Dean's Kidney Pills Back Pain Ad From Lufkin Tex
A testimonial from J A Haywood of Lufkin Texas praises Dean's Kidney Pills for curing long standing back pain and urinary trouble after sawmill work caused gravel. He says symptoms disappeared and back and bladder problems have not returned. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
J. A. Haywood
Lufkin
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
R. Paxton
Ryston
Masa
Dublins Eccentric Press Scene Recalls Gladstone Interview
A London Tribune note recounts a Dublin moment with a famed reporter famed for vivid phrasing. It describes his drowning tale and a fugitive tale with dramatic wording and ends with Gladstone praising the encounter amid the interviewer s delight.
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Dalkey
Gladstone
Dublin
London Tribune
Highest Clouds Measured By Photography
A Carnegie Institution committee in Washington used twin cameras 600 feet apart to photograph clouds. By comparing simultaneous images and the cloud’s displacement along the baseline, they calculated height. Some mackerel sky clouds reached seven and a quarter miles, while cirrus types rose a little over 17 miles.
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Carnegie Institution At
Washington
Origin of Poodle Name Traced to German Pudelin
A Chicago News note explains that the term poodle is recent in English, not appearing before 1864. It derives from the German pudel from low German pudelin meaning to waddle, reflecting the dog’s gait or its thick, clumsy hair.
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Adam
Pudelin
Skeat
Chicago News
Sinai named ancient turqunois land as mining center
Dr Flinuers Petrie argues Sinai was the world s first mining hub in his new book. He describes Egyptian expeditions led by the commander with the seal of the god and an official staff tallying mine output.
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Sinai
Flinuers Petrie
Dr. Petrie
No clear news item found in text
Fragmentary quotes from Chicago Tribune Indianapolis News and Brooklyn Standard Union suggest a debate over a forthcoming fight or clash but no identifiable event, date, or participants. The excerpt offers opinions on rivalry and power without concrete details.
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Sullivan
Bryan
Chicago Tribune
Indianapolis News
Brooklyn Standard Union
Grape-Nuts Promises Restful Sleep and Alert Daytime
A reader reports lasting indigestion and insomnia improved after switching to Grape-Nuts. She notes initial doctor advice failed to curb cravings for heavy foods, while vomiting and bloating subsided within days. Her mother, initially weak, also saw relief after starting the cereal.
Water safety tips for farm construction and wells
Frank Monroe Beverly discusses hay loft moisture issues on a Prussian stud farm and condensation from ceilings. He warns against drainage contamination and recommends cement impervious walls and elevated site placement to protect water supplies.
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Frank Monroe Beverly
New Alfalfa Varieties From Drought Regions Introduced
New alfalfa varieties from Arabia Siberia and Turkestan are introduced to improve forage in arid U S regions where fodder is scarce. Alfalfa remains a leading forage crop in popularity and is linked to California's history tracing back to Chile in the 1850s.
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Arabia
Siberia
Russian Turkestan
United States
California
Chile
Asia Minor
Foreseeing Insect Threats Through Garden Hygiene
The author cautions that neglecting to clear crop remnants leads to thriving insect populations. By mid summer pests like caterpillars and beetles devastate crops, yet action comes too late. Emphasizing preventive hygiene over costly cures, the piece urges proactive measures to curb infestations.
Nature's Pumps and the Watering of Orchards
The piece argues for shallow cultivation to enable capillary action in soil. By loosening topsoil with plows and harrows, air and water channels remain open so underground moisture can rise to the surface, aiding trees and vegetables during drought. It cites the Indianapolis News on the method.
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Indianapolils News
Cottonseed Meat Fattening Hogs in Texas Prompts Alabama Action
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes Texas feeders using cottonseed meat to fatten hogs, reducing reliance on corn. It argues Alabama farmers should fatten hogs with cottonseed meal, boosting home meat production and market sales, potentially racing corn-fed hogs out of favor.
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Texas
Alabama
Birmingham Age-Herald
Water Quality Warns Farmers to Use Clean Sources
The article urges farmers to use pure water for people and livestock and warns against polluted water harming health and dairy. It notes cows show ill effects from contaminated intake and recommends springs with clean surroundings rather than wells or enclosed structures near pollution sources.
Handling Vicious Horses From Country Life in America
A roundup of horse training tips from John S Rarey and others discusses curing a bulky horse under saddle by turning in tracks then straightening the head, distinguishing jibbler from barber, remedies for rearing kicking and shying, cautions about curb, use of kicking straps, and humane approaches to fright reactions.
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John S. Rarey
America
Winter pests hiding in crop stumps and vines
Field work tips from the Indianapolis News advise uprooting and burning post harvest stumps and vines to destroy overwintering caterpillars, harlequin bugs, squash bugs, cucumber beetles, chinch bugs, and other pests. Removing crop residues reduces damage to corn, melons, cucumbers, and squash in the following seasons.
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Middle States
Indianapolis News
Strawberry Planting for Pot-Grown Transplants
If you want a new strawberry bed start now with pot-grown runners rooted earlier this season. Avoid layer plants that were not grown in pots as transplanting damage will limit water supply and fruit. An August set bed ten by twenty feet with about 100 plants yields fruit next spring.
