The Wool Trade and Its Global Reach Across Centuries
The text traces wool from ancient animal skins to modern textiles, noting wool and cotton surges, global sheep industries, and the by product value of hides. It explains wool origins, species producing wool, and the commercial classification of wool into felts, woolens, and worsteds along with process differences and evolving mill technologies.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
South America
Engand
Germany
Maeet
Menet
Wool and Sheep Breeds Across England Ireland and South America
The article catalogs sheep breeds by type and region, detailing long wool breeds like Leicester and Lincoln, short wool breeds such as Oxford Down and Dorset Horn, and mountain breeds including Cheviot. It covers Spanish Merino origins, British contributions, and South American stock from Argentina to Chile, with census figures and global production comparisons.
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Leicester
Cotswold
Lincoln
Kentish
Devon
Limestone
Wales
Ireland
England
Europe
British Islands
North
South America
South Africa
Australia
Spain
Hungary
France
United States
Great Britain
Southdowns
Shropshire
Hampshire Downs
Oxford Downs
Dorsets
Dorset
America
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Andes
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
Cordova
New York
San Francisco
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Cure
Elwood Indiana resident Sadie Mullen says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after three months of illness and failed doctors. The ad touts the remedy for female ills including irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration and offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Mullen
N. B. St
Elwood
Ind
Cascar ets cementing health claims belike a tonic ad
An old advertisement extols Cascar ets as a universal health remedy for liver and bowels. It claims the product is trusted by millions and offers a week’s treatment at druggists, touting Cascarets as the world’s best seller with a million boxes sold.
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Cascarets
A Horse Lover
James R. Keene, a noted horseman and financier, says horses have given him comfort but never intruded on business. He cites a cautionary tale of a young father jealous of comparing his child to a two year-old thoroughbred.
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James R. Keene
Cedarhurst
Hi Spry Probes Drummer's Deal and Trust Views
In Puck a Squam Corners merchant questions a shrunken drummer about selling goods, while the buyer notes the drummer’s views on the criminal rapacity of trusts. Hi Spry raises the matter as a humorous exchange.
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Hi Spry
Squam Corners
Puck
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Postam Cereal Co., Lad
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