Curious Tales and Oddities From a Global Scan
A long column surveys strange anecdotes from the late 19th century world. It recounts petrified bodies taken from a graveyard, a suicide at Clifton Bridge, a farmer proving a rooster’s wing noise, London thieves using photos, shirt-float superstition for locating drownings, a Belfast swapping jockey Life Walter, a fair-skinned man born black, opossum death by impalement, a five calf Jersey cow, and a submarine boat launch. It also touches French in America populations, a fox caught by barbed wire, a population center debate sparked by triplets, a wire accident muting a watch, a somnambulist treadmill, a collapsing turtle, deer sightings, cocoanuts vs Chinamen, and Australasian foreign missions fervor with dramatic offerings.
Queer Roads in China Describe Ancient Mail Routes and Ferries
Minister Denby describes primitive roads in rural China as rutted fields and bogs with travel by foot. He explains post stations spaced about thirty miles apart, horse relays, and swift foot messengers, enabling rapid dispatches despite floods and ferries. Private post offices and rival couriers also carried mail between cities, with high charges for long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denby
Department of State
China
Kubla Kahn
Peking
Summer Palace
Gartok
L'Hasa
Thibet
Tientsin
United States
Legation
Shantung
Chinanfu
Shentung
A Strange Scene at Geelong Services in Victoria
A scene of extraordinary religious fervor occurred recently during services in Geelong Victoria with attendees witnessing intense demonstrations and devout participation amid the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geelong
Victoria
Paris bonnets mirror styles unknown in French capital
Styles described as Paris bonnets appear on this side of the Atlantic, presenting a fashion contrast with those seen in Paris. The report notes this cross‑ocean diffusion of headwear trends and hints at evolving taste among observers and shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Atlantic
Terminology of Young and Adult Swans
The passage explains that a male swan is a cob and a female is a pen while the cygnet term applies only in the first year. A gray bird is used for the immature stage until a White swan reaches maturity.
Advertisements and medical claims in a late 19th century paper
The page promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s suffering and cites other cures such as Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. It notes a corn famine feared in Germany and mentions eye health products sold by druggists at 25 cents per bottle. The Japanese language is claimed to contain 60 000 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Thompson
Soc
Beecham's Pills and Patent Remedies Featured in Ad
A fragmented page lists Beecham's Pills priced at 2 cents and Dr Swan's Pastiles with cures for female weaknesses. Beverages include Kirse's Elve Restorer and Dr Kline offerings. Mentions of Boston policemen carrying clubs and Newfoundland fisheries figures appear among miscellaneous notices.
Signs of ill health urged for daughters with remedy
The article urges guardians to monitor daughters for signs of illness and use Lydis E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it as a lasting blessing. It notes in London that about one in twenty women is a pauper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydis E. Pinkham
London
Dr Hoxsie cures croup in half an hour
Dr Hoxsie's Certain Croup Care is touted as the only remedy that cures a violent croup attack in thirty minutes with no opium. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of eight bits to Hoxsie Buffalo N Y. A French firemen delegation visited London to study the English fire service system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Con stitutional Disease
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 to anyone it cannot cure and urge readers to request testimonials from F Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also notes Swiss capitalists investing near Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Woodbury
India
John H. Wooheiry
Dermatological Institute
West 42Nd Street
Scott's Emulsion Aids Recovery With Palatable Formula
Many a life is saved by Scott's Emulsion which removes the bad taste of cod liver oil and provides strength without the burden. The ad notes it is half digested and slips through the stomach, offering quicker nourishment. Distributed by Scott & Bowny, chemists, New York, price $1 and available at druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowny
South Sth Avenue
New York
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Female Health Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a legitimate vegetable medicine for women's functional disturbances and weaknesses. It claims to invigorate the system, regulate functions, and restore health with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
New Pills Claim to Aid Nature Overhauling Health
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as modern remedies that support natural healing. It claims relief and cure for headaches biliousness costiveness and liver stomach and bowel disturbances by helping Nature rather than opposing it.
Boschee's German Syrup Praised by Canadian Sufferer
C B Stickney of Picton Ontario states Boschee's German Syrup eased long lasting asthma and winter coughs. He reports immediate relief after the first dose, better sleep, weight gain, and overall improved health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
C. B. Stickney
Picton
Ontario
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Pr. Leidy
Philadelphia Record
University of Pennsylvania
the University
Clifton
Bristol
Brdge
England
Stuart Boucher
Bath
Somerset
William Hawkitos Girsox
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Clarke
East St. Louis Levee
Sue
Turre
Belfast
Walter
Life
Montana
Fla
Ebenezer Long
Benezer
Georgia
J. E. Dixson
Victoria Naturalist
Kooyong
Oakleigh
E. A. Boxer
Michigan City
Ind
Boyer
Chicago
Detroit Boat Works
George C. Baker
Frexcu
America
M. Rameau de Saint-Pere
Acadiens Et Canadiens
Revue Francaise
Air Reserve
Quebec
Dominion
Western States
Louisiana
Glastonbury
Conn
Frank Bircu
Decatur County
Chelsea Flats
New York City
Dundee
N. Y
Mortimer Hamilton
Jackson County
Turkey
Mr. Whittaker
Machias
Australasia
San Francisco Chronicle
Lydia E. Pinkham
Germany
Beecham
Boston
Newfoundland
Kirse
Kline
Arch St
Phila
Church of Egil
Kansas City
B. Linzers
Vas Fret
Speen
Legon Lands
P. K. Io. Peal, Om
T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Lotos A
Worilds Fair City
Saxe & Vwsumun
Dearborn Street
J.H. Dye
P. Harold Hayes
M.D
Buffalo, N.Y
Gentile
Binghamton, NY
Murray ST
New Your
Acre
DR. Talmace
Christ
Christ-Land
Cuxvdicfomckubuc'co
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