Light House Boat Bandit Held After Isle Desperado Attack
Ed Dunn keeper of Ship Shoal light near Brashear La. and his assistant Leach repelled a boat thief who stole the light house boat. After a standoff lasting days the desperado surrendered and was sent to New Orleans with Leach for medical aid. Jim Woods identified as the offender.
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Atchafalaya
Brashear
Ed, Dunn
Morgan City
Dunn
Washington
Leach
Light House
Herm
Pascagoula
Duno
Desperado
Lght House
New Orleans
Union
Jim Woods
Brooklyn tailor markets loans for funeral attire
A Brooklyn tailor describes renting funeral clothing to a broad clientele from merchants to poor families. He offers satin lined overcoats for 20 deposit with 2 kept on return, black beaver suits for 20, and common suits for 1, citing many customers and the risk of nonreturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Snow Shoes For Horses In Yosemite Travel
Stages began running regularly into the Yosemite Valley by way of Milton in May. Sleds drawn by horses are used in traveling over the snow. The animals wear snow shoes about thirteen inches square and one inch thick, with attachments on the upper side to secure the foot. The horses quickly learn to use them and make good progress over the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite Valley
Milton
Dingo-Proof Fence Described For Queensland Marshlands
A Australian rural notice outlines a wire and sapling fence used in Queensland to deter marsupials. The method uses round sapling posts, two wires of different gauges, and palings from local woods to form a dense barrier. The trench, post spacing, and tight wire setup create a marsupial proof enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
How to Choose a Horse by Its Head and Eyes
Practical guide to evaluating a horse’s intelligence temper and suitability. It advises checking head shape, eye color, ear position, muzzle, and body proportions to predict behavior and trainability, noting that certain features imply cowardice or viciousness while others indicate steadiness and usefulness.
The Farmer's Work and Spring Preparations
A warm sunshiny day prompts a nervous farmer to outline plans for spring and summer work. He maps crops, gathers tools, and ensures stock protection as he anticipates the coming busy season.
Corn and Pork Price Ratio Determination
Experienced pork raisers in the West decide a ratio between corn and pork values. When corn is 30 cents per bushel, pork sells at $3 per 100 pounds. At 40 cents corn, pork must be $4. The rule increases pork price by $1 for every 10 cent rise in corn. If pork sells below this ratio, losses occur. above it, gains accrue.
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West
Boar Exercise Boosts Offspring Vigour in Pennsylvania Trial
A Pennsylvania farm ran an experiment on a boar kept well fed but exercised daily by a boy. The boar’s progeny showed markedly greater vigor than piglets from boars kept confined, suggesting exercise affects growth and vitality.
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Pennsylvania
Early potato crops yield more profit than very early ones
An early crop of potatoes finished sooner proves more profitable than very early varieties since the latter are dug before full growth and fetch lower prices. The Early Rose and Beauty of Hebron can be dug in July and the ground used for turnips, producing two crops in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Woodman’s Lesson From Father Echoed In Footnote Tale
An old woodman cautions his son not to trim the branches and instead places the ax at the tree’s base. The dutiful son follows orders and departs for a day of fishing, abiding by his father's instruction.
Clergyman Quips on Jonah in Sermon Reference
Afnion clergyman in a sermon delicately referred to the prophet Jonah as having passed three days and three nights in the whale's society. The remark was noted in the report as a lighthearted biblical aside during the service.
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Afnion
Jonah
Rivers Mouths and Minds Meet in a Snippet Tale
A quirky dialogue piece unfolds with signs, old ladies, and a school board official musing on rivers and heads. Characters include Colonel Bragger, a bystander, Joan and John. The banter touches on truth versus fiction and a comical tea pot exchange.
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Bragger
Better Than a Promising Young Man A Paying One
A quip highlights value of a paying man over a promising youth. The line contrasts potential with actual earnings, underscoring pragmatic choices in relationships and finance.
Removing Grease Spots From Cloth With Solvents
The article explains how grease on fabric resists benzole but can be moved by applying solvent around the spot. It advises distributing benzole in a surrounding circle with blotting paper to absorb fat and cautions against applying directly on the center. A hot iron on one side with blotting paper on the other can also draw fat toward cooler areas.
Post Office Letter Carriers Endure Rheumatism Relief
Indianapolis mail workers report relief from rheumatism and ankle pain after using St Jacobs Oil. Me J H Mattern recalls Civil War injury and spring flare ups that improved with the Great German Remedy. Post-office men say the remedy eases sore feet and rheumatic pains.
