State Aid For Roads Gains Popular Support
Col Brownlow of Tennessee introduced a 20 million dollar national aid bill for road improvement. New York proposes a 50 million dollar ten year program, with state aid boosting local effort, supervision, and competition among counties. Several states already back national or state aid, signaling near-future adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Brownlow
Tennessee
United States
Care State
New York
Alabama
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Missouri
Minnesota
Germinate Seeds with a Moist Newspaper Tray Method
Instructions describe a seed germination technique using a shallow dish lined with four to five cut newspaper layers, kept moist by warm water beneath a paper tray. The method promises quick sprouting with less effort than traditional sowing, noting its suitability for house cultivation and weed germination avoidance.
PROMINENT FOREIGNERS AND ARTISTS IN EUROPE
The pope faces jubilees as bishop, cardinal, and pope. Prof Koch joins Paris Academy amid foreign members including Suess Newcomb Kelvin Lister Brookes Hooker. George Kettler died in Argentine Kan once worth 12 million dollars after fortune and misfortune in war and ventures. Franz von Lenbach, famed portraitist, calls himself painter of kings and cites a price range from 50,000 to 5,000 marks for portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Academie Des Sciences
Prof
Koch
Rudolf Virchow
Austria
America
Suess and
Newcomb
England
Kelvin
Lister
Brokes
Hooker
George Kettler
Argentine
Kan
Kettler
Hanover
Franz von Lenbach
Herr Lenbach
Monuments And Memorials Across Europe And America
Public subscriptions will fund a Stolp Germany memorial to Blucher who aided Wellington at Waterloo. Vermont plans a July dedication at Chester Alan Arthur’s Fairfield birthplace with speakers Robert T. Lincoln William E Chandler and W W Stickney overseeing. Bartholdi's Paris siege monument in Montmartre features a 60 foot bronze balloon lantern lamp and a symbolic Paris mother with dying children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stolp
Germany
Blucher
Wellington
Waterloo
Chester Alan Arthur
Fairfield
Vermont
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Arthur
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Navy
Paris
Out of the Ordinary Factoids From a Global Snapshot
A collection notes Iquique Peru with 14 000 residents never having rain yet. It cites Sweden 5 150 000 and London population, 41 000 000 total, 441 Japanese with fortunes over 250 000 dollars. It mentions Thames canals six, totaling 394 miles and a North Sea codfishing boat with about 5 000 hooks on eight miles of lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iquique
Peru
Sweden
London
Thames
Register of the U S Treasury Uses Peruna for Summer Catarrh
A scanned testimonial page reports Judson W. Lyons and others praising Peruna as an effective remedy for spring and summer catarrh and related symptoms. Letters from readers Camilla Chartier and Kate Bohn describe relief from dyspepsia headaches dizziness and digestive distress after using Peruna. The notices invite readers to write Dr. Hartman for advice and reiterate Peruna’s claimed cures for catarrh in all phases and stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
United Sines Readury
Washington, D. C
Judson W. Lyons
Judson W. Tyee
Augusta
United States
Kate Bohn
Willoughby Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Not Acquainted with It And The Gourmet Rule
A collage of quotes discusses moral behavior in Sunday school, distribution reach of The Four-Track News, and a maxim about not delaying meals. It notes the paper’s monthly edition, 50,000 copies, vast distribution network across the United States and Europe, with offices in London and other cities. Also cites a line about failure and low aim attributed to J. R. Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Times
United States
International News Co
Europe
London
Southgapton
Bremen
Paris
Havre
Antwerp
Iverpool
Hamburg
Genoa
Stray Stories Nugget on Conversation Art
A puzzled maid asks the secret of good talk. The sage imitates his wisdom pose and urges listening as the key. The lesson: those who achieve most make the least noise, a remark from the Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Y News
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Grippe Testimonies
Readers from Avnona New Mexico to West Virginia report Doan's Kidney Pills easing kidney pain backache and swelling after grippe or kidney trouble. A fireman on Grand Trunk and a nine year old girl are among those praising relief and improved urine and weight after trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avnona
New Mexico
Dean
Lucene
Barrutz Caeser
Mien
Doan
Boxen
W. Va
Point Plessant
Cuticura Resolvent and Ointment for Skin Ailments
An advertisement extols Cuticura products as a complete local and constitutional cure for eczema and skin humours. It promises instant relief and sleep in severe cases, claiming to cleanse the blood and provide a speedy, economical cure when other remedies fail. It references scalp conditions, hair loss, ringworm, and facial disfigurements with dramatic language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infante
What’s Wrong Message From a Historical Ad Campaign
An old newspaper fragment asks if readers feel sick or weak and suggests blood and nerves need a special vitalizing food. The cadence mirrors mid century health ads urging remedies. The text references illness, consumption and a hopeful tonic or product.
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Farm Journal
Rex
West Box
Ering Coamos
Pasar
Louis
Register OF the U. S. Treasury
Camilla Chartier
St.Baltimore
Here Statesman
J.R Lowell
Sawyer
Grippe
Pree
Aloe Deane Seagvant
Cuticura
Oromulsion Food Co
Pine Street
Western
Canada
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