Gardens and industry blend in a chrome of work and rest
A Chicago Record-Herald spread blends a poetic meditation on gardens with a report on American zinc industry and labor. It notes zinc ore production in several states, European demand, and shifts in mill wages from Paterson to other towns, plus arbitration moves in the Typographical Union and early Ruskin Hall efforts in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine
Chicago
United States
Minaouri
Kansas
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Europe
United Kingdom
America
Pennsylvania
Paterson
N. J
Berinton
Pus
Scranton
Chicago Society
Ths
Trenton College
Fragmented science and industry notes from early minutes
A collection of brief items covers a mix of scientific speculation on the element helion, coal supply moves in Canada, Pittsburgh area industry employment, a piano and organ workers union convention in Cincinnati, a Payton cash register plant strike, Boston electric utility labor actions, and Chicago carpentry firm staffing upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light and Power Companies
Boston
Mass
Cra
Walon Carpenters
Wert Forty-ninth
Pat
Vton Streets
Chicaga
Carlaan & Co
H. Hughes
John Dahlberg
Tahiti and Society Islands Paradise in the South Pacific
The Society and Tahiti islands form two groups of volcanic origin. Tahiti, discovered in 1606, blends indolent native life with Anglican and Missionary influences. Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn history are linked, while Tahiti's climate, lush valleys, waters, and hospitality contrast with the wider world and its laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Telands
South Pacific
Lslands
Les
Society Islands
Tahiti
Francaise Republique Islands
Tropics
Bligh
England
Tahit
Jamaica
Pelzeed
Christian
Pitcairn Island
Isl
Folger
Nantucket
Mass
Alexander Smith
Adama
Bounty
Papeete
Ie Papeete
Vartougalands
London Missionary Society
France
Pacific
Light Flash from Mars Reported by Lowell Observatory
Professor Pickering discusses a reported Martian light flash. He says a December telegram from Lowell Observatory in Arizona claimed a shaft of light would project from Mars for seventy minutes. He wired the facts to Harops and sent copies nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Pickering
Lowell Observatory
Arizona
Harops
Peruna hailed by editor and readers as catarrh cure
Clem G Moore editor of the fonree at Crawforderslie Georgia lauds Peruna after four years of systemic catarrh and loss of work noting significant relief after several bottles Captain Percy W Moss of Pargould Arkansas calls Peruna the finest catarrh cure and Zenor of Washington DC recommends it as a remedy and general tonic advising those not seeing results to write Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem G. Moore
Fonree
Crawforderslie
Peruns Medicine Company
Percy W. Moss
Pargould
Ark
Peruna
Wm. T. Zenor
Washington, D.C
N. Capital Street
Washington, D. C
T. Zenor
Western Canada farm lands draw settlers to open districts
A Duluth reader lauds Western Canada wheat yields of twenty five to thirty bushels per acre and thick shocks. He notes mild winters due to the Japan current and warm chinook winds. The writer urges readers to seek information from government agents about new Saskatchewan valley districts opening this year and the opportunities for low-priced land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Canada
le Man
Japan
Saskatchewan
Grain-O: A Coffee Substitute Sold By Grocers
A promotional note touts Grain-O as a new food drink that imitates the rich brown color of mocha or java but is made from pure grains. It claims the beverage is safe for children and adults, easy to drink, and sold by all grocers, highlighting its price per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Ihlon
Java
New Fast Train To Colorado From St Louis And Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railway now runs double daily service from St Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and Pacific coast. Trains depart St Louis at 9:00 am and 10:10 pm Kansas City at 6:00 pm and 10:00 am with through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco. Excursion tickets on sale. For details contact company agents H C Townsend G P T A St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misauri Paci Railway
Misaouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Kansas City
Colorado
Utah
Pacific Coast
Kangag City
St Louis
Sann Francisco
H. C. Townsend
G. P.& T. Avent
Hall's Catarrh Care and Cure Ads in 190s Paper
A fragmented ad page cites Hall's Catarrh Care as a constitutional cure and Pine's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments. It features testimonials from Water Exnaxer of Vanburen Indiana dated February 10, 190, and other health claims with doctored names and garbled contact lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Price
Vanburen
Ind
Apple Crop Plant Planned in Angua Canton
A Swiss firm in Angua canton plans a plant to utilize the 1900 apple harvest. Machinery will peel core and slice apples, trays resembling gridirons support the slices as electric air heating bakes them. An anecdote recounts an old Brooklyn Heights resident hosting guests with a box of matches. A bishop, Rt Rev Jeryola A Newsham, traveling 900 miles on snowshoes, arrives in Ottawa after leaving Moor Fort Hudson Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Canton of
Angua
Brooklyn Heights
Eagle
Jeryola A. Newsham
Moogones
Jamen Bay
Ottawa
Moor Fort
Hudson's Bay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Snuff box once owned by Sir Francis Drake sells in London
An old snuff box reportedly used by Sir Francis Drake at Plymouth Hoe during a bowls game was sold in London for £3,103. The relic bears Drake’s coat of arms and his name on the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Drake
Plymouth
London
Sir Francis
Dropsy Patient Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs J B Flanigan of this place suffered dropsy for fifteen years and could not wear shoes. After five boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, prescribed by druggist J J Dale, she recovered fully and now praises the remedy and the pharmacist. The case is widely talked of in White County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Flanigan
Dodd
Mr. Dale
Mrs. Flanigan
White County
Potatoes and Fungus Theory Featured in Comptes Rendus
Hetonitat Writes of Potatoes notes M Bernard argues potato tubers form under fungal action Fusarium, present in tubers regardless of health, attacking subterranean stomata and hindering tuber growth. Red Croms Ball Hive advertised as cheaper alternative to bottle or box blue, large 2-oz pack sold at 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetonitat
Comptes Rendus
M. Bernard
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International ‘Typographical Union
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Thore
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Honolulu
Tesson
Ife
Alabama
Winnipeg
Fort William
Weat Superior
Garden
Vimor
Bogelund
Brin
Dew
Smith
Adams
San Francisco
Pitcairn
Carota
Tahith
Lila
Dr Kline
Citeat Seren Masteron
Pee Et Free
Eau Ein Botre
Mas
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