Startling Theory of North American Depopulation by Exhausted Resources
A Dec 20 report describes Ottis Mason of the National Museum arguing that Western Hemisphere resources will exhaust rapidly, depopulating North and South America except for a few savages. He claims America’s continental life is inferior to the Old World, with humans and animals lagging behind Europe Asia and Africa in development, predicting widespread state failure and eventual loss of state representation. He cites Nevada as the first to succumb and forecasts a cascade of depopulated states while lamenting a future civilized man’s decline into poverty and savagery. The piece also notes a cotton seed oil lead absorption process for protective coatings and other industrial curiosities.
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Wroassixeros
Ottis Mason
Bureau of Ethnology
The
National Museum
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
Mason
Europe
Asia
Africa
Hama
Americas
Old World
Mason Tren
Dakotas
Desert
Nevada
Scientific American
Philip Ulelbig
Hermann Bertling
Baltimore
Sullivan
OUD
Nadie
Francis Sullivan
North Second St
Philadelphia
Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs advertises a pure balsam
A historical advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as the real thick balsam for coughs. It mocks thinner remedies and claims the bottle shows a pure preparation. It directs readers to druggists with large bottles priced at 50 cents and up.
Nature as Our Kind Lelper
Nature favors moral and physical health, repairing wounds and restoring health. A bad or diseased person may become good or sound again through natural healing and, if needed, transfer of skin or tissues. Even severe injuries can heal with time and cellular regeneration, given proper biological processes.
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Davis Oughty Rewaiie
Millionaire Pullman Finds Happiness Not in Wealth
In a Brooklyn Times piece, George M. Pullman, worth at least 250 million, says he is no happier now than when he had nothing. He recalls simpler meals, fewer cares, and better sleep in his poorer days, noting money brings comfort but not contentment as he leaves by a hotel steps.
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Willionaire
George M. Pullman
Mr. Pullman
Tecan
Brooklyn Times
Fashion Spoiled by Coach and Eight in New York
In early 20th century New York a group of fashionable youths paraded in a coach and six, prompting rivals to assemble two coach and eights. Car men countered with a sixteen-horse tandem coach, each rider powdered and acting as postilions, eliciting laughter across town. One youth penned an ode named Carmen Triumph.
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New Yor
Judged by Her Hearth and Home Comforts
An essay on the hearth as a measure of character contrasts a tidy cheerful fire with a disordered mantle. It notes bright dog irons and orderly tools elevate a modest room, making home feel precious despite scant furniture, and questions replacing the old open fire with modern furnaces.
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St Louis
Gicke-Democrat
Universal Suffrage in the French Republic
Jales Simon argues in Forum that deputies should be elected by universal suffrage for all citizens 21 and over. He condemns property tests, calls universal voting a matter of justice, and warns against wealth-based political power under any government.
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French Republic
Jales Simon
Disraeli Dress and Tea Exports Highlight 1830s Notes
The fragment recalls Disraeli's 1834 Wycombe election appearance with a flamboyant outfit. It also notes Indian tea exports to the United States rising, totaling over 500000 pounds annually. The text blends fashion caricature with trade facts from period coverage.
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United States
Bearys Harvest Sale Plans and Prices Declared
Fragmented notice from Beary Beary showing harvest sale dated December 1, 1800. It lists daily meals for up to 100 attendees through May 1st at 25 cents, plus a long inventory including fatted beeves milk cows lambs hens bushels of vegetables and assorted canned goods.
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Bbutance Ra
Local sale and agency notice for Atlantic washing machines
ERIC ERICSON announces sale of washing machines for the Iren Potter Tioga Bradford Susquehanna Wayne counties and nearby areas. Seeks reliable township agents and dealers in pianos organs and sale of merchandise at low prices. Also mentions health advice for malaria and promotes Stomach Bitters as preventive and remedy.
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Doge Mayer
Wallana
Tavine
Atlantic
Iren
Potter
Eric Ericson
Warren
Kemp's Balsam praised as quick throat cure
Mushaud and Wile recount uses of Kemp's Balsam for throat relief and lung ailments, claiming it stops decay of the lungs and cures influenza. The advertisement boasts rapid, thorough action, with no similar medicine, marketed by druggists in large 50¢ and 1 dollar bottles. Also notes steady employment offered by E. C. Pierson & Co. in Waterloo, N.Y.
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E. C. Pierson & Co
Wateerloo
N.Y
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Tufferin
Mr. Disrachi
Wycombe
London
Wose
Guatemala
Panama
Transmarine
Mushaud and
Wile
Carters
Ettle
Canton
Cantrer
Maus
Carter Medicine CO
New York
Marsh Steam Pump
Tex Stationary
C. Machinery. Co
Ae Street
Battle Creek
Warren Book Bindery
Warren, PA
K. Ronne
Ory Street
Pris Las Engine Works
Indianapolis
Ind
Ely
Antes
Puivreverg S
ELY Brothers
Warren St
C. B. Hamlin
Maple Traverseries
Waterloo
Fifth Ave
Business College
A. Weburre
Meadville, Pa
Paulsion
Colchester” Rubber CO
Bamsdell, Swlet & CO
Holesale Acetits
Buffalo
Struthers
Alron Works
New England
Proatietors
Boston
Bacak
A. Johnston
Wishrish
Bac Sra
D Olvers
Rifos
Rta
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