Oldest living man Joe Stoddard of South Carolina
A New York Advertiser account profiles Joe Stoddard of Lawrence County, S C, likely the oldest man in the United States at about 128 to 130. He recalls Archibald Owings from the Revolutionary era, details his enslaved mother, Indian father, and long life spent as a farmer. He is described as lucid yet frail, six feet tall and 125 pounds, refusing a photograph while his Afro Indian appearance and modest cabin life are sketched.
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Joe Stoddard
Durrah
Lawrence County
S. C
United States
Rocther
Virginia
Caleb Hughes
South Carolina
Stoddard
Hughes
Archibald Owings
Owings
Joe
New York Advertiser
Queer but delightful town Peculiarities of Brussels city
Harper's Weekly extols Brussels as a showy geometric capital rebuilt with pumice stone and stucco. It criticizes its imitation of Paris and La Haye like a heartless modern town with five story houses and official buildings, yet calls it a paradise for easy carefree living.
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Brussels
Harper’s Weekly
Young
Paris
la Haye
Cloth cuirass tested at Mannheim for small arms defense
Reports from Mannheim note a Mannheim tailor’s cloth cuirass approved by the Corman War Department and tested on Woollen effigies. At range 100 to 400 yards the figures proved undented, while closer shots dented the targets. the cuirass weighs about six pounds and cannot shield limbs without hampering movement.
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Mannheim
Corman War Department
New York World
Rough on the Hogs in a Cabin Tale
A voice from a rural cabin recalls a vanished herd of hogs once held by an old woman. She hints at theft and a neighbor linked to the loss, noting the hogs disappeared during the neighbor’s troublemaking period. The man involved is deceased, and she avoids direct accusations.
Replacing Forses and Shifts in Canadian Horse Trade
Since electrification of street railways, Canada sees a decline in large horse farming due to no demand. Prices have halved, hurting breeders and traders as the industry struggles financially.
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Canada
Snuff trade and assorted notices in a late 19th century fragment
An OCR fragment notes rising snuff production and exports to England and France, a Toledo firm receiving a 4000 600 snuff box order, and mentions illness of Wrenxnaman. It includes advertising lines for Garfield Tea and Forestine Bitters, with scattered references to Browns Kronchia Tea and Paris butter price at 100 per pound, plus a note on a China import figure.
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England
France
Toledo
Ohio
Royal Baking Powder Promoted as Absolutely Pure
The advertisement claims Royal Baking Powder is pure and wholesome while other powders contain ammonia, alum, lime or toxins. It cites state chemists and government reports alleging non Royal brands risk impurities and health danger, urging housekeepers to choose Royal.
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Royal
George Dyer and Charles Lamb on the Ratcliffe Highway killer
In a Dickens era vignette Charles Lamb quips with George Dyer about the Ratcliffe Highway murderer Williams. Dyer cautiously calls Williams a somewhat eccentric character after Lamon presses for judgment.
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Charles Lamb
George Dyer
George
Lamon
Williams
Ratliff Highway
Jack the Ripper
de Quuincey
Lamb
Dyer
Post Office Uses Over One Million Pounds of Twine
The United States Post Office Department reports consuming more than 1,000,000 pounds of twine for parcel handling and mail operations the year covered. This large usage underscores the department's extensive wrapping and securing needs across rural and urban routes.
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United States Post Office Department
Syrup of Figs advertised as a bowel and kidney remedy
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs for gentle yet prompt cleansing of the kidneys and bowels, relief from colds headaches and fevers and cure of habitual constipation. It claims unique qualities and wide popularity, noting 50c and 1 bottle sizes and urging reliable druggists to procure it if unavailable.
Question on drug prescription costs compared to online estore pricing
The inquiry compares a fifty cent to one dollar prescription cost with an equivalent charge for arranging the same medicine through a drug estore. It questions whether online fulfillment offers similar value or pricing advantages.
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Hundred and Pwenty
Durrah, S C
Little Kingdom of
Belgium
New York
New Haven
Depew
Peekskill
Duval
Mayer
Scott PO
Pica
Tory
Forses
Wrenxnaman
Garfield
Germany
Canton
China
Miami
Royal Baking Powder
Sterurne
P. J. Cheney & Co
Sentinel-Democrat
Hall
California Fig Syrup CO. Yn
CAL
Movisville
Piso’s
Cohoes
Dana Sarsaparilla
Gerri
Dana‘ Sarsaparilla
Charles Simmons
James & Canning
Dana
Oana Sarsaparina Co
Belfast
Maine
Moouere
Aseerte Sen Judson L. Thomson
Waltham. Mas
Man
W. Baker & Cos
Grocers
W. Baker &Co
Dorchester, Mass
Marator
Cat Davis & Rankin
Cacao
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