Peruna Credited By Cavalry Officer In 1907 Letter
Chas. W. Bowman a 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 4th M B M Cavalry Volt of Lanham Maryland writes that Peruna cured his severe cold in forty eight hours and he uses it as a preventive. He notes family use and recommends it to friends. He is wary of professional advertising but calls it a plain duty to share his experience.
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Chae. W. Bowman
Lanham
Chas. W. Bowman
Peruna Alma
Nac
Avenue of Escape In Rival Fund Appeals
Rival committees sought funds with a financier contemplating how $5,000 to each would cancel each other out. He mused that $10,000 would buy the automobile he had in mind, effectively leaving the standing position unchanged.
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Excape
Niled
Philadelphia Ledger
Down's Kidney Pills Restore Postmaster's Health
Captain Z W Hogith former Indianola postmaster now in Austin Texas describes years of kidney trouble and nerve pain. After trying many climates and medicines he found Down's Kidney Pills cured him and left him as well as twenty years ago with perfect eyesight. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Z. W. Hogith
Indianola
Austin
Texas
Deslers
Foster-Milburn Go
Buffalo
N. Y
Bookish memories and a gift of green Shamrock
A narrator discusses a personal diary, its pages, and marks denoting rereads and dislikes. A friend admires a fat red leather book listing readings including Westward Blog by Charles Kingsley. The scene shifts to Patrick’s Day gift of Irish shamrock and a promise of repayment tomorrow.
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Charles Kingsley
Times
Tieton
Frederika Bremer
St Louis Republic
Remote Herschel Island Mission Station Notes
The article details Herschel Island as the most distant mission station with a 2,000 mile gap to the nearest post office. Packets arrive rarely, often no more than five per year, and winter isolation is severe with no trees in sight. Missionaries guide Raquiman civility and desire for instruction amid stark loneliness. A London census counts 40,069 unoccupied houses, about one in fifteen of the city.
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Herschel Island
Dominion of Canada
London
Feeding Corn Fodder and Barley For Hogs And Pigs
The article discusses efficient use of corn fodder by feeding stock in racks to avoid waste, with a homemade cutting knife for shredding stalks, and advocates barley as a reliable supplementary feed for pigs where corn is unreliable. It also mentions a method to pack and manage ewes and a practical egg carrier made from a candy pail.
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Dhem
Homemade Cornstalk Cutter and Farm Notes From Oklahoma
An Oklahoma farmer describes crop breakdowns on a 200 acre operation with seventy acres cotton, twenty-five oats, sixty Kaffir corn, and thirty woods, noting renter farming and no crop rotation. He details feeding practices, grain mixing, and bee species, plus horse and cattle feeding, corn yields around forty bushels per acre, and equipment like a corn harvester. Also covered are cream testing notes, capon dressing, and general farm management tips from Farm and Home style columns.
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Oklahoma
Saya
Practical Dairy and Farm Tips From Breeder Notes
The article provides rural do it yourself guidance including using safety brown paper as egg wrap to prevent breakage, preparing corrugated paper for packaging, corn silage yields for dairy cattle, curing wire cuts with alum, feeding carrots to reduce milk fever, and a simple method to extend a ladder by cutting and removing rungs.
Handy Extension Ladder Helps Safe Longer Reach
A cut shows an outside extension ladder with two holes bored in each side piece and bolts to lengthen by four feet. It folds back to original size quickly and safely, avoiding rope tying. Also notes on breeding standards for Leghorns and poultry care including mange treatment in hogs and fresh eggs market.
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John Upton
Promise of Improvement Amid Teasing in Shore Talk
A mother frets over a daughter’s engagement to two young men saying it’s disgraceful while the summer girl admits progress is slow but promises time. Foxed snippets from Philadelphia Press and Bridge Lore hint at teething remedy talk and a quip about a bridge poem keeping readers awake at midnight.
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Heith
Sumner
Philadelphia
Mrs. Finshington
Mrs. Dasher
Washington Star
Transcribed Fragment Reflects Local Speech on Needs and Bowling
A fragmented passage discusses a notion of a crying need and mentions Brooks and COB. It references a theme of community concerns and a casual nod to bowling as a pastime within a sparsely readable text segment. No clear events or names beyond a few partial terms are established.
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a pledge of quality. The text markets various drug products, praising the curing power and urging readers to request testimonials. It contrasts with a separate quip about a bandit joking about railroad swag and watches.
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Hall
J. Cubniy & CO
Toledo
VF. J
TRUAX
Daleenle
Allcocks Plasters Promoted as Safe Pain Relievers
An advertisement in The Cathodic Standard extols Allcocks Plasters as safe quick acting remedies free of deleterious drugs. It claims scientific manufacture, targeted ingredients, and genuine quality, asserting they relieve pain and restore muscle and nerve function while warning against counterfeit versions.
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