Early Dictionaries and Pencil Wood Trade Chronicle
A fragmentary historical article covers the evolution of dictionaries from medieval glossaries to early printed works, naming John of Genoa and Itenburg, Frances in Norfolk, and John Baret with The Hee Hive. It notes pencil lead sources from California sequoia wood and discusses longevity tables showing ages up to eighty plus in 824 cases with lifestyle factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiplied
John of
Genoa
Itenburg
Knext Society
Juivet
John Baret
Europe
California Lumber Company
California
Hum
Oath of Allegiance Questioned in Russia Amid Reforms
Fragmentary report notes Russia may require all subjects over 12 to swear allegiance to the czar while denying dual citizenship. The piece hints at enforcement methods and references experiments in telegraphing and a village scene in New Cladow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ehrich Ratenau
New Cladow
Prohibition Plea and Agricultural Seed Ads Mixed Item
A fragmented period page mixes quips about strikes and an off band organ with an advertisement for Hostetters Stomach Bitters claiming disease prevention and physician support. It also features a promotion for Salzer seeds, Danvers Onions yield claims, and a note inviting readers to mail for seeds and catalogs.
Seed catalog promises giant yields and seed samples
An advertisement touts 1000 bushels of potatoes per acre and high yields in potatoes oats corn and seeds. It invites readers to request a seed book and a Giant Spurry sample from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis. The rest presents quips and product pitches about teething remedies and fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus Danvers
John L. Rath
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Sing Sing
On the Road to Recovery with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An 19th or early 20th century ad extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine for women in maidenhood, womanhood, wifehood and motherhood. It claims to improve beauty through health, addressing headaches back pain nervous tension sleeplessness and female disorders. It links proper nutrition air exercise and the medicine to correcting displacements catarrhal inflammation and uterine issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Womb Ailment Cured by Favorite Prescription
Mrs CAM Field of East Dickinson Franklin County New York conveys thanks for restoration to health after womb inflammation and bearing down pains left her unable to walk. She credits twelve bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a cure and notes doctors said no cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Camfield
East Dickinson
Franklin Co
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
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Dictionaries
Tobes
Fact
Marion Harland
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
New York
Rireekiya
New York City
Mrs. Camfield
St. Jacos
Ager Egeada
Denver Directory
J. H. Wilson
J. Af. Wilson
Larimer St
Denver
Colo
Lovorado
Coods
Fred Mu&ller
Larimer Street
Leaver
Colorado
Gooda
W. E. Burlingame
Chemical Laboratory
Lawrence St
Heucker
Tas
16Th Street
Londoner Block
Arapahoe Street
C.C. Bischof
Enterprise Plating Co
Cash Gomamission CO
H. O. Munger & CO
PRO Commission
G. E. Ady
Nock & Garside
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