Price's Cream Baking Powder Tops Purest and Strongest Promptly
Recent tests by Prof. Long Dr. Haines and Prof. Prescott compared baking powders to find the purest strongest and most economical. They conclude Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder excels in leavening strength purity and overall suitability for household use. Cream Baking Powder and other leading brands were analyzed, confirming Dr Price's product as a pure cream of tartar powder with greater leavening power than rivals.
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Long
Haines
Prescott
Dr. Price
Raphael
Angelo
Rubens
Tasso
Franklin St
New York
Kilby St
Boston
Dr and Lawyer Bet on Life in Walnut Street Club
A doctor and a Walnut Street lawyer, close friends, made a daring bet that the lawyer would outlive a year. The doctor warned of grave illness, the wager of $1,000 was placed, and the lawyer won the year with plans for more bets. Meanwhile a kitten disrupted church at the Auburn Church of the Ascension, chasing the clergyman’s robes and causing a comic interruption as a dog chased the cat through the choir, ending with the final Amen.
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Walnut Street
Church of the Ascension
Auburn
Providence Journal
Dominie
Puss
Foreign travel changes in social customs discussed
A 19th century note questions how travel abroad is changing social habits such as handshakes and friendly embraces. It cites fears of microbes and Reform efforts to curb social kisses, predicting the old custom may endure despite foreign fashions and health concerns.
Teeth in Ancient Skulls Reveal Wide Dental Disease Rates
J Howard Mummery relays his father’s decade long inquiry that studied over two thousand skulls from Britain and abroad. Findings show ancient Egyptians Angl o Saxons Romano Britons and ancient Britons displayed varied tooth presence. savages groups like Tasmanians Australians and Africans showed high dental caries rates, with percentages ranging from about 2 to 28 percent.
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J. Howard Mummery
Great Britain
East Africa
West Africa
Progress in armor and women in the army
A man has invented a bullet-proof shield as rapid progress in defense, while the prospect of women joining the army provokes comment about their military role.
Syrup of Figs Promises Comfort and Health Benefits
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system without weakening kidneys or liver. It claims wide satisfaction, medical approval, and says the California Fig Syrup Co manufactures it with its name on every bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Mascot Garter Found By Lyceum Stage Hands
Miss Terry’s stage debut in London faced a loss as her essential mascot garter vanished. The property man produced a soiled elastic band, claimed to be the drowned donor’s keepsake once in the morgue for identification.
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Lyceum
London
Miss Terry
Philadelphia Press
Terry
Grapes Suspends Man in Tree Leaves Scout Pale and Sick
In Union County North Carolina Sam Spence a colored man climbed a tree to pick wild grapes. His foot snagged in vines and he was suspended by one foot for over an hour before help arrived. Blood rushed to his head he became very ill and afterward much of his wool hair faded revealing a pale skin tone.
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North Carolina
Sam Spence
Union County
Spence
Avanta
Man Keeps Old Rope as Mascot After Self-Death Legend
E. S. Willard credits six to eight inches of old rope as his luck charm. He reportedly carries it to every rehearsal and performance, guarding it closely. The Philadelphia Press notes the rope was used in a suicide by hanging, which Willard sees as a powerful talisman.
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E. S. Willard
Philadelphia Press
Mr. Willard
Expert Witness Dr. Matt Medd Takes Stand
Hearing minutes show Dr. Matt Medd, an expert witness, providing testimony in the case. The record notes his professional qualifications and the substance of his expert opinion presented to the court.
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Matt Medd
Bobby Pop Story Sparks Historian Debate
A fragmentary note hints at a legend about Bobby Pop and George Washington. The historian who began the tale questions the story’s origins and the cast of characters involved.
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Bobby
Pop
George Washington
Portrait Awakening Dreams of Florence for Nita
Nita, a village girl, longs for a wider world beyond her toil and a drab life with Genna. The painter Rufo uses flattery to lure her into posing, promising fame, while Nita dreams of beauty, cities, and a life beyond the monastery ruins where she models.
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Genna
Nita
Florence
Rome
Missing letters and garbled speech from a playful dialogue
A fragmentary overheard quip about engines and personification shows a speaker remarking that engineers call their engines she while another character challenges the notion with a garbled phrase. The snippet hints at linguistic play without a clear narrative.
