Portugal’s fruits and flowers and camellias in bloom
The article surveys Portugal’s orchards and groves, noting large interior oranges but poor seaboard fruit, olives praised for health and economy, and oil quality. It compares Portugal’s climate to Japan, highlights camellias thriving near Cintra and Oporto, and contrasts camellia blossoms with poinsettias and datura. A closing scene recalls a noisy interruption during a reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s
Seaboard
Great Britain
Portugal
Spain
France
Italy
Japan
England
Lisbon
Cintra
Oporto
Algarve
Navigating the Moskostrommen in Lofoten Arches
In July 1456 a sailor describes seeking the famed maelstrom near Lofoden and Mosken. He notes maps omit it while Captain recalls only English sources mention the vortex. The moskostrommen is a tidal current, feared by some at spring tides yet harmless in calm weather, per Tonsberg’s Norge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ime
Lofoden
Mosken
Moskostrommen
Moskostromi
Putney Bridge
Tonsberg
Norge
National Illustrated Handbook of
Norway
Gen- Yemans Magazine
Depredating Wolves Invade Cattle Counties
The Yellow Stone Journal reports a surge of wolves in cattle counties after buffalo disappeared. As cattle and calves become the main feed, wolf predation threatens cattle interests. Some counties offer free strychnine to promote wolf poisoning as a profitable venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Old Abner’s Revival Testimony Reveals Hidden Stinginess
In a rural county tale Old Abner, a notorious moneylender, attends a revival meeting. He plans to confess but his tale unfolds as a comic study in thrift and moral tension. The scene centers on his hesitant testimony and the reactions around him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Abner
Oldest fir tree in Switzerland attracts attention near Alliaz
M. Louis Pire of the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium reports a fir in the Alliaz forest Cantons Vaud dating older than the famed linden of Fribourg. The tree rises 1300 feet above the hotel, 4500 feet above sea level, with a 30 foot trunk girth. Side trunks form sub-quad rangular braces to the main stem, creating a rare natural timber lattice and a hollow space large enough for a hermit’s hut between limb unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Lake Leman
Fribourg
Charles the Bold
M. Louis Pire
Royal Botanical Society of
Belgium
Alliaz
Vaud
Confederation
Siberian settlers live as family in single rooms with bath and garden
Yermolaieff's account of Russian settlers in Siberia describes a family unit sharing a small room that serves as chapel, bedroom, and dining area, with a second room for provisions. They raise fish and game, dry berries for income around 250 rubles yearly, and own modest livestock. dwellings include bath, cellar, stable, and kitchen garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
M. Yermolaieff
Russia
Turkey
M. Yermolneff
Cleveland's Cabinet and changes in Washington life
A Rochester Herald correspondent reports on expectations for President-elect Cleveland's administration. The mood is cautious about clerkship shifts, with removals focused on department heads. A Detroit Times anecdote and the 1885 Hostetter's Almanac note fill the piece, highlighting medical cures and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Sunday Herald
William M. Ashley
Maine Avenue
Washington
Michigan
Warner
Cleveland
Bayard
Thurman
Bragg
McClellan
Jesserlights
The Boy's Well of It. Sunday School Confusion on Peter Walking
A Paris Beacon humor column recalls a child’s quip during a Sunday school discussion about Peter walking on water. The boy, son of a father who lost a limb at Vicksburg, suggests Peter’s cork legs kept him floating.
