Swiss Military System Seen as Model for Civilization
A Washington correspondent praises Switzerland as the world’s best organized in defense. The elite army, landwehr reserves, and compulsory military education are detailed, with figures on troop counts, age ranges, and the central role of federal vs local authority. The piece notes potential lessons for other nations despite U.S. scale.
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Switzerland
Washington
New York Commercial
Landwehr
United States
Artillery
Federal Council
The Grand Medicine Man and Ojibway Rituals
The Grand Medicine Lodge uses long ceremonies over days with many gods and spirits. Initiation involves dreams of a guiding animal, bead or quill ornamentation, and the animal spirit as companion. Medicine men excel in wounds and arrow removal though herbs are limited. A funeral rite addressed the departed with a grim taunt and promise of companionship in the afterlife.
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Grand Medicine Lodge
A Whimsical London Cab Ride To The Station
A young woman hires a cab to reach the station in twenty minutes. The slow horse plods five miles an hour for fifty yards before the driver is urged to whip it. She pleads for a stronger wake up blow and the cabby reveals the horse is "hit the hanimal all over" except the left ear.
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Cabby
London
Power of a Childs Gift Leads Church Debt Free
A disabled girl in Plainfield New Jersey who died ten years ago left 2.30 to her beloved church to buy a doll carriage. When a $2000 mortgage encumbrance arose the pastor urged parishioners to imitate the child. A single collection inspired by the girl’s example raised the funds, and the church is now debt free. And a little child shall lead them.
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Plainfield
N. J
Philadelphia Times
Generous Diet for the Traples Cited by Major Ruthers
Major G W Ruthers of the commissary department insists the American soldier in the islands needs the full army ration, including fresh beef, to maintain health in Luzon. He notes soldiers crave sweets and acids and cites saar kraut demand, adding Filipino health improves on American foods.
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G. W. Ruthers
Commissary Department
Islands
Ire
Luzon
Washington Post
Ayer's Pills Touted as Standard Family Remedy
An old advertisement claims Dizzy and bilious symptoms indicate liver problems and promotes Ayer's Pills as a direct liver remedy. It touts 60 years of use as the standard family pill and suggests small doses cure ailments for all ages.
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Ayer
Binding Twine Industry: State Plants Produce for Farmers
Kansas and Minnesota run state binding twine plants where penitentiary convicts manufacture twine at cost. Kansas will use about 12 million pounds this year at roughly 10 cents per pound, with the state plant supplying about a quarter of the total.
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Kansas
Minnesota
South Polar expeditions and Cocopa customs observed in 19th century notes
The text notes plans for at least three national expeditions to the South Polar regions, with departures from Germany England and Sweden, and funding from Kin ear. It also profiles the Cocopa Indians of the Lower Colorado, describing their riverine agricultural lifestyle, mortuary practices of burning house and body, and the social meaning of property distribution after death, framed as primitive yet revealing. Additional items mention silk mills in 1666, Garfield headache powders, Italian telegrams after a royal birth, Putnam dyes, pigeons released at Spandau, and a closing quip about foolish behavior.
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Germany
England
Sweden
Kinear
Colorado
Baja
California
Sonora
Ladies Can Wear Shoes After Allen's Foot Ease
Allen's Foot Ease powder aids tight shoes by makes feet feel comfortable. It cures swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at croquats and shoe stores for 25 cents or trial by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY. Myrrh from Arabia and Persia was used medically in Solomon's time.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cascanets Cathartic Tablets Promote Natural Bowels
A vintage patent remedy advertisement touts Cascanets as a cure for all ailments through bowel regulation. It promises painless, easy movements, claims 10 cents to start, and warns against imitations while describing metal box packaging and tablet labeling.
Kennebunkport Canoebuilding Industry Highlights History
Kennebunkport, Maine, once famed for shipbuilding and today still occasional schooner launches, reflects a long tradition of boat construction and maritime enterprise in the coastal town.
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Kennebunkport
Meat Eaters’ Demand for Fresh Food Surges
The vegetarian movement shows little impact on meat eater forces as demand for fresh food booms. The era sees unprecedented appetite for meat and related provisions across armies and communities, reflecting shifting supply dynamics and consumer behavior.
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Little Republic
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Maas
Cuckingham
Indians of
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Garfield
Italy
Spandau
Hamburg
Arabia
Persia
Solomon
White
Tamsure Piso
Maple St
Norwich
Albert Burch
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Draggistes
Hi. H. Guurx
Soxs
Atlanta
Monruty
Dept. A
Temple Court
New York
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Kent
Edward's Mall
Ress RV. A
Morriss&y
PS Y Nix
Greer
Thompson's
Bery & Sons
Boston
U. 5
F. New Sq
Potter Dave and Chem
Coxr
Sole
Lion Coffee Grand
Woolson Spice CO
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