Deering Harvester Company Dominates Paris Exposition Awards
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago led American exhibit honors at Paris 1900 with twenty-nine awards including Grand Prize and Legion of Honor decorations. Their light draft mowers and binders, plus the Retrospective Exhibit, drew top praise and national museum displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ami@rich
Doering Harvester Company
America
Ita
Deering
Deering Harvester Company
Legion of Honor
Merlie Agricole
Legion of ‘Honor
Napoleon ‘Bonaparte
Merits Agricole
Omedala
Bearing Harvester Company
National Museum of Arts and Sciences
Paris
National Agricultural College of France
Tomsk
Siberia
Equator
Fragmented and slur laden clipping from early 20th century press
A garbled OCR fragment references Native and racial terms, a Kansas individual, a fire, and a racialized marriage claim. It mentions a Cleveland Plain Dealer style joke, a Red Cross cure ad, and dental work notes. The text is disjointed and contains offensive language without clear context or cohesive reportage.
Promised Cure Ad Breaks Through in Philadelphia Ad
The fragment promotes a permanent cure attributed to a doctor with a long name and lists prices for a bottle and treatment. It mentions naval or nervous conditions and references Philadelphia with a vague water cooling claim and a basketball player amid casual product copy.
Devon cattle breed described with history and traits
The article traces Devon cattle from Devonshire origins to North American imports, noting their compact build, hardiness, milk quality, and distinctive red hues. It covers horned females and bulls, the Devon’s antiquity, and imports through the 19th century. It also touches on Leghorn hens, egg production, and fowl fattening experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devauw
Hagland
Devonshire
Devon
Quartley
Messia
John T
James Davy
Mr. Coke
Holkham
Harl
Leicester
Devons
Atlantic
New England
Charity
New York
Housham
Robert Patterson
Maryland
Baltimore
Patterson
Dairy Notes On Cooling Air For Dairy Transport
Experiments show cooling refrigerator cork with held air possible, but unlikely to use liquid air widely due to cheap production. Prof Conn, known for isolating bacilli for ripening, studied milk sources from the Columbian Exposition and Uruguay. The Bacillus No 41 culture did not reliably improve butter flavor compared with normal ripened butter, and clean cream from clean milk often develops good flavor without help.
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Conn
Chicago
Uruguay
Pross
Age effects on laying qualities in pullets and hens
An experiment at the West Virginia Experiment Station compared about 300 pullets with 300 older hens over 210 days to explore how age influences laying performance. The study aimed to clarify age related differences in egg production.
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West Virginia
Onloken Cholera and Rounp in Fowl Diseases
An Agricultural Department Bulletin outlines cholera and roup in poultry, detailing symptoms such as yellow droppings, diarrhea, drooping wings, and fever. It warns that disease spreads via infected birds, stresses strict separation, and prescribes disinfection with carbolic acid and burning of infected material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department Bulletin
Wool and habits of pure native Shetland sheep
The wool of the genuine native Shetland sheep is praised for fineness akin to merino. The animal is small and agile, moving like a goat among cliffs. Lambs stay with mothers on hill pastures then tethered in summer, feeding inside dikes. Wool is rarely clipped. Shetlanders let fleece stay until it falls naturally then remove it carefully.
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Shotland
Shetland
Chawber
Peruna Promises Spring Relief For Ailing Citizens
A Manila style call to health argues that while Easter brings hope for many, half of Americans suffer catarrhal ailments. Peruna is praised as a spring tonic, with testimonials from figures like A. Collier, M. Butter, Robert Mantell, and Jno. Wright, claiming improved nerves, vitality, and digestion.
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United States
Robert B. Mantell
New York City
Jno
Wright
Law Department
General Land Office of Tennessee
What is true charity in giving with a willing hand
A quotation discusses charity as action and intent, contrasting generous acts with withholding aid. It frames true charity as cheerful, voluntary giving rather than perfunctory or stingy behavior, reflecting a Pennsylvanian newspaper voice on benevolence.
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Philadelphia
Times
Quack Remedies and Humorous Snippets in A Souvenir Page
A jumble of old time patent medicines, travel opinions, jokes, and ad like quips. Allen's Foot-Ease promises foot relief for swollen and burning feet while Wizard Oil claims instant internal and external relief. A traveler’s Q and A humor piece and stray one day cold cure touts Grove’s signature on the box.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. J
Grove
Railroading in Ireland Incident Prompted by Uncertain Engine
A nervous English tourist records a travel anecdote from Ireland. The train arrives late at a small station and the engineer asks the stationmaster if the express has gone. Tim answers no, and the driver, undecided, declares we must chance it as he blows the whistle and departs on the single one.
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Ireland
Tim
London
Cash Account Woes Sparks Domestic Banter
A humorous家庭 exchange shows a wife explaining she spent a dollar on a bonnet wrap shoes coats gowns and gloves for various family members while asking for more money, as the husband questions where the first dollar went. The dialogue captures frugal domestic negotiation with playful overstatement.
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Henry
Willie
Katy
John
Frank
Caroline
Mary
David
Instance of human adaptation in physiology class
A pupil cites his Aunt Abigail who gained 100 pounds in a year without skin cracking, illustrating the body’s power to adapt to changed conditions. The remark comes from a Chicago Tribune feature.
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Thoms
Tommy Tucker
Abaegail
Chicago Tribune
Inconsistent Modernist Banter on Wealth and Women
Fragmentary dialogue shows Cy Nick insisting he won’t be tied to any woman unless she is crazy. Miss Thrust counters with challenge. Mentions of onions as remedy appear inconsistently, hinting at odd, humorous exchanges and health quacks.
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Cy Nick
Ife
Miss Thrust
Mr. Nick
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Kansas
Cleveland Plain Center
Red Cross
Rea Brus, & Co
Minneapolis
Maveland Plafy
Notts
Norve Nestoyen
Pas
Gall Plu Ora
Yueaten
Bow Boccental Partner
Thi
Maine Experiment Station
A. Collier
Psyrzseter U. S.N
M. C. Butter
U. S
South Carolina
Edgefield
5. C
D. W. Timberlake
Lynchburg
Percy W. Floss
Second Arkansas Volunteers
Paregould
Ark
Jonnie Johnson
Lake Park Avenue
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Peruna
D. L. Wallace
International Barbers’ Union
Western Avenue
Minnesota
W. C. Chambers
Samoa
Gridley
Captain Gridley
Olympia
Tetti Johnson
Washington, D. C
Fourteenth
Catherine Taft
Valskyrian Association
Cottage Grove Avenue
Ill
Quizzer
Trotter
Pittsburg
Odlum-Kurtzman Co
Thoenix
Shengull
Ad. Tome
Fish
Boston
Mass
Blue
Tempest Washer
Pheiya Brown
Andeesy Q
Phelps Brow
Broadway
Newburgh, By
Central Sinchamton
Mey
Ontulog
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