Plains of British America described by Ingersoll in Science
The piece contrasts soils and vegetation north of the line with the southern plains. Manitoba yields wheat far above continental averages, due to rich coal-black soil formed from glacial drift. Moles, gophers, and badgers enrich and refine soil, while diverse grasses and pests shape the prairie ecology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British America
Ernest Ingersoll
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Robert Bell
Canadian Geological Survey
Canadian Royal Society
Dr. Bell
Assinaboine
Darwin
Northwest Territories
Animal Agency
Grand Coteau du Missouri
Canada
Red River Valley
Ned River
United States
Holmes
Northwest
Buffalo Plains
A Recipe for Pumpkin Pies From a Bygone Era
A reader laments that pumpkin pies of the past cannot be replicated today due to climate change and altered farming. The piece contrasts old brick ovens and flakiness with modern machine made pies, noting tainted flavor and soggy crusts while calling the old tradition a vanished era.
Eugenie and the Downfall of the Second Empire
Lucy Hooper argues in the New York World that Eugenie’s marriage doomed Napoleon III and France. Her strict Catholicism and control over the heir deprived him of income and social life, driving him to Zululand where he died. The piece blames Eugenie for provoking war and the dynasty’s collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Napoleon III
Empire
Prussia
Hugenie
Prince Imperial
Mme. Auban
Frances
Zululand
England
London
Hortense Beauhharnais
Republic of France
Lucy Hooper
New York World
Two Negroes Engage In Light Banter In Arkansas Street
In a humorous Arkansas Traveler snippet, two Black men trade lines about church ranks and country life. One boasts of being a church canon, while the other warns he might be no more than a pistol or a firecracker. The exchange plays on local speech and community roles with playful mock rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gubner
Peart
Arkansaw Traveler
Chili
Peru
How to Remove Grass and Wheel Grease Stains
Cleaning tip explains applying a small amount of clean lard to stains overnight, then washing with cold water and soap, rinsing, drying, and pressing with a warm iron. If soap may affect color, substitute naphtha or alcohol for washing. The method removes grass stains as well as grease.
Germanys apothecary laws curb mixed goods sales
In Germany apothecaries cannot sell miscellaneous articles to keep clerks focused on medicines. Some drug-stores offer such sales but cannot prepare prescriptions under penalties. Poisonous items reside in a separate room. The piece notes heightened alarms versus real dangers and cites an Italian astronomer claiming Martian intelligent beings, urging him to sign the pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mars
Rural belle and city wooing clash in playful lore
A humorous sketch extols the rural belle as lively conflict between rustic charm and city wooing. It contrasts her as playful yet formidable, capable of wit and scorn, with a suitor who must endure patient resolve and long journeys, amid vivid rural imagery and social satire.
Hospitals tout Red Star Cough Cure in city ads
In Baltimore and Philadelphia hospitals physicians prescribe the new proprietary medicine Red Star Cough Cure. It contains neither morphia opium nor any other injurious ingredients. The price is only 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Land and Sea and a Stomach Bitters Ad
The article notes oceans' depths, from 900 feet average land heights to five mile abysses in the Pacific and four mile lows in the Atlantic. It then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic boosting kidney and bladder activity, aiding blood purification and resisting morbid conditions, urging its use to prevent peril from sluggish organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murray
Pacific
Japan
Atlantic
Virgin Islands
Hostetter
An Easy Death on Onion Creek and Other Notices
A fragment from a newspaper page recounts a brutal regional quip about a death on Onion Creek and a terse local exchange. It continues with mentions of a one-eyed man, a harsh frontier mood, and satirical notes on health pills and cures, including appeals from Golden Seal Bitters and Lung Food for Consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onion Creek
Austin
Si Jackson
Chapman Place
Texas
Gault House Chicago Offers First Class Rooms
Local hotel ad promotes Patup at the Gault House Chicago at 2 to 2.50 dollars per day with elevator service and proximity to Union Depot. Proprietors Hoyt and Gates advertise central Clinton and Madison location and first class accommodations. Also includes multiple medicinal and consumer product notices for Ely’s Cream, Hyon’s Reel Buffeners, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patup
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Repot
Hoyt & Gates
Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters and Lung Remedy Ad
An 19th century medical advertisement extols Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters as a universal cure for indigestion nerves and liver issues promising renewed strength. It also touts Dr War Hauw's BansamM praised by Dr Robert Newton for treating lung diseases including consumption with broad physician support and wide use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Robert Newton
The
Eclectic College
City of
New York
Cincinnati
Ohio
War Hauw
Free Medicine Offer to Clergy and Professionals
Free to ministers lawyers doctors and teachers two bottles of Warner’s White Wine or Tarn Syrup advertised as the best remedy for coughs colds throat and lung diseases seeks recommendations to spread orders through dealers. Testimonial from A B Baker Chicago cites Athlophoros relief for rheumatic headache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magruder
Ingersall
C.h.jones
Clark St
Chicago
H. G. Hoot
Pearl Bt
New Kors
Warner
Majof Halysaan Tree
C. D. Warner
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Puck
Professor
Hebe
Job
Tantalus
Prometheus
Longfellow
Brown
Boundary Line
Weller
Popper
Fannie
William
Misaroyiren
Great Britain
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Trrosis
Presicians
Prittshurgh Telegraph
Dr. Bigelow
Cincinnatt Pork
Pal Herald
Peter W. Schmidt
Pete
Golden Seal Litters Company
Holand City
Mich
Ely
E. E. Grimes
Valley Street
Rendrill
Perry Co
Mensiman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
Ely Mros
Owego
N. Y
Hyon
Tanau Thompson
Ars
Ifn
Iran
J.N. Harris
Mite
Prop'rs
Sears
ER. Foster
Terre Haute
Indiana
Lophoros CO
Wall
LER CO
Baltimore, BD
GT Jacobs
Charles A. Voutler CO
Baltibore
la Crosse
Wis
Ray
McDonald Dray Co
Washington St
N.Y
P. Lacry
Washington, D.C
Dar
I.cpenses
Particulara Free
Stailverware Co
Boston
Masa
James A. Perry
France
Thein
Mereford
Caines
James A, VE
Hanios
Pearl ST
Malmany
Ony
America
New Orleans
Royal Society of England
Galbraith Bros
Janesville
Wit
B. H. Douglass & Sons
Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
John A. Salzer
Pond, M.D
Aurora, Kane Co
Meee Gr, Merrill & Co
C. Weena
O.N.U
the Brandon Cain
St. Paul Amerald
St Paw
A. B. Baker
West
Rson Street
Avia
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