Pacific coast agriculture report notes large farms and mechanization
The Department of Agriculture reports Pacific coast farming remains made up of large holdings, with California showing notable machinery use to cut labor. It details grain handling from field to ship, exports of about 27.45 million bushels of wheat valued near 20 million dollars, and 36 million bushels sent abroad to meet foreign demand, with California ports supplying over 20 million bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Middle West
California
Sgreat Valley
Tidewater
Washington
Greton
San Francisco
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Cure for Rheumatism and Catarrh
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a free trial remedy to cure chronic rheumatism and catarrh by cleansing the blood. It claims 30 years of testing, safety for all ages, and medical guidance on request. Sold by C. D. Rushon, with Atlanta company links and offer of trial treatment.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
C. DB
Rushaon
Wandering Ernest Seton-Thompson Hides Among Trash at Yellowstone
Ernest Seton-Thompson explains he wore old clothes and hid in a garbage heap behind the Yellowstone Park hotel to observe bear antics. Tourists called to him, mistaking his disguise for homelessness, and offered him food from the hotel.
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Ernest Seton-Thomp
Yellowstone Park Hotel
N. Y
Kidney complaint relief with Foley's cure claim
J Odgers of Frostburg Maryland writes that a kidney attack was relieved by Foley's Kidney ure and says he was perfectly cured after two bottles. He urges others to get Foley's from Rushton's drug store.
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J. Odgers
Frostburg
Value of an Emigrant and Anglo Saxon Immigration
A Lonion Mail note states that in the five months to May 31 1901 thirty nine thousand five hundred twenty three immigrants arrived from Great Britain, more than the combined total from all other nations. English born numbered nineteen thousand six hundred ninety five. Scots two thousand nine hundred seventy eight. Welsh seventeen thousand one hundred fifty. It cites an estimate that each immigrant adds about two thousand pounds in value to the United States over an average lifetime.
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United States
Great Britain
Lonaion Mail
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ad Promises Sleep Aid
When you cannot sleep from coughing you need four doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease the throat irritation and help you sleep. It is good. For sale at Houseworth Bros. drug stores.
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Chamberlain
Housesworth Bros
Charlotte Mrs. Eunice Allison Celebrates 90th Birthday
Mrs. Eunice Allison marked her ninetieth birthday in Charlotte with five generations present. The family gathered to honor the milestone in a quiet observance today.
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Charlotte
Eunice Allison
Jell-O New Dessert Leases 2 All The Family
Jell O introduces a new dessert with four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry advertised for ten cents at grocers. The promotion invites families to try the product.
Men battle rattlesnake den near White River
Two ranchers with a hired man freed a hillside cave system at the foot of the White River of rattlesnakes. They killed 237 on the first day and 40 more the next, facing hissing snakes and poisonous fumes while avoiding bites. Some snakes measured several feet and carried many rattles. The scene appears in Golden Days.
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White River
Culinary Layered Beef Bake From Ladies World
A recipe from Ladies World New York describes a layered beef and cracker dish. It uses roast beef pieces, butter, pepper, salt, rolled cracker crumbs, and repeated beef and cracker layers with stewed tomatoes between each. Water is added then baked for one hour.
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Ladies’ World
New York
Chamberlains Pain Balm For Sprains And Lameness
For sprains swellings and lameness there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale at Houseworth Bros drug stores.
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Chamberlain
Houseworth Bros
Notable Laughing Liver: A Pearsons Wisecrack
A humorous exchange mocks excessive originality. Mrs Sihymer notes her husband’s unwell look, while a speaker quips his mind harbors numerous original ideas, suggesting overwork but then labeling it a whimsical Burlesque of thought.
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Sihymer
Pearson’s Weekly
DeWitts Little Early Risers Liver and Bowel Cleanser
An advertisement for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers by Houseworth Bros promotes a gentle effective liver and bowel purifier. It claims safety prompt action and easy dosing with no griping.
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DeWitt
Houseworth Bros
To the Pole by Wire: Arctic travel hinges on base communication
The Electrical Review argues wireless telegraphy may transform arctic exploration. It contends that reliable contact with supplies could ease terror and hazards, allowing parties to carry portable apparatus and base camps. If realized, exploration could become safer and poles could be reached soon.
