Rocking stones and curious boulders across New England
Henry Beals completes a study of erratic rocks and the New England rocking stones linked to glacial movement. Mohegan Rock in Montville is the largest found, weighing about 10 090 tons with a six inch rocking span, while nearby Danesborough and Noank sites yield notable specimens.
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Henry Beals
Royal Society of London
New England
Long Island
Noank
Caleb Haley
New York
Danesborough
Mass
Mohegan Rock
Shehegan
Montville
Minstrels Jokes and Mushroom Crises Across 1887
The passage contrasts how minstrel shows borrow jokes from newspapers and mock the practice, while detailing a 1887 mushroom famine in Europe. It notes cold wet summers and a glut of mushrooms in Britain, with scarcity and high prices affecting markets and prompting thoughts on artificial cultivation.
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England
Morphine and its Victims in Dreake's Magazine
An article from Dreake's Magazine argues that morphine addiction among well to do women stems from doctors prescriptions. It urges the medical profession to warn patients about dangers through lectures publications and private counsel.
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Dreake’s Magazine
River Bend man raises pigs with a fifteen year old boy
N B Jones of River Bend Georgia raises a fifteen year old boy who has kept and raised 132 pigs. He has sold 28 breeders and fattened meat for family use and earnings range from 20 to 365 dollars annually. He once planned to slaughter Old Blue but spared her life. A bottle of Samuel Tilden’s whisky sold in New York for 11 25.
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Vinal Haven
Maine
Tlacayapan Ot Morales
Yautepec
Margarita
Maurita
Tenextepanzo
T'etxealo
Morales
Union Square
New York
Wis
Sherman
Heath
Madison Asylum
John Scurry
Carbondale
Penn
Petersburg
America
Detroit
N. B. Jones
River Bend
Mr. Jones
Samuel Tilden
Kemp's Balsam advertised as universal cure
The proprietor claims Kemp's Balsam gives away thousands of bottles yearly and markets it as a perfect cough and throat remedy. It urges immediate use and offers a free trial bottle at druggists, with a large size priced at $1.
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Kemp's Balsam
Youth and giant join Eastmanville band in Michigan
A twelve year old boy and a man six feet seven inches tall both play in the same Eastmanville band in Michigan, illustrating an unlikely pairing of youth and stature within the group.
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Eastmanville
Mich
Liver woes and old world quips in a humorous tale
An elderly woman jokes about her liver yet remains amiable. The piece links Prometheus and chained happiness to health cures, noting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a remedy for liver caused ailments like constipation indigestion dizziness and headaches.
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Fiow
Tod
Prometheus
Dr. Pierce
Exhibition Cassava 100 Weighing Twenty Pounds
A cassava specimen labeled Cassava 100, less than a year old and weighing twenty pounds, is on display in Bartow Gia. The exhibit showcases agricultural progress and roots value.
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Bartow
Gia
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted
A historic advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for blood diseases and a long tested treatment for throat lung troubles catarrh kidney liver dyspepsia and related ailments asserting worldwide fame and ongoing popularity.
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Dr. Vierce
Dr. Pierce
Chicago Real Estate Agent Uses Tactics to Remove Tenants
A Chicago real estate agent reportedly uses disruptive methods to evict tenants instead of engaging the sheriff. The approach aims to pressure occupants, raising questions about legality and safety in housing enforcement.
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Chicago
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Servey
Franklin G. Fisk
Wisk & Co
Chamber
Montellr
New Jersey
Century Magazine
States of Mexico
John Boyle
Benjamin Meyer
Souk Rton
New
Xico
Mtthent
Dakota Forontan
Dominion Police
Ottawa
Ont
Ogdenburg
N. Y
Philadelphia
Cureisea
Houston
Water FE. Hicks
Brooklyn
Hick
West Point
Fortress Monroe
Journal of
Lewiston
Boothbay
Bowdoin
Charles Parsons
Kennebunk
John Shaw
Shamokin
Scotland
United States
Evward Surumax
Whitewater
Yuma
Arizona
Grerce Herold
St. Helens
Ore
Salem
Hartford, Conn
BecuraxaLanp
Tangier
Fez
Morocco
Rutland
Count Bismarck
Mars-la-Tour
Ciermany
Jacobs O
Sruises and
Burns
East Providence
Jane
Barstow Stowe Co
Askeston
Texas
Jacobe Oil
Joshua W
St. Jacobs
Louis
Pruggists and Dealirs
THE
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Wentieman
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atian’s
Mount Rose
Col
Keepy
H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
Hood
Druccheta
C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mase
Pise
Gatarrh
Scott & Bowne
LOW Price Railroad
Free Cove
Noro Pacific
Chas
B. Lamborn
Oashiis
Chichesters
Pennyroyal
Hest
Bu Gii
Wembert
Draggi
Danger
Giare
Vetuen Me
Payer Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq.,Phila
Clam & Wiset CO
Liver St
Chicago, IL
Dalesmen
Cincinnati
Txt & Co
Auguste, Maine
Brewster
Volcan Kein Holder
Coa, Holly, Mich
Blair's
Edy Co
la Fayetties Ind
Bryant’s College
Main St
Buffalo
Ferman
Leerfort
Ablesieep
Fred Ry . Ae
Wolff & CO
Hamilton St
Albany
N.Y
Wheeler & Melick Ce
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