Spring Weakness Warned as Death Toll Rises
A 19th century warning emphasizes spring mortality among the weak and sickly due to winter weakness, urging care and Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy with testimonials from General Longstreet and Mr. Wellington Hynes. It claims the tonic purifies blood, strengthens nerves, and restores vitality, while advising readers to seek expert advice if needed.
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Greene
General Longstreet
New Hampshire Ave
Washington, D.C
Dr. Greene
J. Greene
14Th St
New York City
Royal Figures Feature in Curious Prestige Listings
Foreign notables note eccentric habits and long careers. The duke of Cambridge employs a woman cook, while the duke of Fife reportedly wears 12 suits in a week. Dr Gallus Ritter von Hochberger, 97, Austrian adviser, practices medicine 71 years at Carlsbad. Cornwall and York, Lord Roberts and Lord Alverstone join the London Savage club as honorary members alongside four other life members.
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Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Fife
Gallus Ritter von Hochberger
Carlsbad
Duke of Cornwall and York
Lord Roberts
Lord Alverstone
London Savage Club
King
Sir H. M. Stanley
Nansen
Mark Twain
Madam Baveras testifies to kidney pill cure in Hot Springs
Life Governor Madam Isabelle Ellen Baveas of the Free Masons Grand Lodge of England credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her diabetes and restoring health after six years of travel and illness. She endorses the remedy and notes prices of 50 cents per box, six for $2.50, advising buyers to obtain from local druggists or mail order from Buffalo, New York.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Isabelle Ellen Baveas
Free Masons Grand Lodge of
England
Madam Baveas
Dodd
Dodd’s
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Wisdom of the Hen Explains Egg Hatching Secrets
The piece describes how hens brood and hatch eggs, detailing temperature needs, turning, heat regulation, and nest behavior. It notes a hen can cover about 15 eggs, up to 20 in heat, and outlines incubation duration of 21 days with gradual embryonic development until hatching.
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N. Y. Sun
Ill husband warned after bottle mishap
In a vivid Ohio State Journal quip, Mrs Droptin asks about her ill husband while Mrs Newlywed cites carelessness with a cold bottle causing a head injury. The brief exchange mocks accidental harm from neglected bottles.
Teakettle Asthma Remark Stirs Child’s Family
A three year old, Clara, watching a teakettle hiss and steam, declares with clear innocence that the kettle has asthma. The moment captures a child’s bright misreading of a common household sound.
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Clara
Steeple Bob Merrill Climbs Trinity Spire in Bold Feat
Cleveland Moffett profiles Robert Merrill alias Steeple Bob who recalls an easy yet perilous ascent of New York’s Trinity spire. He describes gripping corbels and a top stone ball, sliding into a crotch, and the steeple’s constant sway as trains pass, claiming risk was minimal if height is ignored.
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Cleveland Moffett
St Nicholas
Robert Merrill
Steeple Bob
Trinity Spire
New York
Merrill
Old Trinity
Cross
Steeple
Trinity
St. Paul’s
Spring Work of Bees and Early Nests
The article describes how queen bees survive winter, seeking sun and digging underground nests with honey and eggs in cells. Bumblebees produce drones and queens by midsummer, then die. miners tunnel and seal nests with chewed earth and honey pollen. Yellow jacket queens burrow early, building paper walled nests. in fall unhatched young are expelled to feed birds.
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Little Chronicle
Yellow Jacket
Anglo Russian tensions flare at Tientsin over railway dispute
Reports from Tientsin and Peking describe British and Russian troops facing off along a railway siding with 24 hour peace in place. British officials seek to preserve prestige while warning Russia over Manchuria. Li Hung Chang’s health deteriorates as powers debate punitive actions.
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Tientsin
Campbell
Wogack
London
St. Petersburg
China
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Manchuria
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Salisbury
Peking
Hung Chang
Rockhill
Earli
Morrison
The
Times
Li Hung Chang
France
Boers to Meet on War Situation and Peace Prospects
Dispatches report Gen Botha Delarey and De Wet plan a March 18 meeting in Kaalspruit to discuss the war’s course. Boer leaders hold talks at Pietersburg on continuation or cessation of fighting amid hopeful peace outlook. De Wet’s commando broken up at Senekal with notable losses last month.
