Islands of Constance Hold Napoleon Era Histories
A tour notes Arenenberg near Constance and Mainau island on Lake Constance, detailing Hortense de Beauharnais former home and her son Louis Napoleon, with remnants from Napoleon I era, garden scenes, and the presence of European royalty at the lakefront retreats. The piece highlights Hortense's life, Arenenberg's rooms, and royal patronage in the region.
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Constance
Reichenau
Hortense
Josephine
Napoleon
France
Switzerland
Arenenburg
Rhine
Louis Napoleon
Upper East Room
Emperor
Sedan
St. Helena
Prince Eugene
Paris
Napoleon the Third
Eugenie
Prince Louis
Mainau
Grand Duke of
Baden
Germany
Europe
Lake Constance
Norwegian Seeker Sees Wild Rice Hint In Vinland Tale
Mr. Ernest Frolich of Christiana Norway believes a grain in India rice supports Snorre Stursson’s Leif Ericson tale. He argues wild rye Zizania grows along marshes and coastlines, and mirrors efforts of Western man to plant wild rice for game preservation, sending seed home for marsh sowing.
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Ernest Frolich
Christiana
Norway
India
Snorre Stursson
Leif Ericsson
Vinland
Frolich
Western Game Preserving Association
Road to Matrimony a Bride Path
A lighthearted brief notes the journey toward marriage described as a bridged path. It hints at romance and social traditions without specifying names, dates, or places. The tone resembles a quaint society notice about engagement or wedding plans.
Good Roads and Farm Value Rise with Proper Drainage
The piece argues for better rural roads via underdraining and macadam construction. It stresses that dry, drained roadbeds improve farming access and long term value, noting winters and rains demand effective drainage and proper stone, gravel use.
Fences on a 160 Acre Farm Waste Land and Money
An agricultural writer argues fences on a 160 acre farm waste up to five miles of land, costing about 20 percent of farm value when weed growth and maintenance are counted. He proposes fewer fences and sowing fence rows with grass or clover to provide seed, hay, and live fencing benefits.
The Cost of Sortine Catrire
The article argues that labor for soiling cattle on green fodder is manageable. A boy of fourteen can mow rake load and haul fodder for twenty cows in an hour, with two more hours for feeding and care. Half a day costs about a cent and a half per cow, while manure savings and other benefits yield a respectable profit, especially on small farms.
Varieties to Sow for Early Garden Harvests
The first plants to set in open ground are cabbage lettuce and cauliflower. Jersey Wakefield is the best early cabbage, followed by Early York and Winstadt. For cauliflower use Early Erfurt, while Tennis Ball and Boston Market are favored early lettuce varieties.
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Jersey Wakefield
Reading
York
Winstadt
Erfurt
Tennis Ball
Boston Market
Demand for heavy horses far exceeds supply for a decade
Demand for heavy horses greatly outstrips supply and is expected to persist for about ten years. Farmers and breeders face shortages as the market remains tight and prices rise. The article notes prolonged scarcity affecting transportation and farming operations.
Tale of a tiger encounter in old East India
An elderly East Indian veteran recalls facing a tiger with no weapon by sitting down and staring at the animal. The bystander asks how it worked, and he explains the tiger did not approach. He recounts the odd scene of perchance sitting on a high branch of a tall tree for safety.
Milwaukee ad leads to discovering existing marriage
A Milwaukee man advertising for a lady to elope ends up uncovering that the respondent is already his wife. The situation embarrasses both parties as the elopement plot collapses.
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Milwaukee
Facts for Tourists and Emigrants on Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
A promotional note extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a protective tonic for travelers and emigrants. It claims to guard against climate and malaria effects, endure temperature changes, support energy during travel, and counteract digestive issues liver and bowel disorders, noting popularity among mariners and outdoor workers.
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Marners
Domestic Snappy Bread Pudding From Scraps
Scrap bread crusts soak in milk then mash into pulp. Add raisins currants brown sugar milk candied lemon peel and egg. Pour into greased dish sprinkle nutmeg and bake about an hour and a half until firm. Serves as a simple economical pudding from leftovers.
