Williams Pink Pills Promised Relief for Women and Men
An ad style narration touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for women with irregular periods and fatigue, claiming benefits for headaches, nervousness, and back pain. A personal testimonial from Mrs Arthur Gaultin is included, noting relief after using the remedy. The text also references a broader endorsement by a company in Schenectady New York and ends with a separate humorous exchange about wealth and investigations.
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Willams
Williama
Williams
Arthur Guultin
Coldwater
Provtica
William
Dr. Williams
Willy
Constipation Cure Promises Quick Relief With Grape Tonic
An advertisement urges readers to treat constipation and stomach issues with Mall's Grape Tonic. It claims the tonic cures constipation and related ailments by strengthening the intestines with Concord grape juice, offering a free bottle for first-time users and recommending it as a safe alternative to pills and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall
Onya
Muit
Luis
Nella
Weeds Threaten Crops and Water for Livestock
The piece explains how weeds injure farm crops by absorbing water and nutrients, shading young plants, and spreading fungi. It cites mustard, sunflower, and thistle as examples and notes the need for clean land, crop rotation, and proper seed selection to protect yields. It also covers farm water heating for cows and a balanced swine diet using corn, wheat middlings, and milk as key components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Une
Snyder
Potatoes Grown Seed Size Debate In Seed Potatoes
A fragment discussing the debated value of small versus medium or large seed tubers. It argues degeneration risk from planting many successive generations of small tubers and suggests large or medium tubers may yield superior progeny when properly selected and cared for. Likely from a gardening or agricultural column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Youch
FOGS IN WINTER AND CALF FEEDING TRIALS
The column advises hog keepers to shelter hogs in warm, dry quarters to reduce disease and costs through winter and notes healthier hogs in spring. It reports calves raised without milk using cocoa shells tea as a skim milk substitute, with Ontario tests showing weight gains of 185 pounds versus 118 pounds for calves fed skim milk, concluding shells are a good substitute but not a full replacement for milk.
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Mir
Totianapolis
Bellevera
Ontario
Massachusetts
Charcoal for Gunpowder From Charcoaling to Fire Cracking
Charcoal making for gunpowder uses young elder and willow wood cut in spring, dried for years, then burned in iron retorts with controlled heat. Gases are captured and burned in a furnace. after cooling, charcoal sits for a week before grinding to prevent spontaneous combustion. The best char is jet black with velvety fractured surfaces.
Apple Trees 135 Years Old Brought to Ellsworth Office
Joriah H Higgins of Ellsworth presented an apple from a tree at least 185 years old to the Ellsworth American. The tree was brought from Eastham to Maine by his grandfather Levi Higgins around 1770 and planted at Hulls Cove in Eden, where both his grandfather and father reportedly ate the fruit. Higgins seeks knowledge of any older county apple trees still bearing fruit.
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Joriah H. Higgins
Elliaworth
Levi Higgins
Eastham
Cape Cod
Maine
Hull's Cove
Eden
Ms. Hugging
Ellsworth American
In Germany tt in the newcomer's social call
The fragmentary item notes a social call or gathering connected to a newcomer in Germany. Names, dates, or locations are not clearly readable, but the context suggests a brief social event or introduction amid uncertain details.
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Germany
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetive Compound claims
An advertisement for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetive Compound markets it as a universal female remedy. It asserts cures for female weakness, inflammation, ulceration, displacements, spinal weakness, menopausal changes, irregular or painful periods, digestive and nervous symptoms, and kidney backache, urging readers to write Mrs. Pinkham for confidential advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
Work. A Washington Star exchange on speaking and luck
A brief Washington Star fragment depicts Trodding Pete urging a listener to work while joking about telling a bad luck tale to gain attention. The skeptical reply notes the speaker can keep talking but might not be heard, ending with a light exchange on work and fate.
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Pete
Dea
Washington Star
The Minister's Text Recalled In A Sunday Sermon
A fragment from a magazine recalls a church Sunday where a minister declares the evening text as An angel came down from heaven and took live coal from the altar. Willie, curious, asks his mother and replies with a burlesque misquote about an Injun at New Haven taking a livy colt.
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Tittle Willig
Willie
New Haven
Pua
Inbreeding Fowl Debate in Iowa Democrat Letter
A Iowa Democrat letter argues inbreeding concerns apply mainly to mongrel stock. It urges three years of careful selection of top fowl from within a general utility flock to breed among themselves while warning against overuse of outside breeding. It notes abuses where breeders seek winners for sale, harming future breeding stock.
Contagious Cough Remedy Promoted In Church Sit-in
An odd promotional note claims Auti-Gripine cures coughing during church services. The item, attributed to W. Diemer M D, a Springfield Massachusetts manufacturer, touts 25 cent sales and urges sufferers to seek relief from a guaranteed remedy amid the congregation.
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W. Diemer
Springfield
Canadian Gretna Green Sees Windsor Rise in Ontario
Ontario provincial legislature notes Windsor Ontario, formerly Gretna Green, recorded at least 800 marriages in the last year. The town sits near the US border after a change of geographic coordinates, drawing couples from neighboring regions including London England.
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Windsor
Ontario
United States
Republic
London
England
A Polite Freshman and Early Messages from Klurvird
A fragmentary tale recounts Meagies boarding a train to Klurvird. His father urges prompt news on his entrance exams. While entangled in a heavy deal, Meagles sends terse telegrams confirming readiness and compliance. The exchange reveals a restrained, procedural tone.
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Meagies
Klurvird
J. Meagles
A. Tt
Holcombe
Donor Letters Stir Debate In Old Country Letter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a worn diary style scene about a Pontoty apprentice and regest of coins. The tale mentions distrust of donors and a wary elder shaking his head as he explains traditions and altered uses of the old coins.
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Bogua
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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