Doon’s Kidney Pills Reported By Bridgeport Woman
Mrs. Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with reversing prolonged illness from kidney disease. She suffered five weeks bedridden with backaches headaches and urinary irregularities before taking the medicine which she says improved from the first dose and after five boxes brought complete relief.
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Mary Wagner
Kossuth Ave
Bridgeport
Conn
Foater Milburn Co
Nuala
The Things We Eat and EGG-O-SEE Promotion
A health focused excerpt warns against cold feet and overcool bedding while praising vegetables for digestion. It promotes EGG-O-SEE cereal with claims of nutrition from wheat and minerals, urging readers to buy and try the 10 breakfast flakes package and request the free book Back to Nature from the EGG-O-SEE Company in Quincy TN.
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Company
First St
Quincy, TN
The Newspaper Maker and Its Duty to Fair Reporting
The editorial note asserts that a newspaper serves the whole community as its client, demanding sincere effort and fair news treatment regardless of faction. It warns editors must combine brains energy broad judgment and knowledge with devotion to high purposes or risk failing to meet the paper’s mission.
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Philadelphia
Hair Regrowth After Scalp Cure With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. W. Cries of Clay Center Nebraska reports a prior severe scalp itch and hair loss cured by Cuticura regimen. Weekly Cutburn Soap shampoo and twice weekly ointment followed, leaving hair six inches long and scalp in very good condition after two months and five years of healthy growth.
Soothing Syrup of Roe and Sterno Quoted
Fragmentary lines describe soothing syrup and sterno as remedies for ailments. The text notes brave hearts and wind evils, with unclear attributions to a person named Sterno.
The Right Cow Side Cartoon Sparks Editor Quarrel
A city newspaper artist depicts a milk man milking a cow, while a country editor protests the placement of the man on the cow's wrong side. The artist answers that the cow never kicks and his portraits never speak, praising his luck with animals and subjects. The piece ends reflecting on boyhood sayings about hitting a man when down.
Fragmented Panhandles Verse on Love and Everyday Folly
A playful patch of lines mocks social habits and vows. It teases June brides and cur rent magazines while imagining flights of fancy and comic domestic schemes about drinking, hats, and gardening with neighbors.
Lessons On Yard Order And Family Cooperation
A father writes on teaching children to treat screens gently and keep doors and yard clean. Emphasizes patching screens, disposing waste, and family cooperation to maintain a tidy back yard and pleasing home surroundings. The common offender is identified as the father, “The Commoner.”
Arranging Cut Flowers with Simple Home Tips
A Brooklyn Engle article shares inexpensive methods to extend flower life using a pinch of salt in the water and daily water changes. It advises trimming stems under the faucet, using green foliage for loose arrangements, and placing blooms to mimic natural growth. It also notes DIY wire screens over bowls as cheap holders.
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Brooklyn Engle
The sleep character influenced by daily cares and hunger
The passage notes that stress from the day and upcoming thoughts delay sleep and reduce refreshment. It advises avoiding a full stomach, suggesting hunger be relieved before bed with warm milk as a simple remedy.
Eggs Hundred Years Old Found In Ancient Tree
In Cirencester Gloucestershire a large tree yielded a hollow containing four eggs dated to about a century ago. The sap rings indicate the birds laid them long ago and the hollow then closed naturally. The eggs remained intact though faded.
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Cirencester
Gloucestershire
eLondon Dally Mall
German Cinnamon Cake Recipe Improvised in OCR
A recipe outlines mixing flour with baking powder and butter then adding milk and lemon. The dough should rise, roll to an inch thick, spread with a sugar cinnamon butter topping, and bake quickly in a hot oven.
Cleaning a Flower Vase with Vinegar and Salt
A simple method to clean the interior of a flower vase uses rock salt and vinegar. Add a tablespoonful of rock salt into the vase, pour in vinegar, shake for a few minutes, then rinse with soft water. Do not let water stand and sour the stems.
Maple Fudge Recipe Instructions Summary
A vintage recipe instructs to break maple sugar into bite sized pieces, simmer in milk, roll and stir until cool water forms a soft ball, then add butter and melt. Pour into greased pan, allow to cool, and cut into squares for serving.
Better Cows and Judgement in Dairy Herds
The author warns against expanding cow herds with low quality stock and urges care for existing cows. Emphasizes testing weak beifers, valuing individuality and breeding backed by performance tests. Advises maintaining a profitable standard, delaying sale of promising heifers, and using judgment alongside Babcock tests, with a cattle clearance gate for undesirable cows.
