Penobscot Smelts and Tom Cods Fuel a Maine Valley
The New York Sun recounts Penobscot River smelts and farmers using frozen tom cods as cattle fodder. Fishermen haul nets daily, often yielding 25 000 pounds per net, with a seasonal haul near 600 tons. Farmers later adapt, feeding hay shortages with cod to fatten sheep and cattle, stabilizing the valley’s agriculture.
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Enoch Spicer
Penobscot
Tate
Maine
Penobscot Valley
New York Sun
Abrupt Resumption of Henry M. Stanley Lectures Next Winter
The piece notes Henry M. Stanley is expected to visit America next winter to resume his Africa lecture tour after a three year interruption. It parallels a Bluecoat School anecdote about a master forcing a lesson and later solving a math problem before flogging a delinquent. It also quotes a Detroit Tribune interview about bird chatter and morning serenades between canaries.
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Henry M. Stanley
America
Africa
Elia
Bluecoat School
London
Detroit Tribune
Pineapple juice cure for diphtheria praised by Chicago Tribune
The article reports a claimed Native remedy for diphtheria used by African Americans in the South. A man recounts his child recovering after drinking ripe pineapple juice whose corrosive effect supposedly cuts the throat mucus.
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Louisiana
South
Chicago Tribune
A Queer Sight at a Funeral
A Minneapolis Tribune account recalls a funeral where two men and a young girl kissed the deceased. The two men were the woman’s former and current husbands, the former being Black and the latter white. the daughter is the child of the first husband. The observer calls the scene extremely strange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Tribune
Favorite Prescription touted as cure for female ailments
An advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can restore health to overworked women and relieve nervous symptoms and womb disorders. It claims to aid sleep, reduce anxiety, and improve general strength, marketed with a money-back guarantee and a mailed illustrated treatise offer.
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Pierce
Seite Pierce
WorLp
Main Street
Buffalo
A Hunter’s Paradise in Texas Wildlife
The article extols Texas as a hunter’s paradise across mountains plains forests and streams. It lists buffalo black tailed deer antelope deer and bear panther catamount wild cat Mexican lion wolf jack rabbit rabbits and fox squirrels as game, noting their abundance in various regions while promising sport and training for youth.
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Lone Star
Texas
Raynard
Rio Grande
Courier-Journal
Greek professor mistaken as maniac greets Gladstone
A Greek professor from Athens visiting Hawarden was mistaken as a maniac and potential assassin by servants who arrested him. He had come to congratulate Mr. Gladstone on knowing Homer's Iliad by heart and spoke no English.
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Hawarden
Mr. Gladstone
Athens
Homer
Hutchinson Bride Demands Bank Transfer and Farm Deed
Minnie Norris of Hutchinson Kansas halted her wedding to Isaac Smith by insisting the bank account be transferred to her name and a deed to a 160 acre farm be transferred. Isaac refused and the ceremony did not take place leaving Norris still single.
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Minnie Norris
Hutchinson
Kan
Isaac Smith
Isaac
Minnie
Fashion Meets Death at a Dance Fashion Memento
A Pittsburg Bulletin note recalls fashion's dramatic debacle at a dance where the personified Fashion meets Death. Death wields a sickle while Fashion brandishes a fan, leading to a wardrobe catastrophe that supposedly started the decollete trend.
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Pittsburg
The Pride of His Class and a Saving Remedy
A sixteen year old boy named Ite suffers a cough that signals consumption but recovers after using Dr. Pierce's Holden Medical Discovery. He regains health, returns to school, and graduates with high honors. Also notes chronic nasal catarrh treated by Saint Sage's Catarrh Remedy priced at TM cents.
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Pierce
Holden
Scho
S’r. Sage
Cannot Eat Enough in a Week to Last a Year Plan
A quirky critique notes you cannot consume enough food in seven days to match a year’s worth, and cautions against promoting such a schedule as a viable plan. The line playfully mocks extreme dieting and advertising strategies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming it penetrates the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any failing case and directs readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Lowprville
New York
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