Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Danville Man’s Health
Robert G. Miller of 316 Ferry St Danville Pa credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending his crippling kidney complaint. He describes severe stiffness soreness and suffering and says he was threatened with Bright's disease and denied insurance before using Doan's. The ad promotes 50 cent boxes by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Robert G. Miller
Ferry St
Danville
Kitter
Bright
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Germany 1907 census shows 14 million workers and women count
The 1907 census records 14,345,259 employed in 4,025,691 industrial concerns in Germany with 3,510,466 women. Most concerns were branches or dependent main concerns. Separate note on Yukon telegraph lines cites plan to replace with wireless due to snow slides and rock slides. Also mentions beliefs about metallic poisoning from cooking with tin verdigris copper and lead, noting such poisonings are rare.
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Germany
Yukon
Rick's Carentxe Aids Cold Relief At Drug Stores
A brief note promotes Rick's Carentxe as the best remedy for colds, relieving aching and feverishness and restoring portal conditions with instant effects from drug stores.
Buenos Ayres Population Rises to 1 198 802
Population figures for Buenos Ayres dated March 31 show 1 198 802 residents, 58 525 more than a year earlier. An advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething promises soothing gums reducing inflammation easing pain and curing wind colic priced at 25 cents.
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Buenos Ayres
Ground Squirrel Riddle Stumps Campfire Group
A playful camp rule assigns the food task to anyone who asks an unanswerable question. A boy asks why a ground squirrel leaves no dirt at its burrow mouth and the group misses. He answers that they always begin to dig at the other end. When pressed how the animal reaches the other end, he deflects with the question back to the asker.
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Cleveland
At Napoleon's Tomb Tour In Paris Delivers Heavy Flourish
A loquacious guide at Napoleon's tomb in Paris explains the sarcophagus and inner casket with grand detail. A visiting American, after listening intently, quips that if Napoleon escapes he should be contacted at the tourist’s expense.
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Paris
Napoleon
Pittsburg Press
Afraid Of Pants Promise In A Small Town
In this lighthearted piece a boy named Robert awaits his delivery friend Jim the grocer as he transitions from dresses to knickerbockers. Jim busies himself with his wagon, unaware of Robert’s anxious question about whether Jim’s priest is afraid of pants.
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Robert
Jim
Everybody
The New Woman Made Over by Quitting Coffee
A Richmond Virginia woman credits quitting coffee with a dramatic health turnaround. She describes years of headaches nerves and vision loss improving after stopping coffee and using Postum and Grape-Nuts, noting weight gain and renewed strength and endurance.
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Richmond
Tam
Postum
Remarkable 1875 Letter From Camp Baker West Notes Frontier Life
A rehabilitated 1875 letter from Camp Baker details western exploration and camp life. It recounts grouse shooting near Fort Lewis, encounters with Sioux and Mountain Crows, and a dramatic skirmish where Long Horse, a Crow chief, was wounded and killed an attacker. Charley Reynolds, later killed at Little Bighorn, is present in the narrative with bath time dispatches and Indian war party scenes.
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East
Montana
Charley Reynolds
Lonesome Charley
Fort Lincoln
Neb
Little Big Horn River
Custer
Reno
Camp Baker
Fort Lewis
Big Trout Creek
Judith River
Helena, Mont
Lewis
Long Horse
Trout Creek
Forest tale of violent frontier incident at trading post
In Forest and Stream an account describes a grim scene where a rider on a gray horse and a squaw with a knife dismount at a trading post. They attack a wheel, sever fingers with butcher knives, and then remount to ride away while the squaw wounds the rider. Later a relative also cuts off two fingers at the post.
American Men's Role and Family Life Critique
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly argues that American men neglect family balance by overworking. He contrasts French and English habits of sharing duties and leisure with US patterns where wives bear the burden, while men become obsessed with work and show limited interest in arts or conversation. He warns this masculine disease threatens American civilization and notes women’s nerves as a consequence.
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Atlantic Monthly
Bishop Talbots Dinner Tale Sparks Town Celebration
Time to Celebrate. Bishop Ethelbert Talbot recounts a tale from his new book My People of the Plains. In a diocese town a diner invited him to eat with him and his companion found humor in the bishop’s refusal. The gag shifts to a quip about drinking and the bishop humorously notes the host himself drinks. Detroit Free Press.
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Ethelbert Talbot
Pennsylvania
the Plains
Bishop
Dr. Talbot
Detroit Free Press
Cow Turns to Honk After Gasoline Mix Up
An old farmer in a village relates a humorous incident about his red and white Jersey cow. He attempted to treat the cow’s colic with cow medicine but accidentally gave a pint of gasoline. The cow survived and now sounds like a car with a honk instead of a moo. The tale, relayed by the village constable, captures local amusement.
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Hiram Hardapple
Chicago News
One Solution for In-Law Visitors in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania man solves the relative in law issue by charging board for visiting family members who stay at his home and arresting them if they refuse to pay. The tactic aims to make relatives contribute toward creating a harmonious home environment.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Rhode Island Reds Rise in Poultry Profit and Popularity
Rhode Island Reds have transformed from a local state product to a leading modern utility breed. Males weigh eight to nine pounds, females seven to eight, with deep red plumage in males and reddish buff in females. Known for hardiness, strong egg production, and superior table qualities, they are favored by both profit-minded keepers and poultry fanciers.
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Rhode Island
Modern chick feeding guidance from a farm diary
The article advises five daily feeds for the first ten days with one daily oat meal mix and three chick feed servings, then four times daily for two weeks and three times daily thereafter until range. It stresses frequent light feeding, green foods, and limited water to avoid bowel issues, with dairy or beef scraps as supplements and notes modern chick foods ease the process.
