New Sicilian Necropolis Yields Latin Greek Inscriptions
At Catania Sicily a small necropolis from late Roman times was uncovered with rows of tombs similar to Syracusan Grotticelli. Key inscriptions include a Greek Christian text and a Latin note about a Gallia Narbonensis soldier of Legio Septima Gemina, linking to Galba era recruitment.
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Catania
Sicily
Grotticelli
Gallia Narbonensia
Lergio Septima Gemina
Galba
Spain
Narbonne
Finnish Women Mave Rights Show Social Parity Gains
Finnish women enjoy near equality in social political and industrial life with 200 women at Helsingford University about 1 000 in public service and 3 000 in business plus women in 52 of 80 poor houses led by female superintendents and dairies run by women. The piece also notes health tips and cites rare metals didymium at 4500 per pound and barium at 260 per pound.
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Finland
University of Helsingford
Met
Public Service
Cure for deafness and other medical curiosities
An assortment of medical anecdotes and touted cures is presented, with claims about deafness caused by catarrh and the Eustachian tube, the Hall’s Catarrh Cure, a German doctor’s aluminum remedy for rheumatism, and various notes on iron medicine, Malta language, and German apple imports. The piece mixes advertisements and miscellany with archival medical lore.
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Bste
Alves
Cutarch
Hall
Wheat and horse care tips for farmers readers
Farmers are advised on selecting seed wheat suited to soil conditions with notes on white and red varieties, sowing timing, and seed preparation. A separate section explains clipping horses to aid drying and warmth, and criticizes tassel corn removal as ineffective. Also covers pear blight management, and oats and peas as green fodder options for cattle.
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Acre
Tom
Germantow
BP Velegraph
Late crops in bad shape and forage ideas for farm use
The article discusses crop deterioration like late oats rotting for grain and potential silage options. It covers alfalfa suitability in dry western climates, winter carnations care, alsike clover issues, clover as fertilizer, and practical notes on millet hay, weed control, and humane livestock handling.
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California
Far West
Timothy
Michigan
Canada
New York
Record Market Letter Reports Wheat Rally and Supplies
The weekly market letter notes a large rapid rise in wheat prices with promise of higher ranges for the year. Chicago demand for old wheat remains strong despite premium pricing, indicating broader speculative interest and robust cash demand across markets.
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Chicago
Europe
Remarkable Will Power and Civil War Era Defense
The Cincinnati lawyer WilliamS Groesbeck never took another case after defending President Andrew Johnson. He reportedly wrote the main points of his defense while confined to bed and spoke four and a half hours at trial. Elmhurst, his later estate, offered a river view, and a new entomology bulletin mentions a French Pennsylvania spider farming industry for wine bottle aging, with samples named Epeira vuol garis and Nephila flumipes sold to wine merchants.
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Williams. Groesbeck
Cincinnati
Andrew Johnson
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Groesbeck
Elmhurst
Division of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
France
Pennsylvania
Department of
Loire
Philadelphia
Mrs Pinkham’s Cure Promises Help for Sterility
A siren advertorial from a 19th century paper urges women to write Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance on infertility caused by debility and blood conditions. A Jersey City reader testifies Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped her bear a child after years of doctor visits.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Jersey City
Delvin Hospital
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Lay
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Eves Jxe
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J. A
Oro Cota
Cate Ogie
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Albany College
Wallace Howe Loe
Sanden Electric Belt CO
West Washington &I
Fr. J Chuesey & CO
Toledo
Dranne
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Tak Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Howard, Ringle & Company
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Palace de la Republique
England
Malta
Norway
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Germany
Ening
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Company
Review of Trade
Portland Markets
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Iil Gco
Young America
Oregon Burbanks
Wool—Valley
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Washington
Ile
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Spithead
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Bay St
San Francisco, Cal
Will & Finck Co
Market St
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Chicago Board of Trade
Businews
Downone, Hopkins & Co
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Spokane
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Omar
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