Electricity Capsules Promise Lighting Power
An article notes a new compound Electricity to Capsules made from certain chemicals placed in capsules. When added to water it would supply enough electricity to light a case, operate an automobile, or even a railroad car. The piece then compares this to the strength in a bottle of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, praised for curing indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles, and boosting vitality. A brief comic exchange about a tea pot explosion in a kitchen is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En&up
Odorless Disinfectant Promoted By Bromo Chloralum
An old promotional note touts crows Chioralum as a cheap safe disinfectant for odor control and disease prevention. It claims a pint yields two and a half gallons for regular use and urges sending a star card to Bromo Chloralum C for a descriptive booklet and tape measure from 81 Fulton St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromo Chloralum C
Fulton St
New York
The Elasticity of Our Currency
A historical financial note critiques the persistence of wage strain and the difficulty of stretching a salary between paydays, aligning with themes of currency instability and economic hardship observed in early press commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed As Cure All Stages
The paper notes a readed disease catarrh can be cured in all stages. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to be the only positive cure and is taken internally to treat blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and urge sending for testimonials. Sold by druggists at 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills recommended.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
San Francisco
California
Cal
Sierra Pharmaceutical Co
St. Louis
Washington Ave
Manila
First Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Fay and May Discuss Fay's Acceptance of Boxley News
The Philadelphia Press recounts Fay stating she accepted Mr Boxley last night prompted by May's remark about the suspense of awaiting his answer. The exchange reflects social expectations and nerves surrounding romantic commitment in the period.
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Fay
Land of the Sky Asheville tourism appeal via Southern Railway
In Western North Carolina lies Asheