Nitragin Trials Show Clover Benefits When Soil Lacks Bacteria
The piece discusses Nitragin, a German clover root bacteria inoculant, and its variable success in the United States. It cites Alabama Experiment Station tests showing inoculated plots yielding far more clover than untreated ones, and notes practical issues like perishing liquid and cross-contamination during field trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Duggar
Alabama Experiment Station
South
Horticultural Observations on Forest Preservation
The piece notes India's forest protection efforts by British authorities and native challenges. It cites repeated arson for game and pasture, with one province burning 50 000 acres last year. A man who set fire to trees faced a fines of ten rupees, illustrating enforcement difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Colorado
Cannonading Halil Storms In French Vine Lands
Consul Covert reports France tests hail suppression by firing cannons at clouds. Fifty two cannons, 104 cannoneers, cover 2500 acres of wine land with funds from government departments and wine producers. A central post coordinates shot signals and raises prospect of widespread use in future seasons.
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Consul Covert
Lyons
State Department
France
Government of
Departmental Council
National French Agricultural Society
Frante
Italy
Purchase bids set for canned roast beef and bacon
Army officials seek bids for 380000 eight pound cans of roast beef and 428200 pounds of bacon in crates three quarter and nine pound cans. Maj W L Alexander of the department of the lakes authorized Sept 22 to receive proposals with Sept 28 as bid opening date for 62500 to 62600 pounds of bam.
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W. L. Alexander
Department of the Lakes
Cuba
Maj
Alexander Will
Bam
Ds Crafts
Presbyterian
Washington, D. C
Understanding causes and cures for stumbling horses
The article explains stumbling in driving horses tied to overfeeding, improper shoeing, and natural conformation. It advises feeding oats and bran, correcting toe length at shoeing, and using specific shoeing setups to reduce toe leverage, plus possible tendon blisters for swelling and strong back tendons.
Lipton Denies Pork Market Cornering Amid Chicago Shortage
Lipton defends his purchase of 75 000 barrels of pork in Chicago, saying acquisitions are for legitimate trade and not for speculation. He asserts the pork will go to regular customers and normal channels, while critics blame speculators. Speaker notes premiums awarded at a state fair including bulls, cows, and heifers to various exhibitors.
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Lipton
Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Derons
Ilindic State Fair
W. H. Davis
Triumph, ML
Istan
Julius
Lena
Bex
Little Queen
Accomplice in Love Quote Appears in Chicago Record
A Chicago Record item quotes a flirtatious exchange about pet names with Billy hearing the line Does your sweetheart call you pal. The piece highlights witty dialogue and social chatter from a bygone era.
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Billy
Chicago
The Chinese Situation and A Medical Adage
The piece links current Chinese entanglements to abuse of Chinese immigrants by foreign powers. It then pivots to a health note linking over taxed digestion to various ailments and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best medicine to prevent nervousness and sleeplessness. Do not fail to try it.
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Hostetter
Commodore remarks on friend’s sailing skill
Miss Price replies that her friend has been at a summer resort with two hammocks and four eligible men, explaining her good sailing skills. The exchange appears in the Brooklyn Life column as a light anecdote about social life and travel.
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Commodore
Miss Price
Brooklyn
Cas Carrets Candy Cathartic Advertisement Claim
Best for the Bowes. No matter what ails you, headache to cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CAS CARETS help nature cure you with out gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic the genuine put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Be ware of imitations.
The Extreme Limit of Caution
A humorous tale features Professor Roots praised as the most cautious man. He seeks to marry Bullion’s eldest daughter, but must obtain the father’s consent. Roots reportedly asks the venerable meatax for her hand via a long distance telephone using Sanscrit.
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Roots
Old Man Bullion
Meatax
Sanscrit
He Understands His Business in Begging Scheme
A dialogue between two beggars explains tactics to maximize gains. The first questions why a woman was not pressured, the second asserts expertise in begging, noting women together may yield money as each fears the other will appear stingy. The piece reflects street life and hustling psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Harlein
An Occult Influence Satire from Chicago Record
A humorous note quotes a fortune teller claiming a powerful influence blocks success. A witty exchange questions whether the obstacle is a baby or the cook, reflecting light satire on superstition and domestic life.
