Major Max and the Hot Stream Fishing Tale
Fragments tell how Major Max recalls a Virginia City fishing trip with Hank Smith and Sam Jones, where a hot stream provided comic misadventure. The tale includes Piute campoodies, a naked Indian boy, a tin dinner-pail of fish chowder, and a misdirected catch that turned into a humorous lesson about hot mine water. Mrs. Max and the alligator add color to the yarn, with a final note on St Jacobs Oil curing neuralgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Virginia City
International Hotel
Hank Smith
Sam Jones
Hank
Sam
Comstock
Savage Shaft
Jones
Smith
May
Landea
Mrs. May
Carrying His Skeleton Outside in a Tortoise Preview
A Saturday preview discusses the tortoise’s external skeleton, noting the shell’s shieldlike armor, its internal organs packed inside the bony box, and how this adaptation deters some foes yet risks pawing by predators like a panther. It ponders practical drawbacks and humorous wordplay on the creature’s armor.
Alligator Reformation Tale From Camden Starts With Jamaica Ginger
A Camden New Jersey owner recounts an unusual reform of a pet alligator addicted to alcohol. The animal moved from port wine to whisky and brandy, with Jamaica ginger used to curb the habit, described as a costly experiment that began with a trickle of wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Jamaica
Court Shocks Austin as Mother Attacks Boy Aloud
A strapping colored woman faced an Austin justice for beating her boy described as a saddle imp. The courtroom erupted in noise until the judge threatened order, fining a spectator for saying hardly ever as the scene turned chaotic. the piece ends with an unrelated testimonial to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jedge
Zexcas
Why Do Drunkards Seek The Railroad Track For Sleep
A Rochester or Buffalo printed inquiry describes why inebriates seek railroad tracks to nap, noting the cold rail soothes the back of the neck and the ties for rest. It claims drunken sleepers often beat trains in timing, and urges readers to request a large medical treatise from the Worin's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tophet
Worin
Why We Die Early Health Advice Satire
A quirky column blames early deaths on indoor living and poor lifestyle. It mocks excessive house confinement, hot baths, and rigid health regimens while promoting Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a cure and satire of medical quackery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Public School Discipline Prompted by Triune Opinion
The New York Tribune cautions against excessive military drilling in public schools. It condemns rigid, torturous routines that stifle tired or restless children and argues for moderate freedom of movement. A skilled, passionate teacher should guide rather than rigidly constrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Is It Possible That Hop Bitters Work Wonders
An inquiry wonders if simple plants like hops, buchu, mandrake, and dandelion can produce vast cures as Hop Bitters claims. The piece notes universal testimony from rich and poor alike, pastors and doctors, lawyers and editors. It also mentions proper echo distance measurements: one syllable echoes require sixty feet. multiple echoes need over one hundred feet.
Peculiar Italian Food Prejudices and Odd Pairings
A fragment notes Italian tastes with quirks about blackberries watermelons and tomatoes rarely gracing tables. It recalls a domestic scene with a Signor, a stray memory of asking for raw tomatoes, and odd pairings like cottage cheese with ground coffee and fresh figs with fried ham. An advertising line touts Dr Buil’s Cough Syrup as a reliable remedy sold for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Signor
Cean
Florence Jetter
Dr. Buil
The Cause of Earthquakes by Dr K Von Fritsch
Dr K Von Fritsch of Halle discusses earthquakes in the Berlin Geographic Society notices. He argues the cause lies at shallow depths and that feeble forces can produce wide effects. He cites Krupp hammer and Leimbach dynamite events to illustrate how small stresses trigger rock oscillations and crevice formation leading to various seismic phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. von Fritsch
Halle
Berlin Geographical Society
Krupp
Leimbach
Helle
Merseberg
Dr. Fritsch
Renowned Director Claims Cure For Kidney Disease
In a Boston office interview Mr B F Larabee of the New York and Boston Dispatch Express Company recounts a year ago suffering Bright's Disease diagnosed as incurable by doctors. He describes severe bloating heart pain and breathing difficulty. After using Warner Safe Kidney and Liver Cure he reports a complete recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York and Boston Dispatch Express Company
B. F. Larabee
Bright
Warner
Imitation Diamonds in Society and Fashion
The article discusses imitation diamonds as high quality substitutes valued by many. It notes that fashionable women often wear artificial stones, sometimes liquidating real diamonds to fund such pieces, and that travelers and actresses use paste and jewel imitations for practical use. It recalls a medieval law against missetting true stones and fake stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Hannay
Madame Grand Dame
How to Get Well with Three Words
A self help line advocates Take Hop Bitters as the answer to ill health. The column urges overindulgence and lack of rest, then promises relief through a advertised remedy. The tone mirrors period promotional writing.
