Harrowing Wolf Night in Canadian Winter Wilds
John Hill of Davidson Saskatchewan survived a frigid night after a trek to join two homesteaders went wrong. Wolves loomed close as he built a fire in a ravine, warded them off, and endured near freezing temperatures until rescue. A doctor estimated possible amputation but limb salvage followed.
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John Hill
Rathwell
Dimfrieshire
Scotland
Davidson
Saskatchewan
Richard Johnson
Walter Boland
Saskatchewan River
River View Post Office
Hill
George Moore
Moore
Canaign
Hitt
St. Paul
Veal Cutlet Stew in Tomato Sauce
A New York Press recipe instructs beating two veal cutlets and frying in lard. They are browned, simmered in water for an hour, then canned and stewed with skinned tomatoes, bay leaves, pepper, salt, and onions for serving.
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New York Press
Cream of Tomato Soup from New York Telegram
Cream of tomato soup begins by boiling canned or fresh tomatoes with salt bay leaf and white pepper. A roux of butter onion and cornstarch is cooked then whisked into the simmering tomatoes and finished with hot milk and seasonings. Serve immediately with croutons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Spaghetti a la Italienne Recipe in Detailed Steps
A recipe outlines boiling half a pound of long Italian spaghetti in salted water for twenty to thirty minutes, then draining. It describes making a sauce with butter onion green pepper tomatoes mushrooms salt sugar and pepper, simmering twenty minutes, and layering with grated Parmesan in a buttered dish. The dish is finished in the oven and served with extra Parmesan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Practical Household Tips From Old Newspapers
A compiled list of century old home hacks covers roach deterrents with borax and sugar, furniture cleaning with salt water, washing silk with salt, quick piecrust lining with paper and rice, cleaning enamelware with salt and vinegar, keeping drains clear with hot water and washing soda, preventing refrigerator odors with lime or charcoal, whitening rice with lemon juice, hemming with tape, line drying to avoid tearing, softening hands with borax and soap, keeping a fire going by restoking coal, and darkening leather shoes using ammonia and milk with quick three daily applications.
A New Kind of Bait in Dundee Adversary Tale
A Dundee Advertiser snippet recalls a wife presenting sticky speckled fly papers to her husband before a planned trout fishing week. The exchange highlights anticipation, modest humor, and household domestics as they await rods reels and creel. The vignette captures midcentury leisure life and rural wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee Advertiser
Hallucinatory Patents and Dinner Table Anecdotes
An 1886 legal claim promises one hundred dollars for each incurable catarrh case using Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The page also advertises Cheney products and a medical testimonial. A short anecdote from the Philadelphia Ledger recounts a learned professor’s dinner table mishap when a boy jokes about tough meat, highlighting polite behavior and humor.
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Otto
Toledo
Lucas Gouxty
Frank J. Cheney
F.j.convey & Co
Corinty
State
J. Cheney & Co
Ail Devenson
Hall
Tommy
Philadelphia Ledger
Patient credits Dean's Kidney Pills after five months in hospital
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota recounts long hospital stay with incurable label and dwindling health. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with addressing the underlying ailment, noting improved strength, vision, and kidney function after starting the treatment. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Levi P. Brockway
Second Ave
Anoka
Mion
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Mirror making and copper oxide deposition methods
A 1907 Leicester paper discusses Faraday inspired mirror formation by dissolving copper oxide in olive oil and heating glass plates until the oil decomposes. The resulting mirrors stain and discolor. The author notes hydrazines reduce cupric oxide to deposit a bright copper red, coherent film on clear glass yielding lustrous, uniform reflections similar to silver mirrors.
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British Association
Leicester
Faraday
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days By Paro Ointment
Paro Ointment promises cure for piles including itching bleeding protruding and blindness delusions of the public healing in 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee. Early ads claim copper bottomed quality and emphasize rapid relief.
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad in Old Remedy Form
The Well Informed World seeks a simple pleasant laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna, claiming ethical production and wholesome, gentle, prompt effect. Genuine product sold by leading druggists. price fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Royal Dowry For Maids of Honor Tradition
A vintage notice notes maids of honor receiving a royal dowry of £1000 on wedding day as a court tradition. The piece then advertises various medical elixirs and products including Dr Kline's nerve restorers, Woolford's Lotion, Winslow's Syrup, and a 45-ship Brazilian navy reference.
Suffered Twenty Five Years With Eczema Relief Claim
A Montreal woman recounts a 25 year eczema battle on her leg. After using Cuticura Remedies her swelling subsided, skin regrew, and she says doctors were impressed. She credits Cuticura with saving her life and notes seven years of cure. Also mentions a Bromo Quinine claim and signature reference.
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Cutiura
J.B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
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John Ford
Cedar Grove
N. J
Passaic River
Attle Falls
Ford
Pompton Turnpike
Emerson
Fred Patterson
Mountain View
John Wilkes
Paterson
New York Times
Old Dress
Dress
Panther Valley
Pennsylvania
Dressly
Heer
Etary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Hales
Pike
Kline
Phila
Woolford
Stra
Winslow
Brazi
Tvo
Neaworthy
Bank of England
E.W. Grove
Raxtenea NY
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