Price’s Cream Baking Powder Crowned Superior at World’s Fair
The highest award went to Price’s Cream Baking Powder after exhaustive tests by the Chief Chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington. He declared it superior in leavening power keeping properties and purity, and rejected alum baking powders as unwholesome.
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Ation
United States Department
Colorado
Gov. Waite
Oregon
Pennoyer
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Remarkable Tarahumari Endurance and Horse Handling
From Dr. Carl Lumioltz and Scribner, Tarahumari Life and Customs describes Indian runners carrying messages 800 miles in five days and guiding wild horses to corrals in two to three days. They outrun horses, pursue deer through snow or rain for days, and exhaust prey before final capture.
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Guazapares
Chihuahua
Carl Lumioltz
Scribner
Fashionable youth in Japan dies amid lip gilding trend
A young person in Japan died amid an inhalation or cosmetic lip gilding practice reported as a dangerous beauty trend. Authorities cautioned about risky cosmetics procedures and urged public health awareness.
Bedroom Windows Should Stay Open If Occupant Is Strong
A safety note advises keeping bedroom windows from being fully closed when the resident is strong to ensure air flow and ease of exit in emergencies.
Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve Sold With Warranty
A brief advertisement touts Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve with a guarantee to cure or money refunded. It notes the product is available from druggists for 15 cents and invites readers to ask for it.
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Hanson
Boston Globe Mentions a Lady Equestrienne
The Boston Globe references a lady equestrienne, a female rider who performs equestrian exercises on horseback.
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The
Boston Globe
Equestrienne
When gloves came in for sparring exhibitions
A correspondent asks the time gloves were mandated. Gloves entered practice when bare fist sparring was banned by law, marking the shift to protective rules in exhibitions.
Baby Teething Remedy Hailed In Ad Copy
An old remedy claim touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children as a trusted cure. The advertisement notes the product targets teething discomfort with a classic household remedy, while theatrically overstating the United States population in a humorous claim.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Advertisement notes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional cure. Mentions Vince, age 75. Warns that telephone use in China prompts provision for more insane asylums at once.
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Hall
Vince
China
Corgh Salaam Emerges As Oldest Best Pick
Ambiguous text praises Corgh Salaam as oldest and best product, claiming reliability and speedy cold-prevention but contains misspellings and unclear endorsements.
Worries of a Man with Patent Leather Shoes
A witty note warns a man in patent-leather shoes not to be swayed by boot tacks claiming he errs a stine. The snippet plays on footwear pride and fragile certainty, using playful wordplay to mock self-assurance.
Karl's Clever Foot Tea Promises Purity and Cure
An 19th century patent remedy claims to purify the Rioood and improve complexion while curing constipation. Advertises scents and tonics with imprecise dosages and questionable claims.
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Karl
Obituary Snippet Mentions Unusual Phrase
A newspaper snippet notes obituaries often use the phrase Departed this life by the co water route reflecting period language without graphic detail. The line illustrates stylistic quirks rather than reporting a specific individual or event.
Not Tread on Me Vibrates Rattle Snake Ad
Sensible readers should beware the chill that ushers in chills and fever. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as the preventive remedy. It claims to remedy dyspepsia liver complaints nervousness and debility and to be a superior general tonic.
Noted Leaders Edge Ignorant Fools with Birthright Claim
The speaker asserts many men are born rulers while others fail to recognize it, branding those without such claim as ignorant. The remark highlights elitist views on leadership and merit.
Kodak fiend scheme foiled at Cape May by vigilant man
A Philadelphia Press report describes a scheme by an Inman posing with a kodak and accomplices in bathing attire to secretly photograph young women on a Cape May beach. A male friend pursued the culprit, forced release of the film, and the illicit operation was stopped.
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Ifton
Cape May
Kodak
Philadelphia
Inman
Adaptable applicant plays off vacancy claim in job tale
A job seeker for a public school post dodges the vacancy issue with wit, claiming he has never taught where vacancies exist and would take the job only if salary is regular. A companion note cites a musician offering to serve as organist and teacher despite being both white and colored.
