Swindling the Farmer Over Pink Producer Potato Scheme
A Milwaukee dispatch details a farmer swindle across Indiana Missouri Illinois and Minnesota totaling about 750000 in three months. The con used a fake seed claim pink producer potatoes sold with a buy back promise and notes discounted at banks. Two disgruntled company members sparked the exposure leading to arrests in Detroit and Windsor.
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Blowhard Chafes at Camera Fiends, Puck Claims
In a tongue in cheek quip from Puck, a pompous figure is described as thinking highly of himself while growing increasingly annoyed by intrusive camera attention. The sketch lampoons vanity and public scrutiny.
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Puck
Phosphoric Acid Key To Potatoes And Tobacco Yields
Ohio agricultural notes challenge the potash view for potatoes and highlight phosphoric acid as the dominant factor in boosting yields and quality. Tobacco trials show potash salts greatly affect quality and combustion, with sulfate-based potash recommended over chloride-rich varieties. Plus brief on abandoned New England farine catalogue and state farm farm listings.
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South Carolina
New England
Renovating Weedy Pastures For Better Farming
The article outlines methods to revive pastures overrun with weeds in New England. It recommends plowing, burning unwanted growths, using strong growing tillage crops, and applying chemicals and manure strategically. A first year mix should include grasses and clovers with specific fertilizer ratios, followed by adapted dressings in subsequent years. It notes the importance of selecting productive grass varieties and managing yields.
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New England
Usu
Allen's Foot Ease Shoe Powder Ad Promises Quick Relief
Freer Acue Axp Bount Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for the feet relieves corns bunions swollen hot callus sore and sweating feet. It cures while you walk and gives rest and comfort. Over 30,000 testimonials. 25 cents. Sample sent free Allen 8. Olmted Le Roy NY.
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Philanthropist funds deaf aid through Nicholsons Institute
A wealthy donor, cured of hearing troubles by Dr Nicholsons Artificial Ear Drums, contributed 1,060,000 dollars to The Nicholson Institute. The gift aims to provide ear drums free to deaf people unable to afford them. Correspondence addressed to No. 124 The Nicholson Institute, 780 Eight Avenue, New York.
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Nicholson Institute
Eight Avenue
New York
Storing Celery and Cabbage For Winter Use
Instructions from an experienced trucker on storing celery and cabbage. Describes in ground blanching beds, board coverings, ventilation, and straw or manure mulches to prevent freezing. Also covers cellar storage with soil packing, watering, and keeping roots moist while stalks stay dry, plus early trenching of cabbages and mulch for winter keeping.
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Ohio
Washington society woman hosts horses triumph celebration
A Washington society woman celebrated her horses winning a show by entertaining her coachman and stable men, claimed by the Nashville American as evidence of a secret alliance between Washington and London.
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Washington
London
Anti Divnette bedding cure advertised for incontinence
An old advertisement proclaims Anti Divnette by Da B Deroner selling for $100 and $1 through B H Gorrel druggist. It claims to cure bed wetting for children and adults and to arrest the trouble at once.
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da. B. Deroner
B. H. Gorrel
Train connections map obscure lines and locales
Fragmentary OCR lists train times and connections between stations including Strasburg Junction, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington and the Valley Railroad. The garbled text hints at schedules noting 5 00am 9 40am 11 44pm and 12 01pm 12 1pm 12 20pm with Southern R. service and routes toward Staunton and Lexington.
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Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Points
Valley Railroad
Quotations on Character and Conduct Through History
A list of aphorisms and reflections from Sierne Canning Colton Thackeray Beecher Prentice Hale and Napoleon I. The sayings cover traits such as decision humility jealousy and conversion and reflect on character and fate with moral overtones.
Unclear Teletype Fragments Mention Local Names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions substitutions and a brewing or bottle line with Perry Davis and Son. No coherent event or outcome is clear from the legible lines.
Thoughtful reflections over marriage and politics in a dim hotel row
The speaker recalls family thoughts at a wedding and dismisses a breakfast breakfast scene as typical. The text muses on rumors of an anarchist plot and contrasts expectations of Roosevelt with McKinley, noting Roosevelt’s likely harsher stance.
Investment in Copper Mines Proves Highly Profitable
The article notes that copper mining has attracted large sums in recent years with strong returns. It cites a laborer who turned wages into 500 shares worth about 400000 dollars, plus many old employees who earned ten to fifty thousand dollars. The Amalgamated Copper Company traces back to founders who paid over 60 percent of par value, now worth at least fourteen times that, with substantial dividends. It mentions Solon M. Allis and the Bisbee Copper Queen Mine as examples of missed and future riches.
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Calumet
Tecla
Amalgamated Copper Company
Solon M. Allis
C. B
United States
Tucson
Arizona
Bisbee
John W. Mackay
el Progreso
Health resort at Excelsior Springs gains national notice
A Kan sas City line health resort in Excelsior Springs Missouri on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway is highlighted as a top all year destination. The railway issues a fine illustrated booklet describing the resort and its benefits, available free from Geo Heafford general passenger agent Chicago with two cent stamp for postage.
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Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
Geo . Heafford
Chicago
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