Strange Adventures and Notable Afterthoughts Across the Nation
A Grizzy Canyon dispatch narrates Jesse Grigsby’s near snake bite escape after a rattler menaced him. stories range from Yale prodigy boy learning languages to a Wabash train engineer who died at Sparta, a Boston hotel rat’s antics, a brave Johnstown rescuer of a drowning cat, a Milwaukee collie tree climber, carrier pigeons’ misdirections, and various curiosities including Mormon stats and Burmese new religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ays
Grizzy Canyon
Cal
Jesse Grigsby
Jesse
Rattler
Footwear of Indians and moccasin traditions
The article describes moccasins across North American tribes, noting soft deerskin construction without heels and sometimes attached leggings forming a boot. It mentions decorative beads and quills, southern shoes as hide soles with thong bindings, and an Anachean cactus crusher at the toe to beat back prickly growth. It also notes elongated pointed heels for Navajo and other southern tribes in dances and ceremonies.
Domestic Recipes From an Old Pantry
A varied collection of cooking directions outlines eggs with whites and velks, milk custards, bread variations with sour milk, pineapple cream mold, cranberry preserves, sago baked with eggs, and a two thirds cup butter icing method. The instructions mix measurements and steps for multiple desserts and puddings.
Character by the Month and Mosquitoes Across Continents
An essay blends a playful astrological forecast for girls born in each month with a sweeping note on European travelers and North American mosquitoes. It contrasts mild climates and biting gnats from Bordeaux to Koenigsberg with the chilly North American lakeshores, citing climate and stagnant pools as causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Koenigsberg
Sault Ste. Marie
Mica
Georgian Bay
Lake Superior
Maine
Lower Canada
Cinginnati Enquirer
How To Avoid Pneumonia
Advice from Medical Classics on prevention through nasal breathing. Immediate treatment for nasal obstruction and enlarged tonsils. mouth breathing harms health and lung capacity. Brisk walking and chest expansion exercise strengthen lungs and help reduce pneumonia risk.
Milk Mischaracterized As Beverage In Early Health Notes
A period pamphlet argues milk is not a beverage but a liquid food that aids thirst briefly yet intensifies it later. It notes stomach digestion and gastric juice weakness can respond to water, with infant distress linked to thirst and indigestion.
Bee sting consult ends with disputed $2 charge
A reader reports Mrs Blinkers-We and Mr Blinkers-Yee visiting a doctor for a bee sting on their child Johnny. The doctor charged $2 for the prescription, but the patient claims the medicine was provided without charge.
Lady correspondent defends advertising medical cure
A reader asserts the moral value of advertising patent medicine. She recounts long suffering from headaches and pain, credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with recovery, and praises advertising as a cure-touting physician's courage. She mentions Dr. Pierces Pellets for liver stomach and bowels.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Superior Cure
A Boston woman testifies she chose Hood's Sarsaparilla over a competitor after using it and feeling satisfied. The ad urges buyers not to switch and praises Hood's unique formula for curative powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Mrs. Ecza A. Gorr
Terrace Street
Boston
Mass
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New Haves
Conn
Pote
Timothy Dwight
D. D
Yale College
Yale
John Meyers
Dubuque
Iowa
Sparta
Warren
Witte
Amon
Ain Street
Johnstown
Milwaukee
Wis
Jack
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Morris
Galena
Charleston
U S. C
New York
Harris Mackenzie
Thibet
Newark
N. J
Edwin Gorsuch
Bankstreet
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Joan Mayo
Dooly County
Smithsonian Institute
Worcester
Taunga
Burmah
Koh Pal Sah
Victoria
Chief Inspector of Forests
Todd Lattie
Bronson, Mich
Texas
Callahan
Rogers
Humphries
Fleming County
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Selly Rolls
Friedensville
H. B
P.O. Box
Oregon
Ad- Oregon Im'‘igrat’n Board
Portland
Ore
Dobbins
F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
C. L Hood & CO
Lowell
Aheumatigr
Peerless
Sasaki
Peek & Som
Wwe
Buffalo
o@r association
Toledo
Ohio
Yucata Company
N. York
Rators
Chae
Kraemer
Marion St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Norge Pacific
CHAS
B. Lamburn
Mapedes Ribipa
Rilo Pawl
F. Dutcher
St. Albans, Ve
Smith & Wesson
SMITH
PSSON
Eidresg
Smith & Wesson Woriately
Palliser
Palliser & Co
Builier
Seheool Ouse
A. Sabachtiec
Endewater St
New
Br. Lobb
St Phila
H.ingraham
M. B
Amsterdam
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