Beets as Large as Your Arm at Edmonton Garden
The Brown City Banner reports editor visits a seven acre Edmonton District garden owned by Donald Ross. He notes onions yield of 700 bushels per acre and beets the size of an arm, with cabbage and turnips also exceptionally large. Prices received for produce are listed, and Canadian government agents promote settlement in Western Canada.
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Brown City
Mich
Canada
Edmonton
Donald Ross
Kdmonton
Ross
Ile
United States
Allen's Foot-Fase and Lane's Family Medicine Adverts
An 19th century ad promotes Allen's Foot-Fase a powder to shake into shoes claiming to cure corns bunions chilblains and various foot ailments available at driggists and shoe stores with sample offered. Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement health benefits acting on liver and kidneys curing sick headache priced 25 cents.
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Zoe
Asis
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N.Y
Lane
Rheumatism Cure Claims Broad Reach in Sample Offer
A 19th century notice promotes "5 Drops" as a remedy for rheumatism and la grippe. It claims a large-scale sample distribution of 100,000 bottles at 25 cents each within thirty days, urging readers to become agents and order direct from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. at 167 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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Paris
Texas
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Chicago
M. J. Jayroe
Dearborn Street
Peculiar Brussels Fabric for Waving and Decor
A new fabric from Brussels offers a flexible transparent material impervious to water suitable for portieres shades and umbrellas. It can be washed with cold water like glass using a sponge. The process uses wide meshed muslin filled with chrome gelatin then light exposure to render it insoluble, then coated with oil and varnish and printed for ornament.
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Brussels
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children in New York. It claims to cure feverishness stomach disorders teething issues and worm infestations with over 10 000 testimonials and a 25 cent price. Samples are offered free at Allen 5. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen
le Roy
N. Y
Curious Lake Sela wik Shows Tides From Sea Link
An Alaska traveler describes Sela wik lake near the coast where tides rise and fall likely due to an underground sea connection. The bottom water is fresh while the upper layer remains sweet, creating a curious two layer effect.
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Alaska
Selawik
Grain-O replaces coffee in grocers stores
A new preparation called Grain-O made from pure grains is now in grocery stores. It closely imitates coffee with less distress to sensitive stomachs and costs about one fourth as much. Children may drink it with benefit. Try Grain-O per package.
Beehive Lightning Rod Update From Independence
In dependence Missouri residents report a novelty on a courthouse lightning rod where a brass ball holds a hive of bees. Honey drips from the rod as the bees settle inside the sphere.
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Independence
Salzer Seed Company Ad Promotes German Coffee Berry
A message from Mr. Goodman of Williams County England notes his success growing coffee from Salzer's German Coffee Berry, costing 15 cents per package. The Salzer Seed Co. of LaCrosse Wisconsin offers seeds by mail upon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice.
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Goodman
Williams County
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Quinine Origins Tied to Cinchona Bark
A 7th century note explains quinine comes from Peruvian cinchona bark. The name derives from Count Cinchon of Peru whose wife was treated for intermittent fever using the remedy.
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Cinchon
Peru
Nickel Plate Rail to Use Van Buren Station in Chicago
Nickel Plate Road announces all passenger trains will arrive and depart from the Van Buren Street Station starting Sunday March 0. The new arrangement leverages the Great Union Depot in Chicago, offering lower rates, three express trains daily, through sleeping cars to New York and Boston, and dining facilities to boost travel.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
van Buren Street
Union
Hypnotic Wonders and Home Cures Promoted in Ad Snippet
A fragment notes hypnotic wards claim trance effects from glances and extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney and digestive troubles. It mentions a $100 reward for Catarrh cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure by F Chenney & Co and a sales pitch by dealers.
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Paria
Hungarian caricaturist Janko dies at 63
Johann Janko, a renowned Hungarian caricaturist, has died at the age of 63. His vast body of work includes more than 80,000 drawings.
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Johann Janko
Political barb echoes in family dispute over elder brother
In a tense exchange a speaker questions why the elder brother would have shaped policy while a rival dismisses him as ignorant about business, likening him to a baby. The remark exposes personal friction influencing public debate.
Cough Remedies and Teething Aid Advertisements
An old newspaper clipping touts Kemp's Balsam as an instant cough cure with free samples and 25 or 50 cent bottles. It also notes Browning earning $10,000 yearly from his works and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething with a 9 5 cent bottle.
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