Indian Chief Renounces Pagan Ways at Mission
Meranie a Cayuse leader on the Umatilla Reservation embraces Christianity during the ordination of Rev. Edward Connor at Tu tul la Presbyterian Mission southwest of Spokane Washington. Merania vows to abandon pagan customs wear no feathered headdress or body paint stop theft gambling and drunkenness and live a better life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla
Meranie
Spokane
Tutuilla
Edward Connor
Felowman
How Cuticura Remedies Saved a Child's Life
A mother recounts her infant's Cuban itch sores covering him from head to toe causing constant crying and sleepless nights. After failed doctor treatment, Cuticura Soap and Ointment eased and dried the sores within two weeks, saving the boy who is now five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zona Miller
Union City
R. FD
No. 1
Branch Co
Miah
The First War Balloon Origins and Meanings
The Dundee Advertiser notes balloons were first used in war in 1794 by Guyton de Morveau, with later use at Solferino in 1859 and for mail evacuations from Paris. It discusses the term balloon's many meanings from a football like sphere to a glass vessel and even the Siam king's balloon state car.
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Guyton de Morveau
Fleu- Tus
Solferino
Federal Army
Washington
Paris
Siam
Dundee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Cure for Constitutional Disease
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 if any case remains uncured and invite testimonials, with product sold by druggists at 75 cents. Also promotes Tall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cugany & Co
Toledo
Strength of Yate Wood Declared Strongest in WA
Official tests of Western Australia native woods reveal yate as the strongest known timber. Average tensile strength reaches 24,000 psi, equivalent to good cast iron, with some samples tested near seventeen and a half tons per square inch. Sawn timber is possibly the strongest globally. The tree reaches up to 100 feet in height and diameters of two and a half to three feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Australia
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days and Tinfoil Manufacture
Piles cure claim offered with guarantee to relieve itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or money back. Also describes tin and lead based process for making tinfoil and ultra thin sheets, noting a thickness near 0.0001 inch.
Young farmer boy astronomer discovers two comets
J. E. Meluish of Cottage Grove Wisconsin, a farm boy barely past teens with a country education, using a homemade telescope, detects two comets. Prominent scientists take note and offer chance to pursue astronomy more effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Meluish
Cottage Grove
Wis
Unbalanced Farm Practices For Timber, Cattle Care
A historical guide discusses farm finance through timber sales, silo and tank construction for hog dip, feed strategies for geese, cattle, and dairy cows, and stable improvements. It covers cement tanks, fencing placement, and efficient feeding cycles to maintain digestion, butter-fat production, and livestock health.
Break Up A Hen Setting Trick From Rural World
A Rural World writer shares a method to break a setting hen using a steel trap with thin wire wrapped around each jaw placed in the nest. The hen squats free from the trap and can be reset. The author claims originality and that the recipe is free to all.
Fall Plowing Recommended To Combat Cut Worms
L C Brown argues in National Farmer that turning sod in fall rather than spring reduces cut worms and insect damage, improves seed-bed condition, and yields a bumper corn crop. He warns spring plowing makes soils spongy and past years show decline in soil quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Brown
National Farmer
Timber Growth and Valuation on Forty Acre Tracts
The text analyzes a forty acre timber tract in the Eastern townships and Northern Vermont, calculating stumpage, growth, and yearly earnings. It presents a model: 480,000 feet at 7 per M yields 3360 dollars, with yearly gains from growth at forty cents per M and total cuttings producing 427.20 dollars, or 6.88 dollars per acre annually.
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Vermont
Cement Dipping Tank Construction Advice
An agricultural notice urges builders to use cement for dipping tanks and other structures. It compares cost and durability to boards and directs readers to send to the secretary of agriculture in Washington for farmer's bulletin No. 235.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Farmer's Bulletin No
Burro Deaths Challenge Belief in Immortality
The Holbrook Argus reports a science debate over whether the Arizona burro ages or lives forever with only two known natural burro deaths, both caused by lightning, while others argue against immortality for the species.
