Tale of a dog told by a Nashville preacher
Nashville Banner recounts a Tennessee tale from Dr Bardwell about a dog that retrieved a half dollar hidden under a rock. The dog’s owner later found the coin when the animal returned with pantaloons in its mouth. The dog died after the pantaloons were seized, completing the curious anecdote in a church-state salons memory.
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Nashville
Bardwell
Dr. Bardwell
Mississippi
Staion
Fowever
Nashville Banner
Figs Process and a Cholera Remedy Endorsement
The article outlines fig preparation including brining drying sweating and boxing with details on box weights and durations. It closes with an anecdote about a cholera remedy trial an endorsement by a physician and a cautioned note on advertising during the dull season.
Signaling to Mars Is Beyond Human Reach Says Ball
Sir Hubert S. Ball argues in the Independent that signaling to Mars would be undetectable from Earth even with the best telescopes. He notes a hypothetical Lake Superior sized oil fire on Mars would appear as a tiny light, far from a dramatic conflagration, given Mars’ small disk.
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Mars
Lake Superior
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Sir Hubert 8S. Ball
Independent
An Undesirable Boarder and Other Vignettes
A former boarding house keeper's struggle to find lodging after twenty years of running a famed rooming house reveals why rivals fear sheltering a woman with reputation. Also notes New York militia elections after 1823 and a cormorant in Washington swallowing two pounds of stones, dying after failed surgery.
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New York Sax
Artificial Stone Readied to Replace Quarry Stone
Articial Stone promises to crowd out quarrymen as sand is heated and cement combined to about twelve percent. Dry material fills steel molds, then placed in a large cylinder and subjected to high pressure with timed boiling water. Cement slacks while molds prevent expansion, forming and drying the stone under immense pressure for a harder, cheaper substitute.
Neareooking Restaurants in Small Cities
Odd 2s and down town eateries appear in buildings with permits. Some today heat meats and serve them after quick reheating, a growing practice noted by the New York Sun. Agreement on repairs remains a point of tenant liability amid this evolving food service trend.
Blunders in Fiction and the Sleepless Woods
A critique of novelists who bungled details from nocturnal wanderings to weather narrations. The piece mocks heroines in lonely woods wearing a white gown, mistaken age contrasts, and inconsistent wardrobes, noting page-to-page contradictions in beloved authors and French fiction.
Golf In the Old Days History of the Royal Pastime
Centuries ago golf was a pastime of royalty played in Scotland. The Stuart family favored the game and James I founded the first English club at Blackheath in 1608. Henry I nearly struck his tutor and quipped about paying debts. Charles I learned of the Irish rebellion while playing. James, duke of York, later James I, was an avid golfer. The game appears in Scottish records and faced a fifteenth century ban to protect archery.
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Scothand
Blackheath
James I
Henry
Charles I
James, Duke of York
Strutt
London Chronicle
The Squirrel Hunter's Weapon
The article extols the 23 long rifle as ideal for squirrel hunting praising its accuracy and medium power. It notes no danger to people or stock at distance and advises aiming for the head at 40 to 50 yards to avoid spoiled meat, inviting readers to test the claim with empty shells.
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D. W. Sandys
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Universal Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 assurance, and invites testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and names J Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Srops the Cough and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no care and no pay. Priced at 25 cents.
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Drugeists
W. Grove
Belen
Miss
Cardus
Thedford
Ars
Erik
Matilda Smith
Firramer
Trorarnt
Aldicee
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Healack
Curious Bird Prank At Hannibal Ornis Enthusiasts
A man named Mark plans a mock specimen for Hannibal ornithologists. He substitutes a barnyard rooster tail on a crow, presenting it to his father and a gathered panel. When the tail feathers pull free during examination, Samuel Clemens quietly exits the scene, promising to explain later.
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Mark
Sid
Shn
Hannibal
Clemens
Mr. Clemens
Samuel
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