Rabbits and Thistles Affects Australia and Scotland New Trends
Reader reports massive rabbit pest losses in Australia with government incentives for extermination and public subscriptions. The piece notes imported rabbits from England in 1851, wild spread across plains, and economic ruin for farmers. It compares exotics like thistles watercress and sparrows, plus a Scottish banquet tale. It ends with French hair-dressing insights and British grooming tips.
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Australia
New South Wales
Cies
Dunedin
New Zealand
England
Antipodes
America
Scotland
Melbourne
Milwaukee Sentinel
Aisehall
Mortimer the Great Racehorse Is Dead at Twenty Six
The celebrated racehorse Mortimer, owned by Mr. Withers at Brookdale New Jersey, was euthanized after a lengthy invalid period. Imported by Pierre Lorillard for $25 000, Mortimer won 26 of 48 starts on French German and English tracks and sire of notable progeny including Exile. The horse was famed for power and endurance and was once rated the best in training by Admiral Ronse.
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Mortimer
Mr. Withers
Pierre Lorillard
Count LaGrange
Racomeas
Mortime
Brookdale
N. J. Tle
Exile
Admiral Ronse
Dev
Mr. Lorillard
New Orleans Delta
Duration of Animal Life Scale From Natural History Authors
A fragment shows a list of animal lifespans including a hare ten years, a cat ten, a dog from fourteen to twenty, a pigeon eight, a turtle dove twenty-five, a partridge twenty-five, and a goose claimed at one hundred fifty years, drawn from celebrated writers.
Walking as supreme physical and moral builder
A late nineteenth century tone extols walking as complete exercise. It claims walking trains every muscle, enhances lungs, posture, and mind, and even elevates moral and religious sentiment. It notes examples of hunters and sailors and ends with ad copy for tonics and medicines amid varied unrelated notices.
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Earth
Heavenly Dome
God
Belford
Wood That Resists Fire in Redwood Fire Demonstration
The Humboldt Times notes a Wednesday blaze in a one story building where wind reached 30 mph. Despite delayed water access, redwood laths burned only to floor level and the thin redwood roof withstood ignition showing fire resisting qualities and limiting external flame spread.
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California
Cardinal Lavigerie Uses Amputated Hand To Rally Crusade
In a dramatic ceremony at Biskra, Cardinal Lavigerie displayed a nine year old slave girl’s severed hand to condemn slave trade. He proclaimed May it direct Europe’s march and cried for action for humanity, invoking God and France. The scene highlighted ongoing slave raids near the Sahara.
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Biskra
Warrior Monks
Sahara
Cardinal Lavigerie
Europe
France
Harper's Weekly
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Female Complaints
A vintage health ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for periodical pains prolapsus and other female disorders. It claims to restore strength and health, particularly to uterine organs, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
German Syrup credited with relief from asthma and cough
C B Stickney of Picton Ontario reports severe winter asthma and chest congestion with little sleep. After using Boschee's German Syrup he notes immediate relief, better sleep, cough loosening, and rapid health improvement, attributing life saved to the remedy.
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Boschee
C. B. Stickney
Picton
Ontaro
Sorrows of the Bald
A humorous passage from the New York Tribune on male baldness and unsolicited remedies. The narrator laments friends offering free cures while he quietly grows balder, noting the abundance of supposed remedies from every acquaintance.
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New York Tribune
Rainfall Measure Sparks Water Load Figures
An inch of rain equates to about ten thousand tons of water per acre, highlighting extreme runoff and flood risk in heavy downpours.
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Paris
JY Old Mortimer
Hood
Hovy & Co
Lowel
Mass
Johnson
J. S. Johnson & Co
O. H. Ingalls
Bangor
Mermry
Tomnson & Oo
Rostov
Vece
Murray ST
New York
Ewis
Penna. Salt Mfg. CO
Gen. Agents
Phila
G.W. House Mra. Co
Broaddway
N.Y
Bartford Journal
Joseph H. Barnum
Hartford, CT
U.S
Canada
P. Harold Hayes
Buffalo, N.Y
East Tennessee
Ville Sentinel
J. HH. Dye
Butaia
F.j.cnesky
C. Props
Toledo
F. J. Chenes
EST & Truax
Toleflew
Walpine
Kinxas & Marvin
Drugwis's
O. Hal
All Druggista
Sicily
Algeria
Krive
Dr. Kline
Arch St
Phila. Pa
Chicago
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Issac Thomson
Glassboro, N. J
Loy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bands of Mercy
United States
Alliance
Storraj
Iso
Syaur
California Fig Syrup
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Giew York
Binghamton N. Y
Frazer Carase
Irmaun
Tohn
Inc
Uding Prdals
Asp Esce
Mosey
Laamei
Yieko
Omar
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