Assayer Howard E Burton of Leadvill e Colorado
An assay and chemistry business owned by Howard E Burton in Leauville Colorado offers specimen prices for gold silver lead and zinc or copper and lists cyanide tests and pricing by mail It also seeks control and umpire work and references Carbonate National Bank. The piece denounces political apathy and the neglect of voting rights amid global upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Burton
Leauville
Colorado
Carbonate National Bank
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertising Notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for cures of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertising text from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio cites endorsements from Wo rd ing, Trux, Waldoing, Marvin wholesale druggists. Cure described as internal and blood mucous system. Price is 75 cents per bottle. testimonials claim effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Gst & Trvax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Veal Loaf Preparation From Old Household Recipe
The recipe instructs mixing two pounds of cold cooked veal with salt pepper and onion juice then fold in a dozen chopped olives and mushrooms. Add veal stock to moisten and mold bake in a water bath for two hours. Chill thoroughly before turning out. It also notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
Great nerve restorer advertised with raspberry jam recipe
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer offering a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr KH H Kline in Philadelphia. It repeats claims of permanent cures and includes a home recipe for raspberry jam, detailing fruit preparation and processing steps.
Practical Household Hints on Preserving and Cleaning
The notes suggest using aratlin a second time to cover jelly and jam after washing and boiling before reapplying to fruit. Unpainted wire netting provides a good rest for flat irons and aids cleaning when layered. Filling a mouse hole with common laundry soup stops gnawing at the same spot.
Heritage of Civil War Kidney Ailment Testimony
Capt John L Ely of Co E 17th Ohio now of Newton Kansas recalls contracting kidney trouble during the Civil War. After years of pain he used Deans Kidney Pills in 1901 and says the remedy cured him, with no further issues. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Song of the Shirt and Market Bear: Fragments of an Odd Ledger
Poem sections echo social poverty with the Song of the Shirt lamenting worn lives. A market description depicts frozen meat displays with bears and moose, noting lifelike poses, unique tenderness, and a wooden Indian figure attracting passersby.
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Brain
Eigar
Wax Tapers and Night Candles in Seventeenth Century France
A Scientific American description of the Carriere factory at Bourg la Reine near Paris details the traditional method for making wax tapers and night candles. Wicks are drawn through melted wax, sized on drums, wound into reels, and packed for wholesalers. The piece notes their use by wine merchants and church sextons, and explains the moulding and packing of veilleuses. It also describes paraffined paper production by dipping rolls in a paraffin stearic solution and rolling onto a cylinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Pierre Blesmiare
Scientific American
Carriere
Bourg la Reine
Paris
Fairbanks Game Market Lives On Arctic Cold
In Fairbanks Alaska within the Rich Tanana District a unique market operates during November to March. The city near the Yukon valley endures 10 below zero on average with periods dropping to 75 below. Deer moose and bears are stood upright on the market floor to freeze solid within minutes avoiding artificial refrigeration.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Rich Tanana
Chlena River
Arctic Circle
Yukon
San Francisco Chronicle
Wheelin g the Baby
A young lawyer with rapid rise and strong corporate ties is teased after his wife overhears a magnate praising him for not being too proud to push his own baby carriage. The anecdote ends with the wife noting a change in family dignity after the public remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Steele
New York Globe
Definition of a gentleman from Cardinal Newman quoted
The piece compares Newman's ideal gentleman to a Chicago police sergeant named Murphy who interrupts Hon. Timothy Sullivan at Saratoga. Murphy jokes about playing checkers, then exits after a brief exchange illustrating the contrast between ideal conduct and casual intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Newman
Chicago
Murphy
Timothy Sullivan
Saratoga
Mr. Sullivan
Flella
Tim
New Yorker
Mr. Murphy
Dilemma Over Gown Colorhaunting London Tit Bits
A young matron seeks fashion counsel as Angelina frets over pale pink versus blue. She fears choosing wrongly will ruin her future and drive her crazy. The piece captures light social satire on color choices and courtship in London society.
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Angelina
Will
Max
London
Modern Conveniences and the Medicine Closet Door
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Hunter questioning a door in a flat tour. The Agent points to the medicine closet, but the guest misunderstands until the spare room is identified.
Penniless French girl learns she is an heiress
Mile. Bertha Chavanne, once poor in St Etiende, buys a devotional volume at an auction and finds a signed will naming her as heir to Mme Berthon's fortune of 83 500 dollars. The document proves Mme Berthon’s will and cleaves to Mile. Chavanne as sole beneficiary.
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Mile
Bertha Chavanne
St. Etienne
Mme
Berthon
Chayanne
Mile Chavanne
Mme. Berthon
Mile. Chavanne
Sweet Pickled Peaches Recipe Improvised Directions
A simple kitchen note explains boiling two pounds brown sugar with one pint vinegar and one ounce stick cinnamon for twenty minutes. Dip half a peck of peaches in hot water rub off the fur and then simmer the fruit in the syrup with four cloves per peach until soft.
Fragrant New Disinfectant Promises Gentle Clean for Many Surfaces
The product cleans delicate fabrics and a wide range of household items including kitchen utensils woodwork silver china glassware linen blankets woolens silks. Described as harmless natural disc infectant and valued for toilet bath and nursery use.
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Ayer
J. A. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
United States
Mrs. Winslow
Thomas
Ife
Stubb
Chicago Daily News
Atlanta Constitution
Washington Star
Peter
Pan
Detroit Free Press
Hewitt
Jewett
Nlow
Brooklyn
Allen Sparks
Chicago Tribune
James
Baltimore American
Sorghum
Mrs. Bright
Yonkers Statesman
Mrs. Starven
Philadelphia Ledger
Tom
Margaret
Cleveland
May Roxley
Jack
Father
Jack Lovett
Philadelphia Catholic Standard
Voormann
Netice
All Grocers
Jaques Mfc. CO
C. A. Christopher Agency
His. Masters
Pope Mfg. Co., Bicycles and Motor Cycles
Columbia ,Rambler
Crescent
Tribune
Edison, Victor
2Nd Ave
Seattle, Washington
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Oakland
Cal
Egan Dramatic and Operatic School
Egan Hall Arcade
Seattle
Frank C. Egan
D. S. Johnston Co
Second Avenue
Cst
Tacom
Na Ss ‘Best
Ree
Stahr-Boyd Block
H. M. Hamilton
Tland
Daily Fly
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
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