Rheumatism Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills Featured
Mrs. A Baker of Syracuse testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills cured her rheumatism after a hard cold affected her left knee. She describes severe pain and dizziness, notes that doctors labeled it rheumatic and sciatic, and credits pills with complete recovery after two round purchases. The ad claims cures for antenna, KCiation, nervousness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and St Vitus dance and lists price and mail order info.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Learned Litterateurs and Notable Authors Portraits
Robert Harborough Sherard notes Guy de Maupassant distrusted literature as a career and preferred other topics of talk. Fanny Y. Cory, an American child life illustrator near Helena Montana, describes her home as a small yellow and white dot by a large lake. Sir Theodore Martin at 90 prepares a book of biographical sketches. Marion Crawford Count Soderini and Prof. Clementi work on a four volume life of Pope Leo XIII using unpublished Leo documents. Thomas Hardy, reclusive novelist near Dorchester, dresses simply and shuns overcoats, favoring a sheepskin waistcoat in cold weather.
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Robert Harborough Sherard
Paris
Guy de Maupassant
Fanny Y. Cory
Helena
Mont
Theodore Martin
Garrick
Macready
Rachel
Baron Stockmar
Marion Crawford
Count Soderini
Clementi
Leo XIII
Leo
Soderini
Thomas Hardy
Dorchester
Right Foods Help Asheville Man Heal Digestive Ailments
An Asheville man credits Grape-Nuts and Postum for relief after a 15 year battle with stomach trouble and pancreatic ulcer. He details poor digestion from starch foods, dramatic weight gain, and renewed vigor after switching to pre digestible grains, with meals centered on Grape-Nuts and cream and Postum. The testimonial, from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, invites reading The Road to Wellville.
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Asheville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Farm and Home readers describe a multipole soil leveler
A Michigan reader explains a homemade tool the “pole pulverizer and leveler” uses three hardwood poles six inches in diameter and eight feet long. They are chained together with a board extending forward and an old mowing machine seat for the driver, with a double-tree attached to the front pole.
Potatoes Treated with Corrosive Sublimate Fight Scab
A historical agricultural note explains scab caused by a minute fungus on potato skin. Soaking seed potatoes in a three ounce per ten gallon corrosive sublimate solution for two hours can yield disease free crops if the soil hasn’t recently grown potatoes. Handle poison and storage safely.
Retaining the Humus in Soil
Humus is decaying vegetable matter that enriches soil by adding bulk and moisture holding capacity. It decays naturally, when exposed to sun, or is destroyed by quicklime, risking weaker soil less able to resist drought and support crops.
Improved sheep and lamb feeding rack design
A cross sectional view of a sheep rack shows a tight bottom and narrow slats allowing lambs to be fed in a small trough separate from the sheep. This arrangement keeps lamb feed clean and reduces contamination of the flock’s hay and feed in a farm Journal noted feature.
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Farm Journal
Dearth of Sheep Warns Farmers to Reconsider Stock
A speaker urges farmers to repopulate flocks after the 1890s downturn, noting sheep remain profitable as long as demand for clothing and meat persists. He cites a veteran’s tale of buying Merino stock cheaply, slaughtering for pelts, and predicting later higher resale values.
Cheaply Made Sheep Rack for Easy Construction
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple sheep feeding rack built from two 2x2 posts about 40 inches tall linked by a cross piece to form a 28 inch gap. The plan emphasizes minimal lumber cutting and suggests boards of appropriate width from a planing mill to reduce sawing.
Cheaply Made Sheep Rack Described with Simple Drawings
The write up details a basic sheep rack construction with a cross piece forming the foundation and a five inch board at the bottom inside the post. A slanting piece holds the rack sides, leaving space at the bottom for the sheep to reach the roughage, allowing hay to fall toward the bottom as feeding proceeds.