Centaur Bicycle Club Considers Women Members
The Centaur Bicycle Club postpones large events as members are away until September. Leaders discuss criteria for admitting women, who have signaled intent to join and plan to wear bloomers and chic French-style attire, likely popularizing bloomers in the city.
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Swell Centaur Bicycle Club
France
Philadelphia
Vengeance and Vapors in Timperley Chronicle
In Timperley, a late night procession gathers at a chemical works as whispers of vengeance rise. A mob breaks into the lab, finding Lacroix murdered and Steinhardt wounded, the crowd claiming divine justice before an explosion reveals Steinhardt dead and Lacroix missing.
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Timperley
Mr. Lacroix
Salvation Army
Lancashire
Chemical Works
Steenhardt
Lacroiks
Steinhardt
Education in China and the global beer question
The article discusses hereditary scholarship in nineteenth century China highlighting families where learning is an inherited profession and officials arise from such lines. It also cites Wine and Spirit Gazette statistics on beer production, noting Germany and the United Kingdom lead, followed by the United States, with temperance work needed worldwide.
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China
England
Greece
Rome
Europe
Wine and Spirit Gazette
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Austria
First Gun Is Fired in Tawney Nomination Rally in Winona
In Winona Minnesota August 30 the First District Republican convention placed James A Tawney of Winona in nomination for Congress for a second time. The platform denounces free trade and endorses protection reciprocity and veteran pensions while condemning Democratic tariff policy and sugar interests. Senator Davis and others spoke praising Tawney and condemning the Democrats.
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Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Congress
J. M. Diment
Owatonna
Congressional Committee
George B. Arnold
Kasson
William Moore
Spring @uley
Lacher
Winona County
Thompson
Fillmore
Hankness
Freeborn
Little
Dodge
Fohrer
Waseca
Kerdall
Olmstead
Fuller
Wabasha
Diment
Steele
Potter
Houston
Knight
Mower
Morgan
Callaghan
Olmsted
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Davis
Union
Fathers of the Republic
Knute Nelson
Burley
Mr .Tawney
J. H. A. Tacher
Mr. Tawney
People's Treasury
Fifty-third Congress
Senate
United States
Mills
House
Bourke Coechran
New York Herald
Sugar Trust
Democracy
Pension Bureau
Treasury Department
Cleveland
Wilson
Blaine
Me.Kinley
West Virginia
Senator Davis and Gov Nelson in Minnesota Campaign Address
Senator Davis defends tariff policy and blames sugar trust profits while praising Republican leadership under Harrison. Gov Nelson urges unity of capital and labor, warns against Debs and Populists, and champions the Republican path to aid workers and sustain the nation.
Miss Patience Gregg Sees Alabama Oddities
Miss Patience Gregg visits her brother in Alabama and calmly notes unfamiliar sights and sounds. At dinner a dish of boiled crabs provokes rare surprise as she remarks spiders grow larger down here than she has seen elsewhere.
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Patience Gregg
New England
Alabama
Ben
Patience
In Good Company and the Taboo of Religion
A witty exchange between a dissipated First Empire society man and the Abbe Prestor reveals that true genteel taste excludes scoffing at religion. The old wit denies jokes about faith, insisting his life has moved in the best society.
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Monsieur de Montroud
Prestor
Oldest tune in the world claimed by English journal
An English journal asserts the earliest tune paired with the words We won't go home till morning. Napoleonic troops played it near the pyramids in 1799, Bedouins wept hearing it, crusaders found it among desert children, and experts call it the elemental protoplasmic tune. Whistling it is said to be simple.
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Pyramids
Desert
Crushed Again. Cholly Proposes Prompted Penelope Rebuttal
In a dialogue style exchange Penelope says no one ever proposed to her and Cholly presses for an answer. The fragment hints at a humorous or domestic scene with a focus on romantic inquiry. The readable lines suggest a playful interrogation about proposals.
Farmer Outwits Doorway Gambler In Chicago Street Encounter
An old farmer-like man balks a doorway gambler in a Chicago street scene. The proprietor asserts ownership of the gambling house and ejects the wary man after a tense exchange about reading papers and dodging scams. The farmer warns he knows the schemes and exits with his valise.
