Peruna Praise and Odd Japanese Extortion Note
A reader from DeGrail Ohio touts Peruna as curing pelvic weakness after four bottles, praising its effects and recommending it to friends. The letter highlights Mrs Milner as a testimonial, with broader praise for Hartman’s remedies. A separate anonymous item mocks a Japanese washerman raising shirt washing prices from seven to ten cents in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeGrail
Ohio
B. Wartman
Columbus
Wyeelf
Korea Daily News
Doctor book and city noises prompt household aid
An article promotes a 693 page doctor book by J. Hamilton Ayren offered postpaid for sixty cents. It urges prompt home treatment for illnesses. The piece also describes urban noise and motor traffic, citing London Life and a New South Wales farmer story about a dog and a carpet snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Street
New York City
J. Hamilton Ayren
Britons see few strikes despite industrial strain
Across Great Britain during the year strikes diminished with only about one in a hundred workers reporting trouble with an employer. The report notes a significant drop in labor unrest and implies improving industrial relations amid ongoing economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness
A young woman overcome by nervousness and hysteria credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and energy. After years of illness that paused her schooling, she reports improved sleep, strength, and mood, allowing her to resume studies and later teach. Now four years consuming Grape-Nuts, she runs a happy home and never relapses. Read the little book Road to Westville for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leke
Isen
Postumor
Battle Creek
Westville
The Little Mouse Pie Tale in a Coal Shed
A mother cat Mrs Gray tends four kittens Mustard Custard Whitey and Ceader in a coal shed at 13 Twenty second Street. Whitey falls ill and Doctor Tabby orders a life saving two week old fresh mouse pie from Gillespie s and Bowen s. Mrs Gray rushes to buy it whileTabby stays with the sick kitten and a tortoise shell doctor examines Whitey and warns against fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Twenty-second Street
Ceader
Whitey
Mrs. Gray
Ale
Yves
Tabby
Phen Me
Tabitha Brown
Mrs Gray
Gillespie’s
Indiana Avenue
P. K. Bowen
South Park Avenue
Twenty-ninth
Gillesme’s
Answeed
Elgie
Gay Eagely
Life Mouse Pie Saves Whitey in Mrs Gray Story
Mrs Gray rushes home to bake a Life Mouse Pie to save Whitey. She prepares dough with flour lard salt and spices, bakes it, and Whitey tastes it and survives. The doctor later visits, paid generously, and Tommy asks for the tale to be told again.
Wise Words On Life And Self Cultivation Compass Of Thought
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from various authors on wisdom, happiness, inner growth, and living well. Includes lines attributed to Anna Jameson, William Morris, John Ruskin, Owen Johnson, Bishop Norclsey, Washington Gladden, Horace Bushnell, and Temple, exploring calm self mastery, the joy of work, and the contrast between inner virtue and outward display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maris
John Ruskin
Owen Johson
Norseley
Biafius
Washington Gladden
Ita
Horace Bushnell
Keep Boys on the Farm and the Nation’s Future
A Minnesota State Fair Association discussion urges returning national focus to farming. It argues immigration pressure and urban push threaten labor in agriculture, presses soil stewardship, crop rotation, fertilization, and intensive farming to boost yields and employment, warns of demographic shifts, and calls for national policy to restore agriculture’s central role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota State Fair Association
St. Paul
Northwest
Nelson
Taft Association
Johnson
J. J. Hinl
Great Northern Railroad
United States
Huemanity
Agricul
United State
Saimin
Levdolaton
Nes
Selt-Von Brathlinion
Lsu Atholaths
Nacional
Japan
Paris
Belgium
Russia
Harold Notee
Orient
Ghlna
Pate
England
Tyee
Transplanting Wildlings and Garden Tips from a Commo
A garbled article offers fragmented advice on transplanting wildlings and garden care. It suggests selecting specific plants for the garden and providing consistent growing conditions, noting attention to soil and timing.
A Westminster-Quaint Reflection on Anger and Self Control
A fragment from Whity School Times urges restraint in anger. It argues venting anger degrades character, yielding no real benefit and leaving a defeated feeling. Personal restraint during distress is praised as the path to lasting satisfaction and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnot
Jose
Whity
Unclear Fragments Describe City Fire Source Incident
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Hinover city, a steam pump, a car involved in a fire, and some hazardous details about a device and compressed tanks. The passage is garbled with misread words, making precise events or entities hard to identify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinover
Watley
Slovdge
Lantier Nouvellas
Germain Authentics Move to Restrict Street Beer Sales
Amid a wave of Fue Venus crime, Germain Authentics enact steps to curb street beer sales. The Amerfern dime novel tron Gel faces new decree and tighter controls. Officials cite public safety as the motive for the changes impacting local vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germain
Amerfern
Horticulture hints for potting and plant care
Practical garden tips describe preparing six inch pots watering well and placing on a north side window ledge for a day. The advice notes plants will not wilt and will bloom, and suggests similar care for clings and anthenwaan as an example.
