Sunset scenes on Tenerife and a Toast to English wines
In Tenerife the narrator admires Teide at sunset from the Seed Inn azotea as clouds drift around its peak. Dusk deepens, the mountain glows, and villagers depart to a dinner where debates about English versus Spanish wines arise. A hostess presents her daughter Dolores for language lessons, revealing social mores and patient exchanges among guests.
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Seed Inn
Leod
Teide
Peide
England
Burton
Tenerife
Grammer
Dolores
Little Things for Warm Feet and Winter Comfort
Practical family guidance urges warming children's feet before school and after returning home to prevent colds. Emphasizes mouth breathing through the nose, wearing hoods, avoiding ice cold doorsteps, and changing to warm clothing indoors. Recommends slippers with inner soles and woolen carpets or mats to preserve heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voudli
Discovery of the Pool of Bethesda Reported by Schick
Walter Besant notes a major Palestine Exploration Fund finding that the pool of Bethesda near the Church of St. Anne has been located. Herr Conrad Schick reveals a courtyard, a cistern, and a second pool, suggesting two tanks form the biblical Bethesda where Jesus healed the paralytic after thirty eight years.
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Bethesda
Walter Besant
Palestine Exploration Fund
Palestine
John
Jerusalem
Eusebius
Geikie
St. Joh
House of Mercy
Moder Jerusalem
St. Stephen's Cate
St. Anne
Sehick
Pocketed profits drive phantom pocketbook scam
A wheeler dealer in Lowell used a fake circus crowd to lure money with a Russian leather pocket hook offer. He doubled prices from fifty cents to five dollars as customers paid in, promising refunds and a pocketbook, then vanished without honoring the pledge.
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Lowell
Datmeyer
Qwunil
Delrvil Free Press
Curious fishing tricks across Asia in old times
Curious and ingenious methods are described: in Swatow a shallow boat uses a white plank to lure fish by moonlight, Ningpo trains cormorants to fish, and Ichang uses otters to frighten fish into nets. Also a light cartoon and a note on a New York marriage engagement death.
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Swatow
Ningpo
Ichang
District Attorney Endorses Allcock's Porous Plasters
Wyandack Pruaris, N. Y., April 10, 1886, notes extensive letters praising Allcock's Porous Plasters. He states the plasters are invaluable as chest protectors against coughs and colds and that Allcock's Plasters are unequaled for pains inside back and chest, Neuson H. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
New York
Wyaiick Pruaris
N. Y
Allcock
Ancock
Neuson H. Baker
Lead Pipes and Rats Prompt Theorized Coating Idea
A Globe-Democrat letter argues half of unexplained lead pipe bursts come from rats not material flaws. In basements rats bite soft lead pipes, causing floods. writer suggests a poisonous coating to kill rats as they gnaw toward running water.
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Lamber
Globe-Democrat
Going Down Hill With Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
An admonition on decline of health through poor digestion and weak vitality. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the best remedy to restore vigor, improve digestion, and combat feebleness and associated conditions such as malaria rheumatic pains constipation and kidney troubles.
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Luis
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Hendricks
John A. Logan
Lecy Danial Manning
McCielin
Tlinaary
Multum in Parvo and Money Making Sayings Column
A collection of aphorisms on wealth and behavior. Jokes about earning money laws and tips on loans. Witty lines note cigars, barbers, fathers, and heads, with a final quip about blunt truth tellers.
Harold's Surprise Marriage Proposal Confirmed
A young girl excitedly tells her mother about a marriage proposal from Harold. They plan to visit a lawyer's office to create a formal copy and have Harold's signature witnessed by two or three witnesses, as a precaution against a potentially fading ruse.
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Maimina
Harold Iis
Mamma
Harold
Maideau
Anglicizing Foreign Names Sparks Friendly Debate
A Boslan Journal note surveys how immigrants often simplify or alter names to fit American usage. Examples include Emanuel Guizpucao becoming Emanuel Jim and Navier Briscalao turning into Xavier Jones, Pedro Romudia to John Brown, and Antonio Caynoens to Sam Smith, highlighting pronunciation quirks and cultural adaptation.
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Emanuel Guizpucao
Emanuel Jim
Mimatniuel Fames
Christ Ned Navier Briscalao
Xavier Jones
Pedro Romudia
John Brown
Antonio Caynoens
Sam Smith
Boslan Journal
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Promoted For Scrofula
Dr Thy Mott of Brentwood Cal reports Scott's Emulsion aids scrofula phthisis wasting diseases and is palatable. The Boston Courier notes a humorous aside about lovers and a modern husband in pocket book humor.
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Thy. Mott
Brentwood
Cal
Boston Courier
Town Health Remedies Through Local Advertisements
Notices tout Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs promising cures for coughs sore throat asthma bronchitis and consumption with trial bottles at druggists. Also claims Moxie boosts endurance cures cravings and aids paralysis, plus Brown's Bronchial Traches praised for bronchitis hoarseness and coughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rost
Dcwand St
Lock changed at coop sparks race over blame
In a dialect exchange a father questions why breakfast chicken is missing after a coop key allegedly not unlocking. The tale expands to accusations of neighborly distrust and moves to a travel ad about solid vestibule trains running daily from Chicago to Colorado Springs and Pueblo with modern cars, routes, and sleeping service.
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U.S
Aaby
Gemini
Chicago
Colorado Spring
Denver
Pueblo
Council Bluffs
Omak
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Dinitec Flotels
Colorado
Rocky Stand
Chicawyeu
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Porthind
Fos Angeles
Sarr Prancisco
United States
Canada
A. Horproor
G. OT
A. Chimago
Length of Soldiers' Steps Across Armies
The New York Sun notes German soldiers take the longest steps among Continental armies at S0 centimeters. It lists French Austrian Belgian Swiss Swedish steps at 75 centimeters and Russian at 71. It states thirty centimeters make a fout.
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New York Sun
Prize offer for best short stories by The Companion publishers
Advertises a $5,000 prize pool with three $1000 prizes, three $750 prizes, and one $250 prize for best stories. States subscribers can obtain a circular by stamping, and new subscribers pay $1.75 to receive The Companion free through January 2, 1889 plus a year’s subscription. Mentions a patriotic France monument device and a note on epilepsy cure with a free sample offer from H G Noor M D at 143 Pearl Street New York.
Folsom Oregon Letter Prompts Village Health Note
Readers praised Mr. Folsom's Oregon letter concerning Hogue River Village in Southern Oregon. The item hints at a pleasant home near healthful surroundings and invites further information from Gb. Binwines, Ashbhiid, Oregon, by mail.
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Folsom
Oregon
Hogue River
Stump
Binwines
Ashbhiid
Catarrh Cured by Remarkable Recipe from New York Clergyman
A clergyman after ten years of battling catarrh found a cure recipe that seemingly ends his loathsome disease. Sufferers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Professor A. Lawrence at 8 Warren Street in New York City.
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Prof
A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
P.O
T. A
Slocum
M-A
MSL
Pearl T
Improved Sinner Sewing Machine and Iron Boots Ad
Readers can obtain an improved Sinner Sewing Machine for $1 by contacting MooR. sSeadlin & Cheage FH. They offer lower prices than before and send a circular with price list of other cheap machines. Lion's Patent Metallic Stiffeners prevent boots from wearing seams and heels unevenly.
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Moor
sSeadlin & Cheage
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Moxie
Somr
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Port Worth
France
H. G. Noor
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Americas
S Jacobs OL
Ohio
Baltimore, Ma
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Wizand Oil Company
Curtis & Wright
Broadway
Gold
Termarkak
VCE & CO
Augusta
Maine
Bryant's Bushiss College
Buffala
Kidder's Pastilles
Rssee
Asthmarlestown, Mass
North State St
Yarn, &c
Ross & CO
Toledo, O
Sekansas
Mit
Hant
Lloyd B.ferrell
F. E. Parmenter
Wichita
Kas
Ely
LYS
American Tribune
Pera
Inter-Star
Indianapolis
Sitges
BSO
America
True &O
Augustin
Rin
ELY Bros
Warren St. N.Y
Will
Havestraw
Prairie Bay
Ke Andresk J. AL Spencer
Dwight
Palmer
D. O. Gallear & CO
Franklin St
Coresin
Ans Chemaical Co
Cincinnati
Alesme
Bree
Brow Brothers
Nurserymen
Ryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Bryant & Son, Proprietora
Chicagos
Weite Brewster Safety Rein-Molder Co
Hell
Scullen & CO
West Lake St
Hibbard
Sumner
C. D&destro
Jackson
Mich
Co. D. Denie
Midge
Maud
J. Rosgerts
M. FE. Church
Fremont
Rheumatic Syrup CO
Jackson, Mich
Alogne
Sluumona &T
Boston
Maw
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