Seven Years Ago a Rochester Chemist Finds Effective Medicine
William A. Franklin of Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co. Rochester describes using Deans Kidney Pills seven years earlier to treat kidney ache backache and irregular kidney secretions. He reports prompt relief after three boxes and says he was cured. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
William A. Franklin
Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Diamond Dealers Mistake and a Contested Diamond
A buyer asks for examination of a diamond in a jeweler’s shop. The jeweler critiques the gem as fair but not exceptional, noting lack of fire and imperfect cut. The buyer withdraws, claiming a $40 deposit and seeking return as the deal falls through.
Cure for Severe Eczema Reported by Ontario Woman
Mrs Golding of Ayr Ontario recounts a drastic eczema case on both legs from knees to ankles. She credits Cuticura Remedies with soothing relief after doctors declared the limb wasted and pain unbearable.
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Mra Golding
Ayr
Ontario
Canada
Commercial Cullings on 19th Century Trade Flows
The report lists Argentina’s frozen meat exports totaling 3 526 124 carcasses and 4 922 757 quarters of beef. It notes France’s varied mineral output including lead zinc copper coal lignite iron antimony arsenic and salt along with large cement and phosphate production. 1890 to 1904 trade figures show Germany and Japan shipping value to the US and Japan rising sharply for goods, with Japanese goods exports growing to about 22 409 000.
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Argentian
France
Germany
Enka
United States
Japan
Trog
Tricky Mac Promotes Attention to Detail in Work Ethic
Fragmentary notes discuss building business success through attention to detail rather than sheer hard work. The text emphasizes making tasks enjoyable to improve output and mentions various phrases about how people are persuaded by small, well presented elements.
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de Talla
Leaving a Card Mood Tone In Tatler Snippet
A fragment from the Tatler records a brief exchange about mood and mobility, noting one speaker expects to be able to get about again soon. The garbled quotation hints at social etiquette and personal recovery within a mid century periodical.
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Mdy
Tatler
Hallstorm Insurance Spurs Kansas Farmers to Protect Wheat
Farmers in Kansas turn to hail insurance after severe storms devastate 28 000 acres of wheat valued at hundreds of millions. Mutual schemes failed. Eastern capitalists now back several companies. Farmers risk heavy premiums to guard against repeat losses across multiple years.
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Kana
Ketene
Ssulner
Sedgwick
Hallstorn
France
Spain
Kansas
Hall
English Woman's Joke Ends With Corsets in Vault
An Englishwoman six years earlier deposited a parcel in Toronto vaults describing it as treasure. After her death the seals were broken in Toronto and lawyers watched as the package revealed only a faded pair of corsets. The scene sparked discussion of possible motives and literary potential.
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Canada
Toronty
Ist Company
Rochester Pont-Express
Depdsle
Seuet
Toronto
Hebre
Old Land
Trust Company
Ford
Oleg
Countric
Wilkie Collins
Charles Reade
Conan Doyle
Theatrical Proprietor Arrested for Assault
The owner of a theater company playing in Kingfisher was arrested for assault on a company member. On the witness stand he claimed to be a horse doctor, a claim some spectators found hard to credit and felt he should have stayed with his original profession.
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Kingfisher
Kansas City Journal
Cream separators grow popular with dairy farmers for profits
Farmers increasingly use hand cream separators to cut labor and keep skim milk for calves. Separating cream while fresh yields higher cream percentage and sweeter skim milk. The U S Cream Separator from Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co promises large capacity, clean skimming, ease, and long life with agents nationwide.
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U.S
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
Disease Defined By Odor Infections Marked By Distinct Scents
The sense of smell varies across species with humans able to train discrimination of odors. Diseases and conditions emit characteristic scents such as fever with a mousey odor and typhoid with a sour smell, while pus from a middle ear and other afflictions carry distinct odors aiding potential diagnosis.
Health as a Business Asset
A St Louis Republic editorial argues health is the true asset and should be treated as a business concern. It contends success gained by sacrificing health is valueless and urges prioritizing well being to last longer and achieve more.
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St. Louis Republile
Pennsylvania Tops In Hemlock Bark and Charcoal Output
Fenneylvania Products Pennsylvania supplied more hemlock bark for tanning than any state and contributed to wood alcohol and acetate lime. It produced 7,890,546 bushels of charcoal, slightly below Milcan which produced 8,199,887. Pennsylvania's hemlock bark output in 1905 was 379,779 cords.
