Cannibal Fangwe burial customs on Africa’s west coast
An African correspondent describes west coast burial practices along the Ogove river. Forest graves hold goods for spirits, and chiefs’ tombs display trade items. Some bodies are buried shallow or placed in coffins from canoes, while criminals may be burned or even eaten. The Fangwe are noted as cannibals in this account.
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Africa
Equator
Ogove
Paul du Chailly
Pierre S. de Brazza
Fangwe
Professor's claim on tunnel leakage between England and France
Professor William King of Queen's College Galway argues the Chanel tunnel formation exposes the tunnel to water leakage. He says concrete lining is ineffective and the tunnel should be lined entirely with impervious stone, a plan that would greatly raise costs.
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William King
Queen’s College
Galway
England
France
Vinegar Chemistry and Home Production Methods
A historical note explains acetic acid from starch or sugar and how to make pure household vinegar. It covers cider and apple vinegars as best, warns against adulterated blends with sulphuric acid, and describes the process of a vinegar mother forming in warm, yeast-covered mixtures to continuously ferment and refresh the supply.
Opportunities in Breeding Stock Sales for Farms
The article argues that year by year prosperity among farmers encourages better buildings and stock. It notes money spent wisely can keep grown sons at home by offering them a stake in improved animals, and explains that thoroughbred stock can be managed without a full-time herdsman with proper farm care and feeding.
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Stoux
Livestock Breeding Revival Sparks Fierce Cattle Race
The coming season likely to see a true revival in livestock, especially pure blood cattle breeding. European purchases last winter were high, securing top pedigreed stock for America. Beefs breeds clash for supremacy with Short Horns, Herefords, Aberdeen shorthorns, and Black Polled cattle gaining high prices and widespread breeder interest.
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America
Aberdeen
Brive Grass Pasture Sowing Proportions and Growth
Blue grass thrives on rich limestone soil once land is deeply prepared. It grows slowly, needing three to four years for a full stand. Best to sow with white clover and orchard grass, about six quarts blue grass, eight pounds clover, and one bushel orchard grass per acre.
Swiss Wheat Bran Removal Method by Caustic Solution
A Swiss process to strip bran from wheat preserves nutrition by moistening grains with a caustic soda solution before grinding. The solution consists of six and two thirds pounds of caustic soda dissolved in 138 pounds of water, with steeping lasting 15 to 20 minutes in brewer-like vats. The solution swells and loosens the hull, enabling its removal by light friction while leaving the gluten intact with the grain.
Insect Life Cycle Noted in Wire Worm Study
The text outlines the wire worm living five years, changing its skin three times, then retiring briefly before becoming a snap beetle to propagate its species. It notes that good enriching culture linked to rotation can reduce their numbers.
Domestic Currant Jelly and Other Preserving Tips
Home methods for currant jelly and fruit syrups are described, with steps from selecting berries to boiling and jarring. Additional recipes include mince veal crust, haddock broth, cold fish sauces, a fowl stew, lisson biscuits, mushroom in white sauce, pantry cloves, vegetable soup, cocoanut puddings, cherry preserves, and a cheese toast dish. The piece emphasizes practical kitchen techniques and safety notes.
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Lisson Biscuits
Borneo
Tale of a Friendly Alley Fight Between Two Urchins
A humorous reminiscence recounts a roughing tale as two boys, Bill and the speaker, chase a dog, quarrel over a knife, threaten a tombstone, and end with the speaker boasting of future punishment. The narrator wonders if his eye is badly bruised after a messy scuffle near Turner's tobacco manufactory and an unsuccessful fishing expedition.
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Bill
Turner
Bull
Volk’s
Ghostly prank and sham cures in a small town tale
A Lee county boy in a sheet frightens a household, a ghost scare ends with a dog alert and a doctor cauterizing holes. An upstate Baptist minister praised Hop Bitters after years of kidney trouble and fear of remedies. A young scribe faces editor disdain for his Guiteau hanging piece.