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Arctic
Souvenir Stone From Salisbury Carriage Window Break
A historic stone kept at Lord Salisbury's Hatfield home marks the Dumfries carriage window smashed on October 21, 1884. Three in the carriage with him escaped injury as Salisbury delivered the final speech in a Scottish tour.
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Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield
Dumfries
Scotland
Chicago Record-Herald
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Aga ralgia In Day
Mystic Cure claims to heal rheumatism and agalalgia in 1 to ? days with rapid action. It supposedly removes the cause and the disease disappears after first doses. Priced 75 cents to $1.00 and sold by H Leonard and Houseworth Bros druggists in the Opera House Block.
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Sela
H. Leonard
Houseworth: Bros
Opera House Block
Constable Demands Town Prison in Chappaqua
In Chappaqua New York law and order relies on a single constable who pins up prisoners in freight cars overnight. He reports many cars moved before morning and wins approval for a town lock up of iron and wood with a $50 grant.
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Chappaqua
N. Y
Indianapolis News
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobs Sparagus Pils Remedy
A fragment advertises a kidney cure claiming Dr Hobs Sparagus Pils as a universal remedy. It mentions various formulations and suggests guaranteed relief, but provides no verifiable details or evidence. The text reads as an old time patent medicine pitch.
Fatal Colors and Uniforms in Ancient Observation
Careful observations analyze which uniform colors may affect enemy fire. Findings indicate red as most fatal, rifle green second, brown third, while Austrian bluish gray proves least fatal.
Shinplasters Found On Letters At New York Post Office
Officials report several letters dropped at the general post office in New York were affixed with shinplaster stamps from 35 years ago in place of proper postage. The letters were held for postage, with the sender unknown and no offense alleged. The aim of the mailer remains unclear, though some believe philatelic authentication adds value to such stamps.
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General’post Office
New York
Man Defends Swearing by Claim
The irate caller insists he is not swearing on the telephone but at it, prompting a hello-girl to protest that swearing is not permitted through the line in a Philadelphia Record item.
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Philadelphia Record
Good Person to Avoid, Says Lavater Quote
An advisory note quotes Lavater urging avoidance of a person driven by mere curiosity. The saying cautions against engaging with someone who asks three questions about an object that cannot genuinely interest him.
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Lavater
Foley's Honey and Tar Used at Reform School
A statement from Supt J C Gluck of the West Virginia Reform School at Pruntytown dated October 18 1900 endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the exclusive cough remedy after testing other advertised medicines. Rushton's Drug Store carries it.
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J. C. Gluck
Reform School
Pruntytown
W. Va
Foley
West Virginia Reform School
Rushton’s
An Eight Day Clock Farce Prompts Baltimore Humor
A Baltimore American quip promotes a new play titled An Eight Day Clock. The playwright jokes the name guarantees a weeklong run wherever it debuts, reflecting lighthearted theater chatter.
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Baltimore American
Right Man Snaggs Goes Into Amateur Farming
In a terse exchange from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph Mr Bloomfield notes Snaggs is moving into amateur farming. Bellefield responds that Snaggs can afford it, and the remark signals a career shift rumor in the local scene.
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Bloomfield
Snaggs
Mr. Bellefield
Pittsburg
Telegraph
Just One Bottle Scammon Kans 1900 Pepsin Medicine Co
A Scammon Kansas notice from November 19 1900 by editor Phil L Keener endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin after a three month use for constipation. Mentions Monticello Illinois firm Pepsin Medicine Co and local druggists Thomas and Rushton.
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Scammon
Kans
Pepsin Medicine Co
Monticello
Dr. Caldwell
Phil L. Keener
Wife
Lady Sybil Cutting abandons her title and will be known as Mrs William B Cutting Jr They plan to move to Oxnard California for refinery work where she will cook for her husband The note mentions her aristocratic background and a health reminder about kidney ailments and Foley's Kidney Cure sold by Rushton's drug store
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Sybil Cutting
America
William B. Cutting
Oxnard
Cal
Cutting
Oxnards
Brooklyn
Agustus Ruggles
Greater New York Medical Association
Language requirement for banks in Indian territory
Banks in Indian territory must employ cashiers who can speak the Indian language. The rule aims to facilitate services for local clients and improve communication in financial dealings.