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Pennsylvania
Poennsylvania
California Earthquakes in 1890s Bulletin History
A survey of eight USGS bulletins from the 1890s records California quakes from 188? to 1898 along the Pacific coast. It notes Keeler and Holden authors, Perrine at Lick Observatory, and the Ewine selamograph instrument recording horizontal and vertical motions with a smoked glass plate.
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United States Geological Survey
California
LSS
Pacific Coast
Frof
James Edward Keeler
Lick Observatoy
I. 5
Holden
California State Printing Office
Calfornia
Oregon
Washington Territory
Geological Survey
Prof
Halden
Tsim
Vic
Charles J Perrine
Lick Observatory
Mount Tlamilton
Observatory
Pushed Button in Vain at Modern Hotel
A hotel guest rages at poor service claiming no bell boys and repeated elevator delays. Clerk reveals bell boys out of service for two years, urging use of the phone for inquiries, provoking the guest to retreat in anger.
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Cerk
Older minister’s fourth marriage ends in tragedy
An aged Scotch minister, planning his final minutes, is axed. He tells an elder he wants someone to close his eyes. The elder replies that his two wives already opened his eyes in the past.
Peru Ranks Fourth Among South American Republics
In alxe Peru is fourth among South American republics with an area of 695,700 square miles. This excludes disputed arenas with Bolivia Ecuador and Chill. It is nearly one-fourth the size of the United States and almost as large as the United Kingdom.
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Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
Chill
United States
United Kingdom
Cabbage Head Joke at Market Turns Odd
A Yonkers Statesmag item reports a shopper asking for a head of cabbage and the grocer querying size. The punch line hinges on the man's misheard or absurd reply about a number rather than a produce size.
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Morket
Yonkers
Dogs and Cats in the Stables of Harness Greats
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes trainers once favored dogs or other animals in stable life, citing Goldsmith Maid and other champions. It recounts a trotter injuring a dog, a trainer with four tame doves, and Peter V Johnston and John Turner avoiding dogs and black horses due to bad luck.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bernie
Eugene Sue
Cat
Peter V. Johnston
John Turner
Turner
Black Frank
Nettle
Carry Very Big Cargoes In Pacific Steam Trade
The Pacific steam schooner earns its fame from heavy holds and high mid deck cargoes. A Seattle harbor passenger wrongly chased a ship hatch, mistaking a cargo hold for the hatch, illustrating the bustling but hazardous maritime trade. Data show American steam vessels in the Pacific total at 27,426 gross tonnage in 1907 and 140,085 in 1905, with new ships rising to meet demand though many voyages leave cargoes behind.
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Pacific
Ralph D
Seattle
Minnesota
Orient
Prisoner recalls coercion during arrest in London Standard
A London Standard transcript shows a prison visitor urging the condemned to resist temptation and urging the prisoner to fight harder, saying it took six policemen to get him to the station. The exchange highlights the harsh realities of detention and the plea for moral steadfastness.
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London Standard
Peruna Praises Kidney Health in Personal Letters
Sterling Kentucky resident says kidney and bladder trouble eased after three months on Peruna. Grant Ontario reader reports four years of illness improved after two Peruna bottles and a Manalin course. Both letters credit Peruna with restoring kidney function and vitality.
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Betteved
Sam
Mra. Geo. TL
Simner
Grant
Ontario
Can
Perona
Manalin
Unusual Global Eating Customs In Various Societies
The article describes diverse dining practices from Brazilians who avoid eating while drinking to Maldive Islanders who seclude themselves during meals. It notes the Arira negros sharing drinks, the King of Loungo dining in separate houses, and Kam chinka’s extreme heated-cabin feasts that can end in death. Some groups eat alone or in isolation, including Tohitlans and Kam chinka communities.
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Arira
Loungo
Kamchinka
Building Food To Bring the Babies Around
A Colorado mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her bedraggled ill child after pneumonia and brain fever. She reports rapid improvement after introducing the cereal with milk, then feeding the Grape-Nuts itself. She later fed her daughter the same and notes both children grew strong. The ad promotes Grape-Nuts from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Prigs
Wellville
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