Collar invention roots in Troy a century ago reforming wear
The story traces the origin of detachable collars from a Troy blacksmith’s wife about 75 years ago. Ebenezer Brown built a dry goods and collar factory, with workers paid in merchandise, producing early string collars later evolved by machines. The Troy industry now employs extensive capital and will showcase at the St. Louis fair.
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Troy
Arco
Tittle
Ebenezer Brown
St. Louis
Unbiased Opinion Sought on War-Paint Portrait
Nesbit seeks a child’s view to judge a painting titled as depicting an Indian. Wife and friend praise it, but Nesbit doubts both and pays three street children ten cents to describe what they see. The boys respond in unison with a single word: rooster.
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Rooster
Bertha
The Right Conditions Dialogue on Life and Earth
A fragmentary exchange imagines if all born beings survived the earth would teem with flies. It then compares life to a vast solar system like a busy railroad restaurant.
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Briggs
Griggs
Solar System
Tife
Very Likely Delivers a Playful Delusion of Marriage
Dialogues reveal a comic misunderstanding about marriage and happiness. A man proclaims a single woman owes him thanks for making her life happy while another man asserts he is not married and claims to have broken the arrangement.
Two Steps The Last One Helps the First
A coffee drinker shakes off trouble by two steps: cut coffee completely and switch to Postum Food Coffee. This shifts blood to red cells, improving health, as shown by a testimonial from Georgina and husband. The pair claim weight gain and relief from headaches after replacing coffee with Postum.
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Postum
Bank of Carrollten
Postume
Battle Creek
Mich
Wrellville
Embroidery and Trimmings Flaunt in Summer Shirtwaists
New York fashion notes describe shirt waist suits finished with embroidery used sparingly or with eyelets for a fresh look. Descriptions cover color ranges, trims, ribbons, and delicate fabrics, noting summer styles lean toward simplicity yet feature bold floral patterns and numerous ornamentations.
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New York
INENS
Fashion Notes Fringe Appears on Ultra-Modish Parasols
Fringe trends emerge on a selection of ultramodish parasols with varied detailing. The fashion pieces highlight experimentation in texture and silhouette for the season.
Early 19th Century Plain and Fancy Womenswear Descriptions
Fragmentary text describes simple yet varied women’s garments in brown taffeta with trim and buttons, white fabric with lace and pearl accents, and other elegant items. Mentions hats, shoes, and matching accessories, noting modern fashion aims toward understated elegance.
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Pia
Simple Breakfast Rolls From Tolta
A compact Tolta recipe yields breakfast or dinner rolls. Mix two pounds flour salt sugar lard or dripping two eggs beaten with two tablespoons yeast and a pint warm milk. Knead well let rise near the fire divide into twelve to fourteen rolls bake half an hour then cool on a sheet.
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Tolta
Steve
Banana Short Cake With Rich Tea Bisuit Crust
Prepare a rich tea biscuit crust bake in jelly cake tins in thin layers. Split while hot spread bananas in layers with salt and sugar. Finish with a thick banana layer as icing and serve with vanilla custard.
Beet Roll Guide for Two-Pound Top Round Steaks
A meat loaf style dish using two pounds round steak two eggs crackers butter milk onion sage salt and pepper. Mix with a stiff spoon bake in two deep square tins for one hour in a hot oven. Baste as it browns. Onion or sage optional. Also good hot for dinner or cold sliced for lunch.
Lemon Snap Recipe From Old Time Confectioners
A historic recipe describes lemon snaps made with flour sugar and lemon zest. Mix lemon juice ground ginger allspice and molasses then bake on sheet tins until done. Cool and cut into squares then roll each square around the finger as it is lifted from the tin.
Lemon Candy and Mutton Pie Instructions
Step by step directions describe lemon candy made from sugar and water flavored with lemon essence, then cooled and cut into squares. Also outlined is a mutton pie with cold mutton pieces seasoned with pepper salt and spice, topped with four corn) and stock, baked quickly then simmered for three quarters of an hour.
Domestic health tips from a past era on kitchens and chores
A household advice snippet urges airing rooms daily to curb germs from wilted vegetables and decaying produce. It advises cooking cabbage and onions uncovered to diffuse strong odors and using vinegar water to refresh carpets while avoiding traffic until dry.
Royal Prussian Potash Mines Details
The Strassfurt potash mines near Berlin supply global needs. Twenty seven mines produced potash once used as salt, now a fertilizer and chemical ingredient. Operated under a German sovereign and empire supervision, they employ 21,000 workers and yield 1,200 car loads daily.
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Strassfurt
Berlin
Louisville
Tennessee
South Carolina
William
Emperor
Germany
Ing
Prussia
Louisville Caurier-Journal
The Umbrella Exchange During a Rainy Visit
A host lent an umbrella to a guest during a storm. The guest promised to return it next day but kept it. Weeks later the owner spotted the same umbrella with the borrower and asked for its return. The borrower replied it could not be returned because it was raining.
Allen’s Foot Ease advert for shoe powder deal
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into your shoes for relief of corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Lose makes tight shoes easy. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed president Allen Olmsted Le Hoy N Y
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Allen
Avi
Olmsted
le Hoy
Odd Patent Tonic Ads and Wordplay Parody
A rambling 1901 era advertisement collage and tongue in cheek quotes. It promotes Mrs Winslow s Scoormixa Brace for Chilaren with dubious claims and quotes from Dr Van Dyke and Richard Grant White. It ends with a price line stating 35 cents a bottle.
Beyond a Doubt in a Murky Exchange
A fragment shows a tense exchange about happiness and money. A man questions a habit while another suggests groups who would be happy if financially able to pursue experiments. The dialogue hints at humor and social critique.
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Gonbier
Sears Roebuck and Co Binder Twine Offer
A garbled notice from Sears Roebuck & Co Chicago offers a liberal binder twine deal. It invites readers to return mail to obtain the price and terms. The message asks recipients to watch for a forthcoming response and mentions an insurance proposition.
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Wwe
Bcason
SEARS
Roertcr & CO
The Follies of Seasickness Across Ranks
A retired army officer dreads the sea but is urged by wife and daughter to year abroad. He groans through a rough voyage as an old friend notes the rising and falling waves. The sufferer finally mutters a progression of military ranks.
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Leutenant
Prank M Russell Reverses Kidney Trouble With Pills
In Cox Wisconsin July 4 pranks and town rumor tell of M Russell who suffered kidney disease. After reading a newspaper ad about Dodd's Kidney Pills he tried two boxes and experienced marked improvement able to work all day. He claims prior to use he could not walk across a room and praises the remedy as a remarkable Wisconsin case in Chippewa County.
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Cox
Wis
M. Russell
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russells
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Superintendent opens information bureau for trains
The superintendent says he will open a bureau of information for passengers and seeks a man experienced in giving information. Weill replies as a ticket agent, but the superintendent rejects him stating the role requires someone accustomed to giving information.
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Rairerd
Appliednt—Weill
Steel used in making pens tops steel sword and gun output
The article notes that more steel goes into pen manufacture than into all sword and gun factories worldwide. The first steel pen appeared a century ago, and one firm now makes 200 million pens a year using seven and a half tons of sheet steel weekly, totaling 78 million pounds annually.
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