Wild Cannibal Negress Terrorizes Clear Creek Firm
Rumors tell of a frightening apparition in Clear Creek township North Carolina a half naked womanlike figure with long hair and gleaming eyes seeks babies and threatens children. Farmers chase the creature for days with as many as four hundred men joining the hunt though no capture or clear explanation emerges.
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Clear Creek Township
North Carolina
John Roberts
Corey Moore
Roberts
Roverts
Steven Cowell
Marsh Allen
Cornfeld
Otters and Whales Ideas From Buckland
Mr Buckland discusses otters and their gullet size compared to seals. He cites Captain Gray of the Eclipse on how baleen plates pack in a whale’s mouth when closed. The piece notes whales are mammals, produce milk, and suggests a whale dairy as a fanciful idea.
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Littie
Mr. Buckland
Captain Gray
Petershead
Band of Gypsies Invade Hessian Farms Spark Clash
A band of over two hundred gypsies encamped near a Hessian village and let horses graze on nearby fields. Local farmers armed with pitchforks repelled the intruders in a pitched battle, with government action likely needed to curb the issue.
Italian powder mills decline amid protection protests
The Chemiker Zeitung reports in Italy there were about 250 powder mills recently but fewer than 100 new ones started. A few large plants struggle to stay afloat despite a 30 dollar duty per 220 pounds of gunpowder. Italian manufacturers use government protections to push a costly poor-quality product. By late 1870 four dynamite factories existed, now only the Axigliano plant operates.
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Chemiker Zeitung
Italy
Kingdom
Axigliano
Duck Rearing The Best Feed For Mild Flavor And More Eggs
Advice on duck care notes that light colored ducks taste milder when fed on plant foods, while animal diets produce firmer flesh with gaminess. It covers laying times, egg color by duck color, and fattening methods using bruised oats and pea meal with ample exercise and water.
Fashion Quarterly Offer From Strawbridge & Clothier
Offer details a six month subscription to Fashion Quarterly by Strawbridge and Clothier. Includes nearly 1000 illustrations and four pages of new music in each issue. Subscribe by mail for six issues totaling 25 cents.
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Everrspopy
Strawbridge & Clothier
Composting Manure Pile Instructions for Rich Top Dressing
The guide outlines a compost method using muck lime ashes and manure in alternating layers. Build a heap 10 feet by 40 feet and five feet high, yielding 80 to 100 loads. The pile heats, needs winter turning, and should be ready as fire condition by spring for fertile fall grain or grass top dressing.
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Maxine
The Best Farm Horses and Their Practical Worth
The article argues that farming needs strong durable horses over fast racing stock. It warns the shift toward speed has neglected farm needs and promotes the heavy Norman type as more profitable for daily work. It stresses suitability for endurance, daily labor, and farmer utility over mere speed.
Sheep Pasture Boosts Wheat Crop in Rural Practice
Mr John Kosser of Rural World reports that grazing 375 sheep on 55 acres of Pastourine wheat from inch-high growth through winter yields 25 to 40 bushels per acre. Sheep treading and droppings improve soil while keeping plants from rolling. spring harvests are fat and profits from sheep substantial.
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John Kosser
Feeding Milch Cows With Bran and Seed Meals
Buying wheat bran and cotton seed meal for cow feed tied to farm fodder acts as a soil fertilizer. Used judiciously in large quantities with manure saved, a farm should not grow poorer even if milk is sold for cheese making.
Fat accretion linked to weaker breeding in livestock
Observation notes that a pronounced tendency to lay on fat accompanies delicate constitution, reduced milk secretion, and lower fecundity. Extremely fat animals are unlikely to be strong breeders as excessive fat production clashes with reproductive development.
Pullet Nesting in Poplar Tree Wins Odd Vermont Tale
A pullet in Middlebury Vermont builds a daily nest fifteen feet above ground in a poplar tree where she lays an egg. The owner climbs the tree daily to retrieve the egg, earning about ten cents of time for a two cent prize.
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Middlebury
Thorough Barn Cleaning Boosts Livestock Health and Profit
The article argues that clean skin improves health and feeding efficiency for all livestock. It recommends thorough cleaning of both horses and cattle, noting that labor spent on barn cleanliness yields profit through better condition and economy.
Hops Exports Volumes From 1872 to 1882
The report lists annual hop exports in bales: 1872 6095, 1873 9315, 1874 1638, 1878 78949, 1869 69563, 1881 30015. From 1875 to 1882 average exports near 45000 bales per year.
Minnesota Hay Crop Value Shown At Wealthy Level This Year
The hay harvest, though less publicized than wheat, is valued near 20 million dollars. Estimates put wild hay at 1,500,000 tons and cultivated hay at 200,000 tons.
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Minnesota
Pest control tips for borers in trees
Practical guidance to prevent and manage borers suggests digging carefully to locate and kill borers, crushing exposed ones with a wire, using coal ashes around trees, and applying a paste of fresh cow dung and clay to wounded areas.
Fall plowing of corn ground deemed ineffective
The text argues there is no gain in plowing sod land in fall for Indian corn. It states that spring plowing is best, requiring enough soil to properly cover the seed and allow heat to develop for crop growth.
