Signal Fables of Mound Builders Telegraph Across America
A Chicago Tribune correspondent argues ancient mound builders in the Mississippi valley linked Chicago to Mexico City with a prehistoric telegraph system. Fire signals traveled between Chicago Prairie du Chien Muscatine and Mexico City using eight conical mounds atop bluffs as stations. The piece champions the soga ware network and asserts vast distances were spanned, while noting modern forests obscure some lines.
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Chicago
City
Mexico
Morse
Franklin
America
Columbus
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Volney
Earth
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Toolesboro
Muscatine
Flint Hills
Burlington
Mexico City
Mirages of White Lake and Small Notices
A Philadelphia Record excerpt sketches the White Lake mirage in a desert basin shaped by ancient sand and rain, noting its seasonal fullness and harsh noonday glare. The rest curates brief items on remedies, poetry, authors, and local trades, including Dr. Pierce products, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and mentions of editors and writers.
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Philadelphia
Hall
F. J. Coenry & Co
Toledo
Ten thousand found in ash barrel sparks unlikely windfall
A New York rag-picker reportedly found ten thousand dollars in greenbacks in an ash barrel. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery promising to cure consumption or scrofula and related blood taints. The pitch claims purifying blood improves digestion and vitality, with guarantees from the Dispensary Association in Buffalo, New York.
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San Illinois
Spot
Iowa
New York
New- Yorker
New-Yorker
Squirrel Park in Memphis Amid Fountain Grove
In downtown Memphis a square hosts a grove of old trees and a cool fountain. Hundreds of tame squirrels scamper through the grounds and may eat from visitors’ hands, offering a shady retreat from the busy streets.
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Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta Journal
Card of Thanks and Free Kemp's Balsam Sample Request
Card of Thanks notes daily gratitude from those cured by Kemp's Balsam for severe throat and lung troubles. Advertises free sample bottles via druggists and mentions large bottle sales. Mentions James Gordon Bennett and tangential remarks about a critic.
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Paris
Calais
Dover
Gorthe
Oy Cragin & Co
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Canada
Dobbins
Col
J. A. Wood
The
Concord
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Sherbrooke, Ont
Mabel
Mable
Eugenie
Ohio
Oran Follett
Sandusky
Isaac Thompson
Eugene Field
Chicago News
London
Jacobs
Sumner St
Cleveland
St. Jacobs Oil
Jacob Etzensperger
Drreoists Anp
Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore
ElysGreamBalm
Catarah
ELY Bros
Warren St
Voa Catar
Coenen
James Gordon Bennett
Droge
Tansuil
Charlee Lamb
Seri Usly
Hood Sarsapariila
Ami
Hood
Mas Litta Clark
South Norwalk
Conn
CGL Hood & Co
Lowell
Masa
G. & C. Merriam & CO
Springfield
Mass
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Telpuena
Leon
Pensions
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Wendie
Orthern Pacific
Chase. Lamborn
Minnesota
Orle & Veleasined
W.L. Douglas
Tekteemen
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L. Douglas
Rina
EPPS
James Epp
DR. Schenck
Eaweed Tonic
Schene
J.H. Schenck
Frazer Est
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Pris
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Piles
Catarra
Kidney Bright
Weston
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Doge
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