Agricultural Hints on Bad Roads Near Claymont
Chief Consul Sheward reports on poor Delaware roads in his annual review. The Wilmington News and Every Evening criticize cross streets near the city as disgraceful, with gullies, ruts, holes, and stones making travel hard. A road-building bill may come to the legislature this winter as the state division seeks renewed support. Growth of the division boosts influence with legislators.
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Klondike
Claymont
Sheward
Wilmington News
Wilmington
L. A. W. Bulletin
Self imposed taxes described as road tolls in 19th century bulletin
The L. A. W. Bulletin outlines humorous self imposed road taxes such as the Hill tax for straight routes over hills, the Square Corner tax adding 40 percent distance, the Mud tax from poorly drained roads, the Fence and Snowdrift taxes, Waste Land tax, Wagon Wheel tax from narrow tires, and ends with the Good Roads tax as the profit to users from eliminating these taxes.
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Prairies
L. A. W. Bulletin
Agricultural practices for fruits and vegetables in old farming notes
Practical tips on fruit and vegetable cultivation from an old newspaper page. Advice covers selecting potato seed, storing apples, grafting prune varieties, sorting and packing apples, fall planting mounds, strawberry as a cheap alternative to potatoes, tree spacing for vigor, early planting of forest tree seeds, tree planting depth, and a method to prevent onions from sprouting by trimming root projections.
Renewing Old Trees for Longevity and Care
A Boston Transcript article urges protecting venerable trees as guardians of homes. It explains rejuvenation via De Car pruning, shortening branches by one third to one half, directing sap to healthy laterals, and preserving lowest limbs for light exposure to restore vigor.
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Arnold Arboretum
Boston Transcript
Handy Farm Crates For Winter Crop Storage
Handy Farm crates provide a strong, easy way to gather potatoes and apples. Using inch square edgings from a mill and simple wire nails at corners, crates about 24% inches long are built. A bottom of boards or slats with optional top cover reduces handling and bridgework in loading, improving efficiency for farm storage.
First Woman Citizen and a Clever Indiana Widow
A lengthy feature profiles the Irish widow known as the Widow Ryan who naturalized in the 1840s in Davie s County Indiana and built a family that included state treasurers and noted orators. It recounts her life on a southern Indiana farm, her sons James B Ryan and Lieut Col Richard J Ryan, and Thomas P Ryan who led a long career in business and westward mining ventures. The piece ties her pioneering citizenship to her family legacy and includes an endorsement of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People based on a contemporaneous testimonial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ryan
Daviess County
James B. Ryan
M. L. Brett
Richard J. Ryan
Thirty-fifth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Thomas P. Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Panama
California
Golden State
Far West
Oregon
Arizona
Montana
Seal Islands
Alaska
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Capt. C.F. Shepard
Captain Shepard
Dr. Williams
de. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Improve the Roads for Farmers With Gravel and Grading
A Farmers Union editorial urges better roads as winter ends. It notes gravel banks in nearly every county, the ease of applying gravel with a road grader, and an example where midwinter graveling fixed a frozen, muddy city street near the riverfront, proving improved routes aid market hauling.
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Ivo
Trozey
Bert
Silence From the Gallery About a Capitol Speech
A visitor in the House gallery recalls the congressman’s crisp brevity. The observer notes five appearances with three ayes and two no votes as the speaker woke up monopolies and ringsters, yet gave only brief remarks and little more clarity.
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Washington
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
National Capitol
House
Washington Star
Meteoric Night Threat Looms Over Broad Street
A New York World report captures a tense moment as a nervous landlord declares he will defend himself against supposed “three members” of a busted Uncle Tom’s Cabin troupe hoarding on his property. He warns Eastern tourist and others of imminent danger as he brandishes a revolver to ensure remittance settlement, framing the scene with frontier bravado and local paranoia.
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Oklahoma
Mr. Eastman
TI Am
N. Y
Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired feet
Shake into your under shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet. It gives rest and comfort, prevents that smarting sensation and keeps your feet from perspiring. Allen's Foot-Ease makes cold feet warm. After your feet perspire they usually get cold at this season. Ask your druggist or shoe dealer today for a 25c box of Allen's Foot-Ease and use it at once. Sample sent Free. Address Allen St. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
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Allen
Allen St. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Vintage Advice and Quips From 1890s Advertisements
A collage of era sayings and product pitches shows lines about Star tobacco, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Cure for Consumption, St Jacobs Oil, and other era remedies. It includes playful banter and quick quips from newspapers like Chicago Tribune and Puck, reflecting late 19th century marketing and wit.
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Hale
Pike
Dr Ayer Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Physicians in Cure Claims
Ayer Sarsaparilla is promoted as a universal blood purifier for diseases of the skin and long-standing ulcers. Physicians including Rich'd H. Lawrence M D Baltimore attest its cures, citing an elderly Catonsville patient with rheumatism who improved after one bottle. The ad claims thousands healed, offering Dr Ayer Curebook free from C Ayer Company Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
Dr. Ayer
Satsaparilla
Proposer’s Knot Breaks Into Simple Proposal Moment
A diffident man seeks advice on proposing and fails until a playful shoe knot becomes the cue. She challenges him, he asks if the parson can tie it, and he finally proposes. The tale ends with a wry aphorism from the Washington Democrat about easy persuasion.
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Titus
Washington Democrat
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Pain-Free Examinations
A lady writes praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for womb weakness and general female illness, claiming it saved her from a year of illness and allowed her to resume work as a stenographer after severe weakness and nervous symptoms. The letter stresses avoiding physical exams and endorses the remedy for women’s health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
L. H
East St
Indianapolis
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F. R. Lotz
Scott St
Covington, Ky
St. Jacobs
Chicago News
St. Jacobs Oil
Demorest
Kashtin
Ansy
Demorest Publishing CO
Fifth Ave
New York City
Harper's Magazine
the Christian Herald
New York
Women's Home Companion
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Munsey’s
Magrazine
Pansowite
Fifth Avenue, New York
Brute Eer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Demorest Publishing Comp
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Iso Winchester Ave
New Haven
Com
Spear & CO
Reyes
Wille
Whiting
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