Commission merchants warn of four cent gap for soiled eggs
Commission merchants note an average four cent difference per dozen between sold eggs and those sent to market when any soiled eggs are included in a shipment. Even a small proportion of dirty eggs lowers the consignment's price. cleanliness affects consumer appeal though contents are unchanged. Poultry keepers should take time to clean shells before marketing to avoid losses.
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Commission
Neatness in Butter Packages Shapes Trade Perceptions
The article argues that neat butter packaging aids sales across markets from private families to large commission houses. It notes grocers and creamery reputations depend on tidy packaging, and that appearance influences affluent buyers who may assume better flavor from better-looking packaging.
A FEED YARD FOR WINTER STOCKS
The yard is a compact 50 by 100 foot space with high north and west windbreaks from a fence and buildings. Hay is stacked along the sheltered sides in fall to provide feed during cold spells. Cattle are fed inside when pasture is inaccessible and young stock stay warm late in the season.
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Thia
Why the horse eats often
The horse can eat for about 20 hours out of 24 and a healthy horse shows a constant good appetite. A steady feed is vital on a journey and judged by experts as essential for good horseflesh. The reason is the horse’s small stomach relative to body size, requiring frequent meals not more than four times daily with two meals in the morning and at night, hay kept within reach in the stall.
Fort William Rescue Fails as Canoe Fight Ends in Capsize
Fort William reports a canoe incident on Helen Lake where W A Thompson and Madore Bouchard fought hand to hand for nearly 30 minutes after capsizing half a mile from shore. Both exhausted, they slipped into the water as the struggle ended without clear resolution.
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Fort William, Qnt
W. A. Thompson
Madore Bouchard
Helen Lake
Sani
Tarahumaran Runners Endure 600 Mile Pace Record
A Tarahumare runner covered 600 miles in five days carrying camp gear and a white wool blanket. He traveled through rough Sierra Madre terrain averaging 120 miles per day, on pinole mixed with water, in a government document delivery test of endurance.
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Sierra Madre
Eigth
Kaffir Woman Was Brave
An 19th century tale recounts a Kaffir woman who saved a man from a lioness near Mabotse. A second anecdote shows a Sabetha woman delaying surgery due to her laundry and chores schedule, highlighting gender role expectations in daily life.
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South Africa
William Cotton Oswell
Livingstone
Mabotse
Long Fibre Length of Silkworm Cocoons Sparks Debate
The piece notes wide estimates for Bombyx mori cocoon fibre, from 1100 feet to eleven miles, with Britannica at 300 yards. New measurements on Milanese yellow cocoons raised in the United States from French eggs show lengths from 7880 to 1196 yards, reflecting divisions in entomology.
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Bombyx Mort
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Division of Entomology
United States
France
How to Make Potato Onion Chowder Step by Step
Pare and cut two quarts of potatoes and two onions. Add celery and parsley. Layer in a kettle with spices and water. Cook until potatoes are tender. Mix butter flour milk and salt. Stir and pour over chowder to serve.
Washing fold recipe from old household notes
An 1800s style washing guide describes a basic lye based cleaner. It lists ingredients potash tartar sal ammoniac borax and boiling water in a lathering wash with cold water to finish and cautions to store away from children.
Curing a Pampered Pet in a Brutal Veterinary Tale
A witty veterinary story describes an overfed toy dog sent to a brick oven with bread onion and boot. Progress reports claim the pet is doing nicely when gnawing bread, better during onion operations, and ready to be removed after tackling the boot.
We Make Travel Easy with Five Trains Daily
Travel ad outlines five daily trains via Atchison Topeka Santa Fe from Colorado to Kansas City St Joe Chicago Galveston El Paso City of Mexico. Mentions reduced rates and various initials C F Warren G A A T 8 F Ry and lists 411 Dooly Block Salt Lake City Utah.
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Atchleon
Topeka
Santa Fe
Colorado
Kansas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
Warren
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
The Power of Flattery in a Kitchen Scene
Mrs Simperton berates her maid Jane as laziest. Jane flatters back by praising the mistress piano playing and singing. The show of charm leads to Jane retaining her position. The anecdote exemplifies how flattery can influence fate in domestic life.
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Jane
Mrs. Simperton
Merit System Indorsed by Washington Visit
A representative civil service reformer met in Washington with the National Civil Service Commission and received the president’s endorsement. After decades in various government roles he warned that political meddling in appointments harms efficiency, calling the merit system essential and criticizing any head who tries to bypass it.
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Civil Service
Washington
National Civil Service Commission
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