Roustabouts on a Mississippi steamboat’s freight load
A vivid scene aboard a river steamboat as roustabouts load every deck with freight, boxes, bales, and gear while the crew and captain curse the weight. The piece notes their grime, hard labor, drink, knives, and the rough life at river labor camps contrasted with literary mentions of melancholy writers.
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Revidence
Orlin
Iunel
Jaen
Tusuh
Tana Who Takes Six Changes of Marking Allire Every Year By Comtact Telor
Io Bey
Lawlings
Uber
Tosy
Jad
Per's
Teeth Mutilation Across Cultures and Regions
A London Lancet note surveys global dental mutilation practices from incisor breaking in Africa and New Guinea to central incisor extraction in Asia and the Americas. It covers methods, ages, religious and social meanings, and the risk of permanent groundwork in various tribes and cultures.
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Tot
Paris
Africa
Guinea
Crate
Pert
Malayan
Senegal
Indo-China
Japan
Livingstone
Upper
Nile
Esquimaux
London
Paris slums bloom with life amid tenements and parks
Harper's Magazine notes two thirds of Paris population clustered on the right bank hills where crowded streets and cheap labor fuel industry yet early reform and civic spaces keep disorder at bay. The text highlights vast parks like Buttes Chaumont and Montsouris and green squares amid poverty as evidence of reformist progress.
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Paris
Seine
Lavor
Charonne
Menilmontant
Belleville
la Villette
la Caapelle
Cligancourt
Montpartre
Les Eninettes
Batigoulles
Rue Des Pyrenees
Rue de Canee
Ordener
Rue Curial
Rue Marcadet
Rue de Belleville
Rue Overkampf
Caausee Clignancourt
Avenue de la Remilique
Boulevard de la Cuayeile
Boulevard de Belleville
Tratitiot
Tlaussman
Buttes Chaunoot
Montsouris
Mont
Harper's Magazine
Coyote Hunt Led by Starry Gager Near Boise
A large party led by Starry Gager hunted coyotes on the segrass plains twenty five miles southeast of Boise Idaho. Twenty one coyotes were killed and skinned but skins from four and five others were ruined after fierce battles with hounds. The animals attacked hounds and attempted to breach a sheep flock as the hunt moved across sage brush and rocky slopes.
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Starry Gager
Seattle
Segebraush Plains
Boise
Idato
Mara Twain
Gager
Rush
San Francisco Examiner
Household Tips for Removing Stains from Clothing
Household advice from the St. Louis Republic explains stain removal methods for different substances. Fresh tea coffee wine and fruit stains respond to clear boiling water or borax ammonia chloride of lime or sulfur fumes. Ink stains can be treated with salt milk vinegar turpentine citric acid and ammonia. Blood stains may be lifted with kerosene and tepid wash with soap.
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St. Louis Republic
Packing Butter and Front Doors in Farm Homes
A compilation notes butter packed in tubs preserves quality and aids transport, advising small dairies to target nearer towns. It also stresses neat farm house doors as a sign of owner character with durable brown tones and layered finishes.
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New York World
New York Times
Farm and Garden Notes on Poultry and Crops Maintenance
Poultry care tips warn against commingling feed for young ducks and emphasize stable temperatures to prevent disease. Advice covers breeding with two year old cocks, sorghum seed feed in winter, neats-foot oil as gentler remedy, growth targets for chicks, and winter care for colts. Garden notes discuss rust control, spray timing, seed quality, harvesting, and incubator management with careful record keeping.
English Walnut Sachet and Other Kitchen Tips
A collection of domestic notes describes making a walnut sachet with scarlet ribbon and powder, curling celery as a garnish, drying apples by evaporation for quality, and various house cleaning and preservation tips from periodicals like the New York Tribune and Good Housekeeping. Also mentions a brief anecdote about a Colorado mining bargain.
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Ohio
New York World
Bed Pocket Aids Invalid Care On Bedstead Or Headboard
A practical bed pocket hangs on metal bedposts or attaches to wooden headboards to hold handkerchiefs vinaigrette and small items. The NYN notes it as an excellent present for a sick friend and suggests wash silk with modest lace trimming.
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New York News
Where Gypsum Is Deposited and Processed in Factories
Gypsum occurs in large deposits across New York Virginia Michigan and other states and in Nova Scotia. It is heated in kilns to about 250 degrees where water leaves its composition and the material becomes plaster of Paris after grinding. The name reflects its Parisian origin from martre near Paris.
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New York World
New York
Virginia
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Plaster of Paris
Martre
Paris
Andrea del Vetrochio
Courier
Sense of Touch Permeates Skin Not Heart or Brain
A curious scientist notes touch resides mainly in skin and exposed areas like lips and tongue while heart and brain are largely insensible to touch. Harvey’s observation with a patient’s abscess led to seeing the heart could be touched unseen, even in Charles I’s presence. The report adds experiments where skin from forehead to nose alters sensation, causing a phantom nasal part and headaches.
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Harvey
Charles I
New Orleans Picayune
Why He Left and Other Oddities in a Comic Column
A jumble of humorous quips and anecdotes about money, the World's Fair, and streetcar etiquette. Includes a catarrh cure ad, eye medicine, and a house‑buying joke between Mr Suburb and Mrs Suburb reflecting light social humor. Notable lines reference Brooklyn and Chicago readers.
The Farmer and the Grocer
A grocer balks at paying a farmer the price of a 10 pound turkey for a seven pound bird. The Royal Baking Powder tests show it is 27 percent stronger than competitors. Do not buy weaker brands with alum lime or sulphuric acid. demand a lower price if forced.
August Flower testimonial from Sardis Kentucky
A dealer reports heavy sales and personal weight gain after using August Flower to combat loss of vitality and debility. Peter Zinville is named as a new man by the product, with many customers claiming high efficacy compared by other medicines.
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Peter Zinville
Gxorcs W. Dye
Sardis
Mason Co
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National Review
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Good Housekeeping
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Southern Pacific Railway
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Street & Smith
Brooklyn
California Fig Syrup Co
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Hall
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