Envy and Starch Tales and Public School Findings
The page mixes advertisements for Pazo Ointment Defiance Starch and related topics with a note on taxes and a study from Carnnell. It discusses moral lines about envy and patience, praise for Lewis cigars, and a claim about Duke of Bedford gifting a car. It covers Defiance Starch advantages, durable laundry results, and a historical note about the Golden Fleece insignia. It ends with college admissions statistics urging the Cornell faculty to end private school certificate admissions.
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Carnnell
Cornell
Allcock's Plaster Stands as Universal Pain Remedy
The text promotes Allcock's Plaster as a quick safe and certain outside remedy for back pains rheumatism soreness from a cold and other local pains. It claims immediate action clean cheap relief and that work can continue during healing. The product is presented as world renowned with sixty years of use strengthening its reputation.
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Allcock
Palm Care Tips and Sunny South Outlook
A guide to palm cultivation includes watering, light, soil, and pest control strategies. Emphasizes weekly soaking, soap baths for worms, lime water, dust removal, and adequate drainage. Also notes rubber plant care and the benefits of light, fertilizer, and avoiding root-binding, plus a broader southern farming appeal with immigration info from G A Park Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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G. A. Park
General Immigration and Industrial
Louisville& Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville, Ky
Fowl Rissole Recipe From Frugal Cookery Memoir
A Victorian style recipe describes mincing cold roast fowl with minced ham or tongue, binding with flour butter milk and seasonings, cooking into a smooth mixture then shaping into balls, breading, and frying until golden. Any meat can be used for risgolea in the same way.
Money in British Banks Growth in Depositors and Limits
Over 18 years British bank depositors rose from under five million to ten million, now 1 in 4.35 people. Deposits climbed from 269,140,862 to 740,248,181.50 dollars while post office banks grew from 10,000 to 15,000. Average account stands at 74.20 dollars. The yearly deposit limit is 248.32 dollars and an individual’s total deposits may reach 973.30 dollars.
Patches for Curtains Use Starch and Ironing Warnings
A reader guidance piece explains mending curtain defects with patches cut from an old curtain, treated by starch, then pressed with a hot iron to cover the spot until wash day. It warns not to iron curtains directly as heat can break threads and advises mangling and shaking to remove creases, which will vanish when hung.
Hot Hands Lotion Promises Comfort for Sweaty Hands
A historic remedy advises ten grains tannic acid and half an ounce of tincture of heroin mixed with elder flower water and rose water. Applied to the hands, the preparation is said to keep them fresh and cool when perspiration makes them uncomfortable.
Chestnuts and Store Cheese Toasted Crackers Recipe
Boil a pound of chestnuts until tender and chop. Mix with store cheese, a pinch of mustard salt and paprika, a little butter, and a splash of claret. Spread on hot toasted crackers and serve as a buffet snack.
Starch Removes Stain From Delicate Garments
Apropos of starch its usefulness extends beyond washday uses. A few blood splashes on delicate garments can be removed by starch paste, eliminating marks from the seams and tress.
New Wrinkle in Gloves Style Elbow Glove Design
A description of elbow gloves in white glace with backs stitched in pale colorings and topped by a scalloped band of colored kid to match the cuff. The note highlights fashion detailing and coordinating trim.
Nearly Cost Life At Claim In Severe North Dakota Blizzard
Minot correspondent reports Fred McNulty of this city endured an 80 florca blizzard while tending a distant claim. With no fuel and mild prior weather, he sheltered three days without food, trapped by the storm. He crawled a mile to neighbors for help, then to Minot, forced to bed rest due to the ordeal.
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Fred McNulty
McNulty
Minot
Duluth Herald
Disfiguring Skin Eczema Cured by Culicura Ointment
Thomas M. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey writes that after years of dermatitis and hospital visits he used Culicura Ointment and Culicura Soap for five weeks, ending a severe widespread eczema on head neck body and nipples. He claims a complete cure and recommends the Cuthurn Remedies for skin diseases.
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Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
N. J
Vatican Patrimony Given to Pope by Jesuit Leader
Father Francis Xavier Werntz, new Jesuit general, turns over the entire order’s patrimony estimated at 40 million dollars to Pope Pius as a loyalty tribute amid tensions between the Roman church and the French Republic, reducing the church’s resources.
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Vatican
Francis Xavier Werntz
Pius
French Republic
Local Nostrum Ads and War News Snippets
An odd collage of old patent medicine pitches and a brief British naval note. Advertisements tout Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and territory claims. A 15 year trust claim about F J Chenal or Cheney appears. A WWI era admiralty report notes plans to target a wreck near Lundy Island were dropped to avoid damaging a nearby lighthouse.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Chena
Waipina
Eixyan
Admiralty
Lundy Island
Sterilization by Ozone Outlined in France Tests
Tests in France show water can be sterilized with ozone at about one and a half cents per thousand gallons when performed on a large scale.
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France
Megatherium Skeleton Unearthed in Paris Excavation
Partial text notes a megatherium fossil skeleton dug up by excavators along Avenue Bosquet in Paris. The excerpt also parodies medical ads and quotes from classic authors, highlighting patent laxatives and moral reflections.
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Avenue Bosquet
Paria
Writer on South America sails for Rio to study Brazil
Mrs Marie Robinson Wright, famed for traveling more in South American republics and writing about them than any other woman, sails from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is engaged by the Brazilian government to continue a history of the Brazilian republic and has written on Bolivia, Chile, and Peru while preparing a book on Argentina.
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South America
Marie Robinson Wright
London
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Argentina
Real Home of the Peanut debated by botanists
Botanists place the peanut's origin in Africa while some authorities claim it native to Brazil Louis iana notes the Spanish variety—a small but fine nut—well suited to the state's climate The goader grabbers of Georgia and South Carolina favor the small white and red peanut from Tennessee and each year plant more of that variety in those states
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Africa
Brazil
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Putnam Faceless Dyes Notice Inspires Cigar Brand Mention
An old ad blurb praises PUTNAM FACELESS DYES as easy to use, asks readers to consult a druggist, and envisions a wiser world. It also features an advertisement for a Lewis' Single Binder straight Se cigar from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois, highlighting rich mellow tobacco.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Drei
Putnam
Ill
Dresses of Precious Metals in Sumatra
Women in Sumatra wear dresses crafted from gold and silver. After mining and smelting, the metal is drawn into fine wire, woven into cloth, and then used to create garments.
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Sumatra
Famous Band Leader Dead in New York
Prof. Louis Schneider first director of the Marine band in Washington and leader of the Imperial band that played at Sedan’s surrender has died in New York. He received decorations from Napoleon III, the king of Italy, the king of Belgium and Pope Leo III.
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Louis Schneider
Marine Band
Washington
Imperial Band
Sedan
New York
Napoleon II
Italy
Belgium
Leo III
Powerful Searchlight on Warship Dreadnought
The new British battleship Dreadnought features a double-ended searchlight system. Each beam is nearly 50,000 candled, mounted on the tripod mast, allowing semaphore signaling visibility up to 20 miles in opposite directions.
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Kay Man
Duke of Bedford
Lord Tavistock
Oxford University
Marcus Aurelus
Columbus
Duke of Wellington
Spain
America
Pes
SV Alp
Mrs. Winslow
Salidren
Publius Syrus
Garfield
Jose
Dodds
Lumbago
Sciatica
ST. Jacobs Oil
Ottawa
Canada
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Hramide Twint
Thompson
Water Poru
Ise
California Fig Syrup Co
Sloans
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
U.sa
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Slowxerry
J. Mus
H. U
Odif
Vancer
Defiance
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