Water-for-Land Trade: Brazos Bottom Farm Story
A Texas frontier tale recalls a 19th century drink of water exchange that secured 640 acres of Brazos bottom land for a water carrier. In Corsicana the deed to the farm passed to the water bearer, whose descendants still own the property now valued at 35 to 40 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos
Texas
George T. Jester
Corsicana
Pennsylvania
Guy
Jester
Jester Mansion
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New Tinting Process Uses Light Interference
An expert explains tinted photos can be produced by placing the plate and sensitive film face down on a quicksilver surface. Light reflecting back through the plate creates color by interference.
Vegetable Gems in the Philippines
A New York Press account notes bamboo opals or tobacur found in bamboo stems and cocoanut pearls formed as small, pearllike spheres. The narrator, long in Manila, cites native use and museum trade, and mentions James Smithson’s initial scientific study of these vegetable gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Philippines
Manila
Islands
James Smithson
Veranda Burglary Tale Ends With Man’s Death
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt recalls a down east burglary story told on a grocery store veranda. A man cut a door hole and tried to escape as a woman grabbed his wrist, holding on all night. In the morning the burglar was found dead by his own throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Commercial
Swiss book production per capita surpasses other nations
A French statistician notes Switzerland leads in annual book output relative to population, with one book per 3,000 residents. Germany follows at 1 per 3,200, Italy 1 per 3,300, France 1 per 3,500, England 1 per 6,500, and the United States 1 per 12,400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
France
England
United States
Pittsburg Post
Noisy Era Advertisements and Rail Line Upgrades
A collage of notices and ads highlights shifts in advertising and transit. Dewey era praise for Hostetter’s Bitters sits beside rail safety upgrades on the Baltimore and Ohio line and interchangeable locomotive tenders. Also promotes Piso’s Cure, Laxative Bromo Quin ine, Allen’s Foot Ease, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with generic medical assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Underwood
Women Avoid Operations Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham
A testimonial urges women to seek early advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Mass about female troubles and to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to avoid surgeries. A complainant from Sheridanville Pa cites severe lifelong ailments improving after the remedy.
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Sara J. Graham
Sheridanville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
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Anna M Ross
Williamsport
Liverpool
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Sam
Main Street
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
Colorado
S. K. Hooper
H. M. Cushing
West Second South Street
Salt Lake City
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
M. H. Baldwin
Box
Chicago
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Pinkham
Mammoth
ORL
GUR Mammoth
Chet m
Andalle
Browning Bros.co
Washingto
Ogden, Utah
Salt Lake Business College
Utah
W. L. Douglas
Olnet
Cnutve
W. L. Douglass
Uglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
Mitchell
Rushford Farm
Columbia & Crown
Columbia
Milwaukee
Osborne
Deseret Light Co
Laimants FO
Wiswasatuse Pension Hickford
Washington, D.C
Schilling
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