Healthy Mothers Have Healthy Children
A Sacramento reader testifies to the benefits of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for expectant and postnatal care. She describes strength and nerve support aiding her work during pregnancy and after, and endorses obtaining the medicines from a druggist with free medical advice from Dr. Pierce.
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Pierce
Anna Smith
Hh Ave
Sacramento
Calif
Miankijl
Dr. Pierce
Perce
Towalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Natural Pipe Line Discovered During Quarry Work
Workmen at a quarry unearthed a water conduit about three feet wide and two feet high at twenty feet depth. The solid lodge and uniform diameter span 200 feet with deeply corrugated sides indicating prior high water pressure. The find is described as one of nature’s pipe lines exposed.
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Snathh
Malone
Scientific American
Burmese belief on the soul in sleep as butterfly
Dorothy Dix notes that Burmese people hold the soul leaves the body in butterfly form during sleep. They fear awakening could trap the soul abroad, since it would have to return to its habitation before dawn to avoid wandering.
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Harma
Dorothy Dix
Son Proud Of His Typing After City Exam Success
An old lady celebrates her son who sent a telegram from the city announcing he passed an examination. The mother tells a friend how well he has learned to type write recently and praises the proud display of his diligence.
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Clarence
Name le Misnomer Camel Hair Paintbrushes
The so called camel hair brushes are not from camels but from squirrel fur. They are not made by a man named Camel whose identity has been lost for years.
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Camel
Hundreds apply for English public executioner post
On the war occasion a vacancy arose for public executioner in England the home secretary received 786 applications. The record notes heavy interest in the controversial government role during wartime.
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England
Home Secretary
Temperance Exemplified by the Jitte Motto
A brief note on temperance praising contentment with known truth and limited means. The fragment reflects a moral stance attributing value to self restraint and humble effort within given resources. Readers are reminded that true temperance lies as much in attitude as in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruakin
Look Yourself Over Old Boy in Jit Market Quota
A Wall Street Journal line counsels care in conveying value in a market setting. It cautions not to overvalue or underbid a partner in a transaction, urging prudence before finalizing a sale or exchange.
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Wall Street Journal
Prodigal’s Return Told by Wandering Sailor in Asia
In a crowded riverfront cafe in Ajogapore, Galt and companions recount a lifelong wanderer’s tale of drift, voices urging home, and a Calcutta broker who tangled with the law. The story traces three calls: home, calf theft, and the trail, ending with the prodigal choosing exile from his stepfather and calves.
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Galt
Chatta Ghan
River Alley
Ajogapore
Simla
England
Bruce
Maloney
Queenstown
Meehlin
Wellington
New Zealand
Vancouver
Sydney
Jimmy
Johnny
Seattle
Sydney Mead
George Street
Bourke
Polaon
McQuarty
Milt
Ted
Mc Carty
Alaba
Wairapa
Jory
McCarty
Dubbo
Rourke
Hollow Ladder Bridges Pushed To Extreme Altitudes
Mount Everest expedition members crossed crevasses on a portable hollow wooden ladder bridge. The 18 foot, 45 pound device supports 500 pounds per rung when upright and aims for light transport at 25 000 feet plus.
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Mount Evereet
Popwar Science Monthly
Bret Harte Heads to Richmond Lecture
Bret Harte, en route to Richmond Virginia, suffered a severe headache before his arrival. He walked with the future chairperson of his talk as they discussed Wedmond's health, joking about the city's death rate while Harte questioned if today’s man had died yet.
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Bet Harte
Richmond
Virginia
Wedmond
Bret Harte
Leodos Tatler
Feeding orphan lambs with cow's milk prompts caution
Historical guidance advises against diluting cow's milk for orphan lambs when ewe's milk is richer. Prefer lambs from ewes with extra milk, feed every two hours at birth with small amounts, 100 degree milk, and gradually reduce as they grow. If a ewe has two lambs, supplement with cow's milk to finish feeding.
Steer Feed Trial At Idaho Station Shows Mixed Outcomes
A winter 1924 25 study at the Caldwell labstation Idaho agricultural experiment station fed 52 steers in five groups with varied rations over 100 days. Steers shipped March 27 and sold March 30 on the Portland market with an average 4 4 pound shrink per head and 75 cent per hundredweight marketing costs. Dressings ranged from 62 to 69 percent with prices near 1 75 per cwt and carcasses grading mostly choice and good.
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Caldwell
Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
Owyhee County
Portland
Care of Little Pigs at Farrowing Time
At farrowing time the herdsman must stay at his post to save some piglets and even the sow. Newborn pigs have needle teeth and some herdsmen remove them. After farrowing feed a thin slop with ground feed, increasing as piglets take milk.
