Household Repairs for the Novice Upholsterer
Practical guide shows a beginner can recover chairs and desks with simple upholstery steps. It covers fabric selection, sewing, edge finishing, and glue preparation, noting professional help only for inner springs and major repairs. The piece also includes a preserved raspberry and apple preserve recipe with step by step cooking tips.
Stuffed Cabbage with Apples and Mayonnaise
Inspect a firm white cabbage head and core it. Peel and hollow several new firm cooking apples, place in the center with a light sugar. Bake wrapped in cabbage until tender. Drain, plate on lettuce, and spread rich mayonnaise dressing over. Serve hot or cold with table decoration.
Care of Puppies and Chickens with Unspillable Dishes
A tip suggests using an angel food tin with a pointed stick through the cone to prevent pups and other animals from tipping the water dish, keeping the contents from spilling. The method is also recommended for chickens and kittens.
Scrubbing Brush Beat Inspires Simple DIY Tool
A makeshift scrubber uses a scrubbing brush clumped into a mop handle to create a beat cleaning tool. The design combines common household items to form a compact pore cleaning aid.
Mines and mining shift grip on Valdez and West
Gold fever spreads from Valdez to Dry Mountain near Bulkphur as prospectors leave town in search of rich ore. Nevada and Utah projects surge with activity, from Daly West to Reese River district, while copper and oil developments boost regional profits and spur new mills and tunnels.
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Valdez
Alaska
Salt Lake
Dry Mountain
Bulkphur
Western Pacific Railway
Little Bell Consolidated Mining Company
Daly
Nation Mines Company
California
Midway
Sunset
Maricopa
McKittrick
Shamrock Gold Mining & Milling Company
Marysvale
Utah
Austin
Nevada
Reese River
Coalings
Rio Tinto
Spain
Phoeniclans
B.C
Boston Ely Copper Company
Fallon
Alpine Ciatriet
Churchill County
Charles Alford
Alpine Post Office
Chafey
Imp
Salt Lake Berald
Northwest Notes of Crime and Calamity Across West
A roundup from Portland to Reno and beyond reports Webb's murder sentence for first degree killing in Portland, a fatal rail collision near Portland that killed five foreign laborers, arnold’s ranch shooting near La Junta, and Pope fatally shooting Frenchie in Nevada. Also noted are embezzlement charges against Reno city official, forage receipts fraud in Vancouver, a Helena sheriff shooting, Hartville dynamite scare, a child beaten in Fruita, burglary pleas in Tacoma, a skull found near Butte, child death by horse accident, and sale of Zafiro to Mexico with related legal actions and tax protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Webb
W. A. Johnson
Portland
Salem
United Railway Company
Peter Arnold
la Junta
Colo
William Hardesty
Arnold
Jarbidge
Nevada
R. L. Pope
Edgar Jaspard
Frenchie
Crater District
Pope
H. E. Christi
Reno
Burke
Ball
John J. Seaton
Vancouver
Wash
Vancouver Barracks
Clifford Game
Odd Fellows’ Cemetery
Los Angeles
Henry McGee
Helena
Mont
Jefferson County
Albert Thomas
Hartville
Wyo
Alderman Thomas
Rose Leighton
Robert Adams
Fruita
John Ross
Patrick Dally
Tacoma
Daly
State Reformatory
Boss
Butte
0. H. Junod
Virginia Cry
Admiral Dewey
Zafiro
Manila Bay
Callier
J. W. Zeeve
Seattle
W. Fitzgerald
Kulispell
State Central Committee
Minneapolisa
Almond Post
W. FL Gile
Ashton Watson
Gate City
Monroe
Frank Hooven
Tacoma Nailway & Power Company
Ling
Wnder
Paco
Kidney Remedy Testimony from Minnesota Customer
Six years ago a doctor said kidney trouble needed an operation but Swamp Root cured me. Margaret E Anderson of Minneapolis, after six years free of kidney issues, praises Kilmer’s Swamp Root and A and O ointment. Notary public confirms her testimonial dated 1910. Kilmer & Co. advertise samples and booklets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret FE. Anderson
Minneapolis
Minn
State of Minnesota
Hennepin
Margaret E. Anderson
Minnesota
M. M. Kerridge
Eelna
Kilmer & Co
Kaneton
N.Y
Eye diagnosis joke recalls older quip about right eye
A humorous anecdote questions a new claim by doctors to diagnose illnesses by eye examination. It recalls an earlier clinician who says the patient’s eye reveals the problem, only for the patient to point out the eye is artificial. The tale highlights ambiguity in medical certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Thomads
Christus
Charles Schibnik
CR. S
Tite Avenue
New York
Catarrh cure ad and testimonial in Toledo ad notices
An eclectic mix of advertisements and filler text from a Toledo area page includes an oath claiming a $100 reward for unrecoverable catarrh cures, a Hall's product plug, and a Frank Cheney testimonial. The clipping also features narrative chatter about deceit and a London Chronicle quip on conjurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ToLedo
Lucas County
Faask
J. Cueney
F. J. Cuesny &Y
BALL
Frank J. Cheney
A. L
A. W. Gleabon
Notany Pune
Valle
PF. J. Cheney & CO
All Drugeieta
Hall
Marine Eye Remedy Promoted by Chicago Company
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago markets Marine Eye: Hemedy for weak weary watery eyes and granulated eyelids. The liquid version and eye salve in aseptic tubes sell for $1.00 each. Free eye books and advice offered by Mall alongside sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Remedy for Rheumatism and Neuralgia in Hamlin’s Izard Oil
An advertisement touts Hamlin’s Izard Oil as a quick cure for rheumatism neuralgia and sore throat and claims it banishes pain and inflammation. The second sentence critiques a preacher losing the crowd when idealized as a “Paver.”
Mie Winslow's Soothing Syrup Foretold in Anomalous Adage
A fragment notes Mie Winslow's soothing syrup advertised for infant colic and wind in a historical brief. It hints at misgivings about marketing claims and the era's health tonics. The passage reads like a fragment from a medical notice or a consumer column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mie
Winslow
Humorous Exchange About Cats At Mrs Binks Club
The excerpt features a playful dispute where a person asks Mrs. Binks if her husband is fond of cats. She replies that he dislikes cats generally, except for a small kitty they own at their club. The dialogue highlights comic misunderstanding and light social banter.
The Paper Hanger and the Sermon Dinner Parable
A quirky dialogue quips about a man always facing trouble as the paper hanger fixes a new wall. The scene critiques selective listening, noting some treat sermons as a dislike dinner by picking only disagreeable parts.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Milwaukee Woman
Milwaukee woman testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing female trouble backache and tumor concerns after doctors urged operation. Letter from Mrs Exam Life of 833 First St credits the remedy with making her well and urges others to seek advice from Lydia Pinkham at Lynn Mass. and consider her guidance before surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wis
Exam
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lyn Mass
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Montana Oreway Company
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Main Range
Dark Horse
Idaho
Rocky Mountains
Idaho Sunshine
Wimpey Creek
Utah Copper Company
Northwest Notes
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Physician
London Chronicle
Dr. Johnson
Atvenla
Uae
Rhein T
Carter
Arters
Beterty
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