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Uncle Sam
Post-Office
J. H. Mattern
Indianapolis
McMattern
St. Jacob’s
How To Make Pryor Writing Mer Kackable
An article describes methods to render pencil drawings printable by preparing paper with a rosin solution in alcohol then drying, or by brushing a weak shellac solution on the back of the drawing. The aim is to reproduce or preserve plans when quick reproduction is needed.
Cures and Household Cleaning Tips From Historic Notices
A notice reports Mr. George Drake of Indianapolis cured of water rheumatism using St Jacob's Oil. A second item describes saving tiny toilet soap scraps to melt and mold into a hard cleansing cake, with pumice added for cleaning stained hands.
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New York
Spirit of the Times
George Drake
Fifth Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati Enquirer
Voltaic Belt O Announces Trial for Nervous Debility
The Voltaic Belt Company of Marshall Michigan offers Electro-Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances on a thirty day trial for Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, and related troubles. No risk is incurred as 30 days' trial is permitted. address is given above for applicants without delay.
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Marshall Mich
Proper care for eilcloth mats to extend life
Eilcloth mats last longer when not heavily tacked on first lay. Let the mat lie flat for two to three days to avoid wrinkles. If bound with carpet binding, sew on with stout linen thread using long stitches, then only a few tacks are needed to secure it.
Lydia E Pinkham Campaign Promotes Remedy Pamphlets
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for numerous female ailments. It invites readers to request pamphlets by mailing to Lydia E Pinkham at 233 Western Avenue Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham
Ingenious Sheet Iron Tray for Oven Baking
A time saving invention uses a sheet iron nearly the oven bottom size to slide in and out easily. Edges turned down raise the iron slightly from the bottom, allowing cookies to bake in a single batch. Suitable for cream puffs kisses or lady fingers with white paper placed on the iron. A small hole in the side allows hanging when not in use.
Carboline Deodorized Hair Renovator Promoted
An ad touts Carboline as a deodorized petroleum hair renewer and dresser promising unmatched sales and general satisfaction. It claims the product has no equal since its improvement and urges purchase from all druggists abroad.
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Ays
Boston
Make daily toil lighter with practical home tips
The article extols efficient work habits and ergonomic seating. It praises light sturdy furniture and perforated chairs, recommends granite iron ware, and urges contentment. It also notes a famed medicine and a simple food tip of chopped hard boiled egg added to sauce for fish.
Glass Brilliance Method From Historic Cleaning Guide
To give glass great brilliancy wash with a damp sponge dipped in spirits, then dust with powdered blue or whiting tied in a thin muslin bag and polish with a chamois skin.
Dr Geikie on Gulf Stream and Panama Canal Impact
In a late paper Dr James Geikie describes the Gulf stream's vast size and influence on northern climates. He argues that opening a Panama Canal would alter the Gulf stream and northwest Europe’s climate as much as a tea potful of boiling water emptying into the Arctic Ocean would raise Greenland's annual temperature.
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James Geikie
Isthmus
Panama
Europe
Arctic Ocean
Greenland
Kidney-Wort Promises Restored Health in Colonial Ad
An 18th century health advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a remedy to cleanse the bowels and stimulate the liver, claim relief from jaundiced skin and bilious headaches, and to invigorate the blood. It notes availability from druggists in both dry and liquid forms in Zion's Herald.
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Zion's Herald
Cruccists
Sticky sweet potato pie recipe update
The article outlines preparing a sweet potato pie as a new dish for some cooks. Steam the potatoes until tender then slice, create upper and lower crusts, and season with ginger like a squash pie. An alternative is to mash the potatoes with milk and eggs for a mock squash pie.
Ginger Pound Cake Recipe Instructions
A simple ginger pound cake method for breakfast with coffee. Combine one and a half cups sugar one cup molasses three cups flour four eggs one tablespoon grated ginger and cinnamon one teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water. Bake in shallow pans in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.
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New Orleans
Testimonial for Hop Bitters and Blood Searcher
A 1879 testimonial from Thomas Knox of A oop way praises Hop Bitters for rapid relief from indigestion and debility. It also mentions a recipe to steam apples with vinegar spice and sugar, and a claim that Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher cured a chronic tanning sore.
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Batrix Creex
Mich
Knox
Lindsey
Simple Fritzer Barrer Batter Fry Guide
A concise recipe for fritter batter uses one pint flour, half a pint milk, one tablespoon oil or butter, one teaspoon salt, and two eggs. Beat eggs, mix in milk and salt, fold in flour, add oil, beat smooth, and fry in hot fat.
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Fritzer Barrer
Don't Die In the House Ask Druggists for Rough on Rata
An advertisement urges buying Rough on Rata from druggists for home pest control. It promises to clear rats mice bed bugs roaches vermin flies and ants. The price shown is 15 cents per box.