Live Stock Advice for Pigs and Sheep
The notes urge aki milk for growing pigs and essential inoculation if alfalfa is scarce. Soil inoculation from commercial culture or past alfalfa fields is recommended. Copper carbonate treatment costs six cents an acre to prevent rout in feed wheat, with varying losses per acre. Farmers are advised to plan a flock of brooding ewes this fall and consider crude petroleum diluted with kerosene to curb hog mange. Sheep are touted as the most profitable livestock per dollar with fall field cleanup.
Cause of Writer's Cramp Defined in Occupational Neurasia
Writer's cramp is an occupational neurasia from excessive writing with a tightly contracted hand. It affects thumb and forefinger muscles while other manual tasks remain easy. The condition usually appears in middle age.
Ether as earliest anesthetic in medical history
The text traces ether as the earliest known anesthetic with origins in the thirteenth century lore. It discusses the name sulfuric ether from supposed composition, notes unconfirmed early claims, and credits Baumeure and Gay-Lussac for composition ideas with Williamson later detailing its formation and constitution.
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Baueware
Gay-Dus‘mae
Williamson
Local Woman Arrested After Garlic Concoction Incident
Madame Amed Abdullah believed Constantinople women adored her son and consulted a fortune teller. She threw a garlic water mud and boiled shoe mixture at a woman near her son's residence and was arrested for the act.
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Amed Abdullah
Constantinople
Madame Abdullah
Lead Roofs of England Churches Require Recasting
Old English church roofs use lead that lasts for centuries but must be recast every two hundred years. The process involves melting, rolling, and replacing the lead to maintain durability as a roofing material across medieval heritage structures.
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England
Graft Experimentsin Vegetables Stir Plant Life Changes
French botanists have grafting experiments that create new species extend plant lives and intensify flower fragrance. Potatoes growing on branches are among the results cited as outcomes of these trials. A personal anecdote about Dorin and Phyllis contrasts with the scientific advances described.
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Phyllis
Dorin
Nate
Trustful Doris and Farm Invention Change in Wheat Labor
In 1890 the Department of Agriculture reported three hours of human labor were needed for a bushel of wheat, now just ten minutes. American farm invention is highlighted as a major contributor to human ease and well-being over the last century.
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America
Department of Agriculture
Disputed Credit for First Global Circumnavigation
Some authorities credit the U. S. 8 Vincennes with the first circumnavigation in 1829 1830 while others assign the feat to the United States frigate Potomac in a 1831 1834 cruise.
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Vincennes
United States
Potomac
Carpet for the Cellar Helps Protect Floors
A fragment notes a carpet placed at the cellar bottom to prevent marks from rubber heels on the clean kitchen Maclean.
Point of Resemblance Lightning Bugs and Men
A fragment notes a comparison between lightning bugs and men, claiming a bug can see where it has been but not where it is going, attributed to Charlotte Ob server.
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Caan
Charlotte Observer
Talkers Word Records Speech Rate Assertion
A seasoned speaker delivers a speech on a well understood subject at a rapid pace estimated as about 000 words per hour. The comment notes a rapid speaking rate for capable talkers.
Mackenzie River Tallies Canada’s Longest River Title
The Mackenzie River is Canada’s longest river and ranks as the second longest in North America. It stretches across the western Arctic and drains into the Beaufort Sea, shaping regional ecosystems and Indigenous travel routes.
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Canada
Mackenzie River
North America
Not the Crumbly Kind. A cake that is dough yields few crumbs
An enigmatic note from the Boston Tran script hints at a bakehouse in doubt. The lines suggest a dough based treat with limited crumbs as comfort, a metaphorical look at resilience amid scarce supply.
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Boston Transcript
Faithfulness Quote Echoes on a Faithful Heart
A George Eliot quotation proclaims that faithfulness is the deepest hunger of a faithful heart, emphasizing the value of constancy and integrity as core virtue.
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George Eliot
Church Foundation Lays on PreCambrian Rock in New York
St John the Divine church foundation rests on solid preCambrian rock in New York, making the structure likely to endure longer than many old-world cathedrals built on unstable sands or swampy ground.
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St. John the Divine
New York
Pyrrhic Victory's Origin in Asculum Battle
The phrase Pyrrhic victory refers to Pyrrhus of Epirus defeating Rome at Asculum but with massive losses. He allegedly warned that another such victory would destroy him, signaling unsustainable gains in war.
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Asculum
Pyrrhus
Epirus
Sunday Thought on Pleasure and White Day
A brief reflective note quotes Rogers on unexpected pleasure and its lasting value. It frames a thoughtful hour as a treasured moment, calling the day a white day in our lives and emphasizing the heart’s wakeful recognition.
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Rogers
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