Interstate Commerce Reform Proposed Substitute Passes House Panel
The House Commerce Committee on February 18 approved a substitute for the Reagan Bill by a nine to six vote. The plan extends railroad freight rules to steamboats and other watercraft, creates a Board of Commissioners to oversee interstate freight, investigates public complaints, and enforces penalties for unfair practices. If ineffective, commissioners may propose further legislation and provide railroad operation data to Congress. The measure aims for better reform while deferring full action until expert investigations are completed.
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Committee On Commerce
House of Representatives
Washington
United States
Congress
Electricity as a motive power gains traction in industry
The article notes progress in using electricity to drive machinery at Greenock Scotland where water powers a turbine and a Siemens dynamo. Dr Werner Siemens predicts expansion into electrolysis and broader chemical and metallurgical uses, with future hopes for fuels and food production via electric current.
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Greenock
Scotland
Werner Siemens
Berlin
Deutsche Ind. Zeitung
Prospectors Find Borax Bed in Teels Marsh Nevada
A young prospector, while roaming Esmeralda County hills, found a five mile long bed of white clay like material in Teels Marsh which an assayer labeled as crude borax. He and his brother formed a claim and now run a large borax operation with tanks and crystalizers, exploiting a deposit that reportedly reappears every two to three years.
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Esmeralda
Nevy
Teel’s
Columbus
Aluminum Wires For Telegraphs By German Engineers
German telegraphic engineers report aluminum can be drawn to finer gauges than iron and conducts twice as well. High cost once blocked use, but an alloy with iron now yields a wire that is finer, stronger, and more Weather resistant while offering superior conductivity.
A Wise Reform in Malaria Treatment
The article notes a shift from dangerous quinine overdoses to using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safer alternative. It claims the bitters cure fever and ague more effectively, preventing recurrence, and asserts widespread positive testimony from public and professional users.
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Rapway
Corn as Horse Feed The Ear and Its Economics
The article argues for feeding horses corn in the ear to save mill toll and improve farm feed efficiency. It notes that unchewed kernels pass through. feeding corn in the ear can deplete less plant food on the farm and reduce digestive issues if introduced gradually. It contrasts corn with oats, praising corn for work horses and noting oats make horses sprightly but numerous drawbacks.
Prophecy Sells End of World Fear Product
A dubious advertisement touts Carboline as a deodorized petroleum extract claimed to restore hair and warns the world will end soon based on Motuer Surrron's four century old prophecy.
Handfuls of Hay and Manure Shape Frugal Farm Success
A short ethical exhortation on saving small amounts of hay and manure on northern farms. The piece argues that saving a handful at each feeding and reducing waste across stables and yards compounds into real gains over years, preventing poverty and ensuring comfort in old age. It urges careful feeding and barn maintenance as a path to reliability.
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promoted In Courtship Quip
ASTATISTICAN quips that courtships average three tons of coal and many coughs. The piece notes every prudent gallant is supplied with a bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup priced at 25 cents.
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Batchelor
Dr. Bull
Winter Wood Supply For The Household
The article urges heads of households to secure a full winter fuel supply, cut and store wood in a dry, accessible woodhouse, and stock kindling and chips. It warns that neglect leads to repeated trips in bad weather and a run of wet, uncomfortable conditions for the family.
Uvivization of Feather Down for Quilting Use
A 19th century note explains converting discarded duck chicken and turkey feathers into uniform light down. By trimming plumes from the stump and rubbing them in a tight bag, one can produce down suitable for quilts and many other uses.
Exercise for Horses and Care in Winter
A brief note warns that work and driving horses suffer permanent injury when confined and unused in winter. It cites lung, bowel, and foot diseases as common penalties of neglecting regular exercise during this season.
Great Blood Purifier Claim For All Diseases
The advertisement argues Vex etine cleanses and purifies the blood to relieve pain and cure longstanding ailments. It asserts the medicine acts in the circulating blood, claiming all disease originates there and that only blood-purifying medicines are justly worthy of public notice.
