What the Ants Tell Us
If ants are seen clearing nests in the morning with earth moved to the surface there will be no rain. If in the afternoon ants hurry back and guards drive stragglers home rain will come that afternoon or night. The mechanism by which ants predict weather remains unknown.
Portable wooden dog kennels for hotel guests
A Hotel World article urges hotels to rent portable dog kennels for guests to use in rooms. The design calls for about four feet long with a width fitting through room doors, wood construction, upper open wire work, and a bottom with caster feet.
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Gassaway’s California Health Trip Ends in Cholera Infantum Death
Hyperbole Gassaway left town for health reasons in southern California and sent cheerful updates, saying he felt younger. Weeks later the family learned through the mayor that after a month’s stay he died of cholera infantum, ending a troubling correspondence.
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Italian nuncio conceives pocket wireless receiver device
The Italian savant Mgr Cerebotant, papal nuncio at Munich, invents a pocket wireless receiver like a large watch. It requires only a bobbin of wire and a metallic encased cane. The device can receive messages from stations within twenty to thirty miles at a given moment.
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How to Have a Safe Enjoyable Worker Outing
The guide urges workers to plan affordable outings with a cheerful attitude. Stay within your means, avoid excess, and prioritize health and rest. Keep temper in check and prepare to adapt to whatever turns up to ensure a pleasant experience.
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Girls Win Spelling Contests In New Orleans Schools
The article notes that girls dominate public school spelling contest victors in New Orleans, with last year showing the same pattern. It ponders whether female superiority extends beyond spelling, citing early mind development and rising numbers of women in stenography and typing roles.
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New Orleans
Parables of the Kingdom in Matthew 13 Explored
A lesson text on the mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure, and the pearl. It discusses the growth and spread of the kingdom, personal transformation through the gospel, and the differing views on treasure and finding the lost in the kingdom.
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Land prospects in Canada lure settlers and investors
The article urges a Canada land purchase before higher prices and rail access expand. It cites strong crop prospects, immigration surges, and railway development by Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian Northern. Agents offer maps and guidance, with homesteaders drawn to central Canada for wealth and community amenities.
Fragmentary Victorian Ad Snippets in Public Notices
A collection of fragmented 19th or early 20th century ad style text includes quips about imminent war with England a Roosevelt visit poem references, eye remedy promotions, Red Cross Ball Blue, a money borrowing joke, and various medical and household product pitches. The tone is dated and miscellanous with garbled phrases and branding hints.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after two doctors advised a third operation for inflammation and a small tumor. She says after three bottles she recovered and urges others to build up the feminine system to avoid surgery. The ad promotes the remedy for displacements ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms.
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Cascarets Make World’s Biggest Sell, Boxed as Cure
The article touts Cascarets as a leading remedy marketed as a week long treatment. It claims the product is the world’s biggest seller with million boxes sold monthly.
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Coca Cola Baseball Record Book 1910 and Truth About Coca Cola
The Coca Cola Company of Atlanta sends a 1910 Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book with schedules and baseball data, plus a booklet titled The Truth About Coca-Cola. Includes an offer to obtain both by sending a 2-cent postage stamp. Advertising copy promotes Coca Cola as cooling and thirst-quenching.
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Coca-Cola
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Motto of knighthood echoes in reflective dialogue
In a quiet exchange, Primly urges kindness to the absent while Cayenne contemplates restraint for tiresome crowds. The line on loving and serving remains a knightly ideal, shaping a thoughtful moment.
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Mr. Primly
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Not Sisters Now and Again You See Women on Street
Observes two women who resemble sisters but are mother and daughter, noting that a woman at forty or forty five should be at her best. Blames female weakness for poor health and appearance, and promotes Favorite Prescription from Dr. Pierce with confidential free postal consultations from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Dr. R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N.Y
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