Hamlin Notes: Measles, markets and local life near Atlantic
Hamlin and Hargest Oaks hosted visitors from the parental home near Atlantic. Measles close Hamlin public school and district events. Local farming activity includes corn, wheat, butter, eggs prices, lumber deliveries, a double corn crib, and a large log sale to Pete Nelson. Children’s Day services and community notices fill the week with doctor visits, a cloud burst near the creamery, and evolving town news.
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Hamlin
N. EB. Crane
Happy Time In Ola Town Causes a Cure Claim
A reader from Old Town Va, R. N. Begill, praises Buck len’s Arica Salve as wholly curing their daughter of a bad case of Seald head. The product supposedly treats Corus Burns Bruises Rolls Ulcers Eruptions and piles. Available for 75 cents at Nick Dorfing & Co.s drug store.
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Ola ‘Town
R. N. Begill
Old Town
Bucklén
Nick Dorfing & Co.s
Purist at Large and The Professor Liver Exchange
A compact, humorous card recalling snippets from newspapers. The Chicago Tribune quips about calf liver lightness while The Professor resists excess as the Baltimore News notes a playful take on common troubles.
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Walter
Chicago Tribune
Filthy Temples in India and a Purge Remedy
An old advertisement-style notice condemns sacred cows and defiled temples, then promotes Dr King's New Life Pills. The claim describes cleansed systems and improved digestion with lively liver function and appetite, priced at 25 cents at Nick Coffing Co's drug store.
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Dr. King
Nick Coffing & Co
The Brave Robins Nest at Aldershot Range
A Cornhill anecdote recalls a fearless robin pair nesting behind a military target in the Aldershot shooting range of the Pourt battalion Sixtieth filles. Soldiers kept distance as the young brood watched the artillery fire, growing up safely under their nest.
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Aldershot
Sixtieth Filles
Cornhill
Whooping Cough Cure Praises From Reader
A Fair Haven editor attests Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved his son from a severe bout of whooping cough and prevented pneumonia and croup. The letter, published for sale by W A Hamler and all patent medicine dealers, promotes the remedy's effectiveness.
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Chamberlain
H. J. Chickraaben
World Herald
Fair Haven
Wash
W. A. Hamler
Small Fish and the Loch Joke in Scotland
An Englishman walking with rod and reel searches a Scottish loch for sport, fishing three hours without success, before asking a boy if any "Deb" is in the pond. The boy jokes that any fish would be older than the rain, implying yesterday’s downpour. The tale hinges on a fisherman’s patience and a witty local retort.
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Scotland
Nick Dofing & Co Adverts and Oddities From 19th Century Clippings
An assortment of advertorial snippets features Nick Dofing & Co promoting Foley's Kidney Cure with testimonials from Allen Halverson Wade Prairie Wisconsin and A Spero Helmer Indiana. The clippings also mention a rubber substitute discovery, a humorous exchange about rocks along a coast, and notes on salad plants and digestion.
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Allen Halverson
Weat Prairie
Wisconsin
Boley
A. Spero
Helmer
Indiana
Nick Dofting
D& Go
Quick Relief For Asthm a Miss Maude Dickens Paroona Kansas
Miss Maude Dickens of Paroona Kansas reports long asthma battles with multiple severe attacks. She credits FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR for immediate relief after trying other remedies. The note reflects early medical ad copy within a Notes and Queries style snippet mentioning historic England glass windows dating back to abbey times.
Ready To Yield DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Ad
An old testimonial-type notice touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles and wounds. It mentions Willow Grove Delaware and claims the salve yields to all kinds of wounds, urging to accept no counterfeit products.
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DeWitt
Willow Grove
Delaware
Nick Doffing & Co
Natives’ treatment of gorillas in tribal practices
In early accounts natives in ape habitats view gorillas as inferior humans. They reportedly sever hands and feet of killed animals, mirroring treatment of enemies, to prevent any chance of life. An unrelated consumer remedy advertisement follows.
