Husband Saves Wife Prompts Lydia E Pinkham Advertisement
A Pittsburgh reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending months of weakness backache and headaches after her husband bought three bottles following a newspaper ad. The notice urges women with related symptoms to try the remedy and invites medical advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jas. Rohrberg
Knapp St
N.S
Rohrberg
Lydia ER. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Sleepless Nights Aboard the City Table Conversation
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a supper table talk about wheat ness and meatless days. The following morning a child named Bobby declares sleepless nights, noting a gathering of six cats beneath the bay window as a sign.
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Bobby
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Cure
Accompanying copy describes catarrh as nasal inflammation and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system cleanses the blood and reduces colds. It asserts internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and a $100 guarantee. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cider revival in Ireland amid storms and idle mills
Report notes Ireland’s cider industry once thrived in the south before dying out, then revived in 1004 by the agriculture department to employ villages. Recent operations paused due to storms and various disruptions affecting the project.
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Ireland
Department of Agriculture
Pioneering Scottish minister founded the first savings bank
The article chronicles Rev Henry Duncan from Ruthwell who in 1810 opened a poor man’s bank with a secure box and three keys, transforming poverty in a Scottish village. Deposits rose yearly and charity declined as thrift grew, inspiring savings banks across Britain and beyond after parliamentary passage in 1817.
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Savings Bank
Henry Duncan
Ruthwell
British Isles
Scotland
Duncan
Ile
Doctor Duncan
Cobbett
Parliament
Commons
Great Britain
Wampum and early American money and banking
This account traces wampum from its use by Native peoples to its status as legal tender in New Amsterdam and Massachusetts, its decline after silver coinage, and the rise of early banks during the Revolutionary era, including Bank of Pennsylvania and Bank of New York. It notes the origins of the New York Stock Exchange and the bucketshop term.
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United States
Caro Nna
Common Council
New Amsterdam
New York
Peter Stuyvesant
Massachusetts
America
Bank of Pennsylvania
Morris
Bank of New York
Massachusetts Bank
Bank of North America
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Tontine Coffee House
Wall and
Water Streets
the Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
England
London
Pauses in grammar class prompt odd student reply
In a Pearso's Weekly style fragment a teacher asks about pauses and a young student blurts that pauses are things that grow on cats and dogs. The line captures playful misunderstanding typical of early schooling.
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Pearso
Dog and Man Contemplate Dire Changes in a Quirky Exchange
A worried man muses about the state of things and jokes about strange companions as a dog lingers nearby, hinting at shifting loyalties between animals and humans amid uncertain times.
Best Fowls for Patriot Farmers Keep Top Layers
The article urges patriotic farmers to retain their best laying hens rather than selling all hens over a year old. It notes that while most farmers replace old hens each fall, about half continue to lay well in the second year, and keeping pullets to replace losses can boost poultry and egg supplies.
Poultry House Upgrades For Yearling Hens And Pullets
Extension guidance stresses adding suitable equipment to accommodate pullets and yearling hens, warns against overcrowding, and notes that proper space is essential for optimal performance.
Boiled Oats Proposed as Cheap Chick Feed in PA
Pennsylvania agriculture experts endorse boiled oats as the cheapest poultry feed now available. They say oats replace sprouted grains, require soaking, salting, and boiling, and should be fed warm to White Leghorn layers twice daily, with one daily feed for older hens to avoid excess fat.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Careful Estimate of Feed for Chickens
A cautious guide notes bran and shorts are inexpensive and can replace cracked grains in a dry mash with cornmeal. By using shorts as the main component this mixture feeds chicks well and can be fed via self feeders. It supports growing chicks whether or not cracked grains are included.
Keep Only the Best Fowls
Poultry keepers should cull runts and weak or deformed birds to save feed and space for stronger stock as prices rise. This practice aims to reduce waste and improve overall flock profitability.
Keeping Males in Same Pen
Advice on poultry pen management states it is best not to house two males together. If needed, limit to one male with hens on a given day and rotate by day. When not with hens, keep the male in a separate pen.
Quite a Zoo of Em
A collection of quirky lines and humorous exchanges from a 19th century paper. Snappy banter about health wealth family and odd expressions echoes through a miscellany of jokes and quips.
How He Took Them From the Front
Pat Malone recounts a dramatic moment from the front describing a crowd of 200000 men and a clever ruse by a German officer. Bridger O’Rafferty notes the absurdity as Malone explains the camel prank that supposedly enabled the escape.
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Pat Malone
Pat
Foller
Vessma Bridger O'Rafferty
Par Wintily
Baby Band Parade Ends With Tina Shirt Remark
Bobby described a parade to his mother, beating a shoe box as a drum. His younger brother followed with a box and a quip about Tina shirt, ending a playful scene at home.
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Bobby
Tina
High Repartee Between Two People
A brief witty exchange features a lineman and a pole as characters in a humorous dialogue about living costs and marriage. The playful setup contrasts independence and union, using a pun on being “up in the ain’ Pole.”
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Ain’ Pole
Change of scene questioned by wary patient
Dialogue-like snippet hints at patient urging travel while doctor advises staying home to see someone else beyond hotel rooms and railroad stops.
Not So Se This Is A Bare Apology For A Salad
The passage presents a playful oddity about apologies for a salad and a statement on dressing it oneself. It laments difficulty in judging a man by the volume of laughter he emits and notes that old virtues neither age nor fade.
Sicilian Nut Crop Reports Small Almond Crop in Stefly
The almond crop in Stefly is very small this year at about 220 pounds per bag, with prices high at ado dire per bag. The pistachio crop is good with substantial old crop remaining in shell, price around abetts, 00 cents per pound. The tibert crop is abundant at about 150,000 bags of 220 pounds, with none of the old crop remaining.
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United States
Cornneres
Ferryboat Versus Battleship Misread In New York Tale
In New York a Hinterlander mistakes a ferry for a battleship while learning to ford the Hudson. A companion explains the ferry approach as the humor centers on cultural misperception and city life observations. The snippets conclude with a wry aphorism about men and trust.
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Tie
New York
Europe
Ancre
Hudson
Jersey
New York Times
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