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Clark, Street
Chicago Tribune
Josh
Green Goods
Giles Overborck
Coles County
Overbrook
Charleston
Gas Motors Promise Efficient Street Car Propulsion
United States Consul Mason reports in Frankfort that gas motors are successful for European street cars. In England gas is cheaper than electricity or horses, hinting at a new era in propulsion. The motor adapts to vehicles built for other traction and runs quietly without smoke or steam, always under control.
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United States
Mason
Frankfort
Germany
Europe
England
Baltimore Sun
Boy Lost, Found: Newcastle Lad’s Long Quest Home
A Newcastle on Tyne youth vanished about twelve years ago and was sent to the workhouse. He apprenticed to a farmer, ran away to sea, joined the army, and later returned to Newcastle to learn his mother believed him dead.
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Debs
Labor
St. Paul
Municipat
Mr. Owens
Mankato
Colorado
Kansas
Capitol
Republican Party
Party of
A. Towne
Childs
Darius F. Reese
Newcastle on-Tyne
Sacred concert mistaken for a dance hall near sighted citizen
A humorous exchange in New York Weekly features a near sighted citizen claiming a dance hall is open around the corner. The policeman corrects him noting the front bills advertise a sacred concert rather than dancing.
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OmMeer
New York Weekly
Woman resigns from Vote or Ole League
A New York Weekly fragment shows a wife asking if suffrage harms domestic happiness and her husband saying it would not, then she quietly writes a resignation letter from the Vote or Ole League.
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Ole League
New York Weekly
Sth Inst Year Countings Across Eras
The passage compares the year 1894 across multiple eras including BC public dating and several calendars. It notes 1894 as IS sth from Christ birth, 7408 Byzantine, 5654-55 Jewish, 2647 Rome foundation, 20648 Japanese, and Moharamedan 1311-12, with hevira 1412 and reference to the Sth inst.
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Rome
Hevira
Table and Kitchen cookbook offered by Price Baking Powder
The Price Baking Powder Company of Chicago offers the "Table and Kitchen" cookbook free to any reader who mails their name town and state. The book contains over 400 pastry and home cookery receipts plus table setting and dining room hints. A German or Scandinavian edition can be sent, postage prepaid.
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Price Baking Powder Company
Chicago
Address Price Baking Powder Co
Mammoth Cave Honeybee Swarm Report Stirs Curiosity
A. R. Lewis describes Mammoth Cave Kentucky as a growing bee hub with bees along multiple routes, noting increased numbers and potential honey finds if explored. He recalls bee encounters during past visits and warns visitors may now notice the buzzing activity.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
A. R. Lewis
Cincinnati Enquirer
Two Men Die From Electric Shock On Norfolk Naval Ship
Two workers at Norfolk Navy Yard were killed by an electric current while on an insulated ship that served as a condenser and conductor. No lightning flash occurred as the vessel diverted the live current through the men.
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Norfolk Navy Yard
Ths
Wieter
Bridge under construction spans Dsube at Cernavoda
French engineers are building a major steel bridge across the Dsube at Cernavoda Romania. The structure measures 2400 feet with five bays and rises 103 feet to the roadway and 128 feet at its highest point above high water. It rests on thirty piers.
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Europe
Cernavoda
Roumsania
Personal crisis trend in marriage data discussed
A narrator and husband reflect on a newspaper statistic showing marriages decline while personal crisis reports rise. The husband suggests men increasingly choose less painful exits from life, implying rising suicide.
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WwWife
Lingering Election Prize Offer For Newspaper Subscribers
The Weekly Pioneer Press offers large prizes to top club raisers who recruit new subscribers. The plan promises to double circulation before the election, paying 10 cents per name and awarding a Britannica set, a sewing machine, and cloth bound books to top recruiters. Readers are urged to send names and request samples.
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Pioneer Press
Enciclopedia Britannica
Dianeer Prean
Salter Seed Co. promotes new wheat and rye blends
Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse advertises farm seed mixtures for fall sowing. The copy touts a meadow patch and 3 to 5 tons of hay per acre, claiming large scale seed production and offering a catalog with 4 cents postage.
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Salter Seed Co
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