Pursuit and combat on a sunlit hill in Metz tale
Moritz the Pomeranian disrupts two grape-pickers and a sentry as pursuers close in. A fierce clash erupts with chassepots, the hilltop peopled by French outposts and Prussian forces, while a swift ambush secures escape. The scene ends as Metz tightens its ring. Also a note on steamship speed and power relations.
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Howver
Moritz
Pita
Metz
Charles A. Collmann
Detroit Free Press
Atlantic
Scottish Review
Basel
Cincinnati
Moselle
Prussia
Bown
Grombler
Bens
Tarantulas Terrify Nevada Prospecting Tale From 1864
Joseph Grandelmyer recalls surviving a night in Owens Valley when a tarantula crawled across his face and up his body while he slept, with Dr Heath killing one giant spider and twelve more found in his hair, leaving him frail but alive after brain fever.
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Nevada
Joseph Grandelmyer
Far West
Baker
Mr. Grandelayer
Sugarbrush
Dr. Heath
Sierra
Walker's Pass
Owens Valley
Invo County
Idusy
Heath
San Francisco
Raking and weed control tips for farm efficiency
Practical farming advice on early weed removal with light raking and harrows, testing milk and soil for taints, using hellebore to control maggots, and prioritizing grass and hay as low-labor crops. Includes notes on pest control and feeding strategies to maximize returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoskins
Simple, timely dessert and kitchen tips from old columns
A collection of practical kitchen notes and recipes. Descriptions vary from a red banana dessert with sugar and orange juice to handling ink spills, potato croquettes, barley gruel with beef, and a potpourri of confections including sandwich cakes and cold meringue pudding. Also includes advice on poison from sumac and a home remedy using potash soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
N. Y. World
Meehan
Springfield Republican
Fishing with a Club by Unemployed Miners Reveals Odd Method
A Herald reporter describes shallow Illinois River lakes where unemployed miners use heavy clubs to strike fish through thin ice. They locate air holes and stun or trap fish by hammering the ice, then chop openings with hatchets to retrieve them. The method is unsportsmanlike yet profitable and seen as a desperate food source amid unemployment.
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Ut Nots
Iinois
Mlinois
Herald
Chicazo
Chicago
Tevald
Profitable Talk Reveals Warner's Safe Cure Miracle
A New York interview with a prominent professional man details his wife’s dramatic recovery from near death due to arsenemia and puerperal convulsions. He credits Warner's Safe Cure for restoring sight after blindness, enabling childbirth, and saving a family, while praising the remedy's broader benefits for men and women alike.
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New York
Albert G. Eaves
East Twelfth Street
R. A. Gunn
Sam
Warner
Mr. Evans
Virginia
Lat
Wrecked Amid the Hreakers and the Bitters Remedy
An archaic notice touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive aid for kidney and bladder ailments and stomach upset. It claims the remedy strengthens weak kidneys, prevents irritation from unmedicated stimulants, and aids rheumatic, digestive, and malaria ailments with use.
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Martara
Aveden
Seace
Anne
Barbara
J. L. Only, Sr
Colcago Mail
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Onio
Caseer & R & Co
Toledo, O
Eso We Druggista
Galveston
Ae Puple
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Poe Crockeder
Autre Boston
Indianapolis
Indiana
Western
Western Creamery
Reeves
Mr.Horne
New England
McVicker Stock Co
Jean
Raima
Bexcnam
California
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
Mass
FLACS
Wena
Putin
Sade
Lowe of Gans
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Wshington St
Bostor Maes
Sapolio
Ladies Steiner Fesebloonton
Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis
Vacatn
Tom Eigenen
Seatty Mall
Fc. 5
T, Hageisine
Warren, Pa
Roe “Varius
W Jacobs Oil
Hi Tag Medical and Surgical Institute
Mer Cor
Epee Alemseaics
Erentn Rovers
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
van Buren Street
Weta Hewngaper Co
Beaver St
Chicas
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