Two-Story Fowls House For Early Chick Rearing
A two story fowls house is suggested for those who wish to keep a large number of fowls and raise early chicks. The design aims to improve management and productivity in poultry keeping.
Lightning Twice Strikes Michigan Church in Humorous Tale
A Michigan church named Tune endures multiple lightning strikes and an organist who mimics thunder to cue the preacher. The quirky anecdote highlights a long winded pastor and a devoted congregation refusing to part with the organist for any price.
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Michigan
Prominent Health Ad Warns Against Quack Remedies
An obituary style warning urges wisdom from others misfortunes and warns against quack nostrums. It promotes Kidney-Wort as a proven remedy and claims it treats liver bowels and kidneys, available in dry and liquid forms. Also advertises Diamond Dyes for ten cents, marketed by druggists.
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Bey
H. R
H. B
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington Vt
London Guest and the Worry Long Shot
A London guest in the story honors a hunter's skill with a long shot at eighty yards. The keeper notes the master’s satisfaction, saying such far shots are memorable and that gentlemen who make them are not asked again.
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London
Jenkins
Ailus
Leman
Distinguish Lawyer's Wayne County Endorsement of Hop Bitters
A prominent Wayne County lawyer reports severe travel and kidney troubles until using Hop Bitters. He credits the product with a quick cure and endorses its effectiveness.
Pleasing Unanimity in a Humble Texas Parable
In a rustic exchange Reverend Baxter praises Mose’s wife as deserving Heaven for her caregiving during his illness. Mose agrees and prays for her to get what she deserves immediately, reflecting a simple, devout tone in Austin.
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Mose
Baxter
Austin
All Ought to Knoen in Turnsville Health Notice
Letter from J A Courant praises H H Warner & Co kidney and liver cure as life saving. He states it saved his life months earlier and calls it a great blessing to mankind and a remedy that all ought to know. Dated Turnsville Pa March 12 1881.
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Trrnsville, Pa
H. H. Warner & Co
J. A. Courant
Irritated mamma objects to advertised money back
Irritated mamma insists the money was not approved and demands a refund, arguing the advertisement claimed money would be returned if not approved while Mr Moses pleads for help and defends the transaction as approved.
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Mamma
Mr Moses
VeEGETINE Cleanser Promises Blood Purity
Advertisement proclaims VegeTine as a powerful blood cleanser and purifier. It cites wide use and immediate relief with notable cures, claiming strong public approval for its health benefits.
Ten Mile Twist on Clyde Towpath Exchange
A weary tramp asks how far to Clyde as a lad on the tow-path answers nine miles. A footman questions the distance and the boy, feeling pity, calls it seven miles. The brief exchange turns a simple estimate into a small, sympathetic moment on the riverbank.
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Clyde
Carboline Deodorized Petroleum Hair Refinement by Kennedy Co
Solid men admire the beautiful and thousands of bottles of Carboline deoderoized petroleum hair dressing have been sold yearly since its invention by Kennedy & Co of Pittsburgh.
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Messrs. Kennedy & Co
Pittsburgh
Blind Pool Speech Ends Boy’s Day
A fond father tells his son to save money while the boy rejects the idea, calling the savings a blind pool after seeing a dime shaken from it. The exchange ends the day’s instruction with the boy’s firm stance on his earnings.
Lafayette man credits balsam for lungs and cures
John Kuhn of Lafayette Indiana claims in this notice that a year ago he was near death from consumption. He says doctors gave up but nine bottles of Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs saved him and he is now in perfect health. He also praises Dr Dewitt C Kellinger's Liniment for rheumatism sprains lameness scalp diseases and hair growth.
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John Kuhn
Lafayette
Ind
Dewitt C. Kellinger
Royal Welcome Delayed by Donkey Braying
A German emperor visited a town where deputies lined the gate to greet him. As they prepared to speak, a neighboring donkey brayed loudly. The emperor urged the officials to speak one at a time so he could understand them.
Doctor offers free remedy for lung diseases and nervous debility
A retired physician advertises a vegetable remedy received from an East India missionary claiming cures for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders. He will mail free instructions in German French or English to anyone requesting by sending a stamped letter to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester New York.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Rochester
N. Y
Anecdote of Mr de Lesseps Piercing a Boil
An anecdote recalls Mr de Lesseps attempting to lance a boil on one of his children. Mme de Lesseps fears the improvised surgeon’s act while he exclaims he trembles to pierce a jester I who has pierced an Isthmus.
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Mr. de Leseps
Papa
Mme. de Lesseps
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Cure Claim
A claim states that women pronounced incurable by top doctors have been completely cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Rural Exchange on the Road to Harry
A rustic speaker boasts decades on the farm while asked for directions to Harry. The banter contrasts ignorance with experience as he confirms he knows the way to arrier.
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Harrowmac
Henry’s future path in doubt as family weighs options
A family friend asks if Henry has graduated and what career he will pick. The father, blunt and practical, doubts Henry will take orders from others, suggesting he must choose his own profession.
