Hadramaut Life and Emigration From a Medieval Yet Modern Land
A travel sketch describes Hadramaut in Arabia as mostly urban, educated, and orderly with low living costs. It notes strict Turkish authority fed by tribal chiefs, strong schooling including Saioum college, clean habits, and absence of polygamy. It reports Hadramauters’ emigration to Java and other islands, spreading coffee cultivation while preserving family ties and knowledge.
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Paris
Hadramout
Arabia
van den Berg
Hadramaut
Hadhramaut
Turkey
Europe
Saioum
Hadraumaut
Indian
Java
Sumatra
Madura
Malay Archipelago
Age at Which Bees Gather Honey
An analysis from a Scottish Farming World source argues bees do not gather honey until about sixteen days old in a normal hive. It cites experiments with queen changes and timing of worker emergence, estimating thirty seven days from egg to main honey harvest, and notes younger bees assist in hive tasks but do not collect nectar for honey until later.
The Bucking Broncho’s Picturesqueness in the West
A vivid essay on the American horse, its gait and role in Western life. The author praises the pony as a living symbol of frontier labor and romance, noting its utility from plough to mail stage, and its rugged endurance through history.
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San Pedro Valley
Arizona
Grepli
Snails as Food Reach Paris Markets In Large Quantities
The piece notes about 90,000 pounds daily of Poitou Morgundy Champagne and Provence snails sent to Paris markets. Snails are valued for flavor and nutrition, with 70 percent water and 16 percent nitrogen. Paris consumes about half a million snails monthly, with prices ranging from two francs fifty centimes to three francs fifty centimes per 100.
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Paris
Poitou
Morgundy
Champagne
Provence
Payen
Ebrard
Bes
Dijon
Switzerland
Austria
Spain
Italy
United States
Carp Culture a Boon to Inland Markets
A Newpert Times report notes carp culture started five to six years ago as a food fish in American waters. The carp thrives in sluggish water and ponds, grows rapidly, and yields four to seven pound specimens in year four to five. Though not prized as a game fish, carp may expand in Western ponds and major rivers and bolster inland markets.
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Tetas
Missouri
Mississippi
Newpert Times
Eating With the Fingers Defended as Clean Practice
A Malay gentleman defends finger eating, comparing two forks to a borrowed toothpick. He worries a lazy servant may not have cleaned the utensil and insists finger hygiene is his own responsibility, kept free of others’ mouths.
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Ace Monti Lda
Kemp's Balsam Praised by Cough Sufferer
Republican readers in Moravia New York report May 5 1997 that Kemp's Balsam greatly relieves a lingering cough. The testimonial from J Jd Prasz endorses the remedy and notes druggists stock large bottles.
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Moravia
O. F
J. Jd. Prasz
Atall
Train Passes Through Tunnel Sparks Public Gossip
In a streetcar or train scene a young woman reacts sourly as she exits a tunnel. Her companion teases that she may be mad from a kiss earlier or from not receiving one. The Epoch notes the remark as a light social moment.
A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fire Protest
A letter to the editor offers a positive remedy for epilepsy by H G Root of 183 Pearl Street New York. The writer promises a free sample bottle and a treatise to any sufferer who provides a P address and express details.
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H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl
New York
Cures for Catarrh and Headache Promised in Ads
A clergyman cured of catarrh by a new prescription offers to send the recipe free to anyone who writes with a return envelope. An advertisement touts Eureka capsules to fight headaches as Mrs. W. A. Brown relies on them to repel looming pains.
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J. A. Lawrence
Incoherent Advertising Column Snippets From Old Paper
A mosaic of ads and quips appears, advertising tonics and patent medicines such as Scott's Emulsion and Piso's Cure for Consumption, with odd social asides and notices about real estate transfers and minor street mischief in a noisy column.
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Algeria
Cairo
Rome
Theople
France
Farek
Sprevat
Jacobs
Crag
BR. B. Kvyic
Tower Hill Appomattox Co
T. Jacobs Oil
Igidal
Jac. A. Wall
Boston
Mass
Applied &T. Ja
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Charles A. Vogeler
Laitimore
BOLAL
UCH
Nan
Gidwee Sitr
Peale
Charles A. Veeckr
Baltimore, Md
Eay Pico
Satarre
LY Bros
Warren
Ven
DOR
HK Statis
Weenie
Tifferner CO
Beres
Rainant
Lean
B.S
Jizz DeWrrr
N. Wth
St. Louis
Swift
Will’s Point
Texas
S.A. DexramMonp
Cleveland
Atlanta
Scott
Eureka
Tux Carrirorsta Society For the
San Praxcisco
Daly
Isaac Thonmipgon
San Francisco
C.R. Bennett
Sareaparlla
Peruple
Tompkins
DeKalb
Ey C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Eali
Hawe
Pariser
Lew Ay
Rts Aris
Itv Wroecht
Ami
Taree
Smith & Wesson
Slas
Anuy
W. L. Douvuclas
Ena
Shoe Cent
EAS FF
Douglas
L. Dosgl
Yle
Mmitt
Brockton
Insopmria
Ney
Tal Aching
Netetard
Teel
Aptems
Emmaniouin
Eres
Gocoa
Cation
Mes - Epps Pe CO
Homeopathic Chemisty Pt Dld
Ipente
Blair’s
Pnetneces
Wilare
Buffaia
le & Eel
Las Furnick
Ecerr
Ots Ope
Grannae
Barean Ce
Ees Sf
C. Ow
U. Eddresx I
Hl. W. Foster
Ymen
Geneva
Brewster Mig. Co
Holly, Mich
Binghamtor
Binghamton
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