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Chicago
Free trial drops promise cures for rheumatism and more
An advertisement touts a “5 DROPS” remedy claimed to rapidly relieve rheumatism sciatica and neuralgia with a free trial bottle offered for two 2 cent stamps. It lists many ailments including gout dyspepsia backache insomnia and more and seeks agents. Also includes a humorous note about new neighbors from the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Note
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J SeeRRy Co and claims J Cheney is reliable for business dealings. Claims cure via blood and stomach absorption, sold by all druggists and patent medicine sellers.
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Hall
F. J. Seer
Cll Druggisce
Dick and I Buy Horse in Partnership
A brief item notes two men, Dick and the speaker, purchasing a horse together. Dick handles feeding and care while the speaker exercises the horse, outlining a simple division of duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Free Sample of Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Relief
You can get Allen's Foot-Ease free by writing to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a powder that cures sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes easy It is advertised as a cure for corns and bunions and is sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 250.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
LeRoy, N. Y
Modern mania for specialties cripples intellect and manhood
A reflection on how workers who tend machines for life become like machines themselves. Repeated tasks waste brain cells and faculties, turning individuals into mere manikins. The piece warns that over specialization may be a major curse to humanity.
Mrs. Winstons Boothing Aliasel Teething Ointment Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winston s Boothing Aliasel for children teething. Claims include soothing gums reducing irritation easing pain and curing wind colic linked to a 2508 bottle size.
A Shrewd Schemer and His Odd Arrangement
The Ohio State Journal notes Margin, a shrewd schemer, faced a change as he could not afford his stenographer and then married her. His wife’s father now supports them both, eliminating the need for a salary to his wife.
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Jester
Margin
Jimson
Ohio State Journal
Must Force It Discusses Hair Grower Claim
Mr Tackle insists on guaranteed results from a hair grower before football season. The dealer asserts confidence, while Tackle seeks assurance to improve condition and readiness.
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Tackle
Baltimore American
Piso's Cure for Consumption Endorsed by Resident
Local resident Jonn F Borex of Trinity Springs Indiana reports favorably on Piso's Cure for Consumption as an effective remedy for coughs and colds, dated February 16 1900.
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Jonn F Borex
Trinity Springs
Ind
Wouldn't Be Married There
A brief Chicago Post quip on beliefs in church weddings showing a couple debating church ceremonies and lotteries, reflecting social attitudes in marriage choices.
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Chicago Post
Obliging Grocer Reveals Personal Details During Interrogation
A man with a green necktie cross-examines a wholesale grocer who says he will collect money owed for groceries. He details his family, marriage of twelve years and nine months, housing cost, wife’s background, vaccination, bankbook value, and education. The inquisitor asks about the great-grandfather’s occupation.
Courage and integrity in a shifting century
A quotation urging young people to pursue virtue as the enduring guide through a century of rapid change. It warns that happiness can turn to sorrow for those who lose inner light and integrity, likening fallen stars to those who abandon virtue.
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Earth
Newell Dwight Hillis
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
List of patents issued to inventors from Minnesota and nearby states including Joseph Blanchette Dayton spark arrester Christopher H Carll Stillwater horse blanket Edward Fithian St Paul combined wallpaper display racks and sample case Henry Keller Sauk Center gand shield and truss for vehicle axles William Levings Minnetonka Minnesota game recorder Sharood assigner to Sharood & Crooks ventilated shoe patent attorneys Lothrop Johnson 911 012 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minnesota
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Northwestern
Joseph Blanchette
Dayton
Minn
Christopher H. Carll
Stillwater
Edward C. Fithian
St. Paul
Henry Keller
Sauk Center
William H. Levings
Minnetapolis
Charles K. Sharood
Sharood & Crooks
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press Bldg
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Opens Remedy for Foot Troubles
A Saner ad offers Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen sore feet corns and bunions. Shake into shoes provides quick comfort. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 26 cents with free sample by mail from Allen A Olmsted LeRoy New York.
Not Soothing Gossip Sparks Boston Social Clash
A witty dialog contrasts McJigger and the famed Miss Blugore of Boston. The press quips she is “the cream of the cream,” while McJigger notes her as a haughty young woman in a sharp exchange.
