Letter from Marcus Mayer Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Marcus R Mayer famed patron of music and drama endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims the remedy cured severe kidney trouble including back and head pain and urinary disorders. The letter praises the product and urges buyers to purchase. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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Marcus R. Mayer
America
Patti
Duse
Salvini
Coquelin
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tobacco debt cited by Puck editor in wartime quip
A citation from Puck remarks on the immense debt the race owes to tobacco and notes that the essar shape is claimed to be superior for airships and submarine craft as well.
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Puck
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Report lists inventors and their patented products including Zacharias Anderson of Minneapolis with a building block and wall construction, Harry Colestock with a Sanitary Water Filter assignment, Elisha Cutten of Butte with a magneto dynamo electric machine, August Gagnon of Forest Lake with a potato digger, Harry Herrick of Owatonna with a well indexing ledger, John Jamieson of Bullwater with a hitching device, among others.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
Zacharias Anderson
Minneapolis
Harry Colestock
Assignor Sanitary Water Filter Company
Elisha Cutten
Butte
Mont
August Gagnon
Forest Lake
Harry Herrick
Owatonna
John Jamieson
Bullwater
Mrs Closeleigh’s Fair Aids A Widow In Need
Nell and Mrs Closeleigh organize a fair to raise funds for a widow struggling to pay rent. Belle questions the philanthropy while Nell asserts Mrs Closeleigh owns the widow’s house.
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Nell
Polite by Comparison in Law Firm Exchange
A senior partner remarks on a fresh client addressing him by first name and contrasts it with the names the client allegedly uses behind his back, highlighting professional courtesy and discomfort.
Woman’s health improved by Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs B B Ford of Pushmataha Mississippi credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing her long lasting uterine irregularity and related ailments. She stopped suffering after three weeks and became a healthy, active teacher. The pills claim to regulate uterine action and relieve headaches and fatigue while improving appetite digestion and complexion. A free booklet Plain Talks to Women is mailed from Schenectady New York.
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B. B. Ford
Pushmatahs
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Parrot Quip Sparks Light News Item
A brief Detroit Free Press snippet features two parrots trading quips about a screeching canary. The exchange adds a humorous local flavor to the page.
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Detroit Free Press
Neighbor Turns Poultry Hobby Into Busy Broad Farm
A Carroll County woman built a poultry complex costing over a thousand dollars, faced early losses, sold off broiler stock, then rebound to raise and sell nearly a thousand broilers last winter. She now operates incubators, a wagon business for eggs and chickens, and candled eggs for customers, planning more incubators and winter sales strategies.
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Istella Harper
Carroll Co
Farmers’ Review
Start Small When Going Into Poultry Raising
The article counsels farm novices to begin with a few hundred fowls, as intensive poultry operations require experience. It warns that many homestead setups with fifty to one hundred birds teach little about large scale farming. Growth should come gradually over three years to reach thousands.
Heating Poultry Houses Not Generally Profitable
The author states that warming chicken houses is rarely beneficial in this country, except perhaps in the cold Dakotas. He recalls past beliefs that hens needed tropical warmth, but notes experiments show proper feeding eliminates the need for stoves and finds no profitable use for heating in poultry houses.
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Dakotas
Plymouth Rock Still Tops Farmer Favor in Egg Production
The Plymouth Rock remains a premier poultry breed with many flocks laying over 200 eggs a year. Poultrymen seek a bronze turkey breed that can thrive in confinement while Plymouth Rock maintains its favored status among farmers.
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Plymouth Rock
Simple Rule Links Day Night Length to Sun Rise Set
A straightforward rule states that the length of day and night can be found by doubling the sun’s rising time to get night length and doubling the sun’s setting time to get day length, applicable at any time of year.
Time to Plan Farm Work Months Ahead
The article urges farmers to plan several months before planting to avoid failures. Early seed orders ensure germination tests and timely delivery, especially for distant sources. It compares farm planning to city business, stressing clockwork precision and advance bookkeeping.
Use of Fertilizers Increasing In United States History
The article traces rising fertilizer use from 1859 through 1899, noting investment grew from $891,344 to $54,783,757. It highlights a $5 million gap between manufactured supply and farmers demand in the 1890s and identifies most spending as concentrated along a 300 mile Atlantic seaboard strip across the original thirteen states.
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United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Agriculture as a Skilled Occupation in Modern Society
The passage argues agriculture has evolved from simple toil to a learned science. It traces how land use shifted from subsistence to structured production as human needs and methods advanced. It compares farming to civil engineering in required skill and intelligence for future farmers.
