California Fig Syrup Co Wins Brand Protection
In San Francisco a U S Circuit Court decision grants a perpetual injunction against Clinton DB Worden Co and others forbidding use of Syrup of Figs or Wig Syrup and ordering damages. The ruling upholds the reputational value earned by legitimate advertising and confirms California Fig Syrup Co’s title to Syrup of Figs as the genuine remedy.
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Man Just Dean
Onitrare Ais Fig Syrup Co
San’ Francisco
United States
California
Clinton DB
Worden & Co
Fig Syrup Co
Unexpected Courtesy on a Crowded Streetcar
A New York Times excerpt recalls a woman returning home with a small traveling bag during rush hour. Two polite young men offered to hold her bag. one seated it and kept watch as she remained standing, illustrating evolving streetcar etiquette and consideration in crowded transit.
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Butt
Lin
New York
Locomotive Runx Extends Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Runs
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lengthened passenger locomotive runs on through trains beyond the previous 100 to 160 miles. The experiment on mountain grades succeeded, cutting locomotive needs by 24 and freeing engines for other branches, reducing new power purchases.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Circumstantial Evidence Husband After Show
A fragmentary exchange notes a husband claiming poor enjoyment and forgetting glasses while the wife quips about his breath, reflecting a terse, domestic wit in the Chica go News item.
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Chicago News
Anti trust sentiment spreads across the country
A Columbus State Journal column notes the anti trust movement spreading nationwide while a Puck quip questions why a busy man like Jenks would seek the legislature, speculating he may need money.
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Slimpurse
Columbus State Journal
Reson
Jenks
Puck
Not Really Fighting Wille Reflections From Chicago Post
A brief line from the Chicago Evening Post quotes a woman asking Wille if he has been fighting. He answers no, but he ruefully says he thought he was fighting, suggesting a misperception or internal conflict rather than actual combat.
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Wille
Chicago Evening Post
Dairy and Poultry Care in the Farm Yard
The article outlines methods for maintaining clean poultry houses with removable roosts, suggests multiple small houses vs one large, and describes movable fixtures to ease cleaning. It also discusses ensuring pure water for dairy cattle, noting summer risks from muddy streams and recommending deepened channels or shallow wells to keep stock and products pure.
Tuberculosis in Milk Spurs Chicago Doctors Convention
Report circulates of a Chicago physicians convention to study tuberculosis spread in milk. At a slaughterhouse last week twenty six cows reacted to tuberculin test, sixteen slaughtered as unsafe for food, ten passed as risk limited to non-edible parts. The piece urges thorough dairy investigations and notes varied water sources and farm conditions affecting milk safety.
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Chicago
USA
The Chicken Mite Threat to Poultry and Buildings
From Farmere Review this piece warns that the chicken mite harms poultry and other birds alike. It notes nocturnal habits, disruption to hens and egg production, and occasional bird fatalities. Relief is not permanent. repeated thorough remedies are needed, including cleanliness, frequent manure removal, fumigation with sulfur, and kerosene sprays before reoccupying the coop.
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Farmere
Animal Diseases In Fenonsylvania Report Highlights Tuberculin Tests
The Pennsylvania state veterinarian reports active efforts to control animal diseases including tuberculin testing in cattle with infected animals killed and safe carcass disposal emphasized. Proper disinfection of premises and lime burial of carcasses are urged to prevent anthrax soil contamination. Enthusiasm in poultry raising remains crucial, with steady attention to flocks and egg production driving success. Breeding layers should come from noted stock, using related flocks to maintain quality and avoiding neglect in care.
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Fenonsylvania
Pennsylvania
Mike
Green Feed or Hay for Hogs at Kansas College
An experiment at Kansas Agricultural College fed pigs on alfalfa pasture and light corn to measure pork yield per acre. Results show 776 pounds of pork per acre from alfalfa pasture after deducting corn gain, with hogs valued at 3.80 per hundred pounds. Two six month tests with alfalfa hay yielded gains of 868 and 383 pounds per ton, producing per-ton values of 28.64 and 11.15 respectively at 3.30 per hundred. The college bought 14 hogs weighing 1,700 pounds, weighing 1,808 after 40 hours with only 80 pounds of grain used. alfalfa or clover emerge as the best feeds, weeds can be profitable when alfalfa is unavailable, and overall hog health and pork yield improve with weed feeding.
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Kansas Agricultural College
College
Tuberculosis In Argentine Slaughterhouse Report
A Buenos Ayres inspection bulletin notes rigorous checks on slaughtered cattle and swine. Tuberculosis appeared in 1,286 of 653,010 cattle. 90 percent were meat to cross Durhams, 10 percent were Hereford or Polled Angus crosses, Criollos free. Breeds: 60 percent Durham, 85 percent Criollos, 15 percent Hereford and Polled Angus. Pigs: 1,160 of 36,128 condemned. Additional farming notes cover Jersey cow milk yield, horses with nasal catarrh, and English formaldehyde in milk concerns.