Witty exchange on suspicions and a cook’s biscuits
A playful dialogue reveals trust and humor as a wife defends herself with culinary proof. The husband questions her kitchen claim while she cites biscuits to support her honesty, ending with a lighthearted twist.
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Binthair
Strike When the Iron Is Hot Not Always for Blacksmiths
A quip contrasts proverb with blacksmith craft noting that striking iron often finds it cold. The saying implies timing matters more than tradition in labor and effort.
Profit from Ten Acres A Decade Dairying Guide
A dairyman’s Hoard’s Dairyman contribution outlines converting ten acres to pasture for four cows yielding 795 gallons per cow yearly. It calculates butter, cheese or pork from skim milk, buttermilk hog feed, calf sales, and overall ten-year gross receipts of $3,710.92, surpassing wheat and corn returns. Also notes mushroom growing from pots and a separate wheat feeding experiment for hogs with gains totaling $23.92 for 38 bushels of grain.
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H. T. Meigs
Indiana
Best roughage for daily cows without a silo
Jno W Delk reports in the Epitomist that fodder corn outperforms other roughages for milking cows. It yields seven to eight tons per acre when properly cured, reduces waste as cows eat the stalks, and provides good butter and milk in winter and hot late-summer. Sorghum is a close second for milking cows and young cattle.
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Jno. W. Delk
Storing Early Potatoes and Poultry Tips From Kansas Farmer
Early potatoes should be dug before cold weather and stored in a dark above ground room until freezing then moved to a cellar or pits. A short potato crop promises good prices and careful harvest details are advised. Poultry notes urge small, well cared for flocks, fresh eggs, regular care, and clean housing for profitability.
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Orange Judd
Timothy
Growing Mushrooms in Pots by a Hor ticulturist Mr Thompson
Mr Thompson, a noted horticulturist, explains a method for mushroom growing in a hot house. He describes laying a ten inch board on the ground near hot water pipes, adding a second board with cross pieces every ten feet, creating a fourteen inch gap. He fills ten inch pots with manure, to within one and a half inches of the top, places the pots in the space, and packs them with ephaguum moss.
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Thompson
Reclaiming Swamps for Fertile Land in Dry Fall Months
The article discusses draining swamps during dry fall to reclaim rich organic matter. It argues swamp material yields valuable compost and litter for stables, making upland crops like celery onions potatoes and meadow possible at little to no cost. It notes drained swamps can produce excellent grassland even in dry seasons.
Stock Notes on Hog and Stock Care Practices
The article advises on hog management including breeding, weaning, and litter quality. It stresses not raising colts and mules together, giving pigs exercise, allowing the sow to recover post service, and choosing mature mothers. It warns against overcrowded pens and dirt exposure and highlights the value of good plow teams.
Judge Downton-De Broker Moves Up to the Tenth Floor
In a wry aside the New York Weekly notes Judge Nat Downton-De Broker has shifted from a grand third floor flat to a higher tenth story. The piece jokes that appearances deceive and suggests neighbors on the second floor might have a baby, implying a humorous domestic detail.
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Upton
Downton
New York Weekly
The Piano Dealer and the Deteriorating Tone
A piano dealer argues tone fades with use and time while a seller defends a near new instrument. The dealer claims daily use dulls ear perception, noting worn hammers and a porous sounding board. He offers $150 against a $300 asking price, explaining resale costs to recoup his loss.
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Paderewski
Wew
Queen of the Ballet Amalie Ceruti Sinks From Fame
Former ballet star Amalie Ceruti now lives on a New York poverty street after a rise from Silesia to European stardom. She toured Europe, received diamond gifts, came to the United States in 1871 with Kiralfy, joined the Black Crook company, married the ballet master, and faded as engagements dwindled.
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New York
Amatie Ceruti
Silesia
Europe
Kiralfy
Black Crook Company
Ceruti
Germany
Insects Debate Mercy and Murder in Gaslight Fly Drama
A Philadelphia Call writer observes four large flies circle and repeatedly attack a burned fly near a gaslight. The actions resemble mercy or murder as the insects contend for control of the injured comrade. Sugar grains sit untouched as dawn reveals the survivor dead.
