Clipping the Horse for Better Health and Value
A clipping guide argues spring clipping improves a horse’s health and work, reduces illness, and increases value. It cites a Buffalo test of 500 horses showing clipped animals remained healthy versus 153 illnesses among unclipped. It notes care, feeding, grooming, and a $7 clipping machine as a purchase option.
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England
France
Hinir
Buffalo Street Car
Belew
Baby's Torturing Humor Ended by Cuticura Cure
Mrs. George J. Steese of Akron Ohio reports her infant daughter suffered a widespread skin humor with ears appearing to drop off. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the sores healed within two weeks and the child’s face and body became clear. She praises the low Price of seventy five cents versus five dollars.
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Cuticura
George J. Steese
Coburn St
Akron
Ohio
Senator Questions Park Label for Public Works Funds
An inquisitive constituent asks why Internal improvements funds for building public structures and river work are called park. The senator replies that people demand it and Uncle Sam grunts when the money is provided.
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Asid
Sam
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames catarrh for nine of ten cases, claims to restore the Eustachian tube, and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Includes contact for F J Cheney & Co Toledo and mentions Wall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hull
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugglata
Wall
Grass Hay Free Offer Amid Jumbled Ad and Quotation
An old newspaper fragment mixes a humorous quote about a man named Cholly with a promotional offer promising 5 tons of grass hay free, and a seed book catalog from Salzew’s Bargain Seed Book. The garbled text cites a seed company in Wisconsin and urges readers to mail back the notice for seed to grow fodder this summer.
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Salzew
Enaual A
Balsereet Reed Co
Lock Draw Ng
Rla
Wis
Message in a Fish Stomachs Sparks Odd Note
A smelt found in Plainfield New Jersey carried a corked bottle with a note from Harry Durant of Margate Prince Edward Island Canada dated June 4 1906. The writer asked for a reply and claimed the bottle traveled a thousand miles in a day.
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Fred Ivamy
Plainfield
N. J
New York Tribune
Harry Durant
Margate
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Heritage of Civil War Sufferers Highlight Kidney Disease
Captain John Tl Els of the Seventeenth Ohio recounts kidney trouble from Civil War service and credits Donn's Kidney Pills with his recovery after 1901. He describes pain, back weakness, and urinary distress improving after using the remedy. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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John Tl. Els
Seventeenth Ohio
Td Street
Newton
Kat
Ely Sayes
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Archaeology Finds Modern Fashion in Ancient Crete Statues
Arthur Evans reports small earthenware statues of a goddess and two attendants from a subterranean sanctuary in Crete. The figures wear modern looking dress including a corset and Louis XV style robe. The piece satirizes inflated statements about ancient fashion and body trends.
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Arthur Evans
Oxford
Minos
Crete
B. C
Everybody's Magazine
Detective notes a familiar girl at the boarding house
The detective quietly observes at the boarding house and realizes the same girl is present as two years earlier. He recalls recognizing her thumb print to the butter, noting the unchanged scene and his prior familiarity.
Editor credits Grape-Nuts for vigor and recovery
A New Jersey editor describes severe nervous dyspepsia from improper food, quitting work for years. After adopting a Grape-Nuts regimen with outdoor activity he reports improved digestion, renewed strength, and the ability to write vigorously. The testimonial names Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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New Jersey
Postum Co
Batthe Creek
Mich
Wellville
Quotable Jokes and Witty Quips From Old Newspapers
A collage of brief humorous exchanges and quips from several papers. The items feature banter about marriage debts, card parties, dieters, spankings, prison life, wit, manners, and social mishaps. Names like Dora Cholly and Nora appear alongside city papers such as Chicago Sun Detroit Free Press and New York Sun.
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Dora
Cholly
Nora
Chicago Sun
Freddy
Freddie
New York Sun
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Press
Minneapolis Journal
Sultor
Milwaukee Sentinel
Cleveland
Indianapolis Star
Cornell
Dolly
One Cause of Poverty and the Charity Debate
A Philadelphia speaker praises Mary Mapes Dodge for favoring personal contact in charity over organized systems. She never refused a beggar, recalling a Maryland tramp conversation about why the rich rarely help the poor, noting that those who enjoy giving often stay poor.
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Mary Mapes Dodge
Bill
Philadelphia Bulletin
Banks of Canada Gain People’s Savings 816
Ottawa reports 1905 prosperity across Canada’s financial system. Bank deposits rose by over 50 million to 522.3 million in chartered banks, with total public savings reaching 609.5 million and an average per capita credit balance above 100. The Dominion treasury shows a surplus of 7.803 million amid rising revenues.
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Dominions
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
United States
Denmark
Dominion Finance Department
Dominion Treasury
Allen's Foot Ease Free Sample Offer
A modern advertisement notes a free sample of Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired sweaty or swollen feet and tight shoes. It claims relief for corns bunions and lists drugstores and shoe stores as outlets. Also mentions other products and odd facts for reader interest.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Pink Pills Claim Strength Restore Writings
Mrs Amelia Hall of Norwich County credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her strength and appetite after grip and lasting weakness. She describes nerve trouble, breathing issues, and fainting spells, noting other remedies failed before the pills improved flesh and health. The ad promotes the pills and offers a booklet from Schenectady NY.
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Wittens
Amelia Hall
Ian Street
Norwich Coun
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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