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Indian Territory
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Promotes Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a faster safer alternative to surgery for hernia relief and youth expense dangers. It emphasizes avoiding operation by using this salve, attributed to Worth Bros.
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C. M. Phelps
Forestdale
de Witt
Houseworth Bros
Useworth Bros
Zeit
Rich Copper Deposit Found From Boy’s Rock Sale
A San Diego assayer identified a nearly pure copper ore with silver streaks after buying rocks from a boy who sold the sample. The ore origin lies about 25 miles below the Mexican line. Antonio Feliz, Col. Robbins, and J Wade McDonald secured land rights under Mexican law and expect development to begin.
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San Diego
Col
Col. Robbins
Antonio Feliz
J. Wade McDonald
Ancient Maps Found in Wolfegg Castle Reveal Early America
Berlin reports that in Wolfegg Castle a 1507 map bearing Columbus era annotations and an 1816 map showing American outlines were found. Both are said to be remarkably well preserved and of high historical value.
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Berlin
Wolfegg
Wurtemburg
America
De Witt's Little Early Risers Endorsement
Goshen Indiana resident Lewis Ockerman praises De Witt's Little Early Risers for thorough work without harsh effects and a rejuvenating feel. Houseworth Bros.
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Lewis Ockerman
Goshen
Ind
de Witt
Houseworth Bros
Improvement of the Rhine Underway at Strasburg
Germany plans a 3 million dollar program to improve the Rhine river below Strasburg, aiming to enhance navigation and reduce flooding in the region along the waterway.
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Rhine
Germany
Strasburg
Foley's Kidney Cure and Health Claims
An old advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Cure noting relief from kidneys and bladder discomfort. It contrasts city population growth and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a health alternative, urging purchase in 50c or 1.00 bottles at local drug stores.
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Dr. Caldwell
Thomas
Rushton
Redkey man arraigned for grand larceny case
Mason a Redkey business man is arraigned in Circuit Court on charges of grand larceny. He allegedly sold to Parker Banking Company in August 1900 a note for 320 dollars signed by Levi and Manassah Kiteman of Redkey that had been paid already. He denies the accusation with legal counsel. Houseworth Bros.
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Wochester—Benj. F. Mason
Redkey
Parker Banking Company
Levi
Manassah Kiteman
Mason
Mrs Potter Palmer Hosts Beaux Brummel Guest
Mrs Potter Palmer recalls dining with M Le Bargy and Mme Le Bar gy at the duchess of La Roche foucauld's dinner. She notes Le Bargy could lecture on dress and hints of a possible American visit. Palmer also befriends Labouchere of the London Truth and invites him to Chicago and Newport with promise of social celebrity.
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Mme. LeBargy
America
M. LeBargy
Potter Palmer
Bellagio
Lake Cobjb
Mr. Labouchere
London Truth
Rescue by a Bass Aboard Pushaw Bay
A Bangor Maine Times reader recalls a dramatic bass catch that saved him from a sinking punt on Pushaw. He lured a large bass, used the line to shore, and escaped as the boat flooded, then released the fish after.
Spectators React to Exhibition Feat in Wichita
Report notes a Wichita show where a wild man was to eat raw liver but failed. Audiences disrupted the act, and police later upheld the accompanying fee structure as justification for the spectacle.
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Wichita
Kan
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Houseworthi
New York City
Scammon Miner
Thomas’ and
Rushton’s Drug Stores
Bright
Siberia
London
G. A. LeDeis
Cedar City
Mr. Bingwater
Bangor
Pennsylvania
Henley
Dollar Island
Gadsbys
C. B Royal
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Yulee
Fla
Amelia Beach
Fernandina
Jimmie Drummond
Drummond
Drs
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
India
Diamond Drug CO
W. Bway
N.Y
Cascarets
Fred Wartman
Germantown Ave
Philadelphia
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
Wm. Elliott
West Ave
Rochester
Dru Ruggist
Rushton’s Drugstore
Elkhart
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