Native potatoes discovered in Arizona by Prof Lemmon
Prof Lemmon found native potato plants in Arizona high in the Hus chuca Mountains and near Apache Pass. He documented blue and white flowered varieties with tubers longer subterranean stems, and noted seed balls and growing conditions at elevations around 8 000 to 10 000 feet. Luna comments on propagation and cultivation potential.
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Arizona
Prof
Lemmon
Apache Pass
Humboldt
Huschuca
Tanner’s Canon
Pacific Oral Press
Drumming Up the Accident Business in New York
A New York hospital runner, fired from Bellevue for pressuring an amputee to sign papers, exposed a practice of lawyers using runners to solicit accident cases. Runners target railroad injury victims, finding claims via morning papers, then push clients to sign, with suits filed by a senior lawyer and shares split as profit. The man claimed $200,000 secured for cripples, while noting much of the $400,000 vanished into lawyers and the runner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Evarts
David Dudley Field
Mr. Evarts
Mr. Field
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Lincoln in Fine Clothes on Inaugural Day
The article recalls Lincoln’s first inauguration wardrobe and its impact. It describes his awkward entrance and the imposing black broadcloth suit he wore, noting how the elaborate attire amplified his discomfort amid momentous events.
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Lincoln
Capitol
The Millionaire Described as Wall Street Slave
A Graplic feature portrays the rich man as a driven figure trapped in constant deals and boards. Despite wealth, he endures endless care, anxiety, and sleepless nights, chasing more money while losing happiness. The piece warns he mirrors dementia paralytica among financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
The Weakest Spot and a Cold
Yonkers Statesman recounts a brief anecdote featuring Mr Yeast and Crimsonbeak as they discuss colds and the idea that illness strikes the weakest spot. A backward tumble of ash nearly harms Mrs Crimsonbeak, prompting comic domestic small talk about health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Crimson
Life-Line Gun Aims to Rescue From Fire
The contraption resembles a musket with a fourteen inch barrel and a one and a half inch bore. A quarter inch tube holds twine from a 150 foot supply stored in a sixteen inch cartridge. Powder rests at the cartridge end, fired by a common cap to shoot twine over a burning building.
Moments Have Legs Thought From Spur of the Moment
A nine year old asks if moments have legs and feathers. The father explains moments lack legs and feathers but questions why the child asks. The boy recalls the expression spur of the moment and wonders how moments could have spurs like a rooster without legs.
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Yewman
Weight of Oats in Various States Cited
A Chicago News note lists legal oat weight per bushel by state. California Illinois Indiana Louisiana Michigan Minnesota New York Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont Wisconsin set at 32 pounds. Connecticut 28 pounds. Iowa Missouri 35 pounds. Kentucky 33 4 pounds. Maine Massachusetts New Jersey 30 pounds. Oregon 34 pounds.
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California
Ilinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Oregon
Chicago News
Nature Favors Gentle Remedies Over Aggressive Drugs
Advice against drastic cathartics for constipation and indigestion warns they weaken intestines and harm bowel function. Recommends gradual approaches, liver and stomach benefits, and cites a painterly analogy about a singer and barber, plus a note on a Texas land purchase and a playful letter U as a quiz remark.
A Dream of Health by Dr. Pierce in London
A narrator recalls a dream of visiting Dr. Pierce's London shop on New Oxford Street. She describes meeting the World's Dispensary staff, admiring the Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets, and witnessing a royal dream portrait of health. The tale extols cures and the Universal appeal of Pierce medicines across continents.
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London
St. Giles
Hogarth
Douglas Jerrold
New Oxford Street
Tottenham Court Road
Mudie
Holborn
Dr. Pierce
Southampton
England
New York
White House
Buffalo
Invalids
Bernal Street
Oxford Street
Albany
Pierce
Lao
Dream Land
Growt
Hage Electric
Algo
Paradise
Queen of Health
Harvard
Boston
Cambridge
Sam
Zoad
Plumpmatron
Europe
Paris
Arkansas
Dispensary Medical Association
Ants Attack Rose Buds In Peach House Notes
H Henderson reports ants feeding on rose buds in a peach house, eating pistils and embryo petals and spoiling several buds. He used paraffin-soaked sponge barriers to deter the ants and stop the damage. The piece ends with a reflective aphorism on sympathy and service.
