Warning on Baking Powders Warns Against Harmful Additives
The article cautions against baking powders with caustic acids and alkalis sold cheaply with prizes. It endorses Royal Baking Powder made from cream of tartar and soda as pure and safe, citing Dr. Edson of New York who praises its purity and the carbon dioxide leavening mechanism. It urges consumers to avoid inferior powders and rely on reputable, wholesome products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edson
Commissioner of Health of
New York
Doctor of Hygienne
The Hidden Wedding Door in Dutch Town
In Holland a door in many houses is opened only for two events a marriage and a death. The bride and groom enter the home by this door and then it is nailed shut until another death requires its use to carry out a body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Poisonous snakes and cures in distant lands
The piece notes Venezuela abounds with venomous snakes where bites are common, yet fatalities are low due to a local plant called occumilo used as a wound powder. It also mentions Africa’s Mountains of the Moon, tied to Stanley and the demon Mguarma, whose feared power caused panic during a recent exposure attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
India
Moon
Africa
Stanley
Mguarma
Cinderella’s Real Name Alleged as Rhodope in Ancient Tale
The fragment asserts Cinderella's name as Rhodope, describing her as a handsome Egyptian maiden from 670 BCE during the reign of Psomothus, a claim drawn from antiquated lore and not supported by modern scholarship. It weaves together myth, era references, and cultural curiosities in a clipped antiquarian tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinderella
Rhodope
Psomothus
Egypt
German Syrup Endorsed by Virginia Resident
James T. Durette of Earlysville Virginia endorses Boschee's German Syrup for bronchitis throat troubles and cold remedies and warns buyers to avoid substitutes claiming to be as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Durette
Earlysville
Boschee
Wealth of the New World Great Fortunes in America
A survey of the largest fortunes in the United States traces the wealth of Rockefeller Astor Vanderbilt and others. It recounts John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller in detail, outlines John Jacob Astor and the Astor holdings, spreads across Cornelius Vanderbilt and heirs, and notes Roger Huntington and Gould family wealth along with other prominent capitals and estates in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Croesus
New World
Indies
America
England
Duke of Westminster
Rockefellers
Astors
Vanderbilts
Goulds
John PD. Rockefeller
William Waldorf Astor
Rockefeller
Joun D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Company
Eees
Baptist Church
Fifty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York City
William Rockefeller
Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Germany
London
New York
Northwest Fur Company
Hattery
Albany
Ile
Iris
House of Astor
William Waldorf
Pall Ma!! Gazette
William Astor
Four Hundred
James Roosvelt
Coleman Drayton
Orme Wilson
Vanderbilt Fortune
Commodore Vanderbilt
Staten Island
Governor's Island
Hudson
William H. Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Miracle cure claimed for incurable infant case
A Philadelphia Inquirer story recounts Ettie Moncrieff born with a spinal affliction once deemed incurable by Hahnemann College doctors. After her mother tried Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, Ettie reportedly recovered fully, while mother Mrs Meek also credits the pills for her own grippe-related paralysis and says she has not suffered recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr. Williams
the Inquirer
Ettie Moncrieff
Helen Moncrieff
M. G. Meek
Wharton Street
Hahnemann College
Williams
Medecine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Brockville
Ontario
Ventilating Hat Racket Exposed in Shoreditch Window
A shabby advertising scheme in Shoreditch lures workers into Wilkins ventilating hats. Two heads protrude from the shop window showing a comfort claim while a hidden basement setup offers workers half a crown for three hours wearing an unventilated hat, revealing a troubling deception behind the spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Mr. Wilkins
Boidger
Ventilating Hat Torture Tale At Mr Wilkins Shop
A narrator recalls a brutal vented hat gag at Wilkins shop in Shoreditch. A fellow victim endures heat while crowd applauds as an hour and a half torture ends with the escapee near death. The piece ends with a vow to confront Wilkins over the hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Shoreditch
