Charity Hospitals and Reform and a Rail Plan
A critique of charity hospitals argues they prolong vice by admitting able bodied alcoholics and dependents for free care. It calls for stricter eligibility and patient contributions, then shifts to Chicago Lake Michigan north shore development and a proposed Northwestern Elevated railway powered by electric motors, aiming to relieve roads and employ convicts in road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical College
Charity Hospital
Hudson River
Lake Michigan
Cago
Northwestern Elevated Railway
Chicago
North Shore
Milwaukee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J Cheney Co. Toledo. We, the undersigned, have known F. J Cheney for 15 years and find him honorable in business. West Truax Toledo. Wailding Kinnan Marvin Toledo. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and affects the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J Chenry & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Wailding
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Portrait and Biography of W. K. Boardman in Farm and Dairy
The issue presents a portrait and biography of W. K. Boardman. It mentions Park's Sure Cure as a positive specific for women who are run down and suffer backaches headaches and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Boardman
Park
L. M. Bosworth
Siftings and Testimonials from Atchison Globe
A Fountain Minnesota woman endorses Ayer s Cherry Pectoral as fast relief for her brother s children s severe cold. Boston man selling elixir of life is arrested for wife beating, she says elixir left her within an inch of life. Para s Tea at night moves bowels by morning without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron
Annette N. Moon
Fountain
Minn
Ayer
Boston
L. M. Bosworth
How to Make Polish Pancakes Mix and bake rich batter
Beat eight eggs lightly. Add ten pints of milk with nutmeg lemon peel and salt sugar. Melt two ounces butter and mix with ten ounces flour. Stir in milk batter. Fry in butter. Before set, add currants. Cook through then roll with sugar.
How to Select a Brush For the Scalp
The right scalp brush used two or three times daily removes dandruff. Use boar bristle bar ber brushes unbleached and undyed for stiffness and cleanliness. For women, bristles under half an inch, unbleached white preferred, red, and stiff enough to scratch but not irritate. Hand sewn with irregular points to fit scalp. Wood bound brushes cost around $3.
How to Make Parchment Paper
Instructions describe soaking paper in a sulfuric acid and water mix, then rinsing in cold water, followed by a rinse in lightly acidulated water. The paper should be stretched on a frame while still damp to prevent wrinkling as it dries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Albany
Origin of the Saying Amiss Is as Good as a Mile
A tale from Torpin explains the saying. Amis saved Amile at Pepin's era, Amis killed his children to cure Amile of leprosy, then both friends died and were buried together. Amis was as good as Amile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torpin
Amis
Amys
Amile
Amyle
Pepin
Amiss
How the Word Gypsy Came Into Use
The term gypsy or gipsy traces to an Egyptian origin, with the French calling them Bohemians. Historically the group originates from India, migrating across invasions. the article outlines how language and misperception shaped the current name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Bohemia
India
How to Cook Game Birds by Doneness and Time
Dark fleshed game should be rare like roast beef with blood. White flesh birds require longer cooking. Canvasback or redhead ducks about 20 minutes, teal 15, grouse about 20, doe birds 12 to 15, plover or woodcock 10, English snipe 8 to 10. Quail 15 to 18, partridge 35 to 40. Use a hot brisk oven.
To Prevent a Cock From Crowing at Dawn
A paragraph describes how a cock cannot crow if blocked from standing erect with head raised. If a plank or lath is placed over the perch preventing an upright position, the bird cannot raise its voice and remains mute.
Indian yogi advances in hypnotism and occult mysterie
Dr. Heinrich Hensoldt contends that Hindoos are fifty centuries ahead of the western world in hypnotism and occult sciences. He cites an Indian yogi who can manipulate a 15 feet rope as an example of superior mystic power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hensoldt
India
Heinrich Hensoldt
When It No Longer Pays to Be Rich
A 1920s outlook notes banks hold idle capital after summer scarcity. Rich men question the burden of saving as large sums earn little, with 10 percent era memories fading. Old states offer around 6 percent, new states reach 10 percent, yet returns dwindle for big funds. City bonds at 2 percent sold quickly, raising questions about future profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Great Britain
United States
New York
Opium Extermination Claims Linked to French Islands
A melancholic dispatch from the Marquesas and other south Pacific islands alleges that natives are dying from opium exposure. W Hoffner, once manager of the French Commercial company, warns that within ten years no natives may remain if mortality continues. The piece accuses France of introducing opium twenty years ago and criticizes authorities for failing to halt the traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquesas
South Pacific
W. Hoffner
France
America
Greater New York plan on ballot for voters next November
The proposal to consolidate New York City Brooklyn Staten Island and nearby Long Island towns into a single Greater New York will go before voters next November. Proponents argue it would make New York greater than Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Long Island
New York
Chicago
Perfectionist Colonies Placed Worldwide in 19th Century Plans
The article surveys utopian ventures in search of a classless, abundance rich society. It details William Lane's Paraguay settlement granting 500000 acres to host 4000 colonists under a community plan with shared surplus and equal rights. Prospects include a second Africa based project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
William Lane
Australia
Lane
Africa
Theodor Hertzka
Edward Bellamy
Berlin
Hertzka
Heaven
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Ayers
Read’s Market
AMES
Iowa
Main
Ames, Iowa
Story County Bank
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Shelden
Union National Bank
W.M. Greeny
E. R. Chamberlain
Cashier
Atlas National Bank
Third National Bank
Valley W National Bank
Des Moines
M. Hemstreet
F.T. McLain
Hemstreet & McLain
Ma Pumanter
Russell Publishing CO
Summer St
Mass
Emmert P
Imdskie
DR. Hebra's Villa
Gram
Owen
Draggists, & Co. Bittner &S
the Intelligencer
S. K. Wilson
PasisHers
New York State
Clinton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Park’s
Glen Falls
Electric Bitters
Two
Dakotas
D. D. Bales
South Carolina
Castoria
New Mexico
Edgar Fawcett
DeWitt
D. D
Senate
Frye
Timbuctoo
Riley
West Point
Gibsonville
Mich
J. B. Wilson
Clay Street
Sharpsburg
Dr. King
Robert Barber
Caksport
L. M. Bosworth’s
W.T. Purnell
Scotland Neck
N. C
George
Bucklen
Joe Keppler
Argentine Republic
Massachusetts
Hood
LOOD
Minnesota
Sweden
Norway
Pitcher’s Castoria
George W. Child
Harper’s
S. A. Staunton
United States Navy
R. F. Zogbaum
Harper’s Bazar
Walter Besant
Candace Wheeler
W. IL. Church
Stanton Post
Army
Maine
Wyoming
N. Meyette
Genesee Court
Chautauqua
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
de Witt
Yale College
Lowa
Atlantic
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
A. C. Medlock
Orleans
Ind
Secarcely
Indiana
Atchison Globe
Samuel Pitcher
da. G. C
J. F. Kiverenos
Conway, Ark
A. A. Azonea
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children’s Department
Oll
Atlen C. Sarre, Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Intelligencer
The
Des Moines Weekly Register
Dubois & Dubois
Washington, D. C
Jas
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Sega “Vigorine
Ae Ya
Pefye
Mean & CO
Mann & Co
Scientific American
Samper
Jongorrt Pree
Dii
Winchell's
all_ druggists
Aert Propaictary Co
Chi
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