Another Love Tragedy and a Window Sash Price
Wry urban fragment reports a jealous scene ending with a flower-pot smash in a window and a discussion with Mr. McAnery about the cost of a new sash. Two years later Violet Mc Anery marries a cart owner while her heart remains desolate. A Marymanp note cites St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and a New Jersey prayer meeting echoes mortality. A mother’s weakness linked to children’s strength is urged with Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert
Sam
Mr. McAnery
Violet McAnery
Chicago Tribune
Salem
Mass
Rheumatism
Practical Arithmetic and Enterprising People
An Austin schoolteacher notes limits in arithmetic adding a sheep to a cow while a boy, son of a milkman, claims mixing milk and water yields two quarts of milk. The piece cites a Massachusetts town producing 27000 baby carriages last year but unable to fill orders, and mentions physicians using Kidney-Wort in reggie practice with strong praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Austin Avenue
Massachusetts
The Peril of Quick Wealth Through Speculation
A Lewisville Commercial piece warns of the lure of sudden riches through speculation. It cites Henry B. White of Boston who embezzled 15000 from a shoe insurer after gambling losses. The essay argues gambling destroys integrity, health, and ambition, urging steadiness in honest work over risky ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry B. White
New England
Shoe and Leather Insurance Company
White
Lewisville Commercial
Replant the Trees and Patent Remedies Across the Page
A jumble of old advertisements extols tree planting to prevent land desolation as in Palestine. The page hawks various tonics, teething syrups, and patent medicines including Winchell’s Teething Syrup and Aimessix’s Perroxizep Beer Tortie, with claims of cures for dyspepsia, headaches, and liver issues, plus carbolic salves and hair restorers.
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San Francisco Daily Call
Mr. Booker
Temperance Society
B. G. Garman
The
Evening Dispatch
York, Pa
St. Jacobs Oil
Saturday Evening Express
BR. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Mas
A. M. Rankin
Bates Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Thos. G. Forward
Belair
State
St. Jacobs Oi
Rochester
Sunday Morning Tribune
New Jersey
Lydia E. Pinkham
Practical Arithmetic
Palestine
Philadelphia
Aimessix
Cagswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
New York
Pr. Horsms
Dr. HoLwan
Hilert
Uncle Sam
Teniew
Henry
Durno
W. Tche
Standard A American Watch Co
Pittsburgh, Pa
True & Co
Augusta
J. Ww. King
Dubois
Acdreus
I. H. Tibbits & Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ecorn
Buckeye College
Sandusky, Oo
Hallett & Co
Portland
Great West Gen Works
Pittsburgh
M Hunter
State St
Chicago
Valentini Bilos
Janesville
Wis
ASNT
Nationa Podliswine Co
Oldert & Best
le College
C- Bayles
Dubuque
Outfit Fren
Vickers,Incustu
Garfield
Gilman
Western Music Co
Alden
Wash’ton St
N.Y
Stowell Ds Ca
Charlestown
Jarley
Samuel French
14Th St
Mark Twain
Ola
Ciepire
Wench Lew
Canal St
Til
National Publishing Co
Johnson & CO
Bangor
Singer
Cuba
Aisk
BBC Auved
Gno
Paree & Go
Third Av
Arthur's Home Magazine
Timew
Arthur & Son
Philadelphis
J. T. Fitzgerald & CO
Commission Merchants
South
Clark St
Markes
Liniment
Tr. J. Gonzalez
Christian Church
Troy
Eearter Medicine CO
RTM
Main Street
ST. Lebis
Mason & Hamlin Organ CO
Willement
Tremont St
Fast 14Th St
York, Or
Wabash Ave
Langele
Fla
Aare
Ohios
Albert Imgard
D. Kell
Wooster
Otto
Albert
Mgard
New York City
Europe
America
Gough
Wlyee Exdal AK
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