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H. R. Stevens
Boston
W. Ross
Willon
Iowa
Radway
Rapway
Radway & CO
Warren, Cor. Church
New York
Embroidery Mastery InHapro Style A Guide For Artistry
Domestic article describes shaded embroidery as the most elegant and capable form mimicking painters. It emphasizes planning with a traced pattern, proper frame setup, light and shadow, and stepwise stitching from stems to leaves to achieve clear outlines and refined designs.
A Pretty Purse And Health Advice From 19th Century Page
The item describes making a gold bead purse with a sixty eight stitch chain using three bunches of gold beads and two knots, plus options with gold rings tassels or bead bands and color schemes. It then gives a reader friendly crochet definition of treble and notes variations with beads. The text includes a health claim urging regulation of stomach and liver with Hop-Riders for natural action and well being.
Cream Drops and Peas Dish From Southern Kitchen
A household recipe fragment describes Caroco State CREAM Drops made by boiling milk and sugar then cooling to form drops, with chocolate coating using Baker's chocolate softened in steam. Also notes baked Driep Peas with dried peas, bacon, and a pea liquor thickened with Indian meal for serving.
Stop it at once. Safe medicine for babies and children
The notice warns against certain soothing remedies for babies and urges stopping use if any nurse fins or opiate containing products appear. It promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a safe, non injurious option priced at 25 cents and suitable for children.
Porenta and Cocoanut Drops From Rustic Recipes
A northern Italy inspired dish called porenta is prepared by cooking Indian meal with water and salt until thick, then forming a ball, cooling, slicing, and frying with Parmesan. It pairs with sausages. Cocoanut Drops are made by combining grated coconut flour sugar and eggs, then dropping spoonfuls onto pans and baking.
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Italy
Buffalo Lake Water Curse Joke Headlines
A playful note suggests drinking lake water at Buffalo leads to the Erie-syp-alas pun. The line also jokes about leap year having little impact as the men are described as coy.
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Buffalo
Dr Pierce's Medicines Offered in Drug Stores Worldwide
Americans Traveling Abroad will find Dr Pierce's Family Medicines on sale in principal drug stores and at the World's Dispensary London branch. Golden Medical Discovery is pitched as a blood purifier curing blemishes and scrofula. Dr Pierce's Pellets are sugar coated laxatives aiding cleansing and fever prevention. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo and London.
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Dr. Pierce
London
Russell Street
Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
Draggista World
Dispensart Medical Association
Buffalo
Wit and Humor in a Parlor Prank and Winter Mems
A man in Oil City provokes his wife with calls for money and diet, only to learn she is missing and suspected of being starved for cigars. A hotel brawl ends with four waiters and the clerk settling debts for broken crockery. Winter Mems laments skating risks and fashion tips for who should skate.
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St. Albans
Throat remedy claims for Brown's Bronchial Troches
The advertisement touts Brown's Bronchial Troches as acting directly on voice organs to restore tone in throat and larynx disorders from cold or overuse. It claims to improve enunciation and notes usefulness for speakers and singers.
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Brown
Amedley of Humorous Snippets and Peculiar News
A collage of light anecdotes and curious notes ranges from a man and boy discussing an editor to quips about a broken horse and a millinery tooth graft. It cites Hop Bitters cures, a rogue bottle thrown in anger, a rat in the ark, and scattered thoughts on marriage, journalism, and fashion. The piece closes with a brief industrial figure on France’s wool trade and wages.
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France
Nord
Marine
Somme
Ardennes
Aisne
First Approaches of Consumption Warned in Ad
An ad warns that consumption begins unseen and urges immediate use of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant at first cough or throat pain. It claims early treatment prevents fatal results and can subdue latent consumption to prolong life, recommending use when a cold starts.
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D. Jayne
Simmons Liver Regulator Promises Relief for Merchants
An old advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator for dyspepsia debility piles constipation bad breath and bilious complaints. It touts gentle digestion safe use with meals and no mercury while citing J F Dumas a Haddock Georgia merchant praising the remedy. The copy ends with a fragment about absinthe and a French horn.
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Simmons
J. F. Dumas
Haddock
Sherman Co seeks agent in county at $100 monthly
Sherman and Co of Maraball Michigan advertises for an agent in the county at once. Salary offered is 100 dollars per month with expenses paid. For full particulars apply to the address above.
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Sherman & Co
Maraball, Mich
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