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Henry
Bear and Bull in Dr Bull Cough Syrup Ad
An old time advertisement parodies stock market terms to promote Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. It uses punny lines about bears and bulls to entice readers to buy the medicine.
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Bull
Dr. Bull
Root of the matter Brown meets egg with his face tied up
The dialogue shows Brown and Fogg in a humorous exchange about dental trouble. Brown asks if Fogg will fix his teeth, and Fogg replies he will have one or two unfixed, delivering a light comic moment.
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Brown
Egg
Fogg
Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic Advert
Mensman's Peptonized beef tonic is described as the only beef preparation preserving all nutritious properties. It claims to aid blood formation, vitality, digestion, and general debility, especially in exhaustion and pulmonary diseases. Caswell Hazard & Co., New York, sell through druggists.
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Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Crusty remark targets boy smoker in village street
A crabbed old man tells a boy who offers him a cigarette that he is old enough to smoke cigars. The brief exchange reflects local attitudes toward youth smoking and public manners in a small community.
Allen's Brain Food advertised in New York pharmacy circular
An advertisement from Allen's Pharmacy 813 First Ave New York promotes Allen's Brain Food as a remedy for nervous debility and weakness of generative organs priced at one dollar, urging readers to send for the circular.
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Allen’s Pharmacy
Av. N. Y
Quiet Club Whist Ends With Midnight Plan
After a long whist game Robinson notes the hour and asks Brown what he will tell his wife. Brown replies he will utter a simple greeting and let her speak the rest, implying a humorous take on domestic diplomacy and timing.
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Robinson
Brown
Vegetine Promoted for Female Complaints and Whites
An advertisement extols VEGETINE as a superior remedy for common female ailments including Whites or leucorrhea, linked to scrofula or womb issues. It claims to restore vigor, relaxes debility, and improves female health at life’s turn, urging use as a pleasant affordable option.
Vegetine praised by Cincinnati reader for female weakness
A Cincinnati reader Mary E Meredith writes March 28 1877 praising Vegetine for female weakness and urges other ladies with such complaints to use the medicine noting it has helped her greatly at 160 Eastern Ave.
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Cincinnati
Mr. Stevens
Mary E. Meredith
Eastern
VEGETINE Cited By Husband For Wife Health Improvement
A St Louis letter from March 10 1879 reports Henry Specher of Back Springs City endorsing Vegetine after spending over four hundred dollars on doctors for his wife with womb derangement. He notes four bottles taken and substantial improvement and hopes for continued health.
Speculation and Chicken Trade Note in Colorful Dialect
An elderly Black man answers about business outside preaching in a humorous exchange. He says he speculates by selling chickens and relies on his boys to fetch them, adding he is too busy with revival meetings to ask where the chickens come from.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Puragative Pellets Begin
Being entirely vegetable these pellets require no special care when used. They operate without disturbing constitution diet or occupation and are advised for sick headache constipation impure blood dizziness sour eructations and other stomach related discomforts.
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Dr. Pierce
Ignorance is bliss at the bill of fare
A humorous remark features a woman declining soup and selecting Consomme Brunoise from the menu. The quip notes that in ignorance is bliss, intelligence becomes absurd when misapplied to dining choices.
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Consomme Brunoise
Dr Pierce Remedies Promoted for Women and Health
An advertorial passage trumpets Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female maladies and weaknesses. It also touts Golden Medical Discovery for bibulous blood and lung weakness. A widow laments grief, pleading for sympathy as nerves remain highly sensitive.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Kidney-Wort and Diamond Dyes Advertisement
An advertorial style notice urges readers to use Kidney-Wort for various ailments including bilious feelings head heaviness and yellow eyes. It also promotes Diamond Dyes claiming they color anything, with a price of 10 cents at all stores.
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Nature
Denver paper marvels at man with knocked-out brain living
A Denver newspaper extols a man whose brains were knocked out, calling it a marvel he remains alive. The piece notes that if he were elsewhere he might not only live but hold a significant office.
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Denver
Colorless Girl Restored by Hop Bitters
A young girl who suffered poor circulation and pallor drinks Hop Bitters and becomes rosy and healthy. Friends note her revived vitality and cheerfulness after treatment.
Prompt Reply to Ad About Experienced Helpers
Advertisement response from a daily paper note says about 500 young men answered a call for experienced hands on ladies waists. The item reflects advertising tone and social norms of the period.
Various cures and quack medicines advertised in old newspaper
An assortment of 19th century advertisements notes quack remedies for urinary issues and nerve ailments with prices and addresses, followed by humorous snippets, farming tips, and a description of papered veneers production and veneer sheet specifications. The items mention Dr Kline, E 8 Weis Jersey City, and Arch Street Philadelphia among others.
Remarkable Echoes Lure The Curious Across Europe
The article describes natural echoes at Eagle's Nest by Killarney and Naha on the Rhine as sounding like many instruments or repeated sounds. It notes an artificial echo in the Castle of Simonetta near Milan created by two parallel walls, repeating a pistol report sixty times.
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Eagle’s Nest
Killarney
Ireland
Naha
Bingen
Coblentz
Simonetta
Milan
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