Remarkable Nashville Letter Endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Prominent Southern woman Mrs Blanchard of Nashville Tennessee testifies she was cured of backache dizziness and painful irregular menses after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises its efficacy and urges other women to use it noting she feels renewed health and happiness.
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Blanchard
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
B.A. Buandiana
Broad St
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Fox Sees Plump Plum He Cannot Reach
Aesop inspired note on a fox who longs for a ripe plum beyond reach. Lacking a helper to shake the tree, the fox rejects the fruit as wormy and moves on, a parable on envy and impractical desire.
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Aesop
Fox
Chicago Tribune
Patents Granted Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
A list of patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes Antoni Brzykey of Minneapolis for a window shade bracket Archie Claw son of Rock Vale for a horseshoe Christian Jenssen of Dwight for a nail feeding device Walter Kennedy of Minneapolis for a log car Trued Lind of Monson for a needle bar for self binders Albert Murdick of Minneapolis for an acetylene search lamp Lothrop and Johnson, patent lawyers, 914 and 12 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Antoni Brzykey
Minneapolis
Minn
Archie Clawson
Rock Vale
Mont
Christian Jenssen
Dwight
N. D
Walter Kennedy
Trued Lind
Monson
Albert Murdick
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Real Thing Advertisers Write Ads Not Works
Exchange on what a friend writes ends with the quip that he writes advertisements rather than verse or novels. The remark, cited by the New Orleans Times-Democrat, suggests a humorous view of writing as commercial craft.
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von Quizz
H. Kashe
Scott
New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Lovely Murder Enthusiasm and a Woman Editor Rise
The Brooklyn Eagle recalls Stanley Waterloo who, after overhearing a society reporter exclaim over a “lovely murder,” promoted her from society desk to city editor and then managing editor of a daily paper, possibly the first such female in the country without ownership.
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Stanley Waterloo
St. Louis Chronicle
Waterloo
Brooklyn Eagle
French traveler notes new ant trait in Siam troops
A French observer reports a gray ant species in Siam showing troop discipline. Each large ant carries a smaller gray ant on its back, acting as a mounted commander riding along the line to oversee maneuvers. The mounted ant appears rare within colonies.
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Siam
M. Miessen
Boston
Open Letter Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for Seniors
Bellflower Missouri July 6 Mr G V Bohrer writes to older Americans urging use of Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and urinary troubles. He says after years of night awakenings and failed cures he found relief and has remained well for over a year, claiming the medicine cured him at age eighty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellflower, Mo
G. V. Bohrer
Bohrer
Dodd
Novel Way to Study Beea in the City
A city resident imagines keeping bees and crafts a comb honey section at his tea table. The article describes observation hives with glass sides for studying bee life in homes or apartment windows. It notes that commercial bee culture is practiced in major cities, including atop buildings in New York and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Piso's Cure for Consumption Ad in 1902 Notice
A 1902 advertisement from N. W. Sanven of Ocean Grove New Jersey promotes Piso's Cure for consumption described as infallible for coughs and colds. The brief snippet dates February 17, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Sanvencean Grove
N. J
Pebs
Roy imanently cured and trial bottle offer
Fragmented note cites a claim of cure and a marketing pitch for a trial bottle priced at 82.00 with a delivery address in Philadelphia. The text includes garbled phrases and stray dialogue, resembling an old newspaper ad blurb sourced from the Baltimore American mentioning a Walkin' delegate and a hobo union reference.
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Roy
Negative Virtue's Reward in a Father Daughter Exchange
A humorous exchange features a daughter's defense of Arbuthnot who she says never drinks, chews, smokes, sambles or swears. The father frames the suitor by noting that virtue defined by nothing done is insufficient for a son-in-law.
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Arbuthnot
Chicago Record-Herald
Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for Teething and Wind
An 19th century advertisement promotes Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain in children and remedies wind colic and stomach distress. The tonic claims to calm fretful babies and ease digestion with a small price of 25 cents.
Heaven or Hell Debate Echoes in Southern Mule Tale
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a told anecdote where a mule named Kate allegedly kicked a man to the heavens, with the punchline that he never came back down. The humorous regional barbs highlight rural life and storytelling humor.
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Kate
Atlanta Constitution
Raising Bronze Turkeys by Elmer Gimlin
Elmer Gimlin of Christian County Illinois shares practical tips for bronze turkey breeding. He emphasizes vigor and size, recommends 16 to 20 pound cockerels and 18 to 23 pound hens, notes tom influence on offspring, and advises careful feeding, free range benefits, weekly meat feed for fertility, and parasite control. He also urges barred wetness avoidance for chicks and suggests fencing poultry parks for protection.