Patching Broken Eggs Technique From Smith Letter
A note explains that cracked eggs on a nest can be patched using shell from a neighboring egg. Pressing the shell piece over the crack may save valuable eggs and allow them to hatch as if untouched. This comes from L. Smith in American Cultivator.
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L. Smith
Preventive Wire Order For Hens Over Fence
A farmer recommends placing a smooth wire six inches from the fence top on the inside. Hens always land on the fence peak before crossing. striking the inner wire will deter their attempt and throw them back.
Poultry Feeding Tips for Health and Egg Quality
Poultry notes state feeding is a science offering pleasure and profit. Ash is key in bones and shells, salt per quart mash is recommended, and on cold days a small amount of pepper can act as a tonic when given daily.
Mieke's Definition: A Frying Pan That Entered Society
A comic exchange from the Boston Transcript frames a chafing dish as a social clambering frypan. Pat asks what it is and Mike replies it is a frying pan that has joined society.
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Pat
Phwat
Mike
Boston Transcript
TWO GUESSES How did his lecture go
The note recalls a lecture described as going very well with unfamiliar quotations. the writer inferred from style that the quotations resembled Shakespeare or of similar era. The fragment hints at a positive reception but offers little concrete detail.
Trade review praises crops and tariff progress
R G Dun weekly trade review notes favorable crop reports with corn and spring wheat strong and winter harvest near. Iron and steel gains and rising rates shown, dry goods broadening, and principal centers upbeat despite midsummer uncertainty about crops and tariff. Failures in July shrink liabilities to 1907 lows, with broad improvement and rising agricultural and industrial optimism.
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R. G. Dun & Company
Wholesale Markets Excerpt Shows Grain and Produce Quotes
The bulletin records mixed prices across regions for wheat corn and oats, with steady to firm tones in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. It notes spot and futures levels for No. 2 red wheat, No. 2 yellow corn, oats by weight, and poultry markets, including live and dressed varieties.
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New York
Duluth
Philadelphia
Live Stock Market Summary Across Cities
Chicago cattle market steady with steers 5.60 to 7.70, cows 3.50 to 5.50, heifers 3.50 to 6, bulls 3.40 to 4.85, calves 23 to 8, stockers 3.50 to 5.15. Hogs opened 10 to 15c lower, then recovered. choice heavy 7.60 to 7.65, packing 7.25 to 7.55, bulk 7.38 to 7.60. Sheep generally 25c lower. lambs 6 to 7.50. Kansas City markets show varied trends with cattle steady to strong, hogs top 7.76, sheep lambs 5 to 7, yearlings 4.50 to 5.25. Pittsburg cattle 6.50 to 6.75, sheep 5.10 to 6.20, lambs 4.50 to 7.25, veal calves 8 to 8.50. York numbers listed as 70 Yorkers.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Munyon's Eminent Doctors Offer Free Medical Evaluation
In a bold outreach, Munyon's directory advertises free medical examinations via mail. Readers are urged to request a blank form, mail it back, and receive a thorough diagnosis at no cost. The ad lists Munyon's Philadelphia address and emphasizes no obligation to follow the advice. Copper deposits and coprolite beds in Central Russia and the Dniester basin are noted with large estimated tonnage figures.
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Munyon’s
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Caucasus
Russia
Dniester
Cure of Twelve Years Eczema By Cuticura Remedies
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pa recounts twelve years of eczema on hands feet and arms with swelling itching and peeling. After trying many salves and doctors a friend urged Cuticura Remedies. he saw vast improvement and healing quickly. Patent date March 11 1908. Also note New York City will install a new fire alarm system costing 100 000.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
New York City
Capudine relief for colds and stomach issues advertised
The ad touts Capudine for colds and stomach ailments with claims of relief. It warns tampering with electric wires in Colorado and markets Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a quick cure. Also promotes Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for diarrhea and dysentery with drugstore pricing.
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Colorado
Tailors Signal Secret Measure S B L Explained
A Liverpool Post anecdote reveals a tailor’s offhand remark Ss B L spoken during trouser measurements. The narrator discovers the letters concealed a hidden meaning about being bow-legged, explained by a co-worker who sides with the punchline.
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Ss. B. L
Liverpool Post
Sister of Lord Houghton Cites Dinner Guest Guess
A Tit Bits fragment recalls a sister of Lord Houghton who amusedly judges a dinner question about the fate of the famed scoundrel X. She insists he would have been hanged, not acquitted, or else he would have dined at their house long ago.
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Lord Houghton
How About Them A Dolphin Factoid And A Legislature Measure
A teacher talks about dolphins and their offspring while a student jokes about married ones. Connecticut lawmakers pass a measure for compulsory extension of telephone lines. An official Chicago report estimates school building costs with figures for major cities noting improvements in fire safety and labor conditions.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Connecticut
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Plans for Mexico hosts agricultural exposition in 1910
Plans are on foot to hold an agricultural and crop exposition in Mexico likely as an agricultural congress in September 1910, tying into the Mexican centennial celebrations. The proposal envisions a comprehensive event showcasing farming, crops, and related industry within the national commemorative activities.
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Mexico
Painting and politics mix in humorous royal scene
An eclectic cobble of quotes and facts mixes a mock royal exchange about a painted Battle of Bunker Hill with statistics on U S car use and electric vehicles. It notes Uruguay’s training program for engineers and India’s coffee production and anti tobacco league figures.
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