Rare Bibles and notable scholars listed in mixed notes
Dr. John M. Willis of Eliot Maine owns three rare Bibles including two Breeches Bibles from 1585 and 1560 and a rare Ellsiver Bible printed in 1669. Prof. E J James of the University of Chicago is praised for links to Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, now a popular Chicago professor. The centenary celebration of Leopardi at Recanati featured four concerts and a bust unveiling. Austria lost botanist Kerner whose work on Danube plant life is noted. Athenian Demetrius Koromilas, a wealthy journalist, died aged 17 in Paris circles, author of 25 plays. Generals in Cuba and at home are listed with ages, Shafter 63, Wheeler 62, Lawton 55, Wade 65, and Lee 63.
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John M. Willis
Eliot, Me
London
Geneva
E. J. James
University of Chicago
Leland Stanford, Jr
University of California
Mase
University of Pennsylvania
Chicago
Leopardi
Recanati
Mascagni
Monteverde
Austria
Kerner
Saussure
Greml
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Danube
Demetrius Koromilas
Paris
Greece
Maroula
Buffalo Express
Gen. Young
Shafter
Wheeler
Hawkins
Kent
Lawton
Bumner
Bates
Chaffen
Cuba
Coppinger
Brooke
Corbin
Sheridan
Henry
Graham
Wilson
Butler
Lee
Wade
Pipe smoking warps facial features and teeth wear
A 19th century note discusses how long term pipe use alters lips and facial wrinkles. It claims wrinkles radiate from the mouth, lips may protrude, and teeth wear occurs at the hold point, detailing lasting effects observed in older smokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Mokera
Milroy resident cites pink pills for recovery after Civil War
A Milroy Indiana man recounts hardship in Tennessee with scarce rations and boot water, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his ailments after years of illness and a long recovery. The piece also notes London pauper numbers and advertises Cascarsts and a life lottery line.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts 1888 Toledo Lot
A garbled 1880s advertisement fragment presents Frank J Cheney asserting his firm will pay for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It blends testimonials, drug ads, and unrelated notes on cigars, patent medicines, nerve restorers, and pianos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohto
City
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney
Beal
A. W. Gleabon
Hall
F. J.every & Co
Drucwista
Water Sprinkling Cart Sparks Pedestrian Chatter
In New York Weekly, observers debate the sprinkling cart's water supply with one noting almost no water and another suggesting the driver may be saving it for crossings. The exchange captures urban street concerns over public works and reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bao
Bierllag Remedy Co
Chicaco
New York
New York Weekly
Activity of Vesuvius Causes Naplean Anxiety
Coverage of renewed Mount Vesuvius activity in Naples. The piece emphasizes fear and potential danger but asserts no serious damage is likely. It promotes Hostettag's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for stomach digestion and related disorders, claiming cures for kidney, liver, and blood issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Mt. Vesuvius
The Pitch Lake at Point Libres Trinidad Reveals Strange Surfaces
Reading describes the pitch lake near Point Libres in Trinidad, a nearly hundred acre, circular body with a soft central pitch pot that could swallow a person. The surface features deep fissures filled with fresh water, and the outer edge crust is hard enough to walk on. Royalties are paid for removal, yet the lake is considered inexhaustible as fresh pitch wells up to fill excavations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Trinidad
Point Libres
Chaudiere
Operation Averted by Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Rosa A Gay of Los Angeles writes that after years of ovarian tumor pain a doctor advised surgery she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound three bottles cured her tumor and she now praises the remedy as a modern safeguard for women's health urging others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pineman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosaa Gay
Wall St
Los Angeles
Cal
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Hood
America
Ali
Tates
Haiiships
Jife
Milroy
Inn
A. R. Seleton
Rush Co
Ind
Mr. Selton
Tennessee
Lyon& Co
Columnia
J. Morrerr
Doster
Joseph 8
Key
St Paul Church
Bishop Southern Methodist Church
Klines
R. H. Kring, Ltd
Arch St
Phila
D. H. Baliwin & Co
Main Street
Memphis
Tenn
Beeler
Heeler
Cincinnati Enquirer
Gladden
Ee Tam
Krehling
Congress St
At. Louie, Mo
Candy Cathartic
He.w
Nes Sterling Remedy Company
Montrral
Hipans Chemical Co
Rosa Gaum
Mrs. Pinkham
Idog Flier
Nckel
Tree
Wileh Rotelia
Ee Winston Cigar 'Co
St Winston
Vowles
Broadway
United States
Rej Aent Association
National Co-Operative
Chicagos
Green
Atlanta
VNU
Gerstle
St. Joseph's
Gerstla
Jamestown
Gerstle & CO
Chattanooga
the Ledger Monthly
Ledger Monthly
Secaliti Fittes
Ares
Wen
Secrpte
Unidists
Robert Bonner
FETA
GET van Vleet-Mansfield Drug CO
Memphis, Tenn
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