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London
the Times
Kaalspruit
Botha
Delarey
de Wet
Durban
Natal
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Pretoria
Cape Town
Senekal
Orange River Colony
Longtime treasurer E P Coleman Hailed by Missionary Union
The article notes E P Coleman has served the Missionary union as treasurer for 32 years. It also reports the absence of a negro in the North Carolina legislature for the first time since the Civil War, plus various academic and genealogical notes involving Joseph Spencer, Michael I Pupin, and Burt G Wilder.
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E. P. Coleman
Missionary Union
North Carolina
Burke’s Peerage
London
United States
England
Connecticut
Joseph Spencer
Michael I. Pupin
Columbia University
Low
University of Glasgow
Cornell Brain Association
Burt G. Wilder
Quote from Judge on living and bargaining in diplomacy
A judge laments bargaining while alive, saying people should not expect much from him posthumously and that he will strive to extract all possible value during life.
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Leperstelieltt
Don
Secret of Power Touts Digestion as Key to Strength
A bold claim credits digestion as the secret to great power citing Thostetter’s Stomach bitters as improving digestion curing indigestion biliousness and liver and kidney ailments. It praises it as a blood purifier and nerve tonic and notes physician endorsement with nationwide drugstore availability.
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Thostetter
Grain-O Grain Substitute Safer for Delicate Stomachs
A new grain based beverage replaces coffee in grocery stores. It is claimed to be gentle on delicate stomachs and affordable, with children able to drink it safely. The ad urges readers to try Grain-O and asks them to request the product by name.
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Lane
Don’t whistle warning in local reflection
A brief editorial remark from the Atchison Globe cautions against whistling as it distracts people from their concerns, implying the tune draws attention away from public affairs.
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Atchison Globe
Reward Offered for Catarrh Cure Failure
One hundred dollar reward offered by Hall's Catarrh Cure makers and endorsers for any catarrh case not cured by the product. Includes testimonials from Linax Walding Kinnan Marvin Tol edo wholesalers and I J Cheney deemed honest. Internal remedy claims state Hall's Catarrh Cure works on blood and mucous surfaces. price seven cents per bottle. sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
I. J. Cheney
Est Linax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Speltz seed from Salzer Co praised by Colorado growers
The Blanchard brothers of Chaffee County Colorado report a strong yield from Salzer's Speltz seed. They drilled 100 pounds of seed and harvested 182 bushels, selling nearly all at two dollars per bushel. They note Speltz and alfalfa as profitable crops and urge others to try Speltz.
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Speltz
Blanchard Bros
Chaffee Co
Colo
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salzer
Salter
John A.salzer Seed Co
Ges
Try Grain-O Grain-QO Coffee Substitute Ad
An Indianapolis Press ad promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims a rich brown color like mocha, suitable for children and adults, easy on delicate stomachs, and priced at 15 or 25 cents per package. Sold by grocers. The ad ends with a Cornfed Philosopher quote.
Cough Remedy Advertisements and Quick Balsam Promise
Multiple old advertisements appear offering Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing with free samples and low price bottles. Other inserts promote Putnam Papers and White's Yucatan Gum as dental aids. Quips and brief quotes from Philadelphia Times and New York Herald accompany the ads.
Early 1900s Health Promises and Quack Remedies
A compilation of old ads and quotes touting medicines like Piso’s Cure and Hoxsie’s Cough Cure. It includes testimonials, prices, and cautions about pretense and deceit from various newspapers, noting cures for coughs colds and digestive issues with promotional language.
Duty of Mothers and Women Health Advice from Pinkham
The article urges mothers to educate daughters and seek medical help. It cites Mrs. Lydia E Bach Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts and a Wisconsin mother who reports her daughter was cured of irregular menstruation headaches and pelvic pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The piece touts the remedy as unequaled for regulating monthly female health issues.
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Geo
August Pfalzgraf
South Byron
Wis
Mrs. Pinkham
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