Meekison Endorses Peruna After Thirty Years of Catarrh
Ohio Congressman David Meekison lauds Peruna after thirty years of catarrh. He reports using several bottles and feeling benefits, claiming eventual eradication may follow with continued use. He invites others to write Dr. Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus for free advice.
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Suzette and the Daisy Test of Love
Poem lines describe a courtship game with a daisy test and petals counting as a measure of love. A contrast appears with Suzette declaring the flower lies and that he is hers. The second section shifts to encyclopedia notes on skin anatomy and ancient Egyptian statues, then London curiosities about shrines and monuments.
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Poppies Rediscovered in 2000-Year-Old Mine Glow
In Laurium silver mines abandoned over two millennia a Briton’s find revealed dormant poppy seeds buried beneath slag. Exposed to sunlight, the seeds sprouted a vivid poppy bloom without water or restoratives, illustrating the restoring power of light. A separate note describes a novel burglar alarm using a flame in a tube that roars in drafts. An Alabama man killed two large rattlesnakes with a pine sapling club after surprising his daughters during a walk.
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Laurium
Henry Stork
Grand Bay
Ala
Mr. Stork
Mr. Stor
A Versatile Tree Cocoanut Palm Uses Across the World
The cocoanut palm with about 300 million trees yields many products. Wood for buildings and boats, leaves for thatch and cattle feed, fibers for ropes and paper, kernel as major food and confectionery, coconut oil for cooking soap and candles, soap lathers in salt water, wax resin wine from the central bud, and even the nut shell has uses. This plant supplies livelihoods for millions.
Parrot Frace Exterminated in St Vincent Volcanic Eruption
Ornithologists report likely extinction of Guilding's amazon parrot once in the Souffriere area of St. Vincent after volcanic eruptions and 1898 hurricane. Surviving birds said to have perished in the May eruption, per a Scotsman note. Also a historical aside on umbrellas and fashion.
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Guilding
St. Vincent
Heavy Freight Train Hauls Record 104 Loads 4013 Tons
A Sayre to Weldon freight run carried 104 loads totaling 4013 tons. The eastbound train left Sayre at 2 PM and reached Weldon at 9 05 PM over 82.4 miles, averaging 13.7 miles per hour with the engine taking water three times. The stark contrast to Nome's icehouse murder hanging underscores the era’s cruelties.
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Sayre
Weldon
Sanitary chief halts police handling of unconscious
Brooklyn sanitary superintendent Dr Jossih H Raymond orders stop to police taking Staten Island residents found partly or wholly unconscious to custody. Police previously treated unconscious people as drunk, risking death in several cases where immediate medical aid was needed.
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Sanitary Superintenent
Brooklyn
Staten
Tesonica
Long-Lived Pensioners Named in Historic List
Two women’s names remain on a British pension list dating to the era of George I. One is Lady Barrow, described as the adopted daughter of John Wilson Croker, Lord Macauulay’s “bad, very bad man, fear.” The other is the mother of Sir William Anson, MP for Oxford University and warden of All Souls.
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Lord Macaulay
Sir William Anson
Oxford University
All Souls
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Pinkham
May Haute
Edgerton
Household Economics Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Navy officer shortage worries Secretary Moody
Secretary Moody faces difficulty keeping enough commissioned officers in the navy as continued retirement applications under the navy personnel act drain numbers. There is no method to prevent retirements with advanced rank.
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Navy
Navy Personnel Act
Triumph for Americans in Havana Fever-Free Year
A decade ago predicting a full year in Havana without yellow fever would seem insane. Yet under American occupation and with American scientific and sanitary efforts, the city has seen no reported cases throughout the year.
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Havana
Work of Woman Poet Ode to Aphrodite by Sappho
A note on the enduring reach of Sappho as a female poet whose Ode to Aphrodite is translated into many languages. The text contrasts Sappho’s twenty five centuries of fame with Shakespeare’s comparatively brief three centuries of lasting status.
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Sappho
Shakespeare
French perfume industry harmed by German synthetic oils
The French industry of growing flowers for perfume has been hurt by chemical odors and artificial ethereal oils from Germany sold cheaply and difficult to distinguish from real scents.
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Germany
Ferns in Class Go Real to Young Learner
A public school instructor, seeking to teach the word fer, brought a pot of ferns into the classroom. When asked by a little girl to define it she answered ingenuously that it was a pot of green feathers.
Bagpipes Not Scotch Says Expert on Their Origins
A researcher notes that bagpipes are not uniquely Scottish. He explains the drums and pipes incorporate materials from Africa Jamaica Australia and Spain. The article questions a sole national identity for the instrument and highlights global sourcing.
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Africa
Jamaica
Australia
Spain
Found Powerful Spring in Lincolnshire Well Bores
In Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, workers bored an artesian well at a water diviner marked spot and struck a spring at 150 feet. The discovery now yields about 64,000 gallons of water daily.
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Sleaford
Lincolnshire
England
The Real Trouble in New York Violin World
The discoverer of the amber varnish of Cremona violins has been visiting New York newspaper offices again. There are enough good violins. Would that there were fewer bad violinists.
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New York
Memorial committee to buy Pasteur birth home in Dolec
A dedicated committee at Dolec plans to raise funds for acquiring the house where Louis Pasteur was born to establish a lasting memorial near the recently erected statue. The project aims to preserve the birthplace as a historic site and tribute to Pasteur's contributions.
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Dolec
Valuable Find in Denmark Bog Yields Bronze Chariot
In a Zeeland island bog Denmark archaeologists uncover a votive bronze chariot with a horse figure ten inches high and a sun inlay in gold tracing a single side of the artifact.
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Denmark
Zeeland
Long Marston villagers claim ten percent reach age ninety
A statistician notes that one tenth of Long Marston inhabitants in Hertfordshire England have reached ninety years old, indicating notable longevity in the village.
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Long Marston
Hertfordsire
England
Matrimonial Motives Spark Courtship Debate
Matilda argues Frank acted wholly disinterested in proposing, while Uncle George jokes about being disinterested as well. The exchange turns on motives and recklessness in a light domestic scene.
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Frank
George
Ested
Not if He Goes in October
A clipped aphorism notes that a man’s vacation usually leaves him looking tired, likening it to a betrothed girl awaiting marriage. The line, from the Atchison Globe, hints at societal views on rest and readiness before major life steps.
Asylum and Eye Hospital Named for Queen Victoria
A memorial pledge in Ceylon plans to found an eye hospital and an asylum for the blind in memory of the late Queen Victoria, establishing a lasting public tribute to her reign.
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Ceylon
Queen Victoria
How Cows Rest
A cattleman says cows lie down on their left side and never on their right unless the left is injured.
Test of Time Kidney Pill Adverts and Jokes
A column mix of vintage ads and a short humor note. Mrs Clara J Sherbourne of Portland Maine praises Doan s Kidney Pills for kidney relief including rapid back pain relief after illness. Also notes a free trial offer and price. Other items include Defiance product boast, a fencing lesson joke, Mother Gray powder for children with testimonials, and a quiet host story ending with a child prompting another tale.
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Clara J. Sherbourne
Cumberland Street
Portland
Maine
Dean
H. H. Hay & Son
Doan
Reforestation experiment buys Middlesex tract for park
Connecticut State Forester Mulford purchases 1300 acres in Middlesex County at four dollars per acre to establish a state park test site. The project aims to compare tree species by soil types as an object lesson in reforestation of barren lands.
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Mulford
Connecticut
Middlesex County
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