Live Material Trade Across the World Sparks Moral Inquiry
An unsigned 19th century article exposes a booming catalog market for live animals and preserved specimens. It details prices for bullfrogs turtles snakes crabs and insects as well as distant supply chains from London Hamburg and New Zealand. The piece notes dispersal to collectors and curios markets, mentions an unusual tuatera and tent named xenphenodon, and comments on reform efforts to curb trade while urging readers to use sturdy paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jng
Saturday Evening Post
Aly Pente
London
Hamburg
Africa
Art
Australia
New Zealand
Anilora
Notery
Whitebay
Brave Men Fall to Ills and a New Lease of Life
In Idaville Indiana J W Gardiner touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach, liver and kidney trouble and general debility. The ad claims a man regained appetite and energy, with bottles sold for 60 cents at Miller's Drug Store and a free trial bottle offered by Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs. The piece then shifts to a long account of the Black Range and Sierra County mining districts, detailing silver and gold camps such as Take Valley, Kingston, Hermosa, and Hillsboro, with figures on past production and potential profits, urging investment in the region's mineral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gardiner
Idayille
Ind
Hennyn
Miller's Drug Store
Tle
Black Range
Hermosa
Hillsboro
President McKinley Photographed In Public For First Time
President McKinley and Cortelyou visited a local photographer early in the morning. The capture marks the president’s growing democratic habits as photographers increasingly seek him, contrasting with past practice where photographers came to him. The piece notes rising demand for his images during campaign season. The Naples death of Ferdinand Cor Jonna connects to Roman noble lineage and titles in the Colonna family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Corntary Cortelyou
Naples
Ferdinand Cor Jonna
John Mackay
Prince of
Stiglivano
al- Jane
Marquin Castelnnova
Ilenello
San Arcangelo
Roccanova
Mellite
Guiliano
Rome
Colonna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Almmont le Reghoia
Prinn
Moat Ble
Pines
Aue
South Amerea
Hartrond Rum
New York
Jour Bourke
Tus
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans Building
Washington, D. C
Mexico
The
Bill Heads
Siggers
Epo
Corymanrs &c
Cummanica
Patenur
Secarune
Scientific American
Sierra County Mines
Ments
Noky
Take Valley
Tierra Blanca
Lake
Kingston
Hermosa Camp
Apache
Chlorice
Witdern
Byers Run
Clit Mine
Bonanza
Hillsloro
Mesa del Oro Company
Sierra County
Hagan's Peak
St. Cloud
Atlanta U.S
Treas Ry
White Eagle
Treasury
Silver Monument
Chloride
Acadjuster
Nordhausen
Grafton
Ivanhoe
Emporia
Cam Kingsbury
Great Republic
Springs
Ing Campaten
O H Gallery
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Denver
Omaha
St.Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Santa Fe
Harvey Hesses
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