No-regret Advertising by a Nerveful Team of Horses
A New York furniture store window suffered a massive smash as coach horses ran through a plate glass front. Instead of closing, the proprietor painted a witty display saying the horses knew where to find good furniture, turning misfortune into publicity. Edward Huss of Salisbury praises a kidney cure then mentions Folow's Kidney Cure in a testimonial, while Nick Dofliog & Co of Exira are noted in the text.
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New York City
Edward Huss
Salisbury
Mueninsky
Nick Dofliog
W. T. Studevant
Merry Oaks
North Carolina
Nick Dosting & Co
Colorless varnish for fine prints and white wood
A method for making colorless varnish using Dreached shellac dissolved in rectified alcohol. Mix in alm one black heated, roll briefly, filter, and repeat adding boneblack until colorless. Strain through filtering paper, then use with careful, uniform application.
Dairy farming urged to curb taints from cow environment
An article discusses how milk and butter taints come not only from foreign matter but also from cows breathing polluted air in barns. It highlights the need for cleaner barns, proper manure management, and winter feeding practices to improve milk quality. It cites experiments showing acid bacteria enter milk after milking and praises dairy educator efforts and contests in Minnesota.
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L. F. Abbott
Maine
R. H. Burr
Storrs (Conn) Agricultural Experiment Station
Minnesota
Minnesota For the Past Twelve Months, the Dairy Record
Paul
Minn
Haecker
Uni
Dalkmen
Buiter
Waecker
Knowslls
One Minute Cough Cure Promotes Quick Cures and Gardener Joke
A testimonial touts One Minute Cough Cure as a safe immediate remedy for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. The ad claims mothers nationwide swear by it and notes children like the medicine. A garden story ends with a gardener joking he must dig around roots to pull bushes up, not by the branches.
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D. Scot Currain
Loganna
Penbsylvania
Nick Dosting & Co
George
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Spring Health
A testimonial from HM Everly of Moundsville West Virginia claims DeWitts Little Early Risers cleanse the liver and bowels, remove danger from a torpid liver, and prevent illness each spring, praising the remedy as safe and effective for years on end.
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Moundsville
Weat
Virginia
Nick Dofinyy & Co
The Devil Cat and a Remarkable Garden Wall
A maidservant returns late past a professor Nettleship’s top wall where a large yellow dog lurks. The dog springing from the wall collides with her, knocking her down, causing her to scream of being attacked by the devil. Also includes two brief quotes about digestion and hermit crabs and their shell-dwelling fights in unrelated notes.
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Professor Nettleship
Cate
Fee
International Monthly
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Joh Moore
Chris Nelson
Kimballton
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Kimballtos Lumber Company
Geo Gerard
S. A. Heath
Heath
Old Hamlin Presbyterian Church
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Win McGuire
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Fred Heilman
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Percy
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Robert
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Jimmy Bell
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N. U. Carsteson
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Emma Welle
Omaha College
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Geo. Spirup
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J. W. Phipps
William Thomas
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W. D. Stadley
Charley Garnett
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Frank Wirth
Myrtle Justesen
Bonnie Gill
Ritta Gill
Minerva Hopkins
Ethel Mullenger
Claranne Wirth
Claas
Ruste Ballou
Expresso
Sanres
Daisy's Mission
Myrtie
Baltimore News
India
Gcoling
Nick Dofing& Co
Bingham
Foley
Nick Deminig, & Co
Edgar
Filegende Hlatter
Wills Woodward
Decatur
Iowa
Nick Dofling & Co
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Philadelphia Press
A. O. Blanchard
West Bangor
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England
Alnwick
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Towa
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Nick Dofting & Co
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
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U. S
Gulf Coast
R. J. Wemyss
General Immigration
Louisville, KY
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Ochambers
Nebraska
Aies
Pamphi
JH. Gable
Pass
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Southern Railway
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Pullman
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Rosler
PETA
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