Northwest Mounted Police as Frontier Constables and Peacekeepers
Harper's Weekly describes the Northwest Mounted Police as a disciplined civil force with military spirit. They patrol from river to Rockies, guard Indian bands and frontier half-breeds, curb horse theft, stop raids, and enforce temperance laws in the Northwest Territory. The force aids in campaigns, drill at Regina, and comments on their role in the orderly construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Dominoe
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Rocky Mountains
Jan
Saskatchwan
Riel
Duck Take
Northwest Territory
Globe
Regina
Harper's Weekly
A Birds Nest in a Bottle Nature describes linnets nest in Maltese bottle
A Nature correspondent records a curious case in which a pair of linnets built a nest and raised a brood inside a ten inch high porous Maltese bottle hung on a brick wall behind Captain G Wood's house. The nest was reused the following year with another brood of five or six young. The entry through a four inch neck with a narrow inside diameter remains mysterious.
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Nature
Captain G. Wood
The Snake Boy of Alabama Emulates a Rattlesnake
A Birmingham five year old named Jeary Dargin, bitten by a rattlesnake months ago, now mimics a serpent. He lies face down in the yard, crawls to conceal himself, and hisses with neck veins swelling and greenish eyes during episodes, alarming his guardians. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Jeary Dargin
Birmingham
Ala
Cincinnati Enquirer
Feasting on Horse Chestnuts in German Farming
German agriculturists report using dried and baked horse chestnuts as animal feed for cattle sheep pigs and deer. Chemical analysis shows about 6.4 percent protein and 1.0 percent fat, with rations varying from one kilogram daily for sheep to ten for fattening stock.
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New York Times
Log Cabin Cough Remedy Backed by Frontier Folk Wisdom
An American camping party on Lake Nipissing hears a guide recount his recovery from near death after a winter in the woods. He credits herbal balms and old grandmother remedies, praising Warner's log Cabin cough and consumption remedy as superior to doctors. A final claim asks what cures a cold and pays the doctor’s bill.
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Nipissing
Canada
Death’s Door
States
America
Warner
Put and Call in Markets and Illness Ailments
The piece contrasts financial put and call with a medical put and call when illness strikes. It extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for coughs, weak lungs, spitting blood, short breath, night sweats, and consumption, claiming it surpasses other medicines.
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Dr. Pierce
Wild on yachting man praised by Puck
The quote notes a man who is intensely enthusiastic about yachts earning high regard, described as an ultra-marine by Puck.
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Puck
Kemp's Balsam Featured As Universal Throat Cure
The rush on the druggists continues daily with Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs claimed to cure coughs colds asthma bronchitis and consumption. It is sold with a guarantee of satisfaction, priced 50c and $1, with a free trial size offered.
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Northwest Mounted Police
Snake-Boy
Alabama
New Haven News
Merchant Traceier
Isaac Thompson
So_p
Droedists
C. FE. Marshall
Lockport
N.Y
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Midh
U. S. Mail
Zevely & Finley
Ashingeton, D.C
WOLD
True & Co
Augusta
Maine
Pium
Humane Remedy Co
la Fayette
Ind
Soldiers McCormick & Sons
A. Wshington
D.C
Cincinnati
Bryant’s College
Main St
Buffalo
Secret Service
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Cincizzati
Pennock Battery Electric Light Co
Bell Telephone
Pennock
GEO. B. Pennock
Quincy St
Chicago, Ill
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Eame
lEly
ELY Bros
Warren St
Jacobs
Ashland
Ashland Co
Wis
John Jones
St Jacobs
WALKER @ CO. Druggists
Tittopolis
Joseph Shafer
T Naziants
St. Jacobs Oil
A. Scheuller
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
Snes
Frazer Ott
Caleskins
C. S. Page
Hyde Park
Vermont
Qhams
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Mapuf'rs
Boston
Mase
Fifth Avenue
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6Th ST
Jones
SeaaTon
Binghamton
Supreme Court
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Seb
Themisen
Hedowist
J. M. Buckley
Richart Precter
A. Loisette
Ava
New York
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W. W. L. Douglas
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Congress
Brockton
Mass
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Ston, Mass
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