Steamed dessert spooned with buttermilk and sugar
A vintage recipe describes beating eggs with sugar then adding buttermilk and soda, a pinch of salt and flour to thicken. Steam the batter for one and a half to two hours yielding a moist steamed dessert.
Allen's Pharmacy Circulates Cure Ad
An old advertisement promotes a cure for nervous debility and weakness of generative organs priced at $1. The circular invites readers to request information from Allen's Pharmacy located at 313 First Avenue, New York City.
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Allen’s
N. Y
Recipe for a light butter sponge cake
Directions mix one pound butter sugar and flour with twelve eggs to a light cream. Beat yolks then whites separately and fold into batter. Lightly stir in flour and bake in a large mould in a slow steady oven for about an hour.
Holman Pads 10 Aids Chronic Diseases Treatment
A recent improvement by Dr. Holman introduces Holman Pads 10 as a significant enhancement in treating persistent chronic diseases. The refinement promises greater efficacy and practical usefulness for patients seeking relief and improved health outcomes.
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Holman
Frying fish with eggs cracker crumb coating
A brief method describes washing and scraping a fish, cutting off fins, dipping in beaten eggs and cracker crumbs or rolling in flour, then frying in boiling fat and finishing with parsley or watercress garnish.
Humorous Visitor Refuses Charity After Bell Ringing
Sux, in sealskin and a plush hat, rings an uptown bell asking if the resident will give to the heathen. The woman declines, then complains about a neighbor's son who damaged her plants, saying that is all she can offer to the heathen for now.
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Sux
Favorite Prescription Cited By Mother In Letter
Mrs. Mary Linson writes that after her daughter declined last fall many believed she would die from consumption. A bottle of your Favorite Prescription cured her, she states, in a letter to Dear Sir regarding the product from your drugstore.
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Dxa V. Pierce
Mary Linson
New Jersey Wedding Amid Rowdy Scene and Horsing Around
A New Jersey woman allegedly married a drunken man after a Justice of the Peace was called and neighbors restrained him. The tale is wrapped in coarse humor about social norms and romance. A separate ad promises cures for weak lungs and consumption without a physician from Woxk.p's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
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Old Bridge
New Jersey
Bacchana
Montrose
Kun
Woxk.p's
Honest gentleman refused lease over looks at Buffalo hotels
An elderly man seeking a lease was denied because the keeper judged his appearance would mean a short life and feared paying for a funeral on the premises. The New World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo, New York, is now completed and ready to receive patients.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nature's Sluice-Way and Witless Warnings
A period piece advert reads on kidney health and tonics, praising Kidney-Wort and Hop Bitters as universal fixers. It recounts a fall joke near the post office and a Scots anecdote about a servant, illustrating health and manners in light humor.
Humorous Anecdotes and Odd Claims From 1880
A collection of brief anecdotes and quotes including a testimonial about a kidney and liver cure, a tale of a setter dog devoted to its owner who died before the dog tax was assessed, and a child’s question about going to the circus with a bittersweet family exchange.
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John
Uncle Sam's
Allen
Vegetine
HAM & LO
Valentine Brok
Janesville
Wisconsin
Menor Ladies
P. W. Ziegler & Clo
Arch St
Philadelphia
TAR Aultman & Taylor CO
Mansfeld
Stuerns
Lebanon
Ohio
Elbo
Annie
Jobn
London
Dorx
Andrew
Boongsree N. Y
H. HA. Warner & Co
Henry Gray
Lynn, Mass
Pinkham’s
Oplun
Drugeris Send
Rochester N.Y
Toronto_ O
Atarr Ea
Lindsey SE
Athe
Ath
Re.sellers & CO
Tizep Narun
Sternbergers
H. & Sternerger’s
Market Street
Uessas. Morgan & Hesoly
Matrix
Teuth
Miye U
L. Martines
Mont’y Pl
Maas
A. G. Bassett
Rochester
Mee
U. S
Gee Carriage CO
Gin’tt
John Spielberger
Sherman
Ami
Joan Spielberger
J. A. Sherman
Canal St
Phila
J. A Sherman
Walnut St
P. Reuter
Kenston Avenue
Richard West
Hope Street
Dr. Sherman
William Chalmers
Paper
Elm Streets
Camden
N. J
J. W. Early
Warner Street
Jane Istand
Broadway
Holman's
Dr. Holman
G. W. Holman
M. D. Fulk
Dr. Molman’s
Holman Pad CO
Broadway, N
Anhardt
Mal Oldfield & Co
York
Krousz
Arsenal Et
St Louis
Om & Bet
T. Felix Gouraud
Tate
General Stores
H.8. Steenberger
Market St
Philada
Marion Harland
Chamber
Mothers and Daughters of America
Gallowhill Street
Philadelp
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