Calumet Baking Powder Prices Flagged as Health Hazard
The Calumet Baking Powder Trust powders are sold for 45 or 50 cents per pound and may be marked by this exorbitant price. They are described as a menace to public health because products made with them contain large quantities of Rochelle salts, a dangerous laxative.
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Trust
W.K. Douglas
W.L
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Chas. L. Farrell
The
Capital National Bank
Indianapolis
Ind
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Corona Colt
Brockton
Massachusetts
Mikado’s Troops Crawl Under Fire At City Defenses
Adachi Kinnosuke recalls a daring siege action where soldiers crawled on their stomachs beneath searchlights and wire, cutting electric wires with teeth after their axe dulled, to reach the second and final barbed wire entanglements amid mines and trenches. The account highlights danger, improvisation, and a vivid moment of fallen teeth as proof of their ordeal.
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Adachi Kinnosuke
Success
Most Men Write Poor English
An observant student notes more kindness toward newspaper English after the vice crusade excitement. He cites hurried, unclear correspondence from educated men, showing notes that read as if dashed off in a moment and lacking forceful expression.
Noon dining for health cited by physician
A prosperous physician at his club comments on meatless meals noting that heavy evening meals cause digestive trouble. He advocates a noon main meal with no meat later, emphasizing stewed fruit at supper and midday dining as a healthier practice.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Ashman’s Own Beloved Misreads Ashes Call
A humorous New York Press vignette follows a young wife in new domestic duties who mishears a ashes collector calling out his note. She clings to certainty, avoids missteps, and finally demurs when offered ash curb service with dignity.
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New York Press
A New Theory of Sleep by Dr Clararede
Harper's Weekly reports a French scientist Dr Clararede proposing sleep as a positive instinct to arrest functioning. He argues sleep arises not from intoxication or exhaustion but to avoid these states, and that sleep varies in depth and duration beyond mere fatigue.
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Clararede
Harper’s Weekly
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Engagement Ring Splendor Sparks Conversation
In a light moment Grayce remarks on the usefulness of a harsh cold as a girl enjoys her newly received engagement ring, while Gladys questions the practical value of a cold. The exchange is noted in a Houston Chronicle item.
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Grayce
Gladys
Houston Chronicle
Disfigured by Eczema Heals After Cuticura Trial
A Brooklyn man tells of five months with facial eczema and doctor visits. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, his skin cleared in a month and he could go out again. Signed T J Soth 317 Stagg Street Brooklyn New York.
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T. J. Soth
Stagg Street
Brooklyn, N. Y
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup A Teething Aid
Advertising note for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething for children by softening gums reducing inflammation and easing pain with a two centavo bottle price.
Bluff Called by a Better One
A concise proverb notes that many bluffs fail when outmaneuvered by stronger deception, implying skill and perception determine outcome.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles
An advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT can cure itching bleeding and protruding piles within 6 to 14 days with money back if it fails. The text also hints at a moral reflection on generous people prone to extremes.
Peruna Credited With Curing Cold and Catarrh
A letter from Florence E Kenah of Ottawa Ontario praises Peruna for curing a persisting lung cold and digestive upset. Rose Gerbing of Crown Point Indiana also attests to rapid relief after two bottles. The ad touts Peruna as harmless non narcotic and long used in homes, with Dr Hartman’s address for correspondence.
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Florence E. Kenah
Marin Street
Ottawa
Ont
Peruna
Rose Gerbing
Crown Point
Ind
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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St. Louis Exposition
Northwestern Yeast CO
Chicago, Ill
Alabastine Co
Alabastine ‘Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
New York City
Ension
Nwrs
Unson
United States
Canada
Immiration
J. M. MacLaughlan
Watertown
South Dakota
Port Arthur
Cuticura
Dr. Kline
B. H. Kring, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Florence EB. Kenak
Florence Kenah
Lion Coftel
Lion Cortes
Putnam
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