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Philadelphia Call
Famous Sevres Pieces at Auction Fetch High Sums
The article surveys costly Sevres porcelain sold at major auctions in the 19th century. It notes lavish prices for eventail jardinieres, Rose du Barri jars, and Cassiobury Park vases, with sums reaching around 1900 guineas and near £2,000. It compares historic sales at Lord Dudley, Lord Revelstoke, Hodgson, and Hamilton Palace, plus a Sotheby’s lot of Catherine the Empress portraits.
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Alonde
Lord Dudley
Lord Revelstoke
Cassiobury Park
France
Fifth Earl of Essex
Morin
Christie’s
Sevres
China
Lord Hertford
Hamilton Palace
Patrick Sinclair Laing
Sotheby’s
Catherine
Russia
Sleeping poultry and the domestic ideal in city life
A regional essay extols poultry keeping as the basis of virtue and stable home life. It contrasts rural and urban households, praising the poultry woman as model wife while condemning city living and its temptations. The narrator laments urban tenements and vows for a rural home with fowls to regain money and dignity.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adment and Endorsement
An OCR fragment touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an uncured case. Claims favorable view of J Cheney Co and other Toledo firms West Truax Walding Kinman Marvin. Describes internal action and pricing 15 cents per bottle and 25 cents for Hall's family pills with testimonials offered.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
D. Wethe
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Walding, Kinman & Marvin
Snake tattoo covers Genesis chapter on lemon boa
A lemon boa in a Piccadilly shop bears the entire third chapter of Genesis tattooed on its body. Sailors on a South American voyage tattoo snakes with inscriptions then sell them. many are stuffed or alcohol preserved, sometimes highlighting long texts like a 4,520 word Sketches by Boz tattoo.
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Piccadilly
Boz
London
The Source of His Inspiration
A playful exchange notes Patrick Henry whispered liberty or death after the Fourth, with Bright Boy joking that his father thinks Henry was married, implying a humorous take on motivation and patriotism.
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Patrick Henry
Centenarians in Kiev Governmet Reach record highs
Official registers show Kiev government leading Russian provinces in longevity with fourteen centenarian deaths last year. Notable cases include a 110 year old in Kiev city and 105 to 114 year olds across nearby districts. An 126th birthday claim linked to veteran Nicolai Savin is noted by Saratoff journals.
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Kieff
Ccliese
Berditcheff
Vassilkoff
Svenigorodka
Tarastscha
Uman
Radomytzel
Teherkassy
Saratoff
Savin
Nicolai Alexandrovitch Savin
London Daily News
Neighborly Advice Sparks Silly Teasing
A playful exchange shows two neighbors trading barbs about fashion and posture. Little Miss Freckles complains of a stiff neck while Little Miss Mug jokes about twisting around to admire a new dress. The light banter captures a neighborhood moment of flirtation and humor.
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Miss Freckles
Miss Mug
Hegeman’s Camphnorice with Glycerin Advertisement
Fragmentary OCR text describes a medicated product claim with phrases like original genuine and sen mane. The readable portions mix drug claims and unrelated garbled words, yielding an unclear context about purpose or usage. No definite event, date, or identifiable entities beyond generic medical product terms are established.
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Hegeman
Sen. Mane
Sud Bane
Cald Sores
Teething Aid Mira Winslow's Sootnixe Synur Highlighted
An old remedy for teething marked as Mira Winslow's Sootnixe Synur for children is described as a trusted option. The notice emphasizes its use during tooth eruption and suggests caregivers consider this product.
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Mira Winslow
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Albert B. Prescott
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Ellen Terry’s Garter
E.S. Willard
Selle
ST. Jacobs
Rufo
Teresina
Ryfo
Bruno
Tista
Rufe
Kansas
Downton—De Broker
Queen OF the Ballet
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
Dominiona
Hanecon
Italy
Rari’s
Booth
WooLson Spice Co
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MEO Bren
Washington, D.C
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Nenelon Bureau
Webster’s International Dictionary
Sue Anor
U. S
D. J. Brewer
U. SA. Supreme Court
G. &C. Merriam CO
Springfield
Mass
U.S.A
Raenen
Elgin
Lespinasse
W. Lane
Br. Uisnous Dairy Associations
J.a.shea & CO
Wholesale Commission
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ST. Paul
Minn
Amauaum Mammes
Tl. J. May & CO
St. Paul, Mian
VE Raney
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