Celebrated Running Sailor Ernst Mensen Aims for Incredible Feats
A historic portrait of Ernst Mensen, a Norwegian sailor in the English navy, famed for exceptional endurance running from London to Portsmouth in nine hours and Paris to Moscow in thirteen days. The piece details his fierce pace, travels, and a perilous death under a palm tree near Syang while pursuing the Nile source. It also notes a Troy New York pulp machine turning sawdust into paper pulp with high efficiency and low cost.
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Ernst Mensen
Mensen
London
Portsmouth
Liverpool
Mae
Paris
Moscow
Place Vendome
Erdémlin
Ménsen
East India Company
Calcutta
Constantinople
Central Asia
Nile
Silesia
Jerusalem
Cairo
Upper
Egypt
Syang
Kurea
Troy
New York
Seeing vs Learning How Observation Enriches Life
A correspondent argues that seeing and observing surpass book learning. Noting that eyes often win over no eyes, the essay urges readers to cultivate direct observation as Nature’s book offers the richest, most varied subjects for thought.
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Nature
Scientific American
Percheron Horse Importation Fuels American Breeding
Fifteen million horses are owned in the United States with over a million bred yearly to supply agricultural and heavy draft needs. Percheron stallions, imported from France, boost value. Canadian breeders renew French blood to improve English Draft and Clydesdale stock. Oaklawn Farm in Illinois has imported nearly 2,000 Percherons from France. Also noted is a South Siberian custom linked to age-based ritual and a brief aside on youth labor in a woolen mill.
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America
France
United States
Canada
M. W. Dunham
Oaklawn Farm
Wayne
Illinois
Tender furniture and health in the drawing room
A reader asks what furniture adds finish to a room while a telegraphed reply notes the glow of health tempers tender expressions. The piece then promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a sovereign remedy for consumption and other respiratory and digestive ailments, sold everywhere.
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George Elliott
Pierce
Poker in Missouri Recalled by Old Protagonist
A New York Sun piece reflects on a Missouri poker tale. The speaker recalls a game where he claimed four aces and his opponent supposedly held five jacks, a claim met with disbelief. The anecdote warns visitors to Missouri poker rooms about odd hands and bluffing.
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Missouri
New York Sun
Delicate Diseases Cure Claims From Buffalo Association
An advertisement notes cures for delicate diseases of either sex by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York. The piece ends with a proverb about giving the devil his due attributed to the Philadelphia Chronicle.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Stand Your Ground and Remedies for Lung Ailments
A long array of medical nostrums and patent medicines appear. Dr A L Scoville touts Adle7s Lung Balsam for throat and lung diseases, while various tonics, bitters, and compounds claim Liver benefits and general health. The text also advertises hotels and a piano company, with jokes and miscellaneous notes on fashion and domestic life.
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A. L. Scoville
Allen
Small Pills and Purgatives in Honest Trade Talk
A fragmentary advertisement column touts Dr. Pierca’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Ely’s Cream Balm with testimonials. It includes claims for Scovill’s Blood and Liver Syrup’s wide cure range, mentions Drs Starkey and Palen’s Compound Oxygen, Youth’s Companion offer, and Carboline hair restorative claims.
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Pierca
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South Siberia
Poker
Philadelphia Chronicle
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand ‘Union
Toreiky
RAT
Masori
H Gan and Piano Company
Bmton Journal
Lupra E. Pinkham
Miss Lucy
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Mensman
Caswell, Hazzard & Co
Proprietors
Ely
T. F. McCormick
Horsford’s
Hulsman
Philadelphia
Texas Siftings
Dadhs
Miether
S. Babgock & Co
Centerbroo . Com
S. Boked CO
Genterbrook, Coma
Liz Youne
Denver
Lawo Ice
Newman
C. H. Mackey
Io Fa
Catafri
C. H.mackey
Sigourney, Town
Scovill
Paca Perry Mron & Co
Massachusetts
Gilead
A. Worth
Ales LungBalsan
Atdins
Brsex
Pal Tet
Hr Lent
Hera Fies
Llen’s
Astoria
H. C. Mooney
G’st
Sitters
Tie Whorn
Hostetter
Nestamyne, du Page Co
Danham
Rosa Bonhguy
Origina
Demorest
Eac
Kidd
14Th St
Hayfever
Conta
Ely Panipter
ODEY
Catarre
Owego
N. Y
Burry City
H.H
Isaac Thompson
St Hist Hays
Rae L. Thompson
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
Yton
Pope
jScott
Engra’ S
Sattelgeteed
A.J. SpRicas & Co
Cambridge
Cleveland
Edroi
Ballouse
Superior St
Washington, D. C
Jhonenic
ASA Soeton Eee Devera Silusnen
Rochesten
P. RW Sale
Cass
I. Duncan
Archie
Tee Oo
Cincinnati
A. T. Stewart
Co. Forbinger
Beries
Ic. Aline
Honge
Howland
Lowing
Waterbury
Tiako
Anne of
Monna
Lewure Hour Pub'g CO
Pacific Block
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Wahi
Binneapolis
Tedwody Falls
Watervillite
St-Paul “Red Wing
I N. Albert
L W
Steven
Mm Ady
Ft.Howard
Ferson
Vers
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Chicago
Blue Island
Auburn
Jolie
Seneca
Peoria
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Davenpor
Muscatine
Washington
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Jes Moings
West Liberty
Iowa City
Atlantic
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Couzcil Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Kanss
City
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Great Rock Island
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Council Bluffs
Princips
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
Gen
T'k
T & Pass
R Ag
Monarch
Ted
R. U
Lorillard
le “Lt
Ly Berd
Mers Chance
Mamot
Radressdax Saydam
Mason & Hamlin Sxi
Aiagaee
Isa Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
Boston
Thomont St
E. Mth St
Wabash Ay
Battle Greek
Michigan
W. J. Fairfield
M.D
A. Goff
Valentin
Brose
Janesville
Wis
N. As
F. Ww
Traver
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