Burmese Oil Wells Describe Primitive Burmese Digging Method
Dr Novtling of the Indian Geologic Survey details a Burmese oil well method. A square shaft 4 to 4.5 feet wide is lined with wood and lowered workmen descend on a rope drum. Gas fumes require eye adaptation and light avoidance. oil is drawn in a pot and lifted by rope for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Novtling
Indian Geologic Survey
Ng Des Alpbai
Taemar
Noetlinge
Larry
Gray and Red Negroes in Native Custom Practices
A descrip tive account notes tribes in hot regions painting bodies with red ochre or other colors, tattooing facial features, and adorning with rings, beads, and a wooden stool worn as dress. The piece mentions Bar and Malist groups near Lado and across Sobat to Cheere, with details on body alteration and attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prakr-El-Gebel
Emin
Gendokoroe
Sordan
Kha Towm
Cheere
Adas Dec
Diet hints and health advice from a 19th century page
The article offers dietary rules linking disease to eating habits, warns against overeating and drinking, and recommends chewing thoroughly and eating in a calm state. It cites wine and liver issues, notes Bordeaux as an apoplexy hotspot, and includes unrelated excerpts on spring diet, beauty, and a bank forgery case involving a boy in Bloomington, with ads for products like Syrup of Figs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
Gladstone
Advertising copy touts Kemp’s Balsam cure claims and freebies
The ad promotes Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds with a free amp bottle offer to encourage trial. It mentions Isaac Thompson's Eye Water and Dobbin’s Electric Soap as daily uses, and urges readers to buy at the grocer next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Dobbins
Cure for Deafness Claims Catarrh Remedy
Local application cures ear disease by restoring the Eustachian tube mucous lining. The ad claims nine of ten deafness cases arise from catarrh and promises to pay one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Toledo firm F. J. Crane Co. offers free chains and sells the product through druggists at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Caeney & Co
Toledo
O. F
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Mits
Upper Nile
Pierce
Willow
Oregon
Bard
Portland
Ore
Tatli
Grro Brinson
First National Bank of
Bloomington
Dodd & Co
Intereed
Isaac Thompson
Eye
Aas Mae
C. E
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Charles &. Voc., Laitimore, A
Tate
trAlniv
Clust
Sportine Couds
Lvston
Fis Y
John F. Son & Son
Hood
Sarsaparilia
J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Desensere
A, Whington
D.C
Cincinnati
Teller
Unadilla
Coldinhead
Hav Feve
USA
Wayar EY
Price
Meistered
Wets
Bly Bros
Warren Street
New York
Ifs
Coes
Epps
James Epps
Webster
Owabridg
Dictiona
Tr . G.& C. Merriamn & CO
Brea
Levers Pd En
Ana
Agibrvaut
Pensions Scs
Orthern Pasif
Ladas
Chas.e. Lamborn
Maen
Luburg
Theodore Holland
Paita. A
Frazer
Ree, Pitt
Arkansas
Little Rock
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
York
Farquhar’s
Sisadard Eccines
Caiziogue
A. B
Farquhar & Son
York, Pa
Cata
Gms
Luburg Mps. Co
Idg N. Sib
Borme
Viculars
B.m.woolley
Whitchai
North I
Ione
Bracs Chemical Co
H.ingraham MW
Amsterdam
Chicago
ISO
Ull Ugg Ma
Emystery
Cenis
Washington, D. C
Vandewater Street
New York City
Sapolio
Folly
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