Democratic Harmony and the Pearly Gates Parody
A humorous excerpt imagines Senator Will at judgment day with Saint Peter. The dialogue riffs on Albany, Cleveland, and politics, ending with a lighthearted, retired-figure banter about the afterlife, blending satire and whimsy.
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Will
Petie
St. Peter
Albany
van Teoimeine St. Peter
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
al. Peters
Chappie
St Petur
Davy
Dr Kings Day Discovery Promoted as Cure All
A dubious advertisement touts a medicine named Dr King Day Discovery claiming it cures many ailments and can aid wealth. The notice urges trial use, promises dramatic results, and lists a store in which bottles are sold at a price of 3 dollars.
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Pn AL Sheetz
Lange Dottles
Deserving Praise for Dr Kings New Discovery and Other Remedies
advertisement tone praises Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and other remedies with a guarantee of satisfaction and refund. The text shifts to a barber scene, then a wartime memoir noting a poet who nursed soldiers, wrote O Captain My Captain after Lincoln's death, and suffered later illness from his war service.
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Dri King
Dr King
Bucklen
de Witt's
F. W. Dingley
Lincoln
Boy Murderer Hanged Near Cheyenne
A German boy, Charles Miller, aged 17, was hanged at the county jail in CURYENNE Wyoming after a fatal box car murder of two young men near Cheyenne. Miller faced the crowd calmly, prayed, and refused entertainment. Seventy spectators, including twelve state sheriffs, witnessed the execution. Earlier, Miller, then 15, killed Waldo Emerson and Roger Fishbaugh for their money on the Union Pacific line. He escaped jail twice and confessed after capture.
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Charles Miller
Cheyenne
Curyenne
Here
Miller
Waldo Emerson
Rogs F T. Fishbaugh
Cujon Pacific
Emerson
Fishbaugh
St. Joseph
Denver
Kansas
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder Promises Superior Hot Cakes
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder boasts a unique merit for hot buckwheat corn wheat and doughnut batters. It leavens without fermentation and uses pure cream of tartar to guarantee a neutral flavor and consistently light, tasty results. Old patrons report griddle cakes and biscuits rise lighter and taste better than with other leavening agents.
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Dr. Price
Dr. Prices Powder
Farm Notes on Crops Sheep, Inoculation, and Feeding
A rural agrarian roundup discusses horse crops teaching grass injury, shipping 225 carloads to starving Russians, sheep shearing lessons for youth, and enterprise on farms with fair pay. It covers seed sources, tree planting guidance, and notes on nutrition research from Storrs and Minnesota. It laments wasteful feeding, urges better forage practices, and endorses corn field heroes while criticizing outsiders.
Economical Bank Barn Construction Emphasized
The article argues for careful barn design to save costs and improve farm operations. It highlights cement floors to avoid odors and dampness, water in the barn, and proper ventilation. It stresses housing hay, roots, and feed efficiently, with high posts for a hay fork and bank-style layouts to improve comfort and economy.
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Niga
Worse and Worse, Prof Sanborn’s feeding claim debated
The piece dismisses Professor Sanborn’s assertion that scrub animals fatten as fast as well bred cattle with the same feed. It argues the professor has not properly fed a well bred animal and challenges his evidence, urging readers to compare Chicago prime cattle sales. It notes farmers favor well bred steers when purchasing feed lots.
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Sanborn
Chicago
Farm experts mock cattle breed claims in public debate
A dialogue questions why markets pay premium for well bred cattle while professors claim scrub can imitate top breeds. The speaker urges practical farmers to rely on common sense over theory, noting much for experimenters to explore but limited time for the average farmer to test new ideas.
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Sanborn Otin
Hereford
Galloway
Questions Answered on Corn Planting in Iowa School of Plowing
In Waterloo Iowa the farm department of the Iowa State Reporter runs an inquiry about spring plowing blue grass sod for corn. It reports a plan to plow shallow four to five inches, drop kernels every three feet, and use a 14 or 16 inch sod plow without a pointer. The piece notes early plowing is better, sod rots more when plowed later, and emphasizes pulverizing the land then dragging for a ready crop. It compares late plowing to dry seasons and warns to judge soils and conditions.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Farm Department
Iowa State Reporter
W. A. Wilson
Beef Prospects Across Regions and the Beef Trust Impact
The piece argues that low beef prices harm eastern feeders by driving more production toward dead meat and rail rebates. It predicts western producers will be squeezed as the beef trust aligns with Britain, while live cattle hope fades and grain-fed beef becomes dominant. The author asserts reforms may shift profits, foreseeing eventual railway rebates ending and competition rising.
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Beef Trust
Great Britain
Ags
British Islands
Beef Combine
Hacklen's Arneca Sativa advertised remedy claims
An old advertisement touts Hacklen's Arneca Sativa as the best remedy for ulcers sores and various eruptions with claims of guaranteed satisfaction or money back. It promises a 26 cent box and lists Dr. L. A. Bheotz as the prescriber, location 36.
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Hacklen
L. A. Bheotz
OHHAP FARMS IN South Dakota
OHHAP FARMS IN South Dakota. Rich soil, large crops, fine climate. Lands are in the artesian basin and James River Valley. Wheat in 1891 averaged 20 bushels with prospects brighter. Saubdin's bunty praised for wheat, oats, corn, grass and general fertility. Prices advancing. Now is the time to send for war to sand at 41 i. EB. MAYHEW, Letcher, D
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Great Artesian Basin
James River Valley
Saubdin
Mayhew
Leteher
Railways Advertise Northern Pacific Route To Pacific Northwest
An outdated Railways advertisement promotes the Northern Pacific Line as the best route to the Pacific Northwest and beyond. It highlights through sleepers, dining cars, and superior accommodations, touting service to Spokane Seattle Tacoma Portland via Butte and Helena. The notice lists schedule shifts and urges mailings of the 1902 season book and folders.
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Moutandanit
Pacific Coast
Jenve St. Sant
Spokane
Seattle
Tacona
Portland
Butte
Montana
Pullan
Chicago
Wiscoitain Cen
Pacific North West
Awvill
C ' VO
M. West. Ry
Spokaytund
Hive
Daraia
Mifa
North Dakota
Manitoba
Dahe
Orero
Washington
Britis Colummia
Alaska
California
Sportsman’s Guide
Jone Park
Byater
Wet Springs
Noctherm Paciie
NAP
St Paul UN
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Mgr. Hammond
J. L. Belden
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Burma du Oaks
Algona
Lowa
New Orleans
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Phillip Baker
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Deschamp
Board of Pardons
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Utica
Thomas O'Brien
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Peck
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Lireng Revex
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Myer
Lincgin
Aprilia
H. Hi, Anderson
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Thisia
Tortune
Ames
Storrs
Conn
Bulletin 16
Iowa Station
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Osborne
Pammell
Curtiss
Kent
Patrick
Budd
Nebraska University
Stalker
Fife
Cabrilson
Nebraska
London Live Stock Journal
Horsemen
Agricultural Society
Minnesota
Prof. Snyder
My. Klinefelter
Mason City
Kinéfelter
Ali
Husted
Pemble
Rynearson
Ohhap Farms
South Dakota
Outh Hignky
Riley & Young
Gale
Kossuth County
John Sharf
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Mla
Giant
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