scene captures a tense, hopeful auction atmosphere with onlookers awaiting offers and outcomes.
Baggage agent killed by falling trunk at Fishkill station
A baggage agent died at Fishkill New York when a heavy trunk fell on him. The incident prompted a grim quip about turnabout being fair play as observers recalled the agent’s past pranks with trunks. An Irish bystander teased a man in short trousers prompting a sharp reply about trousers growing where they came from.
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Fishkill Station
N. Y
Pat
New York Academy of Sciences
G. F. Kunz
North Carolina
William E. Hidden
Quick Jokes and Quips From an Old Paper
An elderly wife jokes her husband’s peach fondness ends as brandy. A couple misreads Johnson's Shirt Store as tearing it. A Sunday teacher asks how Job died. a boy says Dead. A man enjoys finding a slippery soap in the tub. A sharp remark about a codfish in a fireproof safe. A Irish speaker chides being ignored.
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Johnson
Burning wax cannon thread lights Berlin palace
A report from the Royal palace in Berlin describes forty thousand wax candles ignited at once by a single match. The wicks are linked by a thread spun from gun cotton, so when the end is touched all candles in the seven hundred apartments flare simultaneously.
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Royal Palace
Berlin
Air tight Stoppers for Lab Bottles
Gutta Percha cuttings dissolved in benzole with carmine or pigment create a solution that brushes onto cork and neck to form a tight air and moisture resistant cap that can be removed with ease.
Hollow elephant tusks sent as royal envelopes in Melbourne
Two hollow elephant tusks with gold covering travel from the Rajah of Burmah to the Viceroy of India at the Melbourne Exhibition. The tusks serve as an official envelope for a communication and are valued at 1000 dollars.
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India
Burmah
St Jacob's Oil Praised By Salem Glass Works Manager
Isaac Correy of Salem New Jersey Glass Works reports excellent rheumatism relief from St Jacob's Oil and notes his family also benefited. He urges its use for personal benefit.
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Isaac Correy
Salem, N. J
Glass Works
Music on bridges risks wire vibrations and damage
Bands are forbidden to play on most large wire bridges. Continuous music waves excite bridge wires, causing vibrations that start small but grow with sustained sound. The effect highlights structural sensitivity to acoustic energy.
Builder's Testimony on St Jacobs Oil Recovery
Chas 8 Strekland of Boston testifies that St Jacobs Oil relieved his rheumatism and praises the discoverer of the remedy. He says his recovery was surprising and beyond words.
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Strekland
Boylston Place
Boston
Mass
St. Jacobs
Village postmaster tricks Jones family arrival plan
A village postmaster writes to his wife about a postal card for Mr. Jones claiming his brother and five children will visit Saturday. He instructs to keep the card until then and promises to meet them at the station and to take them all over for three dollars.
New York Man Calls His Sweetheart Kitty Often
A New York man sends affectionate calls to his sweetheart Kitty who 'gets her back up' about eighty times, a playful remark highlighting their courting humor.
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New York
Kitty
Vegetine Promised Cure for Kidney Diseases
An advertisement claims Vegetine cures kidney diseases, detailing acute and chronic symptoms such as back pain, fever, red to colorless urine, and dropsy. It asserts immediate relief with regular use, sometimes needing several bottles, and cites testimonials from long standing cases treated by Vegetine.
VEGETINE Endorsed by Cincinnati Residents
Letters from O H Smith and J B McMillen praise VEGETINE for kidney ailments and overall health, dated March 18 1877 and April 19 1877. Signed testimonials from local merchants and pharmacists note personal relief and urge others with kidney complaints to try the remedy. VEGETINE touted as restoring health to many long suffering patients.
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Cincinnati
H. R. Stevens
McMillen
Newhall, Gale & Co
West Front St
Sleep Habits Form Sleep Rhythm Through Regularity
The text argues that consistent sleep routines create a neural basis for sleep, emphasizing a fixed pre-sleep routine and timing. It recommends explicit training, repeating the same actions under similar conditions each night for three to four weeks to overcome chronic sleeplessness.
