Innuit Breakfast Routine Amid Arctic Dawn
Lt Schwatka describes an Inuit morning in spring in the arctic. The household wakes at dawn when the sun rises over the igloo as the lamp is lit from moss and musk ox horn. Meals feature boiled meat chunks and a meat soup poured among guests, with clothing and gear prepared for the day.
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Arctic Ife
New York Times
Schwatka
Esquimaux
Arctic
Lone North Land
Esquiman
Weather and plans announced at hut as journey begins
The head of the house emerges from his hut and proclaims the weather. If fair, the group prepares for the day’s travel ahead.
Her Little Man in a Detroit Press Opinion Piece
The Detroit Free Press opinion reflects on love and companionship, contrasting a warm affectionate couple with the lonely fate of old bachelors. It laments missing warmth in single lives while praising the fulfillment found in true love and mutual care.
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Detroit
White Man Turning Black in Alabama Case
Martin Hemming a middle aged Dale County Alabama farmer has developed progressive skin discoloration starting on the chest and spreading to arms back legs face and neck. Doctors report the case is without precedent in medical texts and Hemming remains in good health despite the progressive darkening.
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Martin Hemming
Dale County
Ala
Hemming
Ife
The Rattlesnake Fangs Do Not Fork or Grip
A press correspondent who studied rattlesnakes in Kansas for two years says the fangs are not hinged but concealed in two back upper jaw sheaths. The snake strikes with its mouth wide open and only after coiling can it spring up to half its length. Rattlesnakes warn with rattles and seldom chase people, living peacefully with screech owls and prairie dogs.
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Kansas
Remarkable Roadside Hospitality and Changing Fortune
A traveler recalls a selma Alabama encounter with a cantankerous host who later warms to him after a Warner’s safe cure gift. The tale shifts to a wife’s praise of the friend’s remedy and a dramatic personal transformation that rekindles affection. Includes notes on vegetarianism rising in England and a series of unrelated ads for window screens medicines and New York lodging.
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le Reese
de Crossest
Alabama
Selma
Ala
Ming
Warner
Dlural
Ginger as a traveler remedy in Saxtonp’s ginger
An old advertisement touts Saxtonp's Ginger as a universal travel panacea to guard against climate, food, and water related ailments. It promises immediate relief from cramps and digestive disturbances, germ destruction in water, and fever warding properties. The tonic combines imported ginger aromatics and French brandy and warns to beware of counterfeit gingers.
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Saxtonp
Sanford
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KrEben & Co
Perniture
Washington St
Boston
New York City
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Te City
Fou Kares
Hood
L. L. Linsey
Bugbee House
Putnam
Asa Elbel
South Bend
Ind
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Mase
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Vogeler CO
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U. Side
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Perton
San
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Franklin
GEO. M. Winslow & CO
Causeway
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Frazer
Chicago
N.Y
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R. U
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Lorillard
Nvent
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Purpease's'a Co
Poledo,o
J. C. Hoffman
Jefferson
Wisconsin
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Providence
Helms Centinemne
P.O. Aniles
Ace
Nationel CO
Fonds
Maru Mortgages
Premet Payin InVestments
A. Kk
Witfits
Som Spencer
Boston Mass
Gioorgankat Boxp
Ailieny, Sare Vre Bit Co
Seattle
Wash
Berriters
Corence University
Hook Go
New Church St
New York
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
Aare
Civiate Agency
Fullon St
New Yard
Sanford’s Cincer
All Drugetsts and
Grovers
Ayer
Tam
Lsane D. Yarrington
Bunker Hilst
Charlestown
District
Mass
Dr. J
Ayer & Coldblewell
Druggiote
Bright
Hunt
C.O
Ridge
Seth
Arnold
Gordon
Burns
Bend
G. Richards
Sale
Toledo
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LE Page
Londee
Oho
Pi Ferth Po Pi Palace Car Co
Cement Co
Gloucester
Onle
Chichester
Fraine
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sa
Philada
Elastic Truss Company
B'dway
D. W. Moody
Lena Mamp
T. Price
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
New England
New York States
K. Stiefel, Jr
Butler Street
Pittsburg
Ares
R. Marsh
Quincy
Thurston
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