Tanlac Testimonial and Seasonal Verse Echo
Mrs. Nancy Sharp of Los Angeles claims Tanlac restored her 12 year indigestion illness and boosted energy after six bottles. The second fragment is a poetic tale about Spring awakening the world and the Sun narrating how the green cup message travels through animals until a woman delivers it.
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Nancy Sharp
Los Angeles
Tanlac
Calif
Camulus Street
Merchants’ Express Co
Adv
Ming
Asia
White Tiger
Orth
White King
Household Hints for Everyday Repair and Cooking
Practical tips on leather care using shoe polish, using leftovers in meals, roasting lamb with rice for broth, renewing hair brushes, rendering lard efficiently, repairing rugs with rubber strips, wallpaper removal method, decorative sea shell for violets, sealing cracked linoleum with tape, repainting garbage cans with leftover paint, and ferns producing new growth when steamed weekly.
Will of Abba Woolson Provides Cat Care Fund
The Port land Maine probate action notes a bequest by Abba Goold Woolson for cats and education. A fund funds sick and disabled felines with care such as hair combing for coon kittens, a breed linked to Alaine.
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Abba Goold Woolson
Portland
Maine
Alaine
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Wool and Fabric Dyeing
This old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for wool silk cotton linen or mixes with clear dyeing directions. It warns against poor results such as streaks fades or ruined fabric and urges customers to buy only Diamond Dyes from their druggist with a Color Card.
Prague chemical work yields cork substitute insulation
A Bruenn Koenig sfield chemist reports progress toward a cork substitute. Turf treated by a patented process provides insulation and building material that rivals cork in lightness firmness and soundproofing and offers strong insulating properties and dump-proof quality.
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Bruenn-Koenigsfield
Prague
Times Trade Supplement
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Health Benefit
Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine strengthens the system and cleanses the blood to prevent frequent head colds. It says repeated acute catarrh can become chronic and that the medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Available through druggists with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Opium Smuggling Nets Multimillion Profit in China
A report claims Japanese smugglers earned over 30 million dollars last year by illicitly moving morphine disguised as opium into China, highlighting a substantial profit from the narcotics trade.
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China
The Less He Thinks Of His Neighbor
A concise aphorism notes that self-regard grows when regard for others is diminished. The remark frames social judgment and personal humility as inversely related, implying selfish attitudes reduce communal empathy and awareness of others.
Teaching Birds Music Astonishes Naturalists
The article recounts Ilenschel's claim that birds can learn human tunes. A bullfinch reportedly sings God Save the King after patient instruction, and a young canary learns the tune and repeats it when the bullfinch falters. If such training spread, freed birds might sing popular airs in the woods.
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Ilenschel
King
Annie Laurie
How the Orchid Multiplies Seeds of orchids are tiny and numerous
The article explains orchid seed dispersal noting seeds are extremely small and light. It discusses germination requirements and the potential for rapid propagation under suitable conditions, highlighting the plant's reproductive strategy.
Mythic Orchis Tale of Transformation
Fragmentary text recalls Orchis torn by bacchanals and a mythic transformation tied to body shape and color, with hints of accchanalian revels and evolving life forms linked to vines and flowers. The passage suggests a mythic origin of growth linked to ritual excess and bodily change.
Cauliflower Soup and Roast Mutton Recipes in Household Tips
A column offers a cauliflower and tomato soup recipe using turkey stock and peppered onion roux, plus a detailed mutton pickle and roasting method with garlic or onions, bay leaves, thyme, and currant jelly. Also included are date bran muffins, a rhubarb stew note, and a Mrs Besant quotation on happiness through unselfish work.
For Sale 960 Acres Improved Land in Welwyn Canada
For sale 960 acres improved land offered at 20 dollars per acre. Water supply adequate for irrigation or ranching. Owner Alex Webster based in Welwyn Saskatchewan Canada.
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Alex Webster
Welwyn, Sask
Canada
Jefferson
Maine
WM. S. Jackson
Wrexel Bldg
Philadelphia
The Reason Why and the Teacher’s Sheep Lesson
A school lesson shows how sheep are washed and sheared with a picture of a sheep and lamb. A child answers why the sheep’s tail is short and the lamb’s is long, saying the sheep’s tail was shrunk in the wash.
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Jesson
One Would Be Happy. Eskimo Scene Shifter Jokes
The first night of a new play features a peculiar scene-shifter who is revealed as an Eskimo. The author jokes that hiring him was meant to provide one happy face if the show turns frostily.
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Appy
Selfishness a abnormal trait said to harden brain and nerves
A brief excerpt notes that selfishness is abnormal and tends to harden and dry up brain and nerve cells, implying negative mental effects. It presents a moralizing view on personal conduct and its health implications.
World Prize Awarded to Earnest-LI Man
The world is presented as a prize for the man in earnest, identified as W. Robertson. The report notes the prize being offered in connection with a determined or sincere effort, highlighting the emphasis on earnest pursuit.
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Li. W. Robertson
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Shi Kissi
Walters
Werte Maz Weed
Cork
Marine Eyes Co
Teaching Birds Music
Thoreau
Mrs. Besant
Bright
Dean
Indiana
William Keeney
S. Cross St
Danville
Ind
Doan
Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
BELEN
Bellans
THE
Holland
Wilhelmina
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