Sandwich
Mr. Wilkins
Sefferin
Shoreditch Church
Nose Saves Man From Hanging in Tennessee Tale
A Cheboygan county man describes a dramatic escape linked to his remarkable nose. He recounts being mistaken for Jim Burbanks during a mob pursuit in Tennessee after a night in a hotel, the crowd discovering the error only when they saw his nose. The article also notes limpets clinging to rocks and the four unique Lower California mountains with large alum and sulfur deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheboygan County
Detroit Free Press
Michigan
Tennessee
Jim Burbanks
Boss
Jim
They Want a New World Colony Heads to Paraguay
A large colony of robust workingmen from Sydney recently left for Paraguay seeking fortune. They travel with families and aim to escape capital domination in Australia where capitalists control most industries and opportunities for noncapitalists appear limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Paraguay
Moral City in Newburg restricts youth after hours
Newburg Oregon passes an ordinance barring anyone under 18 from wandering the town after 7 p m from November to April and after 8 p m the rest of the year unless they have a written permit or are with a parent or guardian. Penalty ranges from five to twenty dollars or two to twenty days imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great West
Newburg
Ore
Currents in the Gulf Stream and Nearby Straits
A discussion notes the Gulf Stream averages three mph, with peaks near fifty four mph in places. It cites the Yucatan channel as ninety miles wide with a depth of 1000 fathoms where the current is under a quarter mph. In Bemini Straits the tepid water makes phosphorescence look like a continuous sheet of flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Stream
Yucatan Channel
Straits of
Bemini
Pineapple Leaf Cloth May Spur Florida Industry
The discovery that pineapple leaves can be woven into usable cloth suggests a future Florida industry. As pineapples are widely grown in the state, producers may gain a new source of profit from this natural fiber innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Health remedies and ads from a fragmented page
Gleanings praise Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a protective remedy for travelers and mariners, arguing it combats malaria tainted air and brackish water. Other ads tout Beecham's Pills, Iron Bitters, and money making schemes, with claims about cures, tonics, and teething remedies, plus a Dallas physician ad and pamphlet offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Koch
Solitary Life Advice Echoes Quiet Confidence
A brief urging to pursue personal judgment and inner resolve. The note emphasizes self reliance and the ease found in solitude when forming and following one’s own opinions.
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Cinderella Wasa
Wift
C. B. McLemons
Henderson, Tex
Auauta
Santa Ne
Johnson
Cornelius Vanderrbilt
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Edwin Gould
Lower Broadway
Collis P. Huntington
Connecticut
New England
Pacific Slope
Mark Hopkins
Leland Stanford
Charles Corker
R. Huntington
Fifty-seventh Street
Croker
Philip D. Armour
Watertown
St. Paul
Schermerhorns
Schemerhorn
Caroline W. Schermerhorn
van Buren
Springler
van Karen
Union Square
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Seventh Avenue
Stuyvesant
Second Avenue
Prillip DP
Armour
Bardwell
Weller
Earth
France
Queer Mountains
Lower
California
Beecham
Bf, J Son & Co
Richmond
Prine
Bend Tor
Hanson
Mas Wilson
J. A. Hunter
Main Street
Dallas
Tex
Fisy
Snoop
Saoor
Box W
Racine
Wis
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Frank Rohm
W. Jackson St
Chicago
Webster’s
International Dictionary
Soceemor Ota
C. Merriam CO
Statvormty
Mass. USA
Ti Populist Press
Ortiter
National Reform Press Association
Zoubenass
Western Newspaper Union
SV Aeer
News Union
Ter
VW. S. Morgan
Ne Reform Press Association
Atlanta
Texas
Yair
Goedates
JM. Wharton
Cap Jack Nicholsom
Ria Piso
Linseltine
Warren, Pa
Wiskeares, de
Thack
Bimcoca M'r'e Co
sibLocust
Loula Mo
Thompson
W. N. U. Dallas
Dallas Business Directory
Om Kson & Bro
Ely
Pal Arms
STRAM
al Works
SPE Unter & Boos
Kim Sredt
Harry Bros
Pat Curry
Lion
Send
Mantels & Grates
Blio
Kanington
Manalog
Deaens
Deliag
Windsor
Mores Street
Une Pair
Westlen Sewspa Soulkwetera Agente
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