Dotty Varpen Cake Method and Layer Bake
Instructions provide a cake recipe for Dotty Varpen Cake using four eggs two cups sugar half cup butter beaten half hour then milk flour cream tartar soda and spices. Batter split with raisins currants cinnamon nutmeg, bake in layers and assemble with icing, lemon flavoring the white batter.
Rotiko Berersteak Recipe Method and Stuffing
A historical recipe describes beating a large tender steak, seasoning with salt pepper sage onion parsley and batter, then rolling with mashed potatoes and tying with skewers. It suggests simmering in broth or water with onion and pork, basting, and finishing with browned cracker crumbs.
Carboline Promises Unique Merit In Petroleum Renewal
The advertisement extols Carboline as a superior petroleum renewal product claiming imitators fail to match its originality and quality. It asserts the item is a genuine merit in its line and urges readers to try it.
To Preserve Flowers
A method to keep flowers fresh suggests laying them in wet clothes overnight to protect delicate blooms. Remove them from vases, sprinkle with cold water, then wrap in very wet cloths. The cloth weight avoids crushing and blocks air to slow deterioration.
Cleaning Tips From Old Housekeeping Manual
Paint splashed on window glass can be removed with a strong soda solution. A flannel cloth dipped in warm soap suds and whiting cleans grease instantly. To remove ink from linen dip the stain in pure melted tallow, then wash. the ink will come out with the tallow. This method is claimed to be unfailing.
Moths Tricked by Warm Rooms and Salt
Moths will inhabit rooms kept warm in winter or summer. A sure method to remove pests is to pour strong alum water on the floor around the edges before laying carpets. Then sprinkle dry salt over the carpet once or twice during the season to deter insects.
Safe Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Endorsed for Opium Free Use
The advertisement warns of opium risk in medicines for children and promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a safe alternative free from opiates or harmful ingredients. It emphasizes safety for infants and claims thorough testing.
Fish Cakes From Codfish and Potatoes
Two pounds brone less fish soaked and boiled overnight and beaten before breakfast. Boil 12 to 15 good-sized potatoes and mash very smooth with milk and butter. Beat in the codfish, add one egg, adjust milk, form a cake and fry. Secret is fresh boiled potatoes beaten light.
Simple method keeps cheese moist and flavorful
A household tip advises wrapping cheese in a linen cloth dipped in white wine. After squeezing out the excess, wrap the cheese to maintain moisture and enhance flavor, helping housekeepers keep cheese from drying out.
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Keer Cuerrie
Angel Puddings Instructions From Historic Recipe
A pasted recipe describes Angel Puddings using two ounces each flour sugar butter milk two eggs melted butter and baking until browned. The batter is poured into small patty pans and baked, then served with a dusting of powdered sugar and lemon slices. Eggs should be well beaten before adding to the mixture.
Brown's Bronchial Troches Offer Safe Remedy
A warning against untrustworthy imitations of Brown's Bronchial Troches and a note that the genuine troches are sold only in boxes for immediate relief from throat discomfort.
Traditional Christmas Cookies From Old Recipe
Beat two eggs with sugar until light then add butter or shortening and sour cream with dissolved soda. If using sweet cream add cream of tartar to flour, season to taste with salt, roll stiff with flour. Cookies keep for months in a tin can.
How to Cleanse Old Clothes Effectively
The article prescribes steeping garments in warm water for about thirty minutes, applying borax soap to the soiled parts, rubbing well, then washing in hot water and rinsing in cold water two or three times. It concludes the clothes will be whiter and sweeter than by other soaps.
Washing Silk Handkerchiefs Care Guide
In cleaning silk handkerchiefs wash in water lathered with fine white castile soap. Snap between the fingers until nearly dry, then press under a weight. Do not iron.
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Ron
Guaranted Butter Improvement Powder Promises Quick Churn
Giit Edge Butter Maker claims July and August butter match June quality and winter output. Grocers pay 3 to 5 cents extra per pound for butter made with this powder. Harmless and increases production 6 to 10 percent while halving churning time. Sold by druggists grocers and general stores. Send for Hints to Butter-Makers. Butter Improvement Co Buffalo NY.
