Remarkable Grass Seed Ad Promises Big Crops
A Jacobson area farmer reports 100 acres yielding seed sales of 3800 dollars and 300 tons of hay from a new seed called Nem Cellar Grass. The notice offers a mail order seed catalog from John A Salter Seed Co. Wisconsin highlighting varieties such as Billion Dollar Grass and Victoria Rape and promises a free seed package with postage payment.
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John A Salter Seed Co
la Croane
Wis
America
Victoria Rape
la Crosser
Wisk CC
Legislative Parade and Cigar Mentions in Baltimore
The fragment references a Legislative Parade and comments on the British Party, mentioning the House of Commons. It also notes Lewis' Single Binder Go cigar as a top 10c quality rival, plus various product mentions and a note about bromine quinine and a medical claim. The garbled text includes a claim about starch manufacture and a single signature line.
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Ito
Lewis
Farming in Southern Alberta and District Reports
A letter from Warner Alberta winter 1908 details yields per acre for wheat oats barley and flax on breaking ground. It notes 2500 bushels of winter wheat from 100 acres and 60 acres yielding thirty bushels per acre for spring wheat. Also includes notes on alfalfa garden crops and a 19 000 bushel harvest value. The piece ends with a note about automatic umbrella vending machines at Berlin railroad stations.
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Ieee
Ting Alge
W. H. Pawson, JR
Alberta
Warner, Alto
A. L. Warner
Tenny Brothers
Leffingwell
Berlin
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
An 19th century advertisement touts Mother Grays Sweet Powders for children from a nurse at Children Home New York claiming cures for constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach trouble and worm destruction with 30 000 testimonials. The ad lists Allen Olmsted Le Roy NY as addresses and references a quip about distinguishing twins by reactions to a slap.
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Mother Gray
Childrens Home
New York
Addreas Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Imperial Edict Pushes Weights and Measures Reform
An imperial edict orders the Board of Revenue to implement a uniform weights and measures system across the empire within months. The note mentions habit improvements like Gearheld Tea and a New York population figure of 4,000,000 and Philadelphia near 100,000, with stated growth rates.
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China
Board of Revenue
New York
Philadelphia
Infested House and Smoke Out Lesson
A man with a rat infestation tries many traps and poisons but fails. He attempts to burn out the rats with sulphur, burning the house while killing the vermin. The note ends with a remark about New York telephone directories piling seven and a quarter miles high.
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New York City
Roosevelt orders inquiry into railroad wage cuts
President Roosevelt has asked Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Labor Commissioner Neill to investigate proposed wage reductions by major railroads under the Erdman law. Rail unions vow to resist. railroad officials cite revenue losses and cost of living pressures.
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Roosevelt
Erdman
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Neill
Stane
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Chicago and Great Western
Ubléns
Gompers
American Federation of Labors
New York City
WHIZ Parlor Card Game Promises Family Fun In Winter
An advertisement promotes WHIZ a new parlor card game of 44 cards with full rules in a flap case. It offers free delivery by sending the top panel with 4 cents to Pacific Coast Borax Co Chicago 111 and a pound package of 20 Mule Team Borax. The item is colorful, educational, and aimed at all ages and costs 50 cents in shops.
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BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An old advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local means and promotes constitutional relief through Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cure failures. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, urging readers to request circulars from Cheney & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Bold Bruggists
Fic
Hall
Periander Suppresses Corinth Amusements
Periander of Corinth, claiming wisdom among the Seven, shuts down most popular entertainments. A gulf shore delegation criticizes his action as high handed. he declines to reveal the real reason, citing prudence while noting he observed their card games hinting at a new bridge whist.
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Periander
Corinth
Gulf Shore Drive
Greece
Chicago Tribune
Doane's Kidney Pills Restore Cambrdge Woman's Health
Mrs. Mary E H Rowse of Cambridge New York credits Doanes Kidney Pills with curing five years of back and hip pain kidney disorder and weakness after a bad fall. She reports quick relief and full recovery and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The text also mentions grasshoppers jumping about 200 times their length.
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Mary E H. Rowse
Cambridge
Doane
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cuticura Remedies Recount Fears and Cures for Eczema
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Tennessee recounts using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills to cure a daughter's severe eczema with running sores in six weeks and a boy's poison oak sores that healed in about three weeks after starting the Cuticura treatment.
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Beth
Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden’s Ridge
Tenn
Calling a Skeptic Wayback Senior and Junior Debate
A dialogue unfolds with a Skeptic and Wayback Senior clashing over a claim of Barnum's white elephant. The exchange hints at hometown skepticism, college plans, and a mock legend about mermaids in tanks.
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Wayback
Barnuma
Brooklyn
Western Park Zoo color postcards mailed for small fee
A fragmented notice describes eight attractive postcards in five colors featuring the Westenton Park Zoo in Milwaukee. Readers can receive the set by sending eleven cents coin or its equivalent to earn people and addresses, with guidance on where to remit payment.
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Wesbteton Park Zéo
Milwaukee
Eakee
Wis
Anxious Mother and Brother Debate Child Health
A distressed mother pleads for advice about her baby's whooping cough while a bachelor brother dismisses concern. The dialogue hints at strained family dynamics and a foggy London day influencing daily life as bills rise from 350000 to 75000.
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John
Miranda
Well-Informed Buy Trusted Syrup of Figs and Senna
One of the essentials for happy homes is trustworthy health products. The passage promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative, approved by physicians and acclaimed by the Well-Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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