High Prices for Potatoes Drive Seed Co Promotions
Phe John A Salter Seed Co from La Crosse Wisconsin touts high potato prices and prize seeds. They claim recent sales include a yellow rind watermelon for 300 and 34 bushels of oats for 1000, promising profits next fall. Send 14 cents for a free ten pack of grains and grasses and a catalogue for 5 cents mailing.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
Lacrosse
Wis
Wideawake
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Teosinte
Spurry
Giant Inc
Enate Clover
W.n
Fragmentary note on health and threat
Readable portion hints at concerns over bodily ills and threats implied by illness. The text shows garbled phrasing and likely a personal reflection rather than a formal report or event.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
A historical advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment believed to cure catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and lists the Toledo based company F J Cheney Co as manufacturer with druggists selling at 75 cents and Hall's Family Pills at 25 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheny & CO
Electric roads mileage cap in Great Britain set at forty
The report states that the total length of electric roads in Great Britain will not exceed forty miles. This cap aims to limit infrastructure expansion and control energy usage in the region.
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Great Britain
Weather clairvoyants and remedies for neuralgia warned
The piece contrasts people who foretell storms or fear neuralgia with the idea that preventive care can avert trouble. It suggests using St. Jacob's Oil to ward off attacks and quit waiting for weather prophecies, urging self care to prevent wreck or disaster.
Railway laborers in Holland suffer wage drop
Railway laborers in the Netherlands see daily earnings shrink from 86 cents to 70 cents, reflecting a decline in pay for Dutch railway workers.
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Holland
Mining properties offered by Cripple Creek firm
The D. W. Sholes Investment and Mining Co of Cripple Creek Colorado offers reliable information on mining properties in the Cripple Creek district. They have options on bargain properties and handle no others, with bank references on request. Remarks about presidents note blue eyes being common except for William H. Harrison.
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D. W. Sholes Investment & Mining Co
Cripple Creek, Col
Cripple Creek
Marvel of the mining world in new history book
The Illustrated Weekly of Denver announces a book on Ripple Creek guid amp and mining marvels. Full page gold mine illustrations appear throughout. An offer to send a 4 month trial for 25 cents, with a club deal for five copies.
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Ripple Creek
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Col
Veterinary Advice Echoes Ancient Complaint
A humorous exchange compares human toil and appetite to animal strength and fatigue. The punchline suggests consulting a veterinary surgeon, implying the speaker’s ailments resemble a beast’s needs.
Eyes Widely Spaced Linked to Intelligence and Memory
A physicist notes that eyes set far apart are believed to signal high intelligence and strong memory. The claim reflects historical stereotypes about facial features and mental traits.
Remedial Foods for Nervous Ailments and Digestive Health
A historical list of foods with alleged therapeutic uses including turnips for nervous disorders and scurvy, lettuce for insomnia, blackberries as tonics, honey for cleansing and nourishment, pie plant for rheumatic sufferers, lemons for feverish thirst and biliousness, figs for cancer and blood purification, oranges as aperient, sour oranges for rheumatism, tomatoes for liver and digestion, eggs for nutrition and voice care, raw beef for frail constitution, peanuts for indigestion and diabetes, ag2s for nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble, and apples closely matching potatoes in nutriment.
Debates on Cuba War Rights and Silver Bond Bill
Senate and House actions include calls for Cuban war law adherence and belligerent rights resolutions. Debates on silver bond substitutes dominate pages with Tillman and Call leading the charge. district and executive actions follow.
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HOUSE
Hadley
Senate
Wasnixetox
Morgan
House of Representatives
Cuba
Congress
Spain
Cameron
Rep
Pennsylvania
Tillman
South Carolna
Carlisle
Call
Washington
Mitchell
Perkins
Ways and Means
Walsenburg
Col
District of Columbia
Vast arid lands may become productive via irrigation
The Fresno interior notes an immense arid region between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada including Idaho Utah Nevada California Arizona and New Mexico. Progress toward irrigation is slow though water is abundant in streams. Government aid is urged and private efforts have improved irrigation in Utah but not in Arizona New Mexico or Nevada. The article contrasts cactus belts across the Southwest and foresees the Great American Desert becoming productive with a proper irrigation system.
