Inexpensive Kidney Remedy Promoted as Quick Help
A home made kidney and bladder tonic boasts rapid relief for backache, painful urination, and nocturnal urination. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla and advises a teaspoon after meals and at night. The proponent claims harmless ingredients, a heating soothing effect, and removal of uric acid and waste to cure rheumatism and blood disorders.
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New York
Bright
A Warm Bath
A young man enters a restaurant and orders roast beef coffee and rolls. The waitress trips delivering the cold meat and the man complains he wants it hot. The waitress scolds the plate pours warm gravy on the meat and calls for Hortense to handle the hot dish.
Women Sculptors Should Not Marry a Famous Artist Tells
A prominent essay argues women can pursue sculpture without marriage hindering progress. Winnie Ream Hoxie recounts early works and urges serious study, anatomy, and self‑directed learning while noting art’s refined environment.
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President Lincoln
Admiral Farragut
Coffee blamed for long illness ends with Postum
A Huntsville Alabama woman reports forty years of coffee use caused severe stomach trouble and insomnia. After stopping coffee, switching to tea milk and finally Postum, her health improved markedly within four months. She recommends Postum as the cause finder and remedy.
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Huntsville
Ali
Wellville
Cave Which the Indians Decorated
Two gold prospectors in the Santa Susanna mountains near Los Angeles report discovering the largest cave in western America. They entered a vast cavern with many passages leading to halls and corridors. Walls show Indian wall paintings of hunting scenes with a red stone drawing bear pursuing a hunter.
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Santa Susanna Mountains
Los Angeles
Cal
America
Superstition and Fear in Human Reasonings
A reflection on how people, when rules fail and fortune wavers between hope and fear, become credulous. Spinoza argues humans drift between certainty and doubt in uncertain times, driven by desire and emotion more than logic. The piece notes overconfidence often accompanies this credulity.
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Benedict Spinoza
Real Desperado and the Sapphire Hosiery Courtroom
A dialogue bursts with slang as two mollycoddlers in vivid attire discuss a reckless figure named Harold. They mention a chauffeur fined for speeding and Harold openly breaking a cigarette law, daring police to arrest him.
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Harold
Dipping Livestock and Effective Remedy for Scab
The article explains sheep scab and cattle mange caused by distinct mites, detailing economic damage, the need for uniform dipping or spraying, and range-wide control. It outlines proper dipping plant design, workflow from crowding to dripping, and temperature and handling precautions to prevent losses during treatment.
Open-Topped Ice-House Demonstration From 1906
The image shows an open-topped ice house built in 1906 with a capacity of 250 two-horse toads of ice. Ice is cut and packed with coal ash, then covered by sawdust, yielding better preservation without a roof. Posts are braced with telegraph wire. Union County Pennsylvania uses this method.
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Divine Angelo
Union County
Pennsylvania
Wool Eating and False Economy in Poultry Farming
A 19th century note warns against wool eating in flocks as a contagious habit harming stomachs and fleece, recommending isolation and removal of offenders. It also cautions against starving older chicks for feed savings, stressing proper feeding for healthy growth and value.
Anoka Resident Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Anoka resident describes five months in a hospital with heart trouble and kidney disorder. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, symptoms improved and the patient reports feeling well. pills sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Levi P. Brockway
Anoka
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Pretty Fair Advice From Mrs Benham on the Dead
The exchange between Mrs Benham and Mr Benham yields a witty take on public remarks about the dead and the living. The wife urges praise of the dead while the husband countered that the living deserve fair treatment too.
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Mrs. Benham
Benham
Goodyear Rubber Co Advertises Warm Overshoes
An ad invites customers to contact Goodyear Rubber Co in St Paul Minnesota if local dealers lack the Gold Seal overshoes described as the warmest wear longest.
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Goodyear Rubber. Co
St. Paul, Minn
Touchy Disposition and Care in Quiet Reflection
A brief note reflects that a touchy disposition often accompanies a tough heart. It urges patience and a little care for others as valuable, calling for prayerful consideration of others’ feelings.
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