The Nile Criers and a Polar Drama by Saalfeld
The Nile crier custom in Egypt recounts daily river rises with a chorus and formal blessing, a lengthy ritual reflecting cultural gravitas, while a public note mentions a polar drama The Icy Leaf by W. H. Power and a biographical advertisement for Sareparilla medicine.
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W. H. Power
Apedi
BR. A. Saalfeld
Union Square
New York
Nile Crier
Nile Criers
London
Morning Notes from Muscatine and River Towns
The Muscatine ferry ran Monday with travelers and reports of local visits. Carpenters repair Y M C A basement while unions list many steamers at Rock Island boat yards and river trade plans loom with a Sid ney to St Louis trade proposal.
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Jirs. A. R. Morgan
Caton
Adam Dick
Chicago
Galesburg
Philander Kelso and
Faudily
Kansas
David Kelso
Stewartville
Missis Kippi
St. Louis
Keokuk
Thich
Witthen
August Nelson
Forth Avenue
Fourth Street
Union
Dubuque
Virginia
Fort Armstroog
Rock Island
Fort Crawford
Prairie du Chien
James Slay
Pittspurgh
Galema
Fifty Years Ago A Snapshot Of 19th Century Life
A retro list notes inventions and events such as the daguerreotype in France and steam propulsion advances by John Ericsson. It recalls abolitionist groundwork in Massachusetts, state leaders in Rhode Island, currency shifts, Mormon movements, railroads, early electric reproduction, and the U S slave distribution across states with population totals.
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France
William Sprague
Rhode Island
Henry Bowen
Providence
United States
Missouri
Nauvoo
John C. Fremont
Jessie Benton
David L Child
Northampton
John Bail
Central America
John Ericsson
George Curtis
House of Representatives
Goodyear
India
Commercial College
America
Comer's College
Boston
Georgia
Mississippi River
District of Columbia
Cilley -Graves
New York
Sirus
Great Western
Ocean
New Years Harbor
Washington Society
Boston and Providence
Stonington
Joseph A. Adams
Henry Burden
Troy
N.Y
Maine
Maassachusetts
Vermont
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconin
Ohio
Curious fly preventing net plan observed indoors
A visitor recalls a summer scene at a friend's house where an open sash window displayed a hanging common fly net. The observer notes flies approaching within inches of the net, testing passage before settling back, illustrating a simple ventilation inspired defensive measure against flies.
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Ifly
Siva
Castoria Slogan Echoes Through Generations
A vintage marketing line traces Castoria from infancy to motherhood, noting the product as a comforting helper for children and a keepsake for families across generations. The slogan implies enduring trust in Castoria from child to parent.
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Castoria
Miss
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Red
Sidy
Asan
Lerdear
Aft
Des Tate
Dr. Pierce
Max
Fehrmann
John de Witt
Greun’s
Joux da
Muscatine
Oliver Ohlsen
Martin Lather
Hoophole
Henry County
Geneseo
Tp News
Blarvard
le" Hutchinson
Geunty
Schafer
Levy
Sante Fe
el Theo Santa Fe
Kansas City
J. J Reymers
Rock Yaland
Union Pacific Railway
John J Reiers
Brayton
Fulton
Ben
Woodmen
Nebraska
Milan
People's
Ci Zos
J.8
Matibewa
Howara MccCulloh
Cheaca Gre
Thomas Gannon
W. F Tengis
J L. Clow
Philip F. Zebn
Col. Brandenberg
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Thos. W. Glenn
Colona
Gutenberg
Davidson
Glenn
Pfaniry
Colony Township
B.H Quick
Andy Bauer
J. R. Davis
Moline
F. C. Denkpaan
O.Y. Caffrey
J. W. Spencer
Edith
Penguin
A J. Whitney
Dick Clyde
J. &. Keator
Hershey
Brother Jonathan
Golden Gate
Irene D
Abner Gile
Stillwater
Ayer
Jesse Maggs
Holman's Mills
N.C
Charles H. Maloney
River Sat
Lowell
Mass
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Peenea
Woodyatt & CO
Woodyatt
Fifteenth Street
Moline, Ilinois
J. M. Christy
Christy
Rock Island, Ill
Fe Frei
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