Boer Women Hunters In Transvaal War Warnings
The Chicago Democrat notes Boer women in Transvaal war effort. Women learn to shoot, wear modern uniforms, and promise to defend households as men go to war. Describes terrain, training, and resolve of the Dutch women amid rising conflict with the English.
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Dom Paul
Transvaal
Kruger
Ion Thes
Chicago Democrat
Woman's woven bandage aids healing and mobility
Therese Eriksen of Germany invents a wool or flax woven bandage that supports limbs while allowing air flow. Physicians approve its shape and elasticity, reducing bed confinement. She promotes teaching bandage knitting, sees use for wrist strength and sports wear, and notes adoption by German doctors for injuries.
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Therese Eriksen
Eicksen
Germany
Cheesecake Recipe From Ally Sloper Rhyme
A playful vintage recipe for a cheesecake mixed with rhythm and whimsy. It lists butter cheese currants salt puff paste and sugar with a quick oven bake finishing in a light fluffy texture.
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Ally Sloper
Opinion on Wives and Newspaper Pages
A contemporary critic cites the claim that few men meet their wives' high regard and suggests the Chicago Times Herald editor is courting readers via the women’s page influence. The remark frames a debate over editorial merit and gendered readership.
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Chicago ‘Times-Herald
How to Make Potato Snow
Steam potatoes in jackets until tender peel them and rub through a sieve into a hot vegetable dish, piling high in the center.
Redness of the nose from winter veil wear
A medical note explains that prolonged veil use in cold weather causes abnormal nasal redness. Mechanical irritation, moisture, and cold exposure drive blood away from the nasal tip, reddening adjacent areas. Relief comes from removing the veil, airing, gentle massage, lanolin or vaseline, and careful handling of blades and tools to avoid further skin irritation.
Velvet bean: a renovating legume with frost-friendly vines
An Alabama experiment bulletin describes the velvet bean Mucuna utilis as a tall, viney legume similar to cowpeas. It yields large pods with velvety hairs, enriches soil like cowpeas, resists rain erosion when frost arrives, but is not advisable for northern cultivation.
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Alabama Experiment Station
American flour drives Siberian bread demand observed by traveler
William Mitchell Bunker notes in Siberia that large bread loaves are common locally, but Siberian flour is inferior and mixed with American flour. He describes high Siberian bread consumption, army rations, and flour shipments from Vindinostock Nicolaievosk and ports along the Amur, with steamer loads of flour feeding peasants.
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William Mitchell Bunker
Siberia
Blagovestchensk
Vindinostock
Nicolaievosk
Amur
Pacific Coast
Khabarowik
Retstabouts
Corn propulsion in Paris expo spurs wide uses
A California vineyardist notes corn's vast range of products from glucose to gum paste and corn oil, claiming modern methods waste no kernel. He observes corn plays a central role in many manufactured goods and that farmers least needing education attend institutes in greatest numbers.
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California
Bargain Counter Scramble for Soap At Department Store
Vivid scene at a department store bargain counter where women jostle for cheap soap. A haughty matron with an electric seal coat clashes with a humble woman over boxes priced at eight cents. The counter reveals the fierce but comic side of shopping and human contact.
Mrs Belva Lockwood and Peruna Medicine Ad
The article profiles Mrs Belva A Lockwood a Washington barrister and former presidential candidate. It includes her endorsement of Peruna Health Medicine with claims of treating cold catarrh hay fever and nervous exhaustion and notes a free health and beauty leaflet for women from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Belyva A. Lockwood
Belva Lockwood
Washington, DC
United States
America
Peruna Medicine Company
Hannah J. Bennett
Belva A. Lockwood
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Cure for Skin Troubles Sold Here in Promoters Claim
A historical ad touts CUTICURA remedies as cures for severe infant eczema and skin diseases. Letters from grateful parents describe rapid relief after using CUTICURA SOAP Ointment and Resolvent, noting prior failures of physicians and costly treatments. The advertisement urges more testimonials and details a full treatment set priced at $1.25.
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Coneaville
N.Y
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