No Hospital Needed for Hop Bitters Patients
Palmer claims no hospital care is needed as Hop Bitters cures are proven at home. Advert claims emphasize patient recovery without medical facility, presenting testimonials as authoritative results.
Pasteur Advances Poison Theory Of Hydrophobia
Pasteur holds that the hydrophobic poison can lie latent in the body for years before striking. He asserts the virus develops in specific organs rather than in the blood and, after a variable period, enters the bloodstream causing rapid severe symptoms leading to death. He presents this as an established physiological fact.
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M. Pasteur
Cure for Piles Kidney-Wort Remedy Claims
An Exchange notice touts Kidney-Wort as a mild laxative and tonic destined to cure piles by easing constipation then strengthening weak parts. It asserts hundreds of certified cures where other treatments failed and urges readers to use the product to end suffering.
Insectivorous Plants Tested by 1878 Jersey Experiments
Mr. Peter Henderson of Jersey City Heights and W. S. Tait conducted two trials in summer 1878 using one hundred Carolina fly traps each. Plants fed with insects showed no more vigor than those denied insect feeding, challenging the notion that insectivorous plants gain nourishment from prey.
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Peter Henderson
Jersey City Heights
N. J
W. S. Tait
Carolina
CaRrBo.tnk Hair Cure Promises Baldness Reversal
An advertisement touts CaRrBo.tnk as a deodorized petroleum extract that cures baldness with thousands of attestations. It claims no other hair preparation works and notes improved formula doubles as a delightful dressing.
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CaRrBo
Inverted Abney Sunshine Recorder Described
A photographic sunshine recorder by Captain Abney uses a semi cylindrical box with a flat lid and a central hole. Inside the cylinder strips of sensitive paper trace the sun's movement as it passes through, recording its track on the paper.
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Abney
Hop Bitters Firm Praised as Rochester’s Great Enterprise
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company stands as one of Rochester’s greatest businesses with sales beyond precedent. Their product’s intrinsic value has reached nearly every household across the land, as described by Graphic.
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Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company
Rochester
Graphic
Antidote for Phosphorus Poisoning Promoted by Birmingham Review
The Birmingham Medical Review prescribes carbonate of magnesia as the antidote for phosphorus poisoning in branchi doses every fifteen minutes until phosphorus powder is detectable in the breath. The magnesia binds with phosphorus, shielding the stomach and neutralizing free phosphoric acid as it forms.
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The
Birmingham Medical Review
Sellers' Liver Pills Cure Many Ailments
An advertisement extols Sellers' Liver Pills as a quick cure for constipation biliousness sick headache fever and ague and malaria. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and universal application of the remedy.
Violet turning ostrich feather dyed in Germany
An ostrich feather laid on ammonia treated paper and dyed with methylviolet gradually changes from green to violet. The observed color change is being used in German feather dyeing and may be applied to artificial flowers.
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Germany
Maine Fish Commissioners mark salmon with metal tags
The Fish Commissioners of Maine adopt a tagging plan to study salmon migration. Hundreds of fish released in the Penobscot River carry light metal tags with numbers. anglers are asked to return tagged fish or report the tag and what they know.
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Fish Commissioners of
Maine
Penobscot
Kidney-Wort Promotes Clean System by Clearing Sluice-Way
An Independent advertisement extols Kidney-Wort as a remedy to cleanse the body’s wastes. It claims the kidneys wash away debts of the changing body and urges faithful use to purge sand gravel or slime, with both liquid and pill forms sold by druggists.
Rough on Rate Box Keeps House Free of Pests
A compact pest control device labeled Rough on Rate claims to deter flies bed-bugs roaches rats mice and other nuisances. The ad highlights its home use and promise of a pest free environment.
Diamonds Offered by Morgan and Headly at Low Prices
Messrs Morgan and Headly of Mutual Life Building furnish a superb stock of extra fine quality diamonds. They offer stones of first quality color and shape at prices as low as comparable stones.
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Messrs. Morgan & Headly
Mutual Life Building
Fentu
Chestnut Street
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