Pushing Grain Growing North
The article notes grain expansion north of the Canadian line with oats and barley already grown 300 miles north. It highlights developing wheats barleys and oats with shorter seasons and says a few days of maturation extend northern growing limits, opening new regions and virgin soil for grain production.
Deep Preparation of Land for Fruit Trees
Deep plowing invites deep rooting before planting fruit bearing plants. Surface roots hinder drought resilience and later cultivation. A mellow soil encourages roots to go deep, improving nutrient access and growth.
Bearded Lady Fraud Draws Censure In Tribune
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune mocks a bearded lady fraud and notes the public’s appetite for exposing sin while a girl speaks to her and someone remarks that no woman would reveal herself similarly.
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Chicago Tribune
Calve and a Carmen Tale of Accident and Calamity
A New York musician recalls Calve describing Prosper Merimee and a tale about Prince Imperial. Merimee compares accident and calamity with a fable about a cousin and Prince Napoleon, illustrating moral distinctions in a witty remark.
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Monte Carlo
New York
Calve
Carmen
Prosper Merimee
Merimee
Prince Imperial
Napoleon
Seine
Gelatt resident extols Dodd's Kidney Pills against rheumatism
Mrs H W Sterns of Gelatt Pennsylvania reports a long battle with rheumatism tied to kidney problems. After three days of Dodd's Kidney Pills she felt improvement, by day four the back lameness faded and pain diminished. She continues to use the pills and praises their effect.
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Gelatt
H. W. Sterns
Dodd
Went the Limit
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a shopper had exactly 32.19 dollars at start and finished with that amount spent, implying careful budgeting or a precise budget constraint. The joke rests on the paradox of spending the same total as the initial amount.
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Philadelphia Press
Open to Argument on Life Insurance Dilemmas
A satirical note from the Atlanta Journal comments on life insurance, suggesting it is hard to tell whether the life insurance director or the policy holder is the greater dummy.
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Atlanta Journal
Sherman and Dalzell Spar Over Titles and Politics
General Sherman, a friend of Private Dalzell, challenged his title in a joking exchange. Dalzell replied he would renounce his rank if Sherman dropped his title, and the two laughed off the matter with no further mention.
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Gen. Sherman
Dalzell
Ohio
Congress
Asgread
Brain Food Snares Warn Against Quick Intellectual Boosts
Dr Wallace argues in Young Man that patent brain foods are a delusion and a snare. He warns that even with fish and phosphates a person may glow yet never grasp simple problems like Euclid or Punch humor from infancy to old age.
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Euclid
Dr. Wallace
Safety in Proprietary Medicines
An authority responds to claims proprietary medicines contain narcotics. A 100000 prescription survey found about 10 percent included opium or its derivatives. Proprietary medicines usually include detailed directions, while physician prescriptions are brief or illegible.
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America
United States
Woman’s Life Sacrifices and Sales Quip
A dialogue excerpt shows Mrs. Browne declaring that a woman’s life is full of sacrifices while her husband quips that the sacrifices are sales. The exchange appears in The Woman’s Life feature quoted by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming to soften gums reduce pain and cure wind colic. It notes a 25 cent bottle and includes a general warning about dangerous attacks made via innuendo.
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Mra. Winslow
Eye specialist Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo N D
The notice presents Dr J H Rindlaub as an eye ear nose and throat specialist based in Fargo North Dakota with a motto asserting that a man who cannot be asked for more will never do all he can.
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Halle
Kent
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toled
O. Bold
Drugsieta
Mall
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
A Truly Ideal Wife Inspires Success Says Rich Man
A prominent wealth holder credits his wife as the source of vigorous health and inspiration. He states that all his success is owed to her, praising her as the greatest help mate since they first met.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Women's Recovery
A long reader letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female illness including inflammation weakness and headaches. It claims the tonic restored health and vitality to Mrs Bessie Ainsley of Tacoma after childbirth and invites others to write for free advice.
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Lydia BE
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bessie Ainsley
South 10Th Street
Tacoma
Wash
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Ottawa
Charles Pilling
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
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Jack
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Sherman
Hawaiian Islands
Afelca
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WER
Coney Island
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Mayer
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Milwaukee
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Wirs, Bessie Fins, Ey
Lane
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
L.douclay
W. J. Douglas
Brockton
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W. L. Douglas Strong
W. L.dougelos
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Minstratel
W.L. Douglas
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Paston Company
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