Milwaukee Firm Leads Shoe Boom Westward Demand
The Mayer Boot and Shoe Company of Milwaukee, the world’s largest full vamp shoe maker, supplies the western market from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Growth over 25 years has seen six factories closed or replaced, and including a Seattle plant nearing completion, total capacity surpasses 9,000 pairs daily.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Great West
Wisconsin
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee
Mississippi
Pacific
Seattle
Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
Sensible to the last and clever laundry advice texts
A doctor in a Victorian tale is paid by a dying Scottish woman who dies suddenly and slips her fee from her hand with the quip sensible to the last. A laundry ad extols Defiance Starch for strength allowing thin application without dulling fabric. A moral maxim urges pride in virtue and faith that no height is inaccessible to one who acts.
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Marter
New Vegetables in Market Attract Novel Table Servings
The Chicago Journal reports novelty produce in shops including a foot long Brazilian yam priced at 75 cents and a fleshy pale green chayarette sliced, fried, or used in salads. Egyptian melons hang in windows with price ranges from 1.50 to three dollars, large melons serving a dozen to fifteen.
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Chicago Journal
Ways of Preparing Fruit in the Home
The article explains morning benefits of raw apples for constipation and recommends baked apples for easier digestion. It notes apples are good for children at breakfast or supper, with methods like sugar sprinkling or spiced jars. Pears are prepared similarly, and Apple tea is described as a child friendly drink made from boiled apples lemon rind and sugar.
Hidden reference shelf in scholar library design
In a scholar’s library shelves include a recessed 27 inch floor space with a sliding front board that forms a shallow pullout shelf. The feature allows temporary reference books to be laid out while researching, and all bookcases are built this way for convenient use.
Snowy Apple Cake Filling Instructions
Cream together sugar and butter then add egg yolks milk flour and baking powder and vanilla to form two light cake layers. For the filling whisk unbeaten egg whites with sugar and cook until stiff and white, then fold in grated apple and use to fill and frost the cake.
Lemonade Jelly Like Syrup Base from Old Recipe
A historical recipe describes making a citrus syrup by simmering lemon juice rind and sugar in a water bath, then tempering with a beaten egg, thickening the mixture over heat, blending in butter, and cooling in cold water. It notes the preparation keeps several days.
Properly Caring for Vaccination Sites in Young Children
Guidance for treating a Childs vaccinated arm advises to roll up the undershirt sleeve, pin it in place, then unpin after vaccination. Reseal sleeve when arm heals. Powder boric acid on the sore to keep it clean and dry.
Frugal Meat Mixture Recipe with Bread and Egg
Instructions describe making meat patties using two slices stale bread soaked in water, one egg, chopped onion fried in butter until just set, then mixed with seasoned meat. Form small balls and cook, avoiding burning.
Fruit Pudding Dish From Simple Prune Based Mix
A simple inexpensive dessert recipe blends one half pound prunes with a half cup sugar. Scald a half cup of grapenuts with prune sauce, add shredded prunes, then serve topped with whipped cream for a tasty fruit pudding.
New King of Sweden a Peasant Line Ruler in Time
Gustavus of Sweden, heir to the Holstein-Gottorp line, is described as a poetic, duty driven crown prince married to Queen Victoria who upholds traditional laws and a simple life. The piece notes his lack of early military interest, his wife’s royal connections, and the couple’s humble public image despite European alliance shifts. Also included is a brief vignette about a Broadway poison window and a nearby gun store, as reported by The Spatula.
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London
Clustovus
Sweden
Oscar
Gustavus
Victoria
Swi
Holstein-Gottorp
Bernadotte
Napoleon
Marshal
Baden
England
Europe
Rome
Vatican
Leo
Crown
Gustavus Adolf
House of Bernadotte
Broadway
Autos for Arctic Explorers Build Cars for Pole Attempts
At least six automobiles patterned after the Long Island Scooter are being built for Arctic explorers to use in summer 1908 pole attempts. Two cars are for Dr Frederick A Cook of Brooklyn and one for Anthony Fiola of the Ziegler expedition fame, with others to unnamed explorers. A pile driver in New Orleans stands 108 feet high as the tallest yet.
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Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Bing
Hamton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Long Island
Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Peary
Anthony Fiala
Ziegler Expedition
Farman and Santos-Dumont Vie for Grand Aviation Prize
Paris reports Henri Farman and Santos-Dumont competing for the Deutsch Archdea con Grand Aviation Prize worth about $10,000. Farman showed several flights toward 1,000 feet to half a mile but failed to return to the departure point. Santos-Dumont’s new machine reached about 650 feet without completing the required round trip. The contest drew attention to advancing aerial flight and its future implications.
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Henri Farman
Paris
Santos-Dumont
Deutsch Archdeacon
Ayl
M Farman
Aero @lyb
France
M. Farman
M. Santos-Dumont
Durham White Stevens as Mikado adviser and diplomat
The article outlines Durham White Stevens birth in Washington on February 1 1852 his Oberlin education and rise as secretary of the U S legation in Tokio in 1878 adviser to the Japanese embassy in Washington and later to the Korean government with further roles relating to Japanese treaties for the Philippines and Hawaii He received two decorations from the emperor of Japan and is described as having deep diplomatic experience Also features a humorous domestic exchange about a conscience fund and a light dialog about an engagement ending.
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Durham White Stevens
Mikado
United States
Far East
Washington
Oberlin College
Tokio
Phillippines
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Disappearing Paper For Lovers Revealed In Sulphuric Work
A historical note describes a paper designed for lovers letters that dissolves with sulphuric acid after a set period. The concept centers on secrecy and novelty, implying a chemical method to ensure messages vanish.
Five Months in Hospital and Cure Claims
A man from Anoka Minnesota reports five months in hospital ending with a diagnosis of incurable and six months to live. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring health and notes their sale at 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Levi P. Brockway
Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
J. B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Hie
Waring, Kinnan & Maggin
Ofiai
al Drugegtete
Hall
Defense of the bachelor and a flood of odd clippings
A fragment includes a Baltimore Sun quotation arguing married men commit more crimes, followed by stray notes about Louise and her aunt, song adverts, a joke about mail and bills, starch marketing, dog fondness after assessing husbands, a laxative brand claim, and a Pliny quote about clemency. Multiple unrelated items appear in a chaotic slice of text.
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Dodds
Ntely
Hostese
Hamburg
Father
King Gustavus OF
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Farman
Washington Post
Blinker
Miss Splicer
Clinker
Durham
W. Stevens
Griggs
Briggs
Eczema
Cutiura
Turkey
Engish
Lutheran Church
Jackson
Wilson
Queen Elizabeth
Jordan
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Louise
Nel
Pliny
Alifornia
Fic Syrup Co
Carterliver Pills
Ferry
Bend
Planner
I. O. M. Perry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Goldiers
IeDacren
Naw N. Copp
Washington, D. C
Kellous Hewhpaper CO
W. Adnee
Chienge
N. U
Denver
Jacobs
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neh
Esaph 1
Bookkee Iie
Champa Street
Colorado
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