Earliest coins and wampum in colonial trade
The article describes 1612 Somers Islands brass coinage with hog money, Massachusetts minting starting 1652, and earlier mixed colonial currency including musket balls, tobacco receipts, corn, beans, codfish, and widespread use of wampum. It also notes cowry shells as subsistence coins in India and Africa, and Aztec money practices with gold dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Virginia Coia
Somers Islands
Wot Oe
Sommer Island
Howse
Massachusetts
Boston
India
Indian Islands
Africa
Liverpool
Bengal
British Columbia
Prescott
South America
Recession of Niagara Falls Reported by NY State Commission
Niagara Falls has receded about two feet per year since 1842. Horse shoe Falls declined 104 feet 6 inches, American Falls 50 feet 6 inches. total erosion 275 400 and 52 900 square feet respectively. Bogard notes rock falls drive recent acceleration and says Niagara tunnel water diversion would hardly affect flow, with 270 000 cubic feet per second over the falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Niagara
N. Y
Bogard
Niagara Falls
Horseshoe
Niagara River
American Falls
Egyptian textile arts decline under foreign rule, says historian
An early historian notes that Egypt’s textile and arts flourished before the Jewish dispersion and under Pharaohs, but after Cambyses 525 years before Christ they waned under foreign rule. The Ptolemies briefly encouraged them, yet Grecian control and loss of hieroglyphic knowledge marked the degeneration of ancient Egyptian arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cambyses
Senous
Dry Goods Chronicle
Illuminated Cat At the Patent Office In Washington
An illuminated cat made of pasteboard or tin painted with phosphorus seeks to frighten rats and mice in dark cellars and garrets. The item appears in the Chicago Times. The page also advertises Dr Isaac Thompson Eye-water and Gen Butler noted for rapid sleep, with Tyler & Co offering Oklahoma guide books and maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Chicago Times
Dropping in on a friend and Daniel Webster joke
A hotel man recalls a rainy day with Daniel Webster and companions sharing a quiet smoke. Webster jokes about stopping interest on wine, creating a witty counterpoint on fortunes and a wine lot from France. Mentions cheese factories in New York and various ads for cures and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Mr. Jones
Tom
France
Reuben
Webster
George
Fortune Promises in Mason City and Panama Ads
An offer promises fortune to those sending name and address with claims of Panama resin value and guaranteed mortgage yields. Advertisements tout Florida camphor culture and Kansas City real estate with high returns, and solicit cash plus monthly payments. The piece notes a Messiah craze reaching Arctic Indians in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benj. Lewis & Co. Security Building
Kansas City
Venetian Liniment and Catarrh Cure Ad Amid War News
An 19th century classified style ad touts Dr To bias Venetian Liniment for pains with a price of four cents and a New York depot address. It also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a $100 guarantee and worldwide testimonials. The note mentions a possible Abyssinia Italy war escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cuenty & Co
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Claims Bold Profit
An advertisement proclaims 1000 buyers at 50 cents to reach $500 in sales and threatens $500 liability for overconfidence if the cure fails. Makers tout relief for cold in the head and chronic catarrh and urge readers to try the remedy despite risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promo In Mild Drug Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as mild and reliable. It claims the remedy works slowly but surely without shocking the system and markets it as small, cheap, and easy to take one dose for twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Dr. Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lost Arts and Sciences
Isaac Thompson
Gen. Butler
Oklahoma
Tyler & Co
Humbert
Koch
Rome
Mialaria
Hood
C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Scott
MT Ree Org
Best
Lemarie
Stix Mill
Little Ferry
N.J
Greely
Harvard
Amherst
B. J. Greely
Washington Street
J.b.cral
Im LE & Co
Kington, D.C
BNA
S Jacobs OJ
N. Ogden
Mich
St. Jacobs Oil
J. M. L. Porter
Hagerstown, Md
Agyes Kelicy
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Adeler & Co
Wyamotte St
Emmonsite
Milwaukee, Wis
Dobbins
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Cts
Echam
Beecham
Becham
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
B. F. Allen CO
Canal St
United States
Wvlaize
St Poultry Paper Farm-Poultry
Jee
Panama
J. H. Bauerein & Co
Florida
J. H. Bauerlein & Co
Mexico
Leo
Abyssinia
Italy
New Orleans
Syau Pihigg
BR. Taft Bros. M.cg
Rochester
TACOM
Tacoma
DR. Schenck
All Draggista
Schenck
Addreep
J. H. Schenck
Eppssocoa
Epps
James Epps & CO
Putines Rores Bryant's College
Budamw
NSIO
Joan W. Oreis
Principe Ex Éminer
U S. Pension Bureea Sorein
Atty EU
Papa
E. Dowd
Monroe St
Chicago
G V. House Mpg. CO
New York City
Luburg
Pric
D Stemptor
N.Y
Chichester
Pes Ennyroyal
Genuini
Tadive
Madison Square, Dprirnia, PA
Binghamton N. Y
Aly
Cracinzai
Pane Llingraham
Amsterdam
DR preuFae
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