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Butter Improvement Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dairymaid
Maher” Ravtoter Ad. Burrara, E
Minister Contemplates Resignation After Odd Gift Guffaw
In a witty scene at a gift party Brent jokes about a satire of heaven and a minister weighs resignation the next day. The minister notes three quarts of beans dried apples head cheese twisted doughnuts and a calico dressing gown are valuable yet unsuitable as sermon foundations.
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Brent
Remark on a blind man and a bottle in Durham
Dan Cowran of Durham praised a blind man’s performance noting he could see no more than that bottle. Mr Drake a minor canon replied that they had seen no more than that bottle all afternoon.
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Dan Cowran
Durham
Prefect’s Wife Praised For Poor Past At Church
A village prefect’s wife shows pride in new honors by greeting parishioners with a reminder she once was poor. The scene unfolds as the gospel is read, prompting reflection on status and memory. Catholic Americans invite six cents for a specimen issue of The Illustrated Catholic American from New York.
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Illustrated
Barclay St
New York
Mrs Jones Missed At Tea Time In Quiet Supper
The scene recalls a family moment as Jones laments missing someone at tea. Billy suggests it is mother gone to Aunt Jone's, and Jones agrees on a quiet supper to end the evening. The dialogue captures domestic warmth and a small domestic mystery.
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Jones
Little Billy
Jone
Mrs Jones
Watered stock origin tale linked to Daniel Drew
A broker recounts how Daniel Drew coined the term watered stock after recalling an old farmer who salted and watered cattle to inflate weights. The anecdote, once told in the street, spread as a standard adage about inflated securities.
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Daniel Drew
Brooks
Live This One Child Chooses Twin Baby
A five year old, who always picked the prettiest kitten, visits his sick mother and two newborn twins. After studying them, he taps the propest baby’s cheek and declares, Live this one.
Waiter Chides Guest Over Dessert Request
A polite waiter at a fashionable hotel jokes with a guest from rural districts about dessert, offering to refill a long row of empty dishes before discussing pies and puddings. The playful exchange hints at social contrasts and dining etiquette in a stylish setting.
New Dance Names Replace Liverpool Lurch and Boston Dip
The article notes new dance terms replacing the Liverpool lurch and the Boston dip with the Boston grip and the South Sea cuddle. It questions why the graceful South Sea cuddle did not replace the earlier moves and asks for more poetry of motion.
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Liverpool
Boston
Beware cheap cold remediess when seeking Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup
Do not accept any new cheap remedy for colds when you inquire for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. If offered you will be disappointed. Price listed at 25 cents a bottle.
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Dr. Bull
Beggar's Banter Over Crutch and Knee
Two beggars banter at an early hour. One teases about quitting, the other jokes he will switch legs to keep begging. The exchange highlights survival wit amid hardship.
Young man ends engagement over missing heiress funds
A young man who planned to marry the daughter of a plumber interrupted the engagement after realizing the family could not meet expected wealth due to a mild winter. The father's first season in business left him short of funds, and the threat of the almshouse looms over their prospects.
Scotsman Argues Fare With London Cabman
A Scotsman and a London cabman quarrel over a fare. The Scotsman proclaims a boast while the cabman retorts that his fare is higher, delivering a brisk exchange rooted in fare dispute humor.
Lobster Shell Metaphor Teaches Growth to Young Listener
A lecturer explains a lobster casts its shell when outgrown, asking a child what to do with grown clothes. The girl answers humorously that you let out the tucks instead, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of natural shedding versus sewing.
No clear event in sight for a hesitant man
A reflective note on a man struggling to decide with no material to base his choice on, underscoring the melancholy of indecision when guidance or resources are lacking.
Dobbins Electric Soap Praised In Street Talk
A man taunts another with the accusation of theft while a witty bystander cautions him not to argue. The general chatter centers on Dobbins Electric Soap from Cragin and Co Philadelphia, hailed as highly praised and with a tale of its own merits. Try it.