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Farmers’ Review
Elmer Gimlin
Christian County
Illinois
Land Use for Poultry Culture and Efficient Runs
The article explains poultry culture needs little land for extensive operations and that waste products reduce land requirements. It notes bone and meat scraps from butchers can feed poultry, enabling small acreages to support flocks. For water fowls, one acre can sustain 200 hens in divided-yard forage systems.
Overfat Hens and How to Handle Them
From Farmers Review we note overfat hens become lazy stop laying or produce infertile eggs. If fat hens die from liver congestion or tumor formation. Best approach is to cook oddly valued hens or give epsom salts and grit and light feeding while keeping the bird active and not suffering. Jos Belsley Son Peoria County Mirols
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Jos
Belsley & Son
Peoria County
Mirols
Ear of corn found with mummy in Peruvian grave
Smithsonian researchers report an ear of corn found with a mummy in a Peruvian grave. The kernels are arranged in thirteen rows, suggesting the artifact was placed there hundreds of years before European contact.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Peru
Raising Pigs by Hand in Warm Milk Bath
In Varmers' Review Emma Clearwaters recounts rearing three Chester White pigs saved from an unnatural mother. They received Jersey milk, diluted and warmed, then oatmeal mush and cornmeal as they aged. The pigs thrived on frequent feeding, dry bedding, and careful handling to avoid tainted milk or cold feeds.
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Varmers
Chester
Farmers’ Review
Jersey
Hana
Emma Clearwaters
Well-built hog houses at Iowa experiment station
Visitors note the hog houses sit on elevations to prevent dampness with substantial floors keeping sows and pigs dry. Large glass roof windows plus a removable cover heat the house in spring and aid floor moisture control. A long side door includes a 30 inch barrier, allowing air flow and easy cleaning while preventing pig overlying.
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Iowa Experiment Station
Wilson Rowe
Agricultural wheat and grain acreage report for 1903
Preliminary statistics from the Department of Agriculture show spring wheat acreage down 2.1 percent from 1902 led by Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa. Winter wheat condition 95.9 percent June 1. oats 27 732 000 acres down 3.2 percent. barley up 7.1 percent with 91.5 condition. rye down 8 percent with 90.6 condition. clover acreages also fall, from 1 percent decline in Pennsylvania Michigan Illinois to 8 percent in Iowa and Kansas.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Washington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Lowe
Kansas
Oats Seed Rate Experiments in Wayne County Ohio
Ohio Station conducts long term oat trials to find profitable seed per acre. Over five years on warm gravelly soils, six pecks per acre yielded more than higher or lower rates. Two varieties Seizure and Wideawake showed peak grain with ten pecks and best straw with five to four pecks respectively.
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Ohio
Wayne County
Dean's Pills Advertised for Kidney and Back Ailments
A complaint card touts Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief for back ache hip and joint pain swelling fatigue and urine issues. It alleges removal of calculi and gravel and lists symptoms such as heart palpitations sleeplessness headaches dizziness and nervousness with a testimonial from J N Lewis.
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Dean
J.N. Lewis
Misunderstood in a Garbled Exchange About Supper and Baseball
In a truncated dialogue Wil lies and a mother clash over supper and games. The fragment references a boy wanting to play ball while the mother withholds a meal. A stray note about a garbage system swap hints at a quip about municipal services in Baltimore.
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Willie
A Conversation Overheard in County Jail Scene
A fragment describes a gossiping exchange about a notorious county jail inmate described as one of the loveliest murderers. The overheard line references roses and candy as a curious contrast to the crime.
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Maude
Stops the Gough and Works Off the Cold Laxative
Short column notes a laxative product Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25c and a light dialogue about affection and practicality in Town Topics. The excerpt pairs a product mention with social banter referencing Arthur and Flora.
Ada Hazelwood Case Tangles Justice Court
In Des Moines Iowa Duncan loses $1 to a famed criminal lawyer. The Ada Hazelwood case is set for the day witnesses appear. The lawyer resists, the judge orders the state's testimony, and the matter shifts toward a grand jury as $2 changes hands.
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Duncan
Des Moines
Towa
Justice Court
Ada Hazelwood
Grand Jury
Baby Weather and Grape Nuts Help Soothe Hot Day Digestion
Reading the home remedy notes from Postum Co for July heat, a mother reports her two year old recovered from severe stomach and bowel trouble after feeding Grape Nuts. The letter claims improved digestion and strength, and notes that adults also use Grape Nuts as a coffee substitute. It mentions a national cooks contest with a $7,500 prize and requests mail details.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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