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Argentine
Buenos Ayres
No Sign of Progression in Conversation Fragment
A garbled World wire item quotes Mr Darley and Mrs Darley debating progress with social calls and fashion, noting no new clothes and a telephone's role, attributed to a World New York dateline. The text reflects a fragmented historical clipping with uncertain broader context.
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Mr Darley
St. Louis
Last Week Patents Granted to Worthwesb Western Inventors
List of inventors including Paul W. Amilo of Cooperstown Clarence Carter and James Nagle from Minnesota and North Dakota with patents for grain separator painting apparatus check rein hook waterproof casing for electric motor miners’ canditation and other mechanical devices. Patent attorneys Merwin Lothrop and Johnson listed with 10 noneer press slag.
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Worthwesbtern
Paul
W. Amilo
Cooperstown
N. C
Apple
Charles
Bird
Minneapolta
Clarence W. Carter
Howard Lake
Minn
Johnston Mealey
James I. Nagle
Minneapolss
Nion
Allen W. Powell
Lead City
Edwin
Waaliburn
Minneapolis
George W. Youmans
Rochester
Merwin
Lothrop & Johnson
J. Poul
Never-told I am the ably girl Tom loved
Lizzie Slehted laments to DBeasie that Tom has never said she was the only girl he loved while telling others he does not care for her, and she resents being discriminated against in a Boston Transcript style exchange.
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Slehted
Lizzie
Tom
Tizzie
Boston ‘Transcript
Capitalists debate naming a new bicycle wheel
Dialog shows two capitalists in Cincinnati discussing forming a trust to manufacture bicycles. They argue over naming the wheel with one refusing to reveal the label while another proposes calling it the AntiTrust, reflecting early antitrust sentiment.
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Cincinnat
Duquirer
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by A Sufferer
A reader from Lynn Mass recounts severe female weakness with head pain dizziness and stomach upset. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as directed she reports substantial improvement and recommends it to friends and her daughter. She thanks the advertiser and wishes long life for the remedy’s provider.
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Lydia
Pakhem
Mnc
Sarsen
Grand St, Brooxlin
Mrs Pinkham's Letters Prove Her Help To Women
More than eighty thousand letters arrived at Mrs. Pinkham in 1897. The flow of inquiries is presented as strong evidence of her effectiveness assisting women with health concerns and related remedies, reflecting the era's focus on female ailments and personal care.
Not Much of the Angel After All Prison Chaplain and Rat
Fragmentary lines from Ti-Bits recount a convicts exchange about a warder bitten by a rat. The chaplain notes in every man some angel left, while the convict defends his affection for the rat and its loyalty, highlighting grim prison atmosphere.
Kangaroos in Australia Face Rapid Extermination
In a conversation cited by the Northside Press and Priteburg Chronicle Telegraph, Mira claims that Australian kangaroos are being swiftly exterminated. A Mr. Northside asks if the animals are "on their last legs," reflecting concern over their potential collapse.
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Lrdele
Mira
Northside
Australia
Mr. Northside
Priteburg Chroniele
Telegraph
Untitled Childs Play Dialogue Fragment
A dialogue fragment shows a mother chiding children for ringing the doorbell while Tidith and I play house and Willie acts as the collector. The snippet captures a domestic scene with names and playful roles.
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Mamma
Tidith
Willie
Pe-ru-Na Drug Co. advert and physician letter
A historical advertisement from 1898 promotes Gentlamian-Pe-ru-na as a cure for catarrh with testimonial from Congressman Amos J. Cummings. The letter extols relief from summer catarrh after a Peru na cure and urges sending a free medical book from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio. It lists alleged side effects and claims Peru na as a universal remedy for systemic catarrh and related ailments.
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New York
M’t'g Co
Columbus
Thayé
Amos J. Cummings
Cuba
Peru
Hat Mishap On The Steamboat Skims Into Water
Quent Beott recalls a hat mishap aboard the steamboat as passengers search for the missing headgear. Muddle questions whether the hat was left in the cabin, while observers remark on the slipping hat into the water, capturing a light moment on deck.
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Boston Transcript
Supreme Court Upholds Four-Fose Trade Mark Infringement Suit
In Bulato a Supreme Court permanent injunction and accounting were ordered against a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder. The decision upholds Olmsted's Foot-Haa trade mark and warns against imitators using a similar name and packaging to profit from the well known remedy for tired feet.
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Bapremea Court
Lutighiin
Inet
Clark
Alion H. Olmsted
le Nay
N.Y
Athore
ROM
Jealousy Over European Saloon Passengers Spotlighted
The Witalington Star quotes Plodding Pete and TJ lamenting envy at luxury when reading about wealthy Europeans traveling as saloon passengers, expressing pride and self reflection about wealth and status.
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Mike
Pete
Uurope
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Lynn, Mass
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Third St
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TI. O. Currie
Stevena Point
Wis
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Candy Cathartic
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Washburn
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