Virginia Christmas Customs on Plantations and Farms
An early Virginia piece describes Christmas observances on plantations, including hog killing, hog ham, oyster stuffed turkey, and sugar cured hams. It notes church services, home decorations, hunts, and country dances with enslaved servants present, highlighting inherited English customs and festive social life across white and Black communities.
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Argest River
Malaga
Virginia
Tidewater
Gentivneaux
Uist
Colgalal
Dhe Sk
Moose Save Near Pinedale Sparks Wild Bear Encounter
Two fishermen along Payette Lake in Wyoming witnessed a moose flee from a pursuing bear near town. The moose dashed toward the water, reappeared splashing and blowing, then paused a few yards from the men as the bear fled into the woods.
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Pinedale
Wyoming
Payette Lake
Skinner's Macaroni Ad and Local Dialogue
An ad touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as economical and nutritious for children, made from durum wheat, with a free cookbook offer from Skin-Berutg Co Omaha. A local conversation mocks gossip and a remark on women and science follows, hinting at social chatter in a neighborhood.
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Skinner
Adr
Take Every Precaution A Spell Of Indigestion Illnesses
A historical notice describes a remedy titled Take Every Precaution, claimed to guard against indigestion biliousness constipation colds grippe or malaria, presenting it as a universal preventive cure.
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Fletcher
Iron in Blood Boosts Strength Claims Doctor Makes
Dr Sauer says real strength comes from iron in the blood not stimulants. Nuxated Iron tablets, taken after meals, allegedly raise strength and endurance by 100 to 200 percent in ten days for many, with a 60 year age limit and money-back guarantees if not doubling strength in four weeks.
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New York, N
Dr. Sauer
Ae Tha
Incident at the circus and other dated notes
A fragmentary collage recounts a child's astonishment at an ostrich, a suitor’s mocked proposal to Plassie, a master of ceremonies yellowing with pride at a cornerstone, and a stray lament about women and aging, all presented in a dated newspaper fragment style.
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Katherine
Fair Plassie
Brown
Uric Acid Cure Claim From Buffalo Institute
Eminent physicians identify uric acid as the cause of rheumatism with its presence in joints muscles and nerves. At the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo Dr Pierce tested native remedies and created Anuric to purge uric acid, promising relief from pain swelling and inflammation for sufferers.
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Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
Prominent Arkansas Woman Promotes Favorite Prescription
An Arkansas woman in Little Rock recalls a Louisiana trip and endorses Teonta Keep up stall as a wealth builder via Favorite Prescription. A Monroe physician reportedly prescribed it, with a trial package offered through local druggists at ten cents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
Dre Pierce
Monroe
Bell
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U. Bal
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