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Aphis
H. Henderson
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Notable NY judge touts blood purifier remedy
An interview with a New York State Supreme Court justice notes his twenty years on the bench and a spring routine using Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout New York to cleanse the system. The jurist avoids public naming but claims the remedy cures 90 percent of cases and endorses it to friends. Corri1n is a tenor singer in a Western choir, and Collin is referenced as a joking contrast.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State Supreme Court
Nature
David Kennedy
Rondout
Kennedy
Prominent Butter Makers Endorse Wells Richardson Butter
Dairymen including A W Cheever of Massachusetts C Mason of Vermont and Francis A Hotman of Wisconsin approve Wells Richardson Co Improved Butter Color of Burlington Vermont as the world’s best. A humanitarian warns that "Tira" does not raise a child. Samaritan Nervine claims help for nervous sleep and paralysis with testimonials from Jos Yutes of Paterson New Jersey.
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Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
A.W. Cheever
Massachusets
Bk. C. Mason
Vermont
Francis A. Hottman
Wisconsin
Remarkable Escape From Disease in Lafayette Man
John Kuhn of Lafayette Indiana recalls a near death experience from consumption. He credits Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs with his recovery after nine bottles, saying he grew well while using no other medicine.
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John Kuhn
Lafayette
Ind
Wm. Hall
Clergymen Endorse Tar Syrup and Dream Balm Use
Reverend R Priest praises Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup for hoarseness throat and lung irritation after fifteen years of effort. Louis E Pasliures of Washington DC lauds Ely's Dream Balm for nasal catarrh and hoarseness, noting its use by singers and clergymen. Price 60 cents.
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Tam
Ely
Loouis E. PasLiures
N. Y. Ave
N. W
Washington, D.C
Measles Cough Cure Aids Family Health Claims
Rev L A Dunlap of Mt Vernon cites White Wine of Tar Syrup curing his family coughs from measles and a wife’s sleep-disrupting cough. He touts Bervo-Phosphorated Elixir Cassaya as best tonic for dyspepsia indigestion low spirits debility and fever prevention. Also extols Carboline hair oil for non rancid penetrating quality.
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L. A. Dunlap
Mt. Vernon
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
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Douglas
the Millionaire
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Inshobler
Texas
Munster
Lim
Eminem
Collin
Jos
Yutes
Paterson, N. J
Wm. C. Diggin
Bowling Green
Ww. A. Graham & Co
Zaneerile
Matthias Freeman
Allen
Dr. Sanford
Piso
Mother Swan
Wella
Ojls
E.R. Brerericus
Cleveland
Jay Bronson
Dersorr
Micu
National Pehlishing Co
Chicago
Til
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
Hops and
Matt Bitters
Detroit, Mich
Berry
Con. L. Bingham
Queen City
Cincinnati
LO Smith de VO
Agente
H.W. Buckbee
Rodidant
Lacey
Matison
Hop Plaster Co
Proprietora and Manufacturerz
Mass
Atx
Soe
Hawley
Reid
Abee
U.S. 1. CO. Columbiana
Bingham
Lieeger
Washington
Hg, Root
Wes Paarl
New Yorks
Bernia
Eggleston Truss Co
Chicagoy
Chicago Scale CO
STON
FUERE
Vico
I. A. Slocum
Paarl &T
New Yorke
Addresal Bon Ton System CO
Canton
R. Lindblom & CO
N.G. Miller &£ CO
Broad Commerce
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Robt. Lindblom & CO
Meredith
Jeremish Wriht
Marion County
W. Vana
Yrise Y 'Allan
Catarre
USA
Tly Brothers
Wimail Ovat
Owera
NOY
Gairden
SH Mata
Tockiford
Isaac Thompson
John I. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy
Elyenk
Warren, Pa
U.N.U
Wes
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