Unprecedented offer on French Artichokes for hog feed
The John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers three barrels of French Artichokes enough to plant one acre. Planted by June 1 harvest is promised in the first year at four dollars for the three barrels. Farmers are urged to send $4.00 now for delivery and results.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Dale
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Franch Artichokes
Mt Oa
Ey Toda
John. A. Salzer Seed CO
Kansas proposes convict labor reform with three class work system
A Kansas plan would classify convicts into three groups for state work. One group digs irrigation ditches, another builds roads, and the third grows farm produce for state institutions. The harshest offenders would remain in the state prison to break rock for road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Quon
Youthful confidence man on train encounter ends in warning
Charley Marshall, eighteen, travels to town in new clothes and meets an old farmer type who later reveals wary judgment. The elder, aware of bunco schemes, questions Charley's innocence and warns him to beware of confidence men as they near the city, a cautionary scene from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Charley Marshall
Charley
Eade
Phoenix Hotel
Wise in Their Generation on Abstetter's Stomach Litters
Scientists praise Abstetter's Stomach Litters as a remedy and preventive for fever rheumatism lack of vigor digestive issues and infirm conditions. The public and press long affirmed its value, while a few remain misinformed about America's proven alternative.
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Abstetter
America
Glenn' umbar Soap Promises Dandruff Remedy For Sckth
An ad style fragment touts Glenn' umbar Soap as an infallible remedy for dandruff. It also mentions hair dye options in black or brown and cites CAPLARETS as a health aid for kidneys and bowels, while remarking on the difficulty of finishing tasks.
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Sckth
Picked Up On Broadway True Incident
A woman was found unconscious in the street and taken to a hospital where morphine injection marks were found on her body. Once a respected New York publishing house employee, she turned to morphine after health decline. doctors attributed a womb ailment as the root cause. A radical cure was possible with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and the ad urges women to seek help and letters from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. The letter from Mae Benven Lumman of Pittsburgh praises the remedy after years of suffering.
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Woiwusa
New York
Lydia
Pinkham
Mae
Benven Lumman
Erie St
27Th Ward
Pittsburg
Open Letter Praises Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
A Sauk Centre reader recounts a long battle with a debilitating condition cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills after trying many doctors and medicines. The letter, signed Mrs LW Stienernagil and witnessed by a notary, urges others to seek the remedy and notes pills sold 60 cents a box or six for $2.50 from druggists or the company in Schenectady New York.
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Horalt
Sauk
Minn
Dr. Williams
Nin
Sauk Center
Dr Williams
Hangon & Emerson
Ind
LW. Stienernagil
Fluendry
Notary Public
Minnesota
Williame
Mwnail
Sr. Williams
Schenectady
N.Y
No Outs No Marriage Story of a Quirk in Law
A humorous tale recalls Squire Robinson of Allegheny River legends who joined couples by a cashless barter. With a bush of oats promised for autumn, the jovial justice tied the nuptial knot and warned the groom to mind the absence of wedlock fees. The anecdote highlights old local lore and quirky courtroom mischief.
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Squire Robinson
Robinson
Alegheny
Olt
John
A Long Time Coming Epitaph In Paris Suburb Cemetery
An epitaph on a tombstone in a Paris suburb cemetery intrigues readers. The husband’s stone reads I am anxiously awaiting you dated July 30 1827. When the widow died years later the widow’s line completes the inscriptions Here am I Sept 3867.
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Cnrious
Paris
Warned Interview About Handling Dogs Sparks Caution
A New York Weekly snippet records a warning to a job applicant about a dog’s temperament. The exchange shows misgivings over pet care experience and a child nurse analogy, ending with a caveat that the dog may bite if mistreated.
Word patterns on a phonograph spectrum shown in Edinburgh
An exhibit at the Royal Society of Edinburgh displayed a phonograph cylinder scaled about 1000 times to reveal vibrator shapes and vibration counts for sounds. A 20 foot ribbon recorded half a second of speech, showing vowels dominate while consonants are also musical. no two readings of a word are identical.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
Lord Kelvin
Constantinople
On the Burning Deck Aboard the Vessel
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer recalls a dramatic scene where a bay stands on a burning deck and refuses to leave as a spark scorches the neck, with bold words uttered in the moment.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Fantastical Origins of Place Names in Legend and Lore
The article traces fanciful geographies behind real names California Antilles Montreal Barataria and more. It links California to a fairy kingdom and the Antilles to Antigha in legends, notes Barataria as Sancho Panza’s imaginary governorship, and discusses Brazil possibly from Celtic myth or dye woods. It cites Rider Haggard’s travel tales and early Irish lore as sources for these etymologies.
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California
Antilles
Antigha
Saint Brendan
Sargossa Sea
Jatalan
Montreal
Barataria
Sancho Panis
Louisiana
Juan de Iuca
Rider Haggard
Les Majesty
Venice
Brazil
Atlantic
Empire of
Coin Toss on Muddy Street With Russian Minister
A Yankee in St. Petersburg faced a distinguished Russian in a muddy street. He flipped a coin and asked heads or tails. The Russian replied in French Yails and tails, bowing as the Yankee stepped into knee deep slime, while the minister Baron de Ciers passed by.
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Denmark
St. Petersburg
Baron de Ciers
St Jacobs Oil and No-To-Bac Advertisements
The passage promotes St Jacob s Oil as a cure for back ailments and stiffness with bold claims of warming softening and straightening contracted muscles. It also advertises No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure priced at 50 cents to 1 dollar and asserts vast past cures. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper ad blending medical and lifestyle pitches.
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Noah
Lane
St. Jacobs
Hiall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Hair Renewer Ad
An 1895 Philadelphia testimonial notes Hiall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents and Hall’s Hair Renewer to prevent baldness. It also includes a remark about age and willpower, with a claim from C. I. Baker of Regent Square praising Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a quip on silence as wit.
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Halls
Piso
Baker
Regent Sq
Philadelphia
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Solahy
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Hot Springs
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Outing
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Ure House
Annie
Yonkers Statesman
Bahat
Waukegan
Hiall
Bhp Bn
Ad. Sterling FB Remedy Co
Ponte Wortreal
Tarets Apy
Sam
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Grand Mapida
Aieheas
Oh. NU
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