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Dobbins
Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
American Girls Relinquish Leap Year Privileges
A brief note states that American girls will relinquish their leap year privileges during the approaching ice cream season. The fragment hints at a whimsical or observational item in a local notice or column.
Politician vows honor while rival rejects a hidden eye
A loud-voiced politician asserts he will not compromise his honor while his opponent retorts that he will not close an eye in the back of his head. The exchange underscores a heated political confrontation and distrust.
Early Morning Ride Prompted by Stable Visit
A wife questions her husband about his early morning trips to the stable. He answers simply Carry hossity. The excerpt also notes ships are often described as speaking to one another and lying.
Jayne's Salative Pills for Bilious Attacks
An 18th century advertorial notes dullness low spirits and poor appetite as bilious symptoms from a torpid liver. It promotes Dr Jayne's Salative Pills to restore liver action and remove bilious ness while aiding regular bowel movement.
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Jayne
Health Secret from Liver Regulator Heals Sufferers
Testimonial from Chester South Carolina praising Simmons Liver Regulator for curing chronic ailments including headache indigestion biliousness and skin eruptions. Writer claims long illness and travel in search of health ended by the remedy and notes a daughter also saw relief from headaches.
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Simmons
Liver Regulator
Cc. Horr
Chester
8. C
Destructive Carpet Beetle Invades Homes From Europe
The article warns of a foreign carpet pest, the attic beetle, found in winter rooms as small black and white insects, with larval grubs about three sixteenths of an inch long that damage carpets. It notes rapid spread, limited control methods like benzine and kerosene, and the curious fact that the adult feeds on pollen on flowers.
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Europe
VeGETINE Powder Form Enables Home Preparation
Advertisement promotes VeGETINE in powder form allowing users to make two bottles of liquid Vegetine from a 50-cent package. It claims full directions in every package and offers mail delivery for stamps if local purchase is unavailable. H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass.
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H. R. Stevens
Boston
Mass
Bremen St
East Boston
Stella
J.T. Webb
The Benevolent Terrier in a Paris cafe
A terrier at Rue St. Honore befriends a cafe customer by pawing open a cake. The man splits cake for three, guiding the dog to share with street dogs. Billy the terrier delivers the final piece to the street and rests, awaiting the next customer.
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Rue St. Honore
Billy
Paris
Paper Pulp Process Described for Cheap Production
The article explains mechanical wood pulp making from soft white wood. Bark is removed, knots trimmed, and the wood boiled to extract glutinous matter. It is ground with water in a mill, producing fine pulp that requires no bleaching. The pulp is mixed with rag pulp to form paper sheets at about one cent per pound.
Free Cure Read by Missionary in South America
A card offers a free Rec.p. remedy claimed to cure youth errors nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. It invites readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Josuh T. Inman Station D New York City for the remedy.
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South America
Joshuh T.inman
New York City
Electro Voltaic Belts Promised Cures
Claims speed cures and guaranteed results for the afflicted. Advertises to write without delay for treatment and trials.
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Jimmy
the Benevolent Terrier
the Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
W. Ross
Wilton
Iowa
Vegeetine
Hr. R. Stevens
Boston, Mass
Norice
Holden & CO
P. A. Box
Julius Schnorr von Carolefeld
Pres. Chadbourne
Williams
Doane
Albany
de. Pos
St. Louis
F L Patton John Peddie
H. W. Thomas
Geo H. Pocke
Chicago
Arihus Butt
Sturdivant
Holloway & CO
Ares Hiladelphia
Worl
New World
National Publishing CO
Sheridan
Johnson & CO
Bangor
SONS
N.C. Gray
Optician
N. Twelfth
New Music Books
J. H. Waterbury
G. F
Emerson
Cts
Robinsonade
Robinson Urusue
Vane Genome
Hahuld
Sullivam
Oliver Ditson & Co
J.E. Ditson
Htt Potts
Hepc Ees
Advantars
A ‘Anne Sult
Elena
Market St
Philada
R. & J. Beck
Pyeer
Earl de Bourne
London
L. K. Lamont
LeRoy
Johnson
S. M. Pettengill & CO
Chestnut Street
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