Meikle's Long Battle Over Wrongful Sheep Theft Conviction
John Meikle, once jailed for sheep stealing in New Zealand, fought for years to prove his innocence. After serving seven years, he faced perjury charges against the chief witness, leading to a legal reversal and a statute to aid him. Parliament later granted 12,500 dollars instead of 25,000, as he labored to repair his shattered reputation imprinted by a neighbor's false testimony.
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John Meikle
New Zealand
New Zeealand
Meikle
Foley's Honey and Tar compound praised as cough cure
Mrs Anna Pelzer of 2520 Jefferson Street Omaha Nebraska says Foley's Honey and Tar compound cures coughs and colds and helped her daughter. She notes neighbors and others in the area speak highly of the remedy and that it is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Anna Pelzer
Jefferson It
Omaha
Neb
Mra. Benson
Oley
Partial Cannibals Claim Highlights New Guinea Rumors
Dr. Lorenz, an explorer, doubts that Papuans are real cannibals. He argues there is insufficient proof of humans being eaten, though he concedes ceremonial practices may involve consuming heart and brains to gain courage and intellect.
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New Guinea
Lorenz
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised as world standard healer
The ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best salve on earth for mine boils sores burns and other injuries. It cites Dr W F Arnold claiming hookworm larvae can penetrate wet shoe crevices and argues wooden shoes provide protection while ordinary machine sewn soles do not.
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Bucklen
Orly
W. F. Arnold
M. D
United States Navy
Allen’s Foot-Ease and the Coral Pipe Tale
An ad extols Allen’s Foot-Ease as a fit remedy for various shoes. A New York Press item describes a U S warship off Barbados where a sailor nets a centuries old coraled churchwarden pipe, its stem encrusted with lacelike coral and the bowl showing fire stains, leaving original material uncertain.
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United States
Barbados
New York Press
Castoria Then and Now The Signature Heirloom
The passage references Castoria the infant remedy touted as the familiar product with the signature of Jack and Jill. It echoes a Chicago Tribune style vignette with nursery rhyme imagery about Jack and Jill and a child’s ailment. The ad ends with a note about a cough remedy containing no opiates.
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Jack
Jill
Chicago Tribune
Man Offers Investment to Parish Farmer Disclosure
Eli Myers, representing late secretary of Marble Land Co, claims long experience in banking mercantile manufacturing and farming. He owns a plantation in Tensan Parish Sy and speaks as a farmer seeking investments, not a land agent.
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Eli Myers
Marbale Land Co
Tensan Parish
Louisiana Corn Outlook Touts High Yields and Methods
A Louisiana Delta corn outlook claims average yields near 100 bushels per acre under favorable conditions. Eugen e Frank, president of the National Corn Growers' Association and an authority on corn, argues slovenly farming reduces yields. Norman J. Coleman, late Secretary of Agriculture, extolls land’s bounty and honest toil.
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Norman J. Coleman
Secretary of Agriculture
Louisiana
Eugene Fank
National Corn Growers’ Association
Inexhaustible Soil and Rich Lands of Delta Region
Excerpts praise Delta Louisiana soil as balanced and inexhaustible for now, with caution that future fertilization may be needed. Quotes from Fred H Rankin and Wm R Curtis highlight Delta’s vast 60 by 200 mile expanse. Last year a group of 16 renowned researchers from multiple states and countries visited Louisiana and noted cooler days than the North.
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Dalta
Fred H. Rankin
Agricultural College
University of Illinois
Wm. RE. Curtis
Mias
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Missouri
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Germany
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
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Union
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Louisiana Plantations for Sale Promises Big Returns
An advertisement extols Louisiana farming wealth and land opportunities. It markets large tracts near waterways with alluvial soil, timber, and diversified crops, touting high yields, cotton, sugar, and rice. Listings include plantation sizes from 74 to 4,090 acres with detailed features and prices, urging buyers to invest now for anticipated land-value gains.
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Louisiana
Thenion
Panama Canal
Great Lakes
Gulf
Mississippi
Missouri
United States
Arkantensas
Advice of Horace Fletcher on dentistry and nutrition
Horace Fletcher argues that dental health underpins nutrition and cites a Venice case where delayed dental repair led to indigestion. He notes a current movement to fund school dental examinations and repairs through government support to improve children’s health and chewing ability.
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Venice
Australia
America
Boston
Boards of Education
Medicine
Dentistry
Aimo
Naure
Naure Herseelf
Qhickly
Horace Fletcher
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Western Newspaper Union
Amalgam Filling Milestones in Dentistry History
The article traces early dentistry when gold fillings were common and tools scarce. It notes the arrival of amalgam from Paris, its gradual adoption, and how modern alloys reduced shrinkage and improved durability. Amalgam, a silver filling, is explained as a mercury kneaded alloy forming a hard, close union in back teeth.
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New York
Paris
Western Newspaper Union
Serious Reading in Favor in England 1910 Book Trends
Reports from publishers show growing popularity of serious literature in England while novels declined slightly in volume from 1909 to 1910. Total works published rose by 74, with poetry and drama up 115, travels 71, social science 64, art and science 50, and religion and philosophy 42. A noted bookseller reports sixpenny novels selling less, while pricier editions of new stories faded.
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England
Why Delay He Piysing to Kiss You When I Leave
The fragmentary verse hints at a farewell supper scene with lovers and a servant summoned to fetch a coat and hat, suggesting a domestic vignette of parting and social ritual. The incomplete lines imply intimacy intertwined with daily routine.
Hotels as Hospitals in New York’s Big Hotels
A New York trained nurse extols hotels as patient care centers noting readily available supplies like tea bags hot water bottles crutches wheelchairs and shaving service for men. She highlights hospital-like features such as operating rooms sheltered roofs and sewing rooms to stitch wounds making hotels near hospitals practical care hubs for the sick.
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New York
Tve
Collar Bag For Girls Fashioned In Traditional Style
A collar bag for a girl may mirror a man’s style or be distinctly feminine. Use gray or tan crash fabric with embroidery and torchen or dung lace trim. Thin silk or lawn lining houses the drawing ribbon, with eyelet embroidery on white linen as an option. A dainty gift for a girl graduate.
Princely Sculptor Defends American Women Portraits
Prince Trubetzkoy explains his displayed portrait sculptures at the Hispanic Museum. He says most pieces are direct lifelike renderings with no ethics or symbolism, except for two works showing a man eating his killed meat and a hyena eating its cadaver.
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Prince Trubetzkoy
Wise Sage and Wife Exchange Witty Quip
A playful exchange shows Solomon’s ninety fifth wife asking if she is truly the Wisest Guy’s affinity. He replies with a clever line declaring she is one in a thousand, then walks away with the moment.
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Solomon
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