Leper Island wireless link and health ads
A Boston Post report notes Penikese Island leper colony will gain daily wireless contact via a mobile station built from a boy’s home setup. The piece also promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Postum with testimonials on backache relief and coffee alternatives.
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Penikese Island
James Archibald Thomas
Upton
the Board of Health
Boston Post
Thomas
Little
Massachusetts Board of Charities
New Bedford
Penikese
West Indies
Dual purpose animals and practical farming notes
A Breeders' Gazette correspondent argues for dual purpose cattle horses sheep and swine to benefit farmers. The piece covers feeding economics hog enclosure efficiency dairy care including Prof Haecker’s advice on cow motherhood and gentle treatment boosting milk and race to reduce costs.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Haecker
Minnesota
Hgecker
Burning Sulphur to Disinfect Poultry Houses
The article explains how to burn sulphur in a vessel, using a wood fire above the sulphur for ignition. It details a disinfecting method by dissolving turpentine tar and kerosene, soaking corn cobs, and burning them to fumigate roosts and racks in the poultry house. The process should be repeated weekly for a month or longer.
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Minnesota
New York Telegram
Orpingtons and Duck Rearing Tips Featured in Notes
Orpingtons are a quiet, productive English breed with ten varieties, the white, black and buff best known in this country. Cocks reach ten pounds, hens eight, with a rounded breast and back and strong table qualities. Ducks prosper in a partly shaded yard, old orchards ideal, ducklings need dry heat and minimal water exposure while adults enjoy swimming.
Laziness on Parade at Cleveland Sermon
Dr. Charles A. Eaton of Madison Avenue Baptist Church spoke after dinner in Cleveland, blaming laziness for much misery while noting alcohol oppression and injustice. He joked about a stagehand saying the carriage waits and urged more study, mixing humor with his warning.
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Charles A. Eaton
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Jord
Breach of Promise Trial Details in Dublin
In Dublin a breach of promise case featured the defendant, with counsel Mr. T. M. Healy, K. C. V. P., recounting that he wrote 146 love letters to the plaintiff. He pressed admiration and asked for attention while the couple interacted openly, with daily letters, telegrams, and postcards reported during the six months of court testimony.
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Dublin
T. M. Healy
Mr. Heaty
Wliintiff
London Globe
Pork Tenderloins Stuffed and Roasted Tip
Household notes describe stuffed pork tenderloins baked as movle pigeons. Split each loin, fill with savory stuffing, tie, rack them in a pan, top with thin sliced meat, roast twenty minutes then baste every fifteen. Serve with boiled potatoes creamed.
Old Time Cookbook Fragments on Croquettes Stews and Roasts
A collection of kitchen notes detailing croquette making with macaroni and cheese, chicken stews pressed into jellylike loafs, beef and bone stew with vegetables, and tips for tenderizing tough steaks. Also includes bread toast recipes, dumpling guidance, and practical kitchen tasks like cleaning trays and flowers.
Cure for eczema finally found after long suffering
A reader from Arkansas recounts a year of severe itching and scaly skin on ankles feet arms and scalp. After failing to gain relief from doctors and various remedies they found relief and cure following two to three applications of Cuticura ointment along with Cuticura soap and pills.
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TP O
Henry Satie
Little Rieck
Ark
Porter Drus & Chem. Corpo
Boston
Advertisements and Promotions From a Mixed 19th Century Page
An eclectic mixture of product pitches and notices. Allen's Foot-Ease promises relief for tired feet with testimonials and warnings about imitations. Mother Gray's Australian Leaf is touted as a cure for female ailments. Various medical claims appear alongside household items and odd snippets about global reading ability and Mars.
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Nilen
Allen
Mother Gray
Mall
Mother Gray Co
Lekoy
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Safe Child Health
A column extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a trusted children's laxative tonic praised for purity and government endorsement. It notes it as a remedy for digestion and overall health, urging readers to request a free trial and highlighting its use by families.
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United States
Hovde
Steat
Loanewille
Witeb
Gorda
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Rockland
Maine
Lydia Pinkham
Telegraph Key
Camtece
Postum
Wellville
Managment OF
Hi. Oc
Tome Journal
Dairs
Trof. Haecher
Minnesota Dairy School
T. L. Haecker
THE
Orpingtons
New York Times
Eczema
Cathara
Division of Labor
Rankin
Chingo Tribune
Europe
Roumania
Norway
Britain
America
Willer
Mars
Lee
Pacance
Yonkers
Haarlem
Warren
Bleecker St
New York
Pal
Hedias
Peutos
Treet
Weite Plainly
Paxton Toilet CO
Mass
WWW. WN
Core Onbout
Don
Toore
Boos
Sas Tral BR
Jorattwell Bidgy
Ras
Mauretania
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