Pine Tree Pure Pine Oil Promises Lung Health
An old advert touts Pure Virgin Oil of Pine as a cure for lung troubles and coughs. It claims pine extracts clean the blood, improve digestion, and aid consumption prevention, with a Maine Pine Woods camp cited as proof. The bottle is sold in half ounce vials by Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati, warning against imitations.
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Kamschatka
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Fire loss in the United States tops 1906 toll
A 1906 review reports nearly 7,000 lives lost and over 500 million dollars in property destroyed by fire in the United States. The text notes no other country matches this level of fire loss and cites the San Francisco earthquake as a peak year within a long-term average near 200 million annually.
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United States
San Francisco
Eulogy and Time Woes in Humorous Snatches
A Little Rock bookkeeper writes a eulogy for his late employer praising the man’s keen perception and will that steered him into the grocery and coal trades. The tale is contrasted with Mrs Hooligan racing against time muttering about tolmes and tolmesa as she hurries through chores.
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Little Rock
Ark
Blank
Harper's Magazine
Toime
Toilde
Tolme
Dreaded to Eat and Coffee-Fueled Indigestion Cure
A Philadelphia woman recalls years of coffee caused indigestion and dread of meals. After switching to Postum, she and her husband improved, noting relief from post-meal dullness and better health, and urge others to try it, citing Battle Creek based Postum Co and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Phila
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Chocolate Teas and Cookies Recipe Notes
A vintage chocolate themed menu lists beverages cookies and confections. Recipes cover hot chocolate with whipped cream cocoa biscuits chocolate petit fours and chocolate cookies with step by step instructions and ingredients.
Keeping Windows Clean and New Potatoes by New Oven Method
The article advises weekly window cleaning with warm soapy-free methods using borax ammonia or lime water, and suggests using chanels or cheesecloth for wiping. It notes alcohol on glass for luster and mentions asbestos cloth mats as a table surface saver. A new method to bake potatoes by removing rear range covers and heating in oven space is described for even cooking without watching.
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Vienna
Tosa
Sugar in boiling vegetables improves flavor and color
A cook advises adding a lump of sugar to green vegetables during boiling to enhance flavor and help retain vivid color. The tip emphasizes simple, practical kitchen technique for better results.
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Woman in Stillwater
Mrs. A. Heiman of Stillwater Minnesota credits Doan's Kidney Pills with saving her life in 1899 after severe back pain fainting spells and disordered kidney secretions. She says she has remained well since and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York at 50 cents a box.
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Doan
A. Heiman
Stillwater
Minn
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Photographic Telegraphed Images and Paint Adulteration News
Prof Korn in Munich has improved telegraphic photo transmission sending six by seven inch images from Munich to Nuremberg in 10 to 15 minutes. Fargo Agricultural Experiment Station reveals widespread adulteration in paints with chalk barytes silica and petroleum. labels often misrepresent contents. A German device attaches phonographs to doors delivering sales prompts to shoppers.
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Korn
Munich University
Munich
Nuremberg
Agricultural Experiment Station
Fargo
N. D
EB. F. Ladd
Clover and Grass Seeds Offer From John A. Saleer Seed Co
The John A. Saleer Seed Co promotes Clover Grass Seeds for hogs cattle and sheep. It claims to be the largest grower of various farm seeds across America and lists a mammoth 148 page catalog. Buyers can request free catalog by mail or send stamps for a sample pack including balance rations fodder plants and clover.
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Rine
John A
Saleer Seed Co
Box W
la Crosse
Win
Martha Washington
Reclamation Service Converts 280000 Desert Acres
In four years the reclamation service has made 280000 acres productive, a quarter of the area mapped for irrigation under 22 projects. Harper's Weekly notes the long term effort to reclaim arid land and expand water use.
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Reclamation Service
Harper's Weekly
Hoaxes and Home Remedies Advert to Purify Blood and Soften Feet
A garbled 19th century advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a mild laxative to purify blood and improve health, alongside Allen's Foot-Ease powder claimed to cure painful numb feet and ingrown nails. It urges use of substitutes and offers a trial package free from A 8 Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
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