Dutton's Radioactivity Theory on Volcano Eruptions
The Electrical Review discusses Major C B Dutton's idea that earth crust radioactivity provides heat to melt rocks and trigger volcanic eruptions. If radium in the crust accumulates heat over time, lava extravasation could recur as cycles repeat. Further study of radioactive volcanic phenomena could forecast eruptions and prevent damage.
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C. B. Dutton
United States Army
Major Dutton
Sultan's Mosque Ceremony Described During Visit
A writer in M. A. P. details the sultan's mosque ceremony as about thirty minutes long with a muzzem summoning the faithful from a high minaret balcony. Attendees enjoy Turkish coffee, rose leaf jelly, imperial cipher cigarettes, and the service closes with bands playing and the sultan exiting.
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Reachmans
Waiting for His Majesty's Pleasure Craves Polite Conversation
An account notes subjects who remained at court as an official entourage sought audience with attendants. The scene captures the restraint and decorum expected while awaiting royal direction and decisions.
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His
Painted His Own Fence Ends in Fashion Disaster
Louis Weis of East St. Louis attempted to paint a back fence at home with a $1 can of paint and a 50 cent brush. He worked past midnight, ruined a $25 suit and a $10 dress, and a painter later said a professional would have charged about $2 for the job.
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Louis Weis
Virginia Place
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Indian cotton tree could revolutionize industry, claims Deese
London Commercial Intelligence prints J R Spence from Wellas Cotton Plantation detailing a purported Indian cotton tree found in Bombay and Madras Presidencies. Deese says the tree yields superior cotton, unused in trade beyond lamp wicks and pillow filling, and may transform India’s cotton cultivation.
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London Commercial Intelligence
J. R. Spence
Wellas
Deese
India
Bombay
Madras
Egypt
Kite Flying Becomes Scientific Hobby Across Britain
The London Mall notes a surge in kite flying as a serious pursuit with Major F S Baden-Powell praising its appeal. The War Office tests man lifting kites at Aldershot reaching 3000 feet for observations while the Meteorological Office uses kites with self registering instruments. Box kites enable high ascents though diamonds remain popular with amateurs.
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London Mall
F. 8
Baden-Powell
War Office
Aldershot
Meteorological Office
Spelling Battle Over Henry Hudson’s Name
Hugh Hastings defends the Henry Hudson spelling in Harper’s Weekly against Hendrick variants. He argues Hudson’s status as an Ammetishman and Hague documents show Dutch scribal influence on the name. A Dutch record reads Heyndrick Hobsen and a Latin Amsterdam tract calls him M Henrico Hudsono Ang PF.
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Henry Hudson
Hugh Hastings
New York State
Harper's Weekly
Hudson River
Henry
Hendrick
Hendrik
Hendryck
Hague
Hudson
Heyndrick Hobsen
Amsterdam
M. Henrico Hudsono
Ang
Back to the Land in Gentlemen of Leisure
In The Sketch, Algy Jones on a weekend farm complains he cannot milk the cows as they turn and nibble him. George replies the animals crave a bit of green feed, explaining the humorous farm mishap.
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Algy Jones
George
Brittany village hosts three weddings feast for 3000 people
In a Brittany village a crowd of over 3000 gathered for three weddings and a three day feast. They consumed seventy five barrels of cider and food including fifteen oxen and cattle portions in the celebrations.
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Brittany
Misstatements About the White House Fact Check
A reader corrects errors about the White House history noting the first occupant was John Adams in 1800, the mansion's start in 1792, the 1814 fire and 1818 rebuild, and disputes claims about paint. The letter urges accuracy on dates materials and building facts.
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White House
Madison
Adams
Wise Old Man Builds Pyramid of Cigar Boxes
A Chicago News quip recalls a Wise Old Man who shows a grand pyramid built not of Cheops stones but of cigar boxes. He reveals his wife has gifted a box for each birthday since the marriage, which he saved rather than smoke.
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Methuselah
Chicago News
Domestic Hint About Married Men and Screen Doors
A brief antebellum style note claims a man’s marital status is revealed by his behavior at a screen door. It describes a cautious approach, hat removal, brief opening, and quick squeeze through, with fearfulness allegedly indicating years of marriage.
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Athens Post
Cuticura Remedies Said To Cure Severe Skin Eruption
A reader testimonial from 1905 claims Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured two years of itchy skin eruption after medical help failed. The patient bought the Cuticura set from a drugstore and noted relief from the first applications and eventual complete recovery. The letter credits Claude N Johnson of Walnut Kan with the cure.
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Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Kan
Jone
Potter Drug & Chem_Corp
Boston
Controversial Cure Ads and Wit in One Page
A jumble of quotations and patent medicine pitches appears with lines from the Chicago Tribune on a sermon in bad weather. Advertisements tout Dr Klines nerve restorer free trial bottles and a soothing syrup for teething. The collage ends with a wry remark about a parent supporting a well behaved son.
Prominent Patent Remedy Ad Claims Cure for Tumor
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for wandering pains and severe monthly periods. It recounts a testimonial from Fannie D. Fox of Ford Pa who says five bottles cured a tumor and restored regular menstruation after medical doubt. The ad invites readers to write Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
Chestnut Street
Ford
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