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Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada Range
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Fresno
Cal
Great American Desert
Cleveland's Mother Notable Portrait and Life Sketch
The piece describes Annie O Niell Cleveland born in Baltimore as Grover Cleveland's mother. Her husband was her schoolteacher and older, they had a cheerful home. She fed her children well and avoided alcohol, shaping Grover despite low ambition.
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Cleveland
Baltimore
Annie O’niell
Grover
The Three Types of Military Commanders
The text argues war mirrors life with rules yet requires more than knowledge. It outlines three commander types Ney or Benedek as capable subordinates but weak solo leaders, Brunswick or Massenbach as learned yet overextended, and Moltke as a master of mind and common sense whose work shows practical genius.
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Ney
Benedek
Brunswick
Massenbach
Colley
Moltke
Edna Lyall Reflects On Dream Children And Writing
Edna Lyall recounts her life and early literary influences in Ladies' Home Journal. She says writing is a vocation shaping life and that dream children bring joy and suffering, but are worth the effort for the creative gift they give.
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Edna Lyall
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cousin Julia’s Letter About a Tragic Loss
A reader recalls a letter from Cousin Julia describing the drowning of her son. The exchange questions the reason behind the act and its impact on the family. The fragment hints at grief and a troubling plea for understanding.
Irrigation Drives Morgan County Prosperity in Colorado
Morgan County Colorado shows irrigation as the key to abundant farms and cattle wealth. The Fort Morgan district demonstrates long term gains from canal systems with land prices from 15 to 80 dollars per acre including water rights. A Burlington Route booklet offers detailed Morgan County information by mail.
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Organ County
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nie
Egypt
Fort Morgan
Coorado
Orhays
Morgan County
Rocky Mountains
Morgan Eee
Burlington
J. Francis
G. A
Omaha
Neb
Arizona Tops Market With Early Season Oranges
Arizona led the market this season by producing the earliest oranges, edging California by about a week while spotlighting regional fruit shipments and pricing dynamics.
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Arizona
California
Burlington Route weekly excursions Omaha to California
Comfort to California through personally conducted weekly trips depart Omaha Thursday mornings. Through tourist sleepers available from Omaha to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second class tickets accepted. Contact Bee the local agent or write J Francis G P and T A Omaha Neb for tickets and berths.
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Burlington
Omaha
San Francisco
Los Angeles
J. Francis
G. P
T. A
Neb
Bowling Green Woman Files Divorce Suit for Support
A Bowling Green Kentucky woman with a large family of twenty one children sues her husband for divorce citing irreconcilable differences and seeking dissolution of marriage.
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Bowling Green, Ky
Colorado Gold Mines
If you are interested in gold mining or wish to keep posted regarding the wonderful strides being made in Col orado, it will pay you to send fifty cents for a year's subscription to The Gold Miner, an illustrated monthly paper published at Denver.
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Colorado
Gold Miner
Denver
Utah State Embraces Gender Equality Says Miss Caustique
A playful exchange signals evolving attitudes in Utah with Miss Oldun joking about age and Miss Caustique voicing doubt, highlighting shifting views on women’s capabilities alongside new state attitudes.
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Utah
Miss Oldun
Miss Caustique
Rhodes Arrives at Madeira Surmises on Transvaal Affair
London report states Cecil Rhodes ex premier of the Cape Colony has reached Madeira. It confirms Rhodes will answer rumors about his awareness of Dr. Jameson’s Transvaal operations.
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Rhodes
London
Cecil J. Rhodes
Cape Colony
Madeira
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal
Cause for Thanks and a Cold Tasting Dinner Table
An indignant father quarrels at dinner over gratitude while his daughter Mable protests the meat. The narrator recalls a boyhood preference for crusts and no sugar. The child muses on living with family and a morbid line about Grandpa’s funeral soldiers.
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Mable
Pater
Mamma
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H. D. Darling
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Clark Bowles & Co
Exchange
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Prompson
Parker
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