Cider Storage Tips and Garden Household Reads
A collection of home and garden notes from 19th century sources. Advice covers preserving cider, molasses cookies, bean cleaning, grain storage, harrows for manure, fruit tree fertilization, keeping hens, mole control with corn and arsenic, and garden cleanliness. Strong entities include The Chicago Journal The Household Cincinnati Times M. Y. Post N. Y. Herald Toledo Blade.
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Chicago Journal
Cincinnati Times
M. Y. Post
Mrs Jones Teaches History Through Anecdotes
In a Detroit Post and Tribune vignette, Mrs. Jones recounts historical figures to her son Willie, mixing lore with home life. She explains Helen of Troy as a former resident from Troy New York and notes Julius Caesar’s fame and Horace as author of the Tin Trumpet, all as Willie learns.
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Willie Jones
Helen of Troy
Mr. Jones
Helén of Troy
Mrs. Jones
Troy
New York
Srideet
Bridget
Willie
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Cleo
Julius Cesar
Horace
Detroit Post and Tribune
Georgia boy, eight, with full beard shocks observers
A Georgia incident reports an eight year old Black boy described as having a full beard, according to the fragmented text. The item notes unusual physical description of a child and reflects era-specific language. Further context is not provided in the readable portion.
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Georgia
Hostetter's
Substantial Ghost Alarm in Montreal House
A medical student boarding on McGill College Avenue heard screams and, armed with a bludgeon, chased a white robed figure down to the yard. The figure proved to be his roommate asleep in a state of extreme desirability, waking startled in the Montreal Witness report.
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McGill College Avenue
Montreal
How to Tint White Lace With Saffron Dyes
A Chicago News recipe explains tinting white lace and tulle with saffron dissolved in cold water. Vary the hue by amount of saffron, test on scraps, add powdered gum arabic for crispness, and dip lace without twisting. For ironing lace, place muslin over it and press on the wrong side to protect raised patterns.
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Chicago News
Chinamen Mining Rich Yields on Columbia River Bars
About five hundred Chinese miners are working on the Columbia River bars near Okanagan County Washington Territory and are earning handsome returns.
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Columbia River
Okanagan County
Washington Territory
Pope Faces Potential 650000 Income From Italian State
Report notes the Pope could claim up to 650000 dollars from the Italian government if he elects to accept state funds, outlining the financial option and its implications for papal finances.
St Jacobs Oil Heals Aches For Elder And Soldier
Ailed elder finds relief with St Jacobs Oil and takes home more for Salt Lake. A Fort Wayne guard soldier, struck by pain, rubs on the remedy and improves. A New York man claims a piano playing machine, a crank driven by pedals, to imitate Liszt with potential electric motor.
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St. Jacobs
Salt Lake
Fort Wayne
St. Jacobs Oil
New York
Philadelphia Record
Gally
Liszt
Musical Herald
A Doctor's Occupation Gone And Other Tales
A humorous tale recalls a physician losing practice after a patient improves with Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. The line take Guysett's becomes local lore, boosting sales. The excerpt ends with a testimonial about Dr Benson's Skin Cure and a joke about a Broadway accident.
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Uysett
Guysett
Personal Voltaic Belts Trial Offer and Remedies
An ad from Marshall Michigan offers Dr Dye’s Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on a thirty day at home trial for nervous debility vitality and related troubles with a no risk guarantee. Also mentions a new book Look in Japan and praises Dr Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills for nervousness headaches and indigestion endorsed by 5000 physicians.
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Tue Voltaic Bear Co
Marshall, Mich
Dye
N. B
Medicine and household salves advertise for skin cures and remedies
An 19th century collage of salve and cure ads promotes Henry's Carbolic Salve for skin eruptions and cosmetics, Benson's Skin Cure for rough skin, Hop Bitters for family health, Wise's Axle Grease, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water, and various other patent medicines and remedies with pricing and druggist mentions.
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Dr. Benson
Medical remedies and testimonials from old ads
Glenns Sulphur Soap touted as a reliable remedy for skin diseases with physician approval. Dr Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Pills advertised for neuralgia with testimonials from G P Holman and H M Cocklin. Pills priced 50 cents at druggists. Ends with a tornado windfall quip from a Kansas man.
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Glenn
World Moves Skill and Science Triumphant
Deacon Stephen G. Mason, a reliable Maine merchant, recounts a severe decade of inflammatory rheumatism from 1869 to 1880. After six weeks on Hunt's Remedy for kidney disease he recovered completely, with over two years disease free, crediting Hunt's Remedy as the infallible kidney and liver medicine.
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Stephen G. Mason
Hunt
Mason
Mr. Mason
Providence Evening Preas
Doctor Endorses Hunt's Remedy for Dropsy and Kidneys
Dr Willias TL Wilson of Springfield Effington County Georgia states he treated an eight year case of dropsy with Hunt's Remedy and found it the best medicine for dropsy and kidney issues he has ever used.
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Willias TL. Wilson
Springfield
Hunts Remedy Praised By Moorestown Woman
ABiscaid S. Cogs of Moorestown Burlington County New Jersey says she suffered dropsy around the heart eighteen months ago. Physicians despaired of recovery until Hunts Remedy gave relief and restored her life. She declares she loves existence again and thanks Hunt's Remedy for her recovery.
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Abiscaid S. Cogs
Moorestown
Burlington Co
N.J
Hunt
Aladdin
Hop Bitters Promises Quick Health From Psalms Verse Claims
A historical advertisement extols Hop Bitters claiming universal cures. It cites biblical style verses promising relief from biliousness, liver and kidney issues, rheumatic pain, nervous debility, female complaints, and skin problems, urging readers to use Hop Bitters for robust health and to counter fear.
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Bright
Mark
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N. Y. Herald
Toledo Blade
Lowell
Japan
China
Laphirs
Durling
Henry
Boston Transcript
Norristown Herald
Wise
Brown
Redding
Russia
Lyon
Isaac Thompson
York
Chicago
Cameteusys
Baltimore
Iim
Limerick
Kansas
Charles A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler & CO
U.S. A
Madison M’f’g CO
Madison, Wis
the Sun
SUN
THE
England
New York City
Iminnesota
C., M. & St. Paul Railway
Frederiksen, Hansen & Drummond
Clark St. CuicaGo
Int
Jones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N. Y
Tiffin
Loomis & Nyman
Ohio
Coveland
Kendalgt & CO
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Deland & CO
H.A.& Lb
J. Deland & CO
Farrrort
N.Y
Valentine BR
Janesville, Wis
ESTE
J. Estey &O
Drattlesoro, VT
Psalms
Timothy
Epp
Nebraska
Gibbs & Son
Ill
Price
MacBries & Co
Clark
Diver'sis
Aultman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Dwombly Kuaitting Machine Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Maas
Permat
Siealienane
Good 5
Queen City
Etn
Queen City Suspender Co
Cincinnati,o
I. S
Johnson
Don’t Johnson & CO
Mass
Maud
United
J. c. Lighthouse & Bird
Rochester
E. Burnham
State Street
Carcel
Best Commercial College
Circular Free
C. Baylies
Dubuque, la
B.M. Woolley
M.D
Atlanta, Ga
W. Moody & Co
Cincinnati
Addi’s Hhallett &Co
Portland
National Publishing Co
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Samplesworth
Stinson & C C O
Dr. Kruse
Arsenal St
St. Louis
True & Co
Augusta
Ree
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