Small fruits boost rural farms with smart variety choices
The article notes that with soil suited varieties, proper cultivation, and careful handling, vine and bush fruits like strawberries raspberries and blackberries become highly profitable and enhance meals. It emphasizes their value to the housewife and overall farm appeal, citing New York Fillune as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Care tips for growing and beetle control of elirysanthomiun
The text advises moving plants to larger pots as roots fill old ones and using home fertilizer. Watering is essential, with twice daily root watering in heat. A cleansing spray targets black beetles, described as the main threat. A mixture of a small red cake to fifteen gallons of water is applied with a sprayer over the plant, repeated daily until beetles disappear.
Growing Plants In House Do Not Overlook Root Space
A fragment from E T Barnes advises houseplant care detailing space for roots, winter blooming choices like geraniums, and careful placement near windows. It emphasizes balancing indoor and outdoor growth periods, opening windows, and preventing leaf damage through proper handling and timing.
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E.T. Barnes
Winter blooming tips for The Crimson Rambler plant
Instructions on potting, spacing, and forcing The Crimson Rambler for winter blooms. Includes outdoor planting until frost, burying the pot, holiday display, and six week forcing using warm nights and regulated watering. Recommends soil enrichment and pest control with spray to keep red spider at bay.
No Real Grievance Vacation Jibe in Chicago Talk
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune captures a back and forth exchange about work and rest with one person boasting of a year without work and another noting only three months of labor. The dialogue contrasts supposed luck with real hardship and unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Matey
Lola
Chicago Tribune
Burning Of Paint Makes Insurance Void in Greenfield
A Greenfield Gazette analysis warns that burning old paint before repainting raises fire risk and can void insurance. It argues owners should use reliable white lead and pure linseed oil, and painters should avoid cheap adulterants to prevent costly, dangerous results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
the Gazette and Courier
Ciy
Passing of National Costumes Observed Across Europe
Correspondents report a decline in national dress at Boulogne and across the continent. Demographic shifts and democratic sentiment drive peasants and travelers to abandon traditional attire in favor of modern fashion, while provincial dressmakers imitate a less picturesque style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulogne
Berne
Switzerland
France
Holland
London
The Standard Oil Dividend Myth Reconsidered
The Pazeling Standard Oil story recounts a vast dividend history totaling 492 million dollars over eight years, far exceeding capital value. It notes Rockefeller group influence, infancy misrule turned into global dominance, and suggests Standard Oil's petroleum reach and price spikes influenced world markets.
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Rockefeller Group
Dow
Rusrit
Dasher
Croesus
Standard
CU Tian
Philadelphus Press
Trouble in Honan Marriage Broker Kidnapping Tale
A Honan storekeeper and wagon broker faced upheaval after three of his adult daughters were abducted by armed robbers from their home. The incident sparked public outrage as families mourned the loss while the broker fears his wife’s reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honan
Shanghai
China
Alexandrian library fire sparks vow and letter to Carnegie
The scene recalls vandals burning the great library as an Ilarian proclaims another end will rise from its ruins and writes to Mr. Carnegie. The Chicago Tribune notes Toman police clear the city of sham soothsayers who had run years of lucrative practice.
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Mr. Carnegie
Chicago Tribune
Toman
Nervous Prostration Solved by Lydia Pinkham Way
Charity ad style promotion details how nervous, irritable mothers suffer, with testimonials from Mrs Chester Curry and Mrs Charles F Brown praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as life changing. Advice from Mrs Pinkham offered free to women seeking guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Saratoga Street
East
Boston
Maas
Pintham
Mia
Charles F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. Pinkham
A Simple Disinfectant and Chamois Skin Note
A Detroit News-Tribune piece promotes cold water as an effective disinfectant in sick rooms, noting its vapor absorption and sleep benefits. It warns against drinking standing water and cautions on environmental dampness. The article then notes real chamois skin is oil-tanned sheep skin and scarce worldwide.
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Detroit News-Tribune
United States
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Peruna
Esther MM. Milner
Verona
Mm. Milner
Idalnart Rei Yeni
Hartman
Da-Hartman
Esther M. Milner
Noises of
Lories
Sue Barbie
Noosa
New South Wales
Eunice
Rumeaa Panay Utthu
Onto
Ponder
Anna—Jame
James J. Hill
The
Augee
Asturge
Carl OF
Chrysanthemums
Wolrhane
Mrs
Chester Curny
Chas. FP Brown
Somerville Journal
Helgi
Bunaya
Mir
Winslow Teething
Trotlallaya
Vienna
Baby
Peremis
Babsca
Cuticnia
Bieicce
Gige J. Steese
Akron
Oia
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Bing Howse
Ee Missen’ &Childras
W. Ty Dougly
Corvyle
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Dept
Brockton, Mars
I Joein W.tlohiciun
Nahinitors 2
Progeputes Calma
Miner Ponaton Goresg
Lbaqucia
Ing Clan
Alyainces
Book Publishing House
Leowaan St. N. Gry
Putnam
Polar Hare
Glenm’s
Hill
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