The Global Palette of Unusual Meats in Historic Taste
A Yankee Blade excerpt surveys exotic foods across cultures. It lists frogs in Paris and Vienna restaurants, Surinam eats, African, American, and Asian dishes, including monkey, panther, puma, bear, badger, kangaroo, wallaby, fox, fox pie, and Esquimaux dogs. It notes varied flavors, from veal-like to pork-like, and highlights curious culinary practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Vienna
Surinam
Louisiana
Germany
London
Arctic
Sussex Downs
Esquimaux
China
Across the Fields Ode to Death and Editorial Carelessness
A poem catalogues autumn imagery with fields and gold turning elm tops. A satire follows about newspaper contributors, an editor condemning carelessness, and the busy office scene ending with a stray love letter and a distracted finish in Yankee Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midas
Yankee Blade
Professional liar halts competition after confession
A quirky exchange in Our Society Journal reveals a Milwaukee insurance executive, Lamanagest, boasting of “six ty thirds in two hours” and “only missed two shots.” The drummer misreads the claim as professional sports, and the man clarifies he is a professional liar, prompting the drummer to withdraw from competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isree
Lamanagest
Milwaukee
Our Society Journal
How a Coil of Wire Is Made in a Steel Mill
A detailed look at steel to wire production describes cutting blooms into billets, hot rolling through eighteen passes to a wire rod, acid cleansing, drawing through a die, annealing, and galvanizing. Workers guide flexible red-hot rods along a looping, serpentine path before winding onto reels and drying in a line of equipment. The process ends with bright polished wire ready for coating and use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werkmen
A Bachelor's Advice From A Traveling Man
A traveler tells a barber friend about his upcoming marriage and the need to change habits. He plans to stay home, read solid books, and the barber suggests Paradise Lost as a good starter. The exchange highlights guidance on responsible late‑life habits and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Lost
Specimen Dude and Ladies Exchange in Playful Quip
Two young women discuss Gus Snobberly with humor noting a wretched impression. They joke that even monkeys in General Park would be egotistical if they saw him, reflecting playful banter in a lighthearted segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus
General Park
Prominent patent cures and crop figures in 19th century notices
A fragment from a 19th century page includes ads for a cough remedy The North Star Sam and Throat Balm a sensational patent cure and a claim of curing consumption It also reports Minneapolis wheat handling at forty six million bushels and a medical letter offering a remedy with two bottles of pearcy nag for readers with consumption Also a medical ointment advertisement for itching piles by Swayse priced at 50 cents.
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Manning
North Star
Minneapolis
P. O
Pectfally
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N.Y
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Eaeresimsn Seth
Moffatt of
Michioe i
Providence Hospital
Washington
Hall
Findlay
D.ay
Salvation Oil
Col. Collier
Nashville
Tenn
City
Brown
Jim Smith
Thos. Leonard
Butte, Mont
Jack Dowd
Wilkinson
Laura
Ellen
Moscow
Pierce
Ee On —Orteete Westeos
Ae Eterehnre
Continental Life Insurance
Hartford
Cater
Allen
Smith
Kilrain
White
Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Demea
Crile
Jacobs
Deatana Parc
Charles A, Vogeler CO
Baltimore
EH. M. Johnson
Brainerd
Church of the Redeemer
Episcopal
Ogonon Falls
Hayden
Philadelphia
Sca
Swayse
Mall
Ey Co
Boston
M. M
Renee” “Cra
Ved
Bea
Pan
Remedy
Lung Hasan
Jaas
JN Harris
Proprie Creo
Bigx
Frank Powell
LA Crosse
Geo
Te Dow RE
Minnsanatis
N. W
N. UL
Tim Tutt
Deslems Oe
Moody & 00
Cincinns
Collomamson
Volia
Patent Office
Rivas
Pium
D. Weatherby
Kansas
Aru Face Eyes Bros
Carier
Paul
Scientife
Sleovnie Belta NE
York
AL Ia
T — Dorse
Ecific
Carteim & i
Gia
Vans Chemical Co
Lanai
Esterbrook Steel Pen CO
Camden
N. J
John St
New Yorks
Sendge Lane SeAcre Force
Sorina
Tale Gb
H. Nelson
Washington Over
Grereune H. Sale
Serica J
Spaces Beret
Dits
Colter Bon
Lee
Price Lyon & Healy
Chicago
Oliver Ditson & CG
S. E. Olson & CO
Mammoth
HOUSE
Nicollet Avenue
Northwest
Warue
Scopics
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