Industrious Ants and Their Amazing Feats Across Continents
A collector recounts astonishing ant behavior and intelligence from the South to Brazil and Congo. He notes carpentry-like bridges, leaf cutting for fungus farms, and methodical nest building, with Brazil and Texas ants showing agricultural tendencies and strategic movement against intruders. An amusing old anecdote from Detroit references a humorous contest involving a crowing rooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Lubbock
London
South
Congo
Jaeger
Brazil
Texas Agricultural
New York
Thanksgiving Day Rooster Rivalry Described Amid Mayhem
A dated, humorous depictions of Thanksgiving fowl preparation. Patriarchs admired in old times, modern revelers clash with a roasted bird in a chaotic, farcical scene. Seats misfire as blades slip, wings fix to legs, and dishes end up in laps and ears amid hotel room commotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandmama
Lions and bear duel in Thrace tale from Hawkins
In a Thracian fable cited by W. Boyd Hawkins, a bear kills lion cubs in Pangmeum while the parent lion and lioness seek vengeance. The lion, grieving, befriends a woodcutter, aids him to reclaim a fallen ax, and leads him to the bear, where the lions finally kill the bear as the man witnesses the grim drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flian
Isid
Pangmeum
Xenophon
Endemus
Pangeum
Thrace
W. Boyd Hawkins
Plantation Philosophy from An Arhansaw Traveler
A travel tale in dialect humor about prudence and folly. It mocks zeal and gullibility with homegrown proverbs and a comic misadventure involving a preacher, a churn, and a churchgoing woman. The narrator reflects on youth, age, appetite, and consequences in rustic wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Wolf and Goat Meal Turned Fatal in Mountain Fall
All But. A Wolf meets a Goat in a quiet spot on the Alountain and, after debating a meal, draws a knife and fork to inspect the bill of fare. The Goat feigns calm then knocks the Wolf over a 200 foot precipice. Moral warns against concealed deadly weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alountain
Letting 800 Drop After Private Talk With Chief
A solemn citizen told Police Headquarters he would drop a reported $800 robbery. He said money was taken from his trousers, but a new sealskin sack appeared, and he decided not to pursue the claim. The chief assigned two officers, yet no recovery occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irahem
San Francisco Post
Oysters on the Oregon Coast Demand Threatens Olympia Beds
The high demand for Puget Sound oysters has drained Olympia beds, risking depletion and the extinction of the Olympic oyster. Urgent measures to care for and propagate oysters in the Olympia area are needed to prevent further exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound
Olympia
A Cruel Blow. Town Couple Break Sabbath Plans At Ball Game
In a Loansville Argus report from 9, a betrothed couple Harold Glenn and Ethel Warde share a church morning, then Harold reveals he cannot join her for Sabbath afternoon plans because he will attend a ball game to watch Fred Blend pitch, causing distress before the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Glenn
Ethel Warde
Harold
Ethel
Eithel
Gark
Fred Blend
Loansville Argus
Queer Signs and Odd Advertisements Cheer City Streets
A social column notes humorous and curious storefront signs in a New England city. Exhibitors boast a head without a body, boot-blacking placards shame dirty boots, and shops declare quirky mottos like We live to dye and dye to live. Periodical names linger oddly on a suburban news stand as a colored barber opens with verbose window notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Massachusetts
Century
Harper's
Atlantic
A Collegiate Education. Young Man and Father Farewell
A New York Sun item depicts a college bound son bidding farewell to his father with hopeful praise for education. Three months later the same returning youth jokes with the governor about the trip home while the anxious father contemplates legal action against the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
St Jacobs Labeled Best Cure By Holy Cross Club
J D Kingsley secretary at Holy Cross College Gymnasium Worcester Mass says St Jacobs is the conqueror of pain and the best cure used by every member of their club every bottle priced at 50 cents.
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J. D. Kingsley
Holy Cross College Gymnasium
Worcester
Mass
St. Jacobs
The Stage-Driver's Story of General Scott's Life Saved
Payette Haskell, a pioneer stage driver, recounted near Lewiston how a broken brake near Niagara Falls led to a near death dash with Geneval Scott aboard. His revival came after Warner's Safe Cure restored his health, prompting warnings about unseen dangers to daily vitality.
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General Scott
Payette Haskell
Lockport
N. Y
Haskell
Ewiston
Negara Falls
Buffalo
Lewiston
Geneval Scott
Warner
Mr. Haskell
Niagara
Falla
Tried to Tire Him Out. Mamma-I and the Great Story Teller
Nellie explains to Mamma that she kept a young Mr Nicefel from staying late by sitting on his lap. The Philadelphia Call notes the cheeky exchange as a humorous local item centered on social norms and adolescent flirtation.
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Mamma
Mr. Nicefellow
Nellie
Mammaa
Nellin
Philadelphia
Nuisance of Heartburn Prompted Stomach Bitters Cure
An old-time advertisement extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for heartburn flatulence acidity and poor digestion. It claims quicker relief than soda waters and asserts benefits for laxity nerves and sleep while noting its ability to remove malaria poison from the system. The piece closes with a brisk aside about a moving spectacle and a quip about war and wind.
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Hostetter
Butter Color Mauve Adoption by Dairymen
Dairymen and farmers widely adopt the improved Butter Color mauve from Weis, Richardson & Co. of Burlington Vermont. The article notes most winter butter is colored to enhance marketability and praises the color for purity strength permanence and perfect tint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United &Artes
Weis, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Remedies and Testimonials From Early Medical Advertisements
An array of cures and endorsements appears from Meriden and Cincinnati periodicals praising acids and tonics as fever drinks and lung balsams. Dr Davis cites a cooling acid beverage for fevers while Lycra Vegetante Compound aids those on their feet. Harriet Cummings recounts a daughter's recovery from a lung fever after Dr Hall's Balsam, aided by a family physician's prior attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plskham
Harriet Cummings
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wm. Hall
Gault House Chicago A First Class Hotel Deal
The Gault House in Chicago offers first class accommodations for two dollars to two dollars fifty per day. Located at Clinton and Madison, one block from Union Depot, the hotel boasts elevator service and full appointments under proprietor H W Hort. Also advertised is Compound Oxygen from Starkey and Palen promising cures for consumption neuralgia catarrh and rheumatism with pamphlet availability.
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Wedge
Detroit Free Press
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hort
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Phila
Carbolines and Frazer Axe Ad Patter in Odd Verse
A fragmented OCR snippet touts Carboline as a trusted product linked to loving words and personal bearing. It mentions The Frazer Axe Grease lasting four times longer than rivals and includes an ad-like claim for Rough on Itch treating humors eruptions ring worm and other skin issues.
Disease and a doomed limb blamed on blood poison
Abn Ellsworth of Port Ewen Ulster County NY faced a severed thigh from a disease he believed to be blood poisoning. His physician refused amputation arguing the operation would cure the blood and restore life. The ad promotes Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout NY as a cure.
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Abn Ellsworth
Port Ewen
Ulster County
N.Y
David Kennedy
Rondout, New York
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D. D
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Horsford
H. 8. Davis
Meriden
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John Bull
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Blaine
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Franklin Street
Deeepn TV
Ee Eer
Hops and Malt Bitters Co
Detroit, Mich
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Perry Davis
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Physicias & Selzecas
Faeniield
P. A
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USA
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