Fragmented OCR passage on oddities and economics notes
A garbled record describes a tomato weighing twenty two and a half ounces and sliced for nine, mentions Piso Newton Cure, Dr M Sryayze, and Wakita Oklahoma. It then mixes unrelated items about undertakers National Gasket Co and currency in circulation totaling 2,508,270,084 with per person share estimates.
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Joshua W. Shockley
Brithnore
M. Sryayze
Wakita
Okla
United States
Treasury
Dean's Kidney Pills Praised By Local Official
J Hill of Con X G duatce of the Peace testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills greatly improved his kidney disorders and back pain. He notes regular kidney secretions with sediment clearing up after the last dose and overall health improvement. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells the pills at 50 cents per box through local dealers.
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J. Hill
Con X. G
Duatce of the Peace
Dean
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
X.Y
The Little Boy's Idona Poem Fragment
A short verse from the Atlanta Constitution asks why the mother moon does not call children home as little stars roam late in fields and skies. The poem evokes a dreamy night scene with sleepy eyes.
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Idona
Atlanta Constitution
Oculist Visit Yields Glasses Prescription
A friend recalls suggesting a fashionable optician. The nearsighted person visits the oculist, who examines the eyes and issues a paper noting the glasses needed. Conversation ends with a quip about lacking money to buy lenses.
Man in the Caboose Secrets for Sleep by Rumsey Officer
Missouri Pacific conductor Jack Rumsey of Council Grove describes his sleep troubles from night to night runs. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with calming nerves and aiding rest, stating they restore sleep like a child and are effective for railroad fatigue.
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Missouri Proific Railroad
8Th Nerver
Raila
Thoien
Heth
Jack Rumsey
Council Grove
Kansas
Missouri, Pacific
Osawatomie
Dr. Williams
Tam
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Growing Demand For Tropical Products In United States
The 1904 annual report of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor shows a rapid rise in imports of tropical and subtropical products. Total imports reached 430,606,775 pounds, including materials from Hawaii, the Marquesas, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, with substantial year over year increases across sugar, coffee, flax, fibers, and fruits.
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United
United States
She Eliet
Thoi Tnirean
Department of Commies and Labor
Sithe
Mawatian Islands
Torto Mico
Philippines
Nantly
Tropics
Porto Rich
Hawaiian Islands
Colfae
Philippine Islands
Bride Confesses to Murder of Stepdaughter in Hartford City
Mrs. Tene Strauss admitted using strychnine to kill Crystal Krauss, 18, her stepdaughter, after weeks of denial. She pleaded guilty and received a life sentence, sent to Indianapolis women's prison as a mob watched. The confession came from pressure by her husband and State’s Attorney Burna, with a jury quickly convened to accept the plea. Crystal, newly married to druggist W. St Krauss, had been poised to inherit about $20,000. the death was tied to a stomach poison found in Crystal’s body.
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Rae Krauss
Tene Strauss
Hartford City
Indianapolis
Irausa
Erles
Burna
Mira
Hkrauss
de ‘Fense
Bananas and Bold Technologic Hints From A Bygone Era
A patchwork of economic notes and quirky tech lore from historic times. Bananas cost around seven million dollars yearly while Japan orders two million worth of American tools. A Marsailley France dock strike lasted forty days costing sixteen million to the community. Northern French towns gain telephone links to London and a cheap three minute call rate. Geological survey data reveal Canada shipped ninety seven million in gold from Yukon since 1806. Imperial Valley register shows local voters growing, steel mills expand near Pittsburgh, brass megaphones fade, a morning glory megaphone debuts, and a Cleveland entrepreneur launches a stenography powered mail wire service for business letters.
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Japan
Marsailley
France
London
Geological Survey of Canada
Yukon
California
Imperial Valley
San Diego County
Priteburg
New Milla
Elngle
Cleveland
Bop Talk Sparks Tiny Wagon Dispute
A humorous street brawl erupts among talking wagon parts as the wheel, binckbintthi, and bellows argue over tired bluster and revolvers before the wagon tongue quiets the scene. The playful chaos highlights quirky regional character in a comic fragment.
Beat in the World Cream Ark Epilepsy Kidney Cure
Mr W E Smith of Beatth art Arkansas recovers after eighteen months of back and kidney illness and epilepsy. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for restored health enabling work and strength, praising the medicine as the greatest in the world.
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Ark
Buerhig
Iren
Plant
W. EH. Smith
Dodd
Smith
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Copy
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure by claiming internal and direct blood and mucous surface action. It brands catarrh as incurable by other means and touts a compound of tonics and blood purifiers from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The piece urges readers to buy through druggists at a stated price.
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Halls
Halle
Isa
Cheney & GO
Toledo
Prica
Hall
Pauly
Cod and shad farming cited as boosting fisheries
The article cites Marston on artificial constivation of sea fish and notes vast cod egg numbers in Norwegian waters. It claims Norwegian hatcheries release millions of eggs yearly, far from exhausting stocks, while American efforts in New England revive depleted inshore waters. Shad culture is praised as turning a luxury into a plentiful, affordable product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hh. B. Marston
Affulo
Hensen
Skagermk
America
New Wayland
Brutal Act and a Food Cure Story from Gotham
An outrageous line from a newspaper page leads to a health testimonial about Grape-Nuts and cream aiding a grocer named in Battle Creek Michigan. A consumer recounts severe stomach and bowel troubles, years of illness, and recovery after a strict diet of Grape-Nuts, noting renewed energy, weight gain, and daily work.
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Sam
Postum Co
Wellville
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Daxdorest
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Leola
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