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Lee County
Bergen, N. Y
Bitters
Hop Bitters
Advertising claims and odd snippets from 1881 notices
A jumble of testimonial lines and promotional quips from 1881 advertisements. Messages tout kidney and liver cures, hair restorers, nerve builders, and generic “druggist” endorsements, interspersed with satirical shots about editors and toy pistols.
Grandmother Punished Triggers Boy's Crying Fit
The boy Skeesicks sobs after his grandmother Young Skeesicks receives a severe slippering from his mother. The father questions the tears, while the mother reproves him for crying and the grandfather refrains from adding to the distress.
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Skeesicks
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Adverts Consumption
Advertisement claims early symptoms indicate consumption and recommends Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a superior anti scrofula blood purifier and strength restorer. Promotes its use for weak lungs and coughing up blood and offers pamphlets from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
S *Golden
Kor
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Railroad Wreck Prompts Tales From a Varying Conductor
A dramatic scene unfolds as a railroad wreck leaves several cars derailed and burned. Passengers learn few facts from the puzzled conductor while a boy, who ferries water, promises the full story with exaggerated details born of imagination.
Dispensary Claims Unusual Cancer Treatment Success
Cancers and other tumors are treated with unusual success by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York. Send a stamped self addressed envelope for a pamphlet describing the method and results.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Fits Treated Successfully by World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Pamphlet from Buffalo New York states a treatment for fits is successful. It notes address and has a stamp for mailing. The text preserves a medical claim tied to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Proof Everywhere and Cure by Hop Bitters
A reader from Greenwich reports scrofula and consumption patients found cured by Hop Bitters at low cost. The letter claims a physician gave up the writer to die, then two bottles of the Bitters cured them, and urges others to consult druggists or physicians.
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Greenwich
Hop Bitters Co
G. W. Hawxhurst
Willow St. Paterson
N. J
First-rate insult by editor over dull thud critique
A scowling employer berates a reporter for missing a dull thud in eight columns of matter, citing Guiteau’s fall through the trap. The note mocks a grammar lesson about ending sentences with prepositions and tired auxiliary had.
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United States
Guiteau
Remedy Claim Says Kidney-Wort Cures Constipation
An 19th century ad-style warning links chronic constipation to bodily illness and touts Kidney-Wort as a universal cure for kidney and liver diseases. The blurb claims thousands are cured monthly and urges immediate trial. A fragment of a humorous biography quote follows.
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Toledo Blade
Asthma and Hay Fever Cure Advertised by Knight Company
An ad touts L. A. Knight Company of New York and its Asthma and Hay Fever Cure as the most successful remedy yet, with testimonials in another column. Also promotes Vegetine as a great blood purifier and health restorer, plus various patent medicines and humorous quips from the era.
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L. A. Knight Company
Broadway
New York City
Knight
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard,& Co
Proprietors
New York
Bradford
Arlington, Mass
Johnson, Holloway & CO
Henry Totten
French, Richards & CO
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Dow
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Boston
Dr. W. Ross
Wilton
Iowa
Aultman & Taylor CO
Mansfield
Ohio
Sivenlar
Bonight Busine
Tor Mency- Rob’t Wells
Vesey Ste.n
P.O
Rica
Vmau
Leroy Brewer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lyna, Mass
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkenam
Wee Lop Bitters Mfr. Co
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Toronto
Ont
Birrers
Wall Street
Brown
Fogg
Wells, Richardson & Co
Mae Tai
Cata Poser
Alun
Sinat
Ata
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sTe AC
Fai
Rupertus
Wadsworth
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Philadelphia
Men Or Ziegler & CO
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Mr. Knight
T R. Hebert
National Normal Cente
Lebanon
E. C. Weaver
F St
Washington, D. C
D. G. Ie. Supt
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W. A. Chandler
Traverse City
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J. N
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J. B. Hola
Fem & A. M
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Insect Powder Co
Pitta
HW. Cobb
North Fifteenth Street
Medical and Surgical
J. W. Grindle
Arie B
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Ayne
Young
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