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Holbrook Argus
Trade Review Notes Hopeful Turn In Early 1908
The Weekly Review reports holiday trade held steady with partial recovery and better mood for next year. Exports hit a monthly record of 93 655 751 dollars aiding gold imports, while iron and steel centers anticipate more activity after holidays and plates and structural shapes show stronger demand. Some plants resumed, others added, but overall limited changes as conservatism lingers until year end.
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R. G Dun & Company
Review of Trade
Birmingham
Reading Matter and Postal Cards Delight Village Post Mistress
Martha Smith, village post mistress, is in fine humor as rural mail carriers joke about a raise. A city boarder asks about new postal cards. The quip notes people can write on both sides, doubling Martha’s reading load in mail delivery.
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Martha Smith
Martha
Chicago Newa
Would your life change if you could live it again
A historical Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt frames a dialogue between Captains Teach and Kidd. Kidd jokes about endowing a university and becoming a respectable togue, hinting at playful maritime bravado and cultural archaism.
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Capt. Teach
Capt. Kidd
Louisville Courier-Journal
Jersey Lad Deaf Boy Hears Through Mouth Says Experts
John Hetzel a 10 year old from Jersey City sent to the New Jersey State Home for Deaf Mutes at Trenton astonishes faculty and doctors. The boy mouths jokes about gold dollars and is observed to keep his mouth open. He is believed to hear through the mouth, a claim not yet confirmed by examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
John Hetzel
Jersey City
New Jersey
Trenton
Iie
Tramways and the origins of the word tram
The piece traces how the word tram derives from Outram and Malis name Oulvam, noting Thomas Outram in Derbyshire who in the last century devised friction reducing track. It explains how his “Outramways” evolved into tramways and then tram, touches on Britain’s habit of honoring inventors with machine names, and the shift to modern road transport.
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Oulvam
Thomas Onteim
Derbyshire
England
Outram
Great Britain
Mingdom for Sale A Bizarre Royal Offer in Newspapers
A nameless promoter in Ybor City advertises a kingdom for sale including throne crown and dominions with three wives for 200000. The description cites a vast land in Africa and a tragic throne of skulls and thigh bones, with royal prerogatives and concessions attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yborshie
Africa
Pits and Nerve Tonic Ads and Local Notes
An OCR fragment mentions Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer priced at $9 a bottle with a free treatise, plus a Philadelphia address. It notes 35 widows in Roendein ham Maine a village of 1300 with oldest widow 9 years, and a Bromo Quinine laxative priced 85 cents. A field in Worcestershire yielded wheat reaped at 9 am used for bread shortly after.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H.R
Areh St
Phila
Roendeinham
Maine
E. W. Greve
Bluckles
Worcestershire
Early mentions of the crosier in medieval church history
The passage notes Mrs Winslow's Syrup for teething and mentions early use of the crosier dating to Atadus archbishop of Reims who died in 933 An ancient font in Winchester cathedral is linked to a bishop with a crosier and an example is placed on the tomb of Bartholomew Bishop of Exeter who served from 1161 to 1184.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atatdus
Reims
Winchester
England
Bartholomew
Exeter
Woodcraft
Woman Promoter in Southwest Telephony Leader
A Western Texas promoter, Mrs Anney McDiroy Brett, is hailed as telegraph queen of the Southwest. She serves as president of the Southern Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company and leads Brett Construction, Telephat and Telegraph Company. These firms, worth nearly half a million dollars, were organized by her without any initial capital. The note adds a grim health caution, stating the peak altitude that can be reached without serious impact is 16,600 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Texas
Anney McDiroy Brett
Southwest
Southern Indepenent Telephone and Telegraph Company
Manag
Brett Construction, Telephat and Telegraph Company
Well-Informed World Endorses Syrup of Senna Remedy
One essential for happy homes is knowledge of health and best products. The text promotes Syrup of Senna and Elixir of Senna as a reputable family laxative, approved by physicians and Well-Informed of the World, and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, available through leading druggists.
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California
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