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Peter
Vicksburg
Paris
Brief on Jones case spans 386 pages
In a playful exchange, Mrs Legalcap Demurrer asks about the heavy volume on the mantel. Her husband explains it is his brief in the Jones case, noting it contains 386 pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovey Dovey
Legalcap
Lovey
Pleasant Purgative Pellets Offer Mild Relief
The ad extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as tiny sugar wrapped parcels barely larger than mustard seeds. They claim strong cathartic power with a mild pleasant operation, avoiding griping pains and constipation common with larger pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Face of a Woman and the Golden Medical Discovery
A collage of product claims and anecdotes from a 19th century page notes about Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for consumptive and digestive ailments, followed by assorted advertisements and light filler about hotels, dairy color, and literary premiums. It references Wells Richardson butter color and a premium Dickens set for subscribers to The Leparr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elliott
Pierce
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Abandoned Cases and Compound Oxygen Treatment
Mrs. Starkey and Palen of 1109 Girard Street Philadelphia describe many abandoned or deserate cases treated with Compound Oxygen. They claim most patients would not be treated by any physician yet improve under their method, urging readers to write for information on its nature and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post and Courier
U.S
UCAS
Orgatts
Waterbury
United States
Canada
Inge Pos and Courier
Ita
Chicago Post Aed Courier
Morrison Building
Clark
Calhoun Price
Chisage
Electro Vole appliances offered in thirty day trial
Young men are urged to write Vorname Beer Co of Marshall Michigan for a thirty day trial of Electro Vole devices and other electric appliances claimed to restore health vitality and manhood. The promotion promises complete restoration with no risk and asks readers to request an illustrated pamphlet. A Texas druggist testimonial endorses Dr Wing Hall's Balsam for coughs colds and consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorname Beer Co
Marshall
Mich
J. W. Graham
Austin
Tex
Gault House Advertises Low Rates in Chicago
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets in Chicago promotes first class accommodations at a daily rate of 2.50 dollars. Located near Union Depot with modern amenities, HH. W. Hoyt is listed as proprietor, highlighting central city location and quality service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Girand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Business Manor
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
HH. W. Hoyt
MixedMan’s Tonics Promoted as Beef Nurture Tonic
An advertisement touts MixsMan’s Pepronizep Breez Tonic as the sole beef preparation preserving total nutrition. It claims blood making life boosting and disease fighting properties, aiding indigestion debility and nervous prostration, with Caswell Hazard & Co. as proprietors in New York. Also cites Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh and Athlophoros as a neuralgic rheumatic cure with testimonials and pricing.
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MixsMan
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietora
New York
Eslydia
Pinkhans
Tite
Lynn
Mass
Peewee
Reese
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Fruits and Flowers of
Abner
British Mercantile Marine
Trench Mercantile Marine
Royal Navy
Crown Indian
Montana
Jenks
Weill
Detroit Times
Sterling Medical Annual
Mexico
Hostetter
Hostetter & Smith
Pittsburgh
Yonkers
World's Dispensiry Medical Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Simplutons
Horsford
Aclad Phosphate
A. Jenkins
Great Falls
N. H
Lynia KE
Pinkhamm
John Coughlin
Sixth Street
Chicago Lengern
The
American Express Co
Allen
Appison
A. d. Hileman
Benxiil H. Davis
Addison
A. J. Colbom
Eeq
Somerset Meradil
Ee Astoria
Til
Hw.Mooney
A. B. Fouch
Warren, Pa
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
HK. S
H. J. Staples
Richmond
Kidder's
Asthma
Browell & Cap
Wharlestown, Mass
A.reed & Sons, Pianos
REED
Hedline
Dobie
Chicago News CO
C. BR
Ngps & Maut Bitters CQ
Detroit, Mich
Price
GC. H. Mackey
Town Infantry
Ely
C. H. Mackey
Sigourney, Town
J. T. Walker
Norwich, II
Athlophoros Co
Wall Street
N. Y
Soxio Nen
Measurs, Kennedy & Co
T. F. McCormick
Isaac Thompson
Erie
Erngare
Washington, D.C
Strateae
R. U
Lorillard
USA
ELY Brothers
Drupyviats
Owego
German Acad. of Sciences
Imo
Hartwell
Colorado
anWorks
Pittebare
Geo. E. Brown & Co
Cleveland Bay
Anglesea
Exmoor
Europe
Holland
Nestea
Eady
Rana
L. Smith & CQ
Adde Sa
Peartss
Mhall S
Sporting Fraternis
Mammoth
Nassow Street
Ily
Oln.u
Wren
Chiniga Most
Sun
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