Living Death A Patient Credits Deans Kidney Pills
A Sioux Falls resident claims Dean's Kidney Pills saved his life after a doctor's grim prognosis. He describes kidney trouble, weight loss, and pain ending with marked improvement after using the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Andrew Johnson
West Twelfth St
Sioux Falls
8. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fighting Joe Wheeler Helps Overburdened Mail Carrier
In a rural Alabama district, Gen. Joseph Wheeler in a buggy overhears a mail carrier groaning under a heavy sack. The carrier laments the policy and cost of mail weight, noting a busy, wasteful influx. Wheeler offers $30 to buy the tired horse, enabling the man to proceed.
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Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Alabama
Joe
Guy
New Daily Los Angeles Limited Train Via Salt Lake City
Direct service from Salt Lake City to Southern California aboard the Los Angeles Limited with dining and observation cars. Electric lighting throughout and sleeping car reservations available through W. G. Neimyer at 120 Jackson Boulevard Chicago.
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Salt Lake City
California
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Ifor
W. G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Engaged woman sparks claim of perfect match
A Chicazo Journal quip declares a plain-looking woman has a destined mate somewhere in the world and asks who she will marry. The punchline replies Me as a joke on fate and wedlock.
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Chicazo Journal
Antique tale sparks wary talk of Priceless deal
In a Detroit Free Press note, Tomson says he found European antiques and plans to discuss them with Priceless. Johns warns that Priceless already married one item abroad and sold it poorly, leaving him sour on antiques.
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Tomson
Europe
Johns
Detriot Iree Press
Foot Care and Beauty Quips in Aged Ads
Diverse old lines advertise foot powder Allen’s Foot-Ma se and shoes plus a Le Roy address. A mirror that speaks to praise beauty and a herbal Garfield Tea cleanse appear alongside light quips about theater singings and watchdogs.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy, N
Saved Baby Lyon's Life with Cuthura Remedies
Mrs Macbelle Ivan of Parsons Kansas writes that her infant suffered infantile eczema for months. After using Cuthura Remedies the baby improved in days and fully recovered within about ninety days. She praises the remedies as life saving and expresses gratitude for the treatment.
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Macbelle Ivan
Appleton Ave
Parsons, Kon
Unlucky Thirteen At Courtroom Table In Carriage Tale
A dialogue in a railway carriage centers on a table of thirteen at a lawyer’s meeting of creditors. The men discuss luck and death, but one declares none gained a cent from him, ending with a sigh as the carriage ride ends.
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Ian
Vietuala
Stella and Kella Share Old Fashioned Sermon Fashion
A fragment cites Stella and Kella debating tradition as Stella plans a gown for a sermon, hinting at old fashioned values. The exchange suggests a contrast between modern planning and conservative style in a church setting.
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Stella
Kella
Church Celebrities and Clergy News From Public Life
A carved lectern will memorialize Amos Adams Lawrence of Boston at All Saints church Appleton. H Kirke Porter plans a world tour to raise 1.5 million for Baptist missions. Rev Bonvin of Canisius College penned a new mass approved in Rome. Rev Dr William S Rainsford resigns St Georges Church New York for health reasons. Rev Robert Harley, Athenaeum member, is noted as a renowned mathematician with early struggles. An exhibition donkey cart drawing is mentioned.
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All Saints’ Church
Appleton
Amos Adams Lawrence
Boston
Lawrence University
Wis
H. Kirke Porter
Pittsburg
P. Bonvin
S. J
Canisius
Building Up Dairy Herds Says 8 J Barnes Tennessee Dairyman
Dairying advice from 8 J Barnes of the University of Tennessee stresses saving heifer calves from top cows to raise the milking herd. He criticizes other farmers for neglecting herd improvement and endorses replacing old cows with young heifers. He notes trap nests help record poultry but are impractical for individual tracking. He adds color in cattle is not inherently linked to hardiness.
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J. Barnes
University of Tennessee
Ohio
Farming Advice for Ewes and Cattle from Mrs. A Schere
Mrs. A. Schere of Missouri offers practical farm guidance on sheep and cattle care. She stresses clean pig pens, keeping ewes outdoors while avoiding rain and snow, and notes frozen clover has no feeding value. She mentions feeding clover hay and corn to cows in late spring and using rye for early pasture.
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