Through Rural England and Its Fields of Paths and Thorn
Fielda Croan notes English harvest life with overtime peaking June to September and farmers ccarrying loads by moonlight. Footpaths divide fields lowering rents. hawthorn thorns deter poachers while allotments near railway towns provide leisure and social charm in the Midlands. Tomatoes benefit from year to year soil culture. an elephant trunk is said to hold fifty thousand muscles, while a man learns value of paying a girlfriend’s bills.
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England
Midlands
Inna
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Mid-landa
Lanca Shire
New York Observer
Speaking Clock in Switzerland Delivers Phonographic Time
Swiss makers unveil phonographic clocks that audibly announce the hour at a press of a button. Alarms wake sleepers with phrases like It is 6 o clock get up and may be customized in tone. A Geneva watchmaker uses vulcanized rubber slabs to imprint the spoken words.
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Switzerland
Geneva
Confession of a Millionaire Promotes Stomach Bitters
A millionaire credits hard work for success and explains restoring health by investing in his stomach. He claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures dyspepsia and indigestion by addressing the starting point, the stomach, and restoring health.
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Hostetter
Parts of a Watch Show Complexity and Production Pace
The average watch contains about 175 pieces and undergoes up to 2,400 distinct operations in manufacture. The balance performs around 18,000 vibrations per hour, totaling 12,960,080 in thirty days and 157,680,000 in a year. It travels roughly 8,558 miles in a year.
Crown gems reused for Queen Victoria coronation
Royal crown crafted for Victoria's coronation used gems recycled from earlier crowns. Old pieces were broken up to supply stones and settings, saving time and money in the creation of the new crown.
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Great Britain
Victoria
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promotes Internal Healing Tone
Warning against mercury based catarrh products and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally targeting mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tolado, C
Busing Hall
Toledo
Ohio
Druggiata
All Good Ones
Ethel boasts of a dozen marriage proposals from George, prompting Maud’s astonished mercy as the Boston Traveler notes the exchange in lighthearted fashion.
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Ethel
Maud
George
Boston
Grain-O Promises Healthy Meals for Children
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a nutritious substitute for coffee for children, claiming it is made from pure grains and tastes like coffee. It notes price around 4 to 25 cents and widespread availability from grocers. Additional promos urge Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Kemp's Balsam for colds, touting fast relief and samples. Also mentions British Museum coin collection size and a joke line about telling a bald man a hair-raising story.
Avoid the Night Air With St Jacobs Of Cure
A brief health note claims avoiding damp cold night air helps neuralgia, while St Jacobs Of is asserted to cure it regardless of cause or duration.
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St. Jacobs Old
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs of
A Brave Man Delivers Wooden Wedding Joke
A comic quip recounts Fenwick's supremely confident view of his wife after gifting her a rolling pin as a wooden wedding present. The joke pivots on the pun of wooden gifts and marriage hints at domestic humor within the era.
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Fenwick
Grain-O cereal drink touted as coffee substitute
The ad promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims children can drink it safely, all who try it like the taste, and notes a rich mocha like color. Priced at 15c and 25c per package, sold by grocers.
Snow and Water Weight and Bulk Details
A cubic foot of newly fallen snow weighs five and four half pounds and has twelve times the bulk of an equal weight of water.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowels Health
An ad notes Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily to stay healthy, claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys, and lists cure for a sick headache with prices at 25 and 50 cents. The piece also mentions Talestines population growth from 15,000 ten years ago to nearly 60,000 today.
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Lane
Talestines
Jaffa
Travel by the North-Western Line to California
California-bound travel offered with favorable single and round trip rates. Daily through trains year round with best first-class and tourist sleeping car accommodations. Weekly personally conducted tourist car parties to California and Denver. Multiple routes without extra charge. Details from Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
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California
North- Western
Drevor
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Home Seekers Cheap Excursions by Rail
Advertisement notes December 6 and 2 rail excursion tickets by the Chicago and North Western Railway for home seekers to western and southern points at very low rates with favorable times. Inquires to local agents. Also promotes Ripans Tabules for children and a testimonial request for Ripans products.
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Northe Western Line
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Relief From Pain Promoted By Lydia S Pinkham Remedy
Letters from T A Walden Florence Wolfe W R Bates describe severe menstrual pain, inflamed womb, and lifelong relief after using Lydia S Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. They credit improved health and urge others to try the remedy.
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Tire
W. R. Bates
Mansfield
Lydia S. Pinkham
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