Extraordinary feats of female gymnasts and life on tour
The piece surveys female gymnasts, noting about a thousand exist in the world and three hundred in America. It profiles Mile. Zoe of Binghamton, NY, detailing eleven years in the profession, injuries, and feats such as swinging by the teeth. Remuneration ranges from 50 to 200 dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnle
Eve
Atlantic
America
Barnum's
California
Tooley Hamilton
Barnum
Mile
Zoe
Milo
Binghamton
N. Y
New York Herald
Guysotius
Survey of Palestine Climate Through Bible Era
The Survey of Palestine outlines how today’s climate fits ancient conditions. It notes Palestine’s varied soils, valleys, plains, and mountains from Beersheba to Lebanon, Beit Beersheba deserts, and the Jezreel corridor remain similar to biblical times, with exploration challenging the idea of a major climate shift. The text emphasizes rich agricultural zones, nomadic regions, and rugged uplands, stressing climate stability over historical change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Survey of
Palestine
Hermon
Lebanon
Bashan
Jezreel
Galilee
Gilead
Carmel
Gaza
Abraham
David
Beersheba
Isaac
Jeshimon
Saul
Water Blast Method for Safer Explosives Use
A detailed description explains water assisted blasting with gunpowder in coal mines and quarries. Water tubes in bore-holes extend explosive impact, cool and absorb gases, and convert water to steam, increasing quarrying efficiency while reducing flame and gas hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bramah
Number of Plants and Uses Surveyed
The passage details plant variety counts in America across uses. It notes about 2,500 cultivated plants, 600 edible food varieties, 100 vegetables, 100 roots, 40 grain kinds with 20 producing sago and starch, and around 20 sugar and syrup types. Medicine plants total around 1,140, with 76 dyestuffs, eight wax, sixteen salt, and over forty for cattle feed. It lists 250 poisonous plants, 66 narcotic, and the rest deadly poisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
I Want a Man Not Too Scrupulous in Pension Plot
A pension agent seeks a sharp, unscrupulous man who can catch everyone without being caught. An applicant recalls Miss Jones, who had 100000 in her name and was famed in town. The man declares he married her, and the engagement is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
Post
Waterbury
Chicago Ledger
Franklin Street
Chicago
Prehistoric Dogs in Danish Kitchen-Middens
In Denmark and Switzerland ancient dog remains show domestication from the stone to iron ages. Early dogs, linked to wolves but distinct in skulls, accompanied humans in dens and caves, with later bronze periods yielding larger varieties. Cassell's National History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Switzerland
Cassell
Wiltshire Dialect Psalm Incident at Brad ford Parish Church
A New Haven Palladium reprint recalls a parish church service in Brad ford England with a Wiltshire dialect Psalm recited before a sermon mocking the Bishop of the diocese and praising him in comic fashion. The piece contrasts this with a quip about a man whose knowledge exceeds the Congressional library yet misreads why shedding his shirt in spring signals winter’s lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
England
Wiltshire
Biship
Congressional Library
Japan as a Fighting Power in Europe
M Tajima details Japan as a military force with 40 000 standing troops 80 000 reserves and 150 000 landwehr plus a new rifle blending Gras Chassepot and Mauser. Service is mandatory conscripts serve three years then enter reserves with national guard as home defense. all citizens must learn weapon use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tajima
Europe
Japan
Joven
Jandwehr
London
A Tight Squeeze In Print Jokes And Bittersweet Bits
A humor column contract folds under tight spacing with jokes cut. Advertisement blends for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters touts its nerve and digestion benefits. A string of quirky exchanges and rural humor sketches closes with a rustic joke about razor fines and self harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Poisoning cases and curative claims in old advertisements
A compilation of medical ads touting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver health to cure blood poisonings and related diseases. It includes claims of radical cures for piles and fistulas, alongside promotions for Grand Union Hotel and Gault House accommodations and other tonics and soaps, with prices and mailing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis
Pierce
Goden
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Dags
Hoyt & Gates
Disagreeable Catarrh Trouble and Remedies Highlighted
A fragment praises catarrh sufferers and urges Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy to avoid failure. It notes throat diseases begin with a cough cold or sore throat and mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches for immediate relief. Sold only in stores at 25 cents.
Allen's Lung Balsam Trusted for Throat and Lung Health
An 1884 advertisement extols Allen's Lung Balsam as a pure remedy for throat and lung diseases without opium. It features testimonials from H C Mooney and Burrill H Davis praising the product's efficacy after long use and multiple bottles, urging continued use and confidence in the old remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Addison
A.J. Hileman
Appiaos
A.J. Cotbom
Summerset Herald
Astonia
Ils
H.C. Mooney
la Fayette
R. L
Burrill H, Davis
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Titus
Jordan
Italy
Conder
Rereim
Survey of Palestine
Alexander B. Mott
Madison Avenue
New York
New York World
Elawrious Zony
Prasyze
Arkansan
Texas
Wen
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
New York City
Bagzage
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central
Grand Union
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietora
Beeson
Mall of Wm. Dreydoppel
Philadelphia
Avureckk
Tianv Thompson
Iowa
Howard Coun
Aeap
Yee
Howard County
Cresco
Congress
Stampton Girenlar
Qsaac RR
la Dearborn St. Chica
Lyon & Healy
State Street
Mailer
Morgiana
Y ¥ Express
Morgeana, Isa
ELY Brothers
Gatarah
Ipratov
Hayfevers
Hayfever
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bewlers CO
Detroit
Mich
Stephens
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Maes
San Francisco
Mrs. T
Vincennes
Ind
Birmingham
F.L. Pond
M.D. Aurora, Kane Co
RL Vaught and Nituatione
A.V. Lacky
Washington
Standard Silver Ware Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
R. U
Lorillard
Lorilard
Kidder
Suatrong
Weny
Buegsgrue
P. Q.addres
A. Blocum
Pearl Sty
C.N.Y
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