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McJigger
Miss Blugore
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Dropsy Treatment Offered Free by Atlanta Doctors
Dr. H. H. Green’s Bons of Atlanta Georgia advertises free dropsy treatment claiming to be among the world’s greatest specialists and directs readers to view the advertisement in another column.
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H. H. Green
Atlanta
Not the Sort of a High Ball He Liked in Baseball Tale
A humorous exchange reveals how marriage alters a man as Spriggs reflects on changing priorities. He jokes that once devoted to baseball football and basketball he now spends all his spare time on baby's bowl, then rises to leave for the adjoining room.
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Spriggs
To My Husband Inscription Quoted for Gravestone
A widow directs a gravestone artisan to place a dated inscription reading To My Husband. The craftsman responds with approval using the odd phrasing Yescum. The exchange appears in Tit-Bits as a humorous or instructive clipping about memorial wording.
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Slab
New Colony to House Thousands in Oklahoma Territory
The Georgia Colony founders offer a new settlement in Oklahoma Territory to provide homes for thousands. Mr. P. H. Fitzgerald of Indianapolis backs the project. Information on obtaining homes is sent free and good farmers are sought.
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Oklahoma Territory
Georgia Colony
P. H. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Indiana
Man with a history sells more than stories
A cynical quip contrasts money worship with true life meaning. A Fargo eye ear nose and throat specialist warns against wealth as success. A Chicago Post joke notes a bland man selling history by subscription, implying hidden histories behind ordinary appearances.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Chicago Post
Seeing Their Finish. Best Published-F. J. W. Gunnell Toledo
In a fragmented page the dialogue notes a marriage paper by F. J. W. Gunnell from Toledo. A satirical scene shows Farmer Green reading about English regiments in Peking and Mrs Green quipping about doctors to kill the hull of China as a judge presides.
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F. J. W. Gunnell
Toledo, Ohio
Farmer Green
Peking
Famed Nerve Restorer Ads Circulate In Early Notices
An odds and ends column repeats a sales notice for Dr. Kaine's Great Nerve Restorer offering a trial bottle and treatise from Philadelphia. It also cites a Georgia lawsuit on conjuring and a quip about aging eyes referencing dim lights before glasses. The clipping mirrors turn‑of‑the‑century advertising and society items.
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Kaine
BR. H. Kane
Philadelphia
Putnam Faceless Dyes Produce Bright Fast Colors
The fragment notes that Putnam Faceless Dyes yield the fastest brightest colors among dyes. It also hints a young man views life as a dream until experience pains him financially, then he awakens. The text warns against gaining neighbors’ respect by merely voicing thoughts.
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Putnam
Englishman’s humor proves joke improves with repeats
A remark about an English acquaintance who has heard the same joke fourteen times and still laughs, illustrating a growing amusement with repetition. The quip, attributed to the Indianapolis Press, notes humor transcends initial weariness.
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Watts
Indianapolis Press
Women Must Sleep and Find Cure in Lydia E Pinkham
Mrs Hartley of 221 W Congress St Chicago suffered nervous prostration sleep loss and dizziness. After using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound she was cured, a warning to others about declining health and the product’s effectiveness for suffering women.
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Hartley
W. Congress
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Win the Father's Heart
A brief humorous quotation from the Chicago Record features a daughter rebuffing her father’s plan to pick a husband. She notes he would deem any man suitable who listened to his talk about rheumatism.
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Chicago
Cure a Cold in One Day Brooklyn Patent Medicine Ad
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promise a quick cold cure with a refund if it fails. The box shows Grove’s signature and a price of 250.
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Grove
Rubens-like painting fetches fifty thousand dollars
A Fifth Avenue Gallery display claims the pictured work is a Rubens and notes a buyer paid fifty thousand dollars. The man who bought it is humorously called a Rube by the remarking crowd.
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Fifth Avenue
Rubens
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A. Harrier
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Bears
Amead
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Castoria
Centaur
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Ratan
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C.roteore
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Panees
Indianapolis Journal
Adams
Tn Wiarrets
Pyle Haven, Beal
W. L. Douglas
Aga Tnt
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Rox Am
Truscott
John J. Dorson
Pioneer Press
St. Pass
Milam
Minneapolis
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Grain Commission
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