Curious natural marvels and imperial snow sheds
A compilation of odd facts on wasps and beehives immunity in a rattlesnake, insect strength, Hydra regeneration, sun mass and Earth–sun gravity, rapid nerve signals, and theoretical space travel limits. It also describes Central Pacific snow shed tunnels with lavish costs, fire safety, and massive Sierra snow deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Gazette
Helmholtz
Tao
Central Pacific
Sierras
Legislation Battle Over Impounding Livestock in Utan House
In the Utan Legislature a bill to impound horses cattle goats and poultry when found running loose is moved passed and debated. A clash over suspending rules ensues with concerns how police could enforce the law before the chaplain closes the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bever
Judiciary Committee
Prof Atwater Rates Foods by Nutritive Value in Connecticut Study
Prof Atwater of the Agricultural College of Connecticut presents a table ranking foods by nutritive value. Medium beef is 100, with fat pork 110, smoked beef 146, smoked ham 157, ordinary beef 91.3, mutton 96.6, butter 124.1, skimmed cheese 159, hens eggs 72.2. Fresh fish tops Salmon 107.9, Spanish mackerel 105.9, boned cod 106, canned salmon 107, salt mackerel 111.1. Oysters 21.8 and lobsters 50.3. The system notes price efficiency of food value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater
Agricultural College of Connecticut
Cheese's Nutrient Wealth Drives English Laborers' Diet
The passage notes the high nourishment of cheese and explains why Americans import large quantities. It observes English laborers eating cheese freely, highlighting the cheese's role in daily sustenance and dietary preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Reform Urges Stringent Uniform Divorce Laws Across States
The Cincinnati Gazette argues for stricter, uniform divorce laws as divorces rise across Protestant denominations. It cites Massachusetts and other states, notes discrepancies in grounds like cruelty and desertion, and warns of illegitimacy and unlicensed marriages in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Wisconsin
Cincinnati Gazette
Noted Thinker Reflects on Power, Society, and History
The narrator recalls witnessing major events from the seven years war to the Napoleonic era and argues that humanity cannot be perfected. He urges individuals to focus on their own work while rulers govern wisely, warning that egoism and envy fuel eternal party strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Goethe
Picture Worth Beholding in Adams Express Office
A chrome print in the Adams Express office at 659 Broadway New York depicts a rustic temple scene with St Jacobs Oil advertised. A witness credits the image and Mr Hall with guiding his recovery from sciatic rheumatism after using the remedy following the picture’s persuasion. The account appears in the New York Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Express Company
Broadway
New York
W. H. Hall
St. Jacobs Oil
Hall
Edward J. Douglass
Mr. Hail
St. Jacobs
Stone from a horse rumination puzzles 19th century readers
A Columbus area column recounts John Gardner of Navarre Ohio owning a nearly round stone four teen inches in circumference and weighing forty four ounces said to come from inside a horse in England in 1832. Gardner claims it formed from mill stone dust and traveled to the heart of the animal causing death. The piece also mentions Italian exhibitions for Mason Hamlin organs, English cheese consumption comparisons, social quips, jewelry trends, a Florida incident, a caution about fake remedies, and other eclectic items from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gardner
Navarre
Ohio
England
Gardner
Cincinnati
Golden Medical Discovery marketed to consu mptives and humor column items
A jumble of medical ads for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claimed to cure consumption and related ailments with two stamps for pamphlets. The page also features quips about colliers, jokes from the Afusi cat Herald, and brief notes praising St Jacobs Oil with local endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
WorLp
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Constipation Health Advice and Anecdotes
An advertisement extols Dr Gursett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for constipation, claiming it strengthens bowels, purifies blood, and aids liver and kidney health. The piece also includes humorous anecdotes and a boy's witty Sunday school answer about Job's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Morrison
Monroe
Ohio
Nothing Like Them Kidney Liver Cure Endorsed
Letter from Mantin F. Greeley of Davenport Iowa dated June 2 1881 praises H H Warmner Co Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and Safe Pills for relief from weak kidneys biliousness and constipation noting there is nothing like them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenpory
Iowa
H. H. Warmenr & Co
Pilla
Mantin F. Greeley
Whisky sale pressure and cures in 19th century ad prose
A jumble of advertising snippets cites whisky disposal, Dr Sykes cures, Chicago mail order, a dentist quip, a book offer, a claim on sleep and digestion, Kidney-Wort for women, a grammar joke, and a facial treatment claim for pimples using Tar Boap from Goswell Hazard & Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Thirty Days Trial For Electric Belts Offer
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers thirty days trial of Electro Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances for nervous debility loss of vitality and related troubles. They guarantee restoration of vigor and manhood with no risk and no delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
N. B
Health Remedies and Patented Cures Advertised
The page markets Wells Health Renewer for ailments from dyspepsia to impotence at $1 with pamphlets from E. Welta of Jersey City. Evzar Home promotes Eilert extract of Tar and Wild Cherry for colds to bronchial illnesses, urged as life saving. Mrs. Sanan J. Vas Buren advertises a Ladies Tome for female distress and offers to send details from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welts
Jersey City
N. J
Evzar
Eilert
Hilert
PuRE cop Liver oiL by Caswell Hazard & Co NY
Absolutely pure and sweet medical oil advertised for liver use. Praised by physicians as superior to other oils and preferred by patients who have tried it. Seashore provenance cited to imply purity and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell, Hazard & Co
N. Y
Wilbor
A. B. Wilbur
Unemist
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Europe
Western Europe
Bremen
London
Amsterdam
Rome
Cologne
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Paris
Trieste
Buda-Pesth
Konigsberg
Breslau
Leipsic
Berlin
Vienna
Mason & Hamarn Company
Milan
Italy
Mason & Hamlin Organ Company
Manhattan
Iris
United States
Lampton
Dr. Bull
McCosh
Princeton College
Brudder
Worup
Mror- Cal Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Obio
Afusicat Herald
Moses How
Haverhill
Mass
St.Jacobs
Bridgeport (Ct
Clara
Story Weekly
Tam
The
Boston Transcript
Nellie
Gus
Contreroor
Washington
Borham
Texas
Cusentia
Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Atock
Borden, Selleck & Co
Chicago
R. R. Bearpsuez
Odessa
Spring Tobacco
William J.coughlin
Somerville
William Hart
William Hal
Dr Bulls
Erate
OIL and Lime
Wellington, O
ABC
J. W. Neville
Brooklyn,n.y
Tran & Co
Augusta
R.hunter
M.D
State St
Free
Anti-Malaria Co
Stanford, Conn
H. Hallert & Co
Portland
Valen Bros
Janesvilla
da. J. Stkruens
Lebanon
Obie
Morouson
Detroit
Wortentiet
Henry W. Longfellow
BE Uridtermand
B.B. Nosbell
Cormhill, Howton, Maas
Denvine
Iia
Jackson Mich
Toveman
B&c
Mall
Zac. O. BE
Aue
Philada
J. D. Henry
Nature
Leavin
Althoug
John Haertel
Fremont
R. Hatheway
W. Madison St
Frank
Jesse James
Ford
B. Beach & Co
Mil
A.reed & Sons’ Pianos
A.reed & Sons’ Organs
Brice
Coicaga
Ss. Johnson Cdg
Bangor
Ace
Sammy Tubbs
Isk Monkert
Trick Pakers
E. B. Foote, M
UB. CO
York Oléx
Sarah. van Buren
Mantines
Ant
Sands Bonsier Vic
L. Martines
Mont
Beden
C. M
Hanter
VY ML
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