Starr Steel Mill Erection Impresses Wells County Farmer
A Wells County farmer praises the Starr Steel Mill and Justus Rogers & Co for installing the mill July 5 6 1893. He reports the self regulating pump fills an eighteen barrel tank in two and a half hours and automatically engages with water pressure. The farmer notes livestock water needs and says the mill is the best investment he ever made and recommends the firm to farmers.
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Markley
Starr
Justus Rogers & Co
Wells County
Simple rules for eating and drinking in hot weather
Guidance on avoiding ice water with meals and preferring morning hot water to reduce heat discomfort. Advises light, cheap summer foods like salads berries and lean meats, avoids heavy roasts and fatty soups, and suggests clear soups with intervals between courses to ease the summer diet.
How Seafaring Scissors Are Made in a 19th Century Shop
The article outlines a craftsman process in which steel blades are heated, cut, and formed into scissors and their handles. It describes punching and enlarging a bow hole, filing, grinding, hardening, tempering, and final polishing. It notes that scissors blades are ground more sharply than knives, causing different cutting behavior.
Veteran refuses bed sleep after war in Boston home
An elderly svidlar recalls sleeping in a blanket during four years of service and postwar life. He explains he cannot sleep in a bed after the war, preferring a bedless room and blanket rolls, claiming his health remains good and likely his lifespan unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Queen Elizabeth Varied From Idealized Portraits
The account describes Elizabeth I as fiery and flawed not the sainted figure of poems. It notes her red hair and temper, occasional drinking, and harsh treatment of her maids including cursing and physical blows.
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Elizabeth
Hair cleansing cultures across nations noted
A historical snippet describes diverse home remedies: Chinese use a honey and flour mix for hair cleansing, Italians favor a wash from thistle roots, and Cubans step rosemary leaves to create a shampoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Snake Charm Truth From Rattlesnake Eye Witness
An observer recalls a calm cow with a rabbit frozen nearby as a rattlesnake coils and eyes the scene. He wounds and dispatches the snake after displacing the rabbit, noting opinions on snake charm and describing the dreadful expression in a rattlesnake eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feiz
Foreigners and Domestic Labor Across American History
The piece traces shifts in domestic labor from medieval and colonial servitude to free labor in the North and slave labor in the South. It notes Irish and German immigration in the 1840s and 1850s, Chinese emigration after rail construction, and Scandinavian settlement altering labor demographics, ending with the rise of immigrant dominance in domestic work.
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England
Ireland
Virginia
Maryland
Boston
United States
China
Union Pacific Railroad
Northwest
Nihils Action Cordially Approved by a San Francisco Judge
In California during the early war days Judge Wallace recalls public restlessness and calls for decisive government action. A college speaker quoted Nihil fit Latin, prompting a heckler to shout Bully for Nihil as the crowd urged heroic effort.
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California
Judguy Wallace
San Francisco
Washington
Roma
Nihil
Figures Concerning London Population and Resources
The article lists vast figures for London including land area and street counts, foreign population around 300,000, police 15,000, Thames population 30,000, 600,000 homeless wanderers, daily city expenses about 7,003,600 dollars, newspapers covering 1,000 miles, Bank of England weekly notes worth 120,000,000 dollars, December daily postal deliveries 10,000.6, water use 130,000,000 gallons, soot value 225,000 dollars, London Mint soot gold 25 dollars, and daily smoke emissions valued at 10,000 dollars per year.
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London
Thames
Bank of England
Insects Breath and Eucalyptus Fevers Claim
Insects use nine or ten spiracles along the body to draw air through tubes that branch to the limbs. The eucalyptus tree is praised for fever relief in regions where it grows thickly, with anecdotal claims of reduced fevers. A. W. Glover reports a stone with hieroglyphics found in Windsor Jacks’s old foundry, though decipherment by experts fails.
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A. W. Glover
Windsor Jocks
Wis
Notice of State Board tax appeals and assessor duties
A clipped legal notice details appeals to the State Board of Tax Commissioners from the County Board of Review. It outlines duties for the County Auditor and State Auditor to transmit records, notify taxpayers, and prepare lists of taxpayers affected by appeals for service by the sheriff. It references Indiana and county offices and the transfer of valuation materials for determinations.
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Za Anditer
Board of Review
State Board of Tax Comissioners
Guiosnait
State
State Board of Tax Commassioners
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Bayard
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad Claim Benefits
An advertising feature praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for tiredness loss of appetite and nervous prostration promising revival through a trial. It notes Hood's Pills as efficient easy to take and suitable for travelers and family medicine chests at 25 cents a box.
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Hood
Old World Naming Rituals and A Coffee Market Fact
A Hindu child is named 12 days after birth with the lamp test favoring the mother’s chosen name. A clock historian notes Hipparchus used sexagesimal time division. De Witt’s remedies are advertised for various ailments. The world drinks about 650000 tons of coffee annually worth roughly 400 dollars per ton, totaling about 260 million dollars.
Best Truss for Hernia Ever Made
Advertises a medical institute in St. Wayne offering home visits Thursday through Sunday from 1 to o'clock. Claims cure rates for deformities kidney and bladder diseases nervous disorders marriage and sexual health plus free urine analysis and confidential consultations.
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St. Wayne
Seat Witier
Gil
Regular teacher license exams held monthly at Central School
Regular examination of applicants for teachers license will be held the last Saturday of each month at the Central School building. All applicants not personally known to the Superintendent must present a certificate of good moral character from a school trustee or other senior officer. Fifty cents library fee. Applicants must present themselves for work no later than 9:00. 0. WoL Riinhorn, County Supt
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Roarn
Claude Matthews
W. J. Ee
J. A. Flenderson
N. Walker
Allen
Joseph T. Funning
Isprana State Board OF Tax Commissioners
Inpraronis
Deak
State Board of Tax Commissioners
County Board of Review
Boards of Review
Slonday
Aioe
Questa
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commisionera
State Board of Tax Commissioers
Hearts Appeals
Poara
County Boards of Review
Tan
Summitted
Roseph T. Fanning
Secretary of State Board of Tax Commissioners
Wol Riinhorn
Notice of administrator appointment for Wells County estate
Notice is hereby given that George W. Law Ver has been appointed administrator of the estate of George Salter late of Wells County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. CVPPENTEIM Clerk Wells Circuit Court tinehart & Walbert Attorneys. Plus three men in France competed to see who could drink the most water. One swallowed twelve quarts, the second nine and the third seven. All three died.
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George W. Law Ver
George Salter
Wells
A. Cvppenteim
Tinehart & Walbert, Allorneys
France
Die Wells
Erreutt
Taidersiesie Ed
Ad Sud
Bps
Blufter
Mary
Alfred Klick
Alan Wells
Stiteat Vavedicutraa
Desea
Pyran
Dras
Sand Wells
Ciremt
Tiny
Psat
A. OV
Penteeim
Hood's Sarsaparilla Honest Medicine Ad
A promotional pitch extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a trustworthy remedy amid many purifying medicines. It claims honest cures and fair value with a complete cure guarantee, while noting a large lending record of five hundred and forty two thousand four hundred twenty five books borrowed across Camberwell libraries, a London high mark.
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Hood
Camberwell
London
Sar Syrup Wine Bottle Promoted in Patient Letter
A parent reports giving a pleasant tasting medicine to a sick child with croup and claims near immediate relief. The note praises constant family access to the remedy and cites sales by J. Bo Sturgis in West Union Oregon. The excerpt also comments on China’s journalism, noting 24 newspapers for 400 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nev
Hi. Staup
West Union
Oregon
Sy J. Bo Sturgis
White Wine of Tar Syrup touted as cure for lung disease
A testimonial from Eldersd Adams of Delton Wisconsin claims White Wine of Tar Syrup cured his wife’s lung cold. The note credits J J Sturgis for sales and mentions Tacoma’s whistle well emitting gas before storms. The piece ends with an endorsement of De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin injuries.
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Eldersd
Adams
Delton, Wis
J. J. Sturgis
de Witt
C.C. Deam
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Yours Truly
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Starr Steel Mill
Derick
Honduras
Ayer
Jcaver & Co
Lowell
Masa
Bess
Angelic
State Board of Tax Commis
Sioners
DeWitt
C.O. Deum
Hipparchus
Christ
DeWitt Witehio Hla
C.ean
Dean
N. R. Wenger
Bliss House
Atti
Weaver
Bright
Drcss
Fort Wayne, Ind
Calhoun St
Hale & Markley, Ogice
West of Exchange Bank
Biufton
Ind
Santa Claus
Irbank & CO
Chicago
Legion
Warner
Tacoma
P.O
Keapedttauly
T. A Slocum
Pearl St
N.Y
Zour
U.S
C.a.snow&co
WasHincTvon
D.C
Island Park
Rome City, MD
J. F. Roop
Klinger’s
Mich
J. RK. Gay
Fifth Ave
Chicago, Ill
Wells Circuit Court
V.c. Deau
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