King Oscar of Sweden and Norway Unlikely to be Secretive
Oscar II, noted for democracy within monarchy, writes memoirs for posthumous release. He recalls meeting botanist Gaston Bonnier near Stockholm. The monarch invited Bonnier to his home for lunch, then hosted him at the palace gate and they spent the afternoon discussing botany.
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Sweden
Norway
Oscar
M. Gaston Bonnier
Stockholm
M. Bonnier
King Oscar
Dear Mrs Pinkham Vege table Compound testimonial
A letter from Miss Evizaneta Carve of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing eight months of suppressed menstruation and resulting debility. The ad asserts the product aids nature during the coming change and invites young women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Elizabeth Caine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evizaneta
Fond du Lac
Wis
Agricultural notes on sheep feeding and beekeeping tips
A Fayette Minnesota reader explains folding woodbox design to keep kitchen odors from the dining area. The piece also covers summer sheep pasture, winter rations, wool fibre quality, and swarming indicators plus beekeeping preparedness. It cites potato variety yields from Ohio experiments, listing top performers and fertilizer impacts, noting regional soil differences.
Sweet Corn Fertilization For Early Market Readiness
Agriculture note by B. B. Voorhees in American Agriculturist outlines fertilization to speed sweet corn to market. Recommends 500 to 800 pounds per acre of a nitrogen four percent, available phosphoric six percent, potash eight percent mix, with nitrogen from organic forms and some nitrate sources. Advocates regional nitrogen splits and sources such as dried blood, fish, or cottonseed meal for rapid early growth and high commercial value.
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Ohio
Mondl
Warly Rose
Karly Rose
Pingree
Uncle Sam
Mondi
Whiton
Livingston
Pat
B. B. Voorhees
Demand for quality farm dairy butter grows stronger
The article urges dairy farmers to invest in high quality cows and equipment, noting butter demand will rise irrespective of oleo policy. It highlights a robust dairy sector, the need for efficient production, and the coming corn crop’s impact on feed costs, with silos and better feeding as key for a profitable year.
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Corn
Solar Wax Extractor for Beekeeping Demonstration
A practical household windfall from G Herman of New Jersey outlines building a solar wax extractor. Construct a 12 by 18 inch box with a glass cover and adjustable back legs, a perforated front base for dripping honey, and a tin semi circle as a strainer. The device uses sun heat for melting comb and separating honey, with cleaning access and south-side placement for extra heat.
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Old Sol
G. Herman
New Jersey
Creek Negroes of Indian Territory Stand Out Among U S Blacks
The New York Tribune survey describes 7000 Creek descendants in Indian Territory who own vast land holdings and influence, with their own legislature, schools, and churches. It notes social separation from Creek Indians, rising white settlement in Okmulgee, and mixed cultural traits amid aspirations for statehood.
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United States
Indian Territory
South
North
Canadian River Bottoms
Okmulgee
Frisco
New York Tribune
Exercising Horses and the Value of Regular Work
An English army officer argues regular exercise strengthens horses and reduces leg injuries. He notes well-conditioned animals adapt to work, avoid excess fat, and suffer fewer accidents from overexertion. He cites stage coaches as proof of endurance, contrasting with carriage horses in poorer condition.
Prize of Virtue Awarded to Mile Bonnefois
The French Academy bestows a Prize of Virtue on Mile Bonnefois for dedicating her life to educating children in booths and caravans. She travels fairs and circuses with a tent school, performing a vast amount of good among rough clients both young and old.
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French Academy
Mile
Bonnefois
Presbyterian Pastor Praises Peruna Endorsements
A Presbyterian pastor Rev. E Smith testifies Peruna cured his family catarrh and his elder Rev FE G Smith of Greensboro Ga corroborates. M J Rossman a Greensboro merchant endorses Peruna after kidney catarrh relief and urges others to try it. Dr Hartman offers free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Peruna
Prespeterien Church
E. Smith
E.G. Smith
M. J. Rossman
Greensboro
Presbyterian Church
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Remarkable Finds And Endorsements In 1900 Ads
A Texas skeleton with an eight inch jaw appears alongside numerous medical and patent medicine ads. Promoters such as J. Cheney & Co and Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer claim cures or rewards, while local life expectancy figures and trade notes about Orinoco and cedar exports appear in this era’s classified-like material.
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Texas
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Ayer
Buckingham
Sode
R. P. Hall &Co
Nashua
Young People’s Christian Temping Association
Elizabeth ‘Aine
Fond du Lac, Wis
Mrs. Pinkham
Hauck
H. M. Green
Box D
Atisata
Uosecki
Thompson
Eya
Agricultural
Randy Woodbox
George H. Townsend
Solar
Harmony
Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church of
Greensboro, Ga
Kline
R.H. Kurgg, Ltd
Phila
Orinoco
Tamsure Piso
Mars
Maple St
Norwich
N. Y
British Columbia
Qecartd
Andy Cathartic
Dengrieu
Hamlin
Ad. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
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