Home and Garden Tidbits From Ancient Newspapers
A collection of practical notes on dyeing, cleaning, and preserving household items. Tips include dissolving glue in skim milk to revive crape, flushing out moths from feather beds by boiling and drying, cleaning white fur with white flour, and burying unburnable rubbish in garden pits. Also includes farming advice on sheep labor for land fertilization, restive horse handling, and dramatic increases in crop yields after drainage. Figures cited from Indiana and Maine farming reports accompany the miscellany, plus a note on brown Turkey figs grown in Augusta Maine with dual yearly harvests and cellar storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
N. XY. Herald
Massachusetts
Baptist Weekly
Chicago Journal
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Indiana State Sentinel
Augusta
F. O. Frost
Monmouth
Fall Care of the Meadows in Field Maintenance
The article stresses postharvest meadow care to ensure even yields. It warns that mowing lowers surface to roots, harming vitality, and notes drought after harvest worsens damage. Recommendations include thorough cross harrowing, targeted manuring, late September reseeding, liberal seed and nitrate of soda use, and attentive feeding of crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Live Shock Journal
Endorsements and wedding plottings from early 1900s papers
A collection note cites J. E. Shaw of New York praising St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia. It chronicles a Danvers Mass wedding prompt by a teasing suitor, includes a Detroit Post anecdote on a bride name switch, and an amused Norristown Herald remark about John Bright's visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
J. E. Shaw
Grand Union Hotel
New York
St. Jacobs Oil
Danvers
Mass
Geo. H. Day
Darling
Detroit Post
Medicine and kindness praised in domestic tales
An essay extols devoted husbands and willing wives tending the ill and praying for recovery. It promotes Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure for female ailments. A Boston artesian well anecdote and a humorous quip about cosmetics accompany the medicinal vitamins and commentary from periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysett
Wutte
Boston
Norristown Herald
Advice to consumptives and patent medicine notices
Advice on early symptoms of Consumption urging use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood-purifier and strength-restorer. Promotes superiority to cod liver oil for weak lungs and coughing, with purchase through druggists and stamps for a treatise. Includes various ads and quips from period publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Worrrlb
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
No Hospital Needed and Home Cures Featured in Advertisements
The excerpt compiles sensational ads from the period, touts Hop Bitters cures at home, and promotes Dr. R V Pierce Woman’s Diseases treatise with self treatment guidance. It notes roving rats and vermin remedies, fashion commentary, and Chicago hogs dressed in the old way by 8 million hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Burprock BLoop BirrEeRs Endorsed for Digestive Ailments
Certificate from C. L. Easton of Hamilton Ontario endorses Burprock BLoop BirrEeRs for indigestion and bowel constipation. Price listed as $1. The note presents a personal testimonial format typical of patent medicine advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Easton
Hamilton
Ont
Blue Ribbon for Kansas at Minnesota State Fair
The Exhibit of Kansas Products won the blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis. The display highlighted Kansas goods and craftsmanship earning top honors among regional entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Minneapolis, Minn
Kansas Division Union Pacific Wins Premium for Display in Minneapolis
Minnesota Agricultural and Mechanical Association reports the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific Railway won the premium for the best tastefully arranged display among four railroad entries. The exhibit features diverse grains, fruit and vegetables, wood and stone, with Russian wheat yielding sixty one bushels per acre and stalk height corn samples sixteen feet. Large quantities of Kansas wheat are shipped to Minneapolis for flour production and export to Europe under contracts for ten million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Minneapolis, Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Kansas Division
Union Pacific Railway
Kansas
Land Department
W. C. Kessington
Gra
F. Taylor
D. K. McPherson
Minneapolis
Minn
Europe
Minnesota
Velvet season velvet or velveteen fabrics advertised in Harper's Bazar
An 1880s shopping page highlights Nonpareil Velvet and Nonpareil Velveteen as affordable silk-appearing options. It promotes dry goods retailers, notes various toning shades, and contrasts cost with Lyon's silk velvet. Includes several advertisements for household products and cures, with claims of health benefits and trial offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
Harper's Bazar
Burdock Blood Bitters Promises Cure for Indigestion
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as the best prep for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming cures for liver and kidney complaints and skin eruptions. It emphasizes safety, rapid action, and lasting results, with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia FE. Pinkitam
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
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John Bright
Miss Lillipnace
Foggy
Boston Transcript
Egypt
Kinney-Wort
Philadelphia Chronicle
Ottawa, Ont
Tur
C. W. Benson
Baltimore
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Pittsburg
Oscar WiLps
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Old Ladies Home
Boston Bulletin
Shoe
Wise
Tue Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Isaac Thompson
A.reed & Sons
Reed’s Temple OF Music
State Street
F. L. Pond
Aurora
Kane Co
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Ave
Lllinois
Weo- Sotake— Hyde
Adies
Saa Hite
Washington
White House
Bradley & CO
Eric
Tiffin
Loomis & Nyman
Ohio
Lehmann
Ceatalogue
Guide of
State & Adams Ltd
Queen City Suspender Company
Cincinnati
Queen City Suspender Co
Addr'sc
Beach & OO
Whitney & Holmes Organs
Whitney & Holmes Organ Co
Quincy, Ill
United States
Lockport
Johnson
Chaddock College
Bar of Illinois
John T. Lone
LL. D
Paes
Nirs. Owens
Outfit
Land
Iowa
Nebrask
F. E. Owens
Fulton Street
Corn Belt
IR. R
Best Kidhance
J. A. Bent
Wheaton
Jlocutionist’s
Parsons
I. 8
Johnson & Co
Bangor
Goodblade
Maher & Grosh
Monroe St
Toledo
Birch & CO
Dey St
N.Y
Carpenters
E. Roth & Bro
New Oxford
P.w.ziggler & Co
J. A. Bronson
Detroit, Mich
Wigs & Waves
C.O.D
B.C. Strral
Wabashaw
True &Co
Thompson & Odell
Tremont St
Mans
Addr
H.haslett & Co
Portland
Uv. S
Buggie Enterprise Carriage Co
Cin'ti, C
Ashi
National Publishing Co
Stinson A Up
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