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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1901
Page
6
The camphor tree Cinnamomum camphora is an evergreen laurel related to cinnamon bay and sassafras. In its native habitat it reaches 60 to 100 feet tall, 10 to 16 feet trunk girth, and can live long with limbs forming a broad canopy. Leaves are lanceolate light green above and whitish beneath. small white to greenish flowers appear February to April with berries forming by October.
A curious excerpt mixes frontier lore with reflections on Venice masquerades, salt mackerel recipes, and advertising as medicine for business. It notes antelope hunting tricks, a frontiersman tale, and a joke about a patient and doctor, all framed by 18th century social excess and period humor.
The Society of California Pioneers determines January 28, 1848 as the exact date James W. Marshall found gold at the Sutter sawmill site in Coloma on the American River's south fork. It notes height records for mountains and balloons.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from various papers rivals a mirror of turn of the century wit. Cartoonish bank notes, quips about noses as character gauges, a whisky brand debate, penny shortages, and courtly marriage quips appear in quick, punchy snippets.
A collage of early 20th century product pitches and social briefings. Includes claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Herbine tonics, Midwest drugstore ads for Clendenin and Battles in Moline, and a Honolulu club quip about Rocky Mountain Tea. Notes on women as government employees and generic health remedies accompany fragmented citations.
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