Modern Miracle Cures Paralysis with Pink Pills
A PEI farmer recounts total paralysis from waist to feet, nine months bedridden, and rapid recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The narrative cites two other paralysis cures and endorsements from local clergy, urging trials for hopeless cases. Pills sold by mail or local dealers at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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Plaster of Paris
Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Keg Medicine Co
Brockville
Int
Not at all, I am novelizing it
Mrs Borus confronts Will Borus about firing the cook. He says the discharge was intensely dramatic but insists he is turning the event into a novel rather than a stage drama. The exchange shows Borus pursuing prose over quick action for his writing project.
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Will
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Promises $100 Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the constitutional disease internally and strengthens the body. The sellers offer $100 if it fails to cure and urge readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and cites unrelated humorous inserts.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Visiting Your Friend Cartoons a Joyless Homecoming
A humorous sketch describes visiting a friend with a new home and lavish comforts. The guest endures a long tour and social pressure, while the host extols every feature, turning hospitality into a test of endurance. At last the visitor longs to be back in their own modest lodging.
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T L Masson
Puck
Vegetarian Meals In House Of Commons Dining Room
The London Tatler reports a vegetarian dinner option in the Commons dining room. Sir Jaime Jacoby, chair of the kitchen committee, began last session to cater for non meat eaters. A sample menu includes Creme bonne femme, omelette Lyonnaise or curried eggs and rice, potatoes, milk pudding or rhubarb tart, bread, cheese.
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House of Commons
Jaime Alfred Jacoby
London Tatler
The Telephone Marvels of a World in Contact
The article surveys rapid telephone growth worldwide noting 190000 telephones and 6800000 in use in North America and Canada, with over 39000 towns connected. It describes diverse uses from multilingual operations in New England to petition booths in Persia and public access for rulers, plus the astonishing annual 7500000000 messages.
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United States
Canada
San Francisco
New England
Persia
Shah
Edward
New York
Cochin China Area and Agriculture Noted
The excerpt describes Cochin China covering about 21 000 square miles as a vast flat rice field with one fifth under cultivation. It notes draft animals used are bullocks and carabaos and mentions unrelated quotes from Sporting Times and Minard's Liniment.
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Cochin China
The Dingo Named Australia’s Sole Predator
The article notes the dingo as the only native predatory animal in Australia, describing it as a wild dog and outlining its place in the continent’s ecosystem.
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Australia
Diagnosis of love as a nervous disease in early writings
The article cites a famous English physician describing love as a cerebral disturbance and an awakening of dormant associations caused by a new impression. It notes that the condition may not always be as serious as the label suggests and reflects Victorian medical language on emotions.
The First Clocks and the Rise of Minute Hands
Early clocks featured only an hour band and later added the minute hand as fashion shifted toward decorative dials. This change marked a transition in timekeeping style and clockmaking.
The Strawberry Crop Bright Outlook and Ways to Enjoy It
Market dealers forecast a bountiful strawberry supply at affordable prices across the country. The article promotes Shredded Wheat Biscuit as a digestible base and offers recipes to enjoy berries with milk or cream. It also notes dietary tips for those sensitive to acidity and seeds.
Traveling Salesman Reads Telegram About Twins
A telegram found by a salesman mentions twins and more details to follow, as reported by a judge. An Oklahoma anecdote recalls Sac and Fox Indians habit of paying for items they want in stores, illustrated by a woman buying lacquer and later refusing another can because they could not eat the first.
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Tom Hall
Tom
Stroud
Preventing Appendicitis Through Constipation Relief
The article claims most appendicitis cases stem from constipation and urges prevention by avoiding constipation. It promotes Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a trusted cure that loosens bowels and supports liver and kidney health, with a price of 25 cents per box and availability through Edmanson Bates & Co. Toronto, and a 1903 calendar almanac offer.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Church Towers Across Mexico Leave Strong Impression
Lockwood de Forest notes across the border from the United States that Mexico presents a foreign, almost Eastern feel with desert plateaus and distant volcanoes. He praises church towers and tiled domes, laments interior renovations, and recalls ornate gilded wood carvings seen in many churches, contrasting untouched interiors with revolution wear.
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Mexico
United States
Bardir
Europe
India
Ahmedabad
Lockwood de Forest
The Black Cap Verdict That Bit a Jury
A trial judge in a state, unpopular for vanity, presides over a murder case. The jury, moved by the judge’s display of the black cap, returns a not guilty verdict to the astonishment of all, acknowledging the defendant’s guilt but bowing to the judge’s pomp.
Graveyard Neighbor Dilemma Shocks Cemetery Agent
A cemetery sales agent extolled a lot while a prospective buyer named prominent families nearby. She refused the plot citing distance from a good neighborhood. The agent collapsed and mused on whether neighborhoods extend even to graveyards.
New Goods Bring Fresh Profits for Retailers
In new lives of goods is where the profits lie. The old standbys that every dealer keeps have prices cut to pieces. Get the new things ahead of others and make money. Frequent rearrangement of showcases gives the effect of new goods received. The same old arrangement month after month looks like the same stock.
Strong minded wife charms polish peddler in five minutes
London Telegraph notes a witty exchange where a woman described as strong minded impresses a furniture polish peddler by selling him polish she crafted herself in five minutes. The remark highlights sharp humor and quick thinking in everyday life.
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Littlejohn
London Telegraph
An Easy Way Out of Prison Hardships
A concise note asserts the simplest strategy to endure prison abuses is to avoid prison entirely, emphasizing prevention over coping. The statement frames staying free as the most effective remedy against harsh confinement conditions.
Honor the Tree That Gives You Shelter Danish
A compact tribute in Danish style to the sheltering power of trees and the cultural reverence for nature as a source of protection and solace.
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Danish
Cultivation Guidelines for Sugar Beets from Kansas State Agricul tural College
Co S Knight of Kansas State Agricultural College provides practical beet cultivation instructions. Start when beets are large enough, use horse hoes on big fields, and thin at four leaves leaving 8 10 inch spacings. Maintain weed control, preserve soil surface, and cultivate weekly for six to eight weeks. Avoid damaging leaves or roots, suspend cultivation as foliage covers soil, and adjust with narrow or wide cultivators as needed.
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Co. S. Knight
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Farmer
Plowing Old Orchards And Careful First Plowing
A writer from New England Homestead advises shallow first plowing of three to four inches to protect surface roots in never-plowed orchards. In rough rocky ground, hogs are used to plow and fertilize while safeguarding any young trees in the enclosure. The method has been used successfully for many years.
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New England
Sowing Garden Peas For Continuous Harvest In May
Garden peas for general crop may begin in May with careful variety selection and frequent plantings to ensure a constant supply. If sowings of early, intermediate and late sorts are made at once they will come in succession.
Orchard Practice and New England Peach Varieties
The article discusses thinning and pruning to sustain fruiting in orchards and highlights popular white fleshed peaches for New England. It cites varieties such as Greensboro Waddell Carman Hiley Champion Belle of Georgia Elberta Crosby Hill's Chile and notes labeling needs. It also weighs the role of potash in orchard soils and its changing importance.
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New England
J. H W. Hale
Greensboro
Waddell
Carman
Hiley
Champion
Georgia
Elberta
Crosby
Hill
A Cure for Rheumatism and Social Nonsense
The page mixes humorous social chatter about fashion and hips with an ad touting Parmalee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for rheumatism. It promotes the pills as a cure for blood impurities from liver and kidney issues, claiming many cures and urging trials to convince readers. Also features a light exchange about proposing to a girl with a lobster pun.
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Parmelee
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