The Toad and His Prey Nature’s Peculiar Hunt
A Boston Globe account describes toad feeding adaptations such as the tongue mechanism and windpipe, noting accuracy of aim, learning through practice, and cases of attempting oversized prey. It includes observations from Cambridge beehives and remarks on the toad’s stomach elasticity and feeding limits. The Agricultural Journal adds advice on pigeon care and lice prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksville
Bangor
Boston Globe
Pickwick Papers fortunes and pigeon care tips
The Pickwick Papers saga shows initial failure followed by huge sales and substantial author payments to Dickens, with profits for Chapman Hall. The text also notes pigeons' food needs, including grains, worms, millet, hemp, codfish, sand, gravel, oyster shells, water, and loft conditions for breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Messrs. Chapman & Hall
Temple Lar
The Newspaper as a Household Companion
A Baltimore American reflection on newspapers as intimate family friends. It notes how communities endure business failures and fires but fear the loss of a trusted paper. The piece praises merit, duty, and the lasting imprint of a journalist’s work on a paper’s character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Where the Marbles Come From
The Syracuse Standard describes Oberstein Germany as the origin of most common marbles. It details how agate and stone refuse are cut into cubes, milled and rounded in water using a grooved bed stone and wooden runner. One mill yields about 170,000 marbles weekly. harder crackers take longer to produce.
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Boys of Our Land
Oberstein
Germany
Syracuse Standard
WM. F. Kidder & CO
John St
N.Y
Such Men Make Newspapers
Charles Williams a London Chronicle war correspondent reported first on the loss of Gordon. He braved a 20 hour desert trek alone after missing water and food depots, drinking two gallons, then milk to quench thirst. Readers cited infant mortality figures by feeding method and dairy based safety claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williams
London Chronicle
Gordon
American Association of Science
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and odd science notes
A published reward offer promotes Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for catarrh that resists cure. The item extols its soothing healing, and cites 50 cents price. The piece then threads a miscellany of observations on senses, odors, and early electrical theory, ending with a northern England ferryman’s motto “No crown, no cross.”
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Dr. Sage
North of England
W. Hausner
Ithaca
N. J
Bonanza Kings of Zacatecas the Escobedos Rise
The Escobedo family of Zacatecas dominates mining and property. Jesus Escobedo, a major Veta Grande owner and former Deputy and Senator, leads mining interests while Jose Maria Escobedo controls vast real estate with 2,000 tenants and a $1504 daily rent roll. The family also runs a long hacienda and stores 3,000,000 bushels of corn when prices fall.
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Zacatecas
Escobedos
Jesus Escobedo
John W. Mackay
Jesus
Jose Maria
Cayetano Escobedo
Veta Grande
Mexican Congress
Zacatecas Leiter
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Promoted for Travelers
An 19th century advisory extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe precaution for travelers by boat or train. It claims to prevent seasickness, remedy travel nausea, counter brackish water effects, and curb dyspepsia. The tonic is billed as preferable to stimulants and said to aid kidneys, bladder, and early rheumatic symptoms.
The Diet of Strong Men and Endurance
The piece contrasts ancient and varied diets across cultures, noting Roman soldiers, Spanish peasants, Smyrna porters, coolies, and Africans, arguing moderation in diet underpins endurance. It cites that the Bank of England, founded in 1694, serves as government banker handling taxes and public outgoings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Tur Bank of England
Time and the liver the key to health
The piece argues the liver governs health like a clock’s mainspring. A sluggish liver causes most illnesses from consumption to heart disease. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is praised as curing and preventing diseases by restoring liver function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Memory and medicines clash in old time ads
A rambling jumble of health quackery and product pitches. It praises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, and Lyon's Patent Metallic Stiffeners while recalling childhood fear of harsh remedies and Epsom salts.
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Dr. Pierce
Scott
W. A Huupert
M.D
Salisbury
William Ramicch
Minden
Becessey County
Nebraska
Pierce
Drujrwista
Chemical Laboratory of World’s Dispensary Medical Association
O. N
C. W. Brown
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised as Blood Purifier
Testimonials from D R Sampders of Cincinnati claim Hood's Sarsaparilla restores health where other tonics fail. The ad touts its power to purify blood, strengthen the system, and benefit kidney complaints, citing numerous users who improved after trying the medicine.
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Hood
D. R. Sampders
Pearl Street
Cincinnati
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Agricultural Journal
Pickwick
Gausherot
Michael Servitus
Cisalpinus
Harvey
R. W. Tansmu & Co
State Street
Chicago
Lyon
C.J1
Hood & CO
Lowell
Masa
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Easant
Paryeever
Fly
Pettit
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Wention
Rapwar
Radway
Kidder
WM. Johnston
Tipotheta
Wabash Avenue
A & Powell
Indianapolis
Ind
J. M. Barton
26Th Ward
Wren
Brrant’s Business College
Buffalo
Warrina Vo Appentisans
Sioux City
Iowa
Dakota
Clark Bros
4Th St
Mark Twain
Richard Proctor
W. W. Astor
Judah P. Benjamin
Dr. Minor
Columbia Law
Yale
University of Penn
Wellesley College
Prospectus Post Free
Loisetie
Fifth Ave
New York
Worms
apoEntisens
Acre
Wizard Oil Company
Pension
soverrsEne
Williams
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Jones
Addres Jones
Binghamton
Frazer
Frazer Lubricator Co
N. C
St. Louis
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons 4 Co
Troy, N.Y
Newfrom
John P. Loveles Arms C
Boston
Mass
CN. U
Payne
B. WW. Payne& Sons
Elmira
N. Y
South Canal Street
Ill
Day Street
A. J. Tawe
Pward
Tha, Proprietos OF
Catarre
Eprich
Omnt
Unrono Acony
Gatarre
Thomas J. Rushing
Pine Street
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