Kidneys and clinic notes mix of old ad and humor
Public notices and assorted items describe Doan’s Kidney Pills claims with a testimonial, a village concert theft tale over a missing piano, a poem critique about a Kipling inspired piece, and a Sag Harbor cautionary parable about “economy.” The items cite Foster-Milburn Co and names like Hayseed and Field in a dated press style.
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Dean
Mrs. A
Fulton
Skidmore St
Portland
Ore
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sag Harbor
Daniel W. Field
Boston
Harvard
William Brewster
William
Looked Like a Pattern in a Comet Map Misunderstanding
A humorous dialogue from Chicago Evening Post features a husband showing a desk map with dates curves and diagonals used as Halley’s comet path. The wife mistakes it for a dressmaker’s pattern cutting a shirtwaist, highlighting a comic mix up of plans and templates.
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Halley
Chicago Evening Post
Quote clash over oath and marriage figures in theatre billing
A fragmentary dialogue references an oath and long marriage in a setting about theatrical expense accounts. The lines hint at a judge and madam exchange, with the witness pressing the need to forget honor as the speaker notes more than twenty years of marriage amid billing terms.
Work Accomplished by Various Plant Organs
The article explains how roots stems and leaves regrow after removal and how potato eyes planted above or below soil surface produce different growth. It notes roots are replaced, green stems arise, and varied shoots form depending on exposure, with a greenhouse illustration showing distinct growth from buried and exposed eyes.
Hand Separators as Disease Preventers in Dairy Practice
By J M Monrad the article argues that individual separators prevent tuberculosis spread. Pasteurized separator milk is safer since any infected milk is pasteurized and fed to calves, reducing infection risk. The author urges heating skim milk to 180 degrees at creameries to sterilize residual milk and prevent contamination.
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J. M. Monrad
Favor Indian Runner Ducks for eggs and range needs
Indian Runner ducks gain popularity for high egg laying as flock records rise. Smaller size boosts lay rate, but larger birds reduce eggs. Two color varieties exist fawn and white plus black and white. They require open range not confinement and need one drake per several ducks. They are not market ducks like Pekins and are not heavy eaters.
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Aylesbury
Buttermilk for Pigs at Ontario Station Tests
Experiments at the Ontario experiment station show buttermilk is practically equal to skim milk as pig feed. The station found 355.6 pounds of skim milk comparable to 100 pounds of meal, implying four to five pounds of buttermilk equal one pound of meal. The note ends with unclear residual text.
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Ontario
Burning eruption from head to feet heals after Cuticura remedies
A patient recalls severe eczema four years earlier, bedridden for six weeks with constant itching. After doctor gave up, Cuticura Remedies led to first night of sleep and full recovery after three weeks of treatment. Also includes a humorous anecdote about a Chicago physician and his young patients.
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Edward Neming
Salina St
Watertown
N. Y
Advertising Errors and Cascareta Candy Cathartic
The piece warns that effective selling relies on merit and repetition, not mere advertising. It cites Cascareta Candy Cathartic as a proven product built by quality and word of mouth, while cautioning against counterfeit substitutes marketed to unsuspecting buyers.
Artistic Temperament Described in Hamlet Roles
A conversation contrasts Hamlet speaking with authority to advise players with storms of mood. Stormington Barnes notes the prince’s quiet patience on some scenes yet reveals him as nervous and irascible in others, likening him to a stage manager.
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Hamlet
Stormington Barnes
Roosevelt Returns to Ovation After Long Absence
After fifteen months away, Colonel Theodora Roosevelt arrives in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. He declines interviews but answers questions with vigor, and his party, including Cornelius Vanderbilt and Collector Loeb, travels in White Steamers to venues around New York before heading to Oyster Bay. The White cars again symbolize the welcome as Rough Riders join a seaside event at Travers Island club.
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Theodora Roosevelt
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Roosevelt
Elba
New York
Douglas Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Colonel Roosevelt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Collector Loeb
Mr. Robinson
Colorado Lands Richer Than Gold Mines
There are bigger profits in eastern Colorado in proportion to land cost than almost anywhere. Colorado's agricultural products exceed the value of its mines. Irrigation is unnecessary. Deep plowing and shallow cultivation keep soil moist, yielding big crops and profits on land priced from five to twenty dollars.
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Colorado
Some Men Have Harvest Tales From Colorado Lands
A collection of short notes extols farming gain and irrigation free results. One man shows 12 acres of potatoes buying 160 acres, another swears crops never lost in fifteen years. Incidental figures cover cherries peaches plums apples currants hogs and dairy prospects in eastern Colorado. An excursion ad promotes Low fare trips to Denver with Rock Island Lines highlighting healthy climate and thriving farms and communities.
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Denver
Colorado
L. M. Allen
la Salle Station
Colorado Rockies
Rock Island
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Kipling
Woodshed
Post
Chicago
the Mighty Traveler
White Company
Theodore Roosevelt
Gutrawway Station
Putnam County
Movida
Jjree
E. Z
Jones Company
Atlantia Nat'l Bank Bidg
Jacksonville
Flonda
Lurya Profita
Nocanynesing
Luke
Muln
Danesville
Wic
Bee Agee
Pueblo
Pierce
As Ve Pierce
ST. Ambrose College
Davenport
Lowa
Bull Collegiate
Achevile
Rey, Wm
Shannahas
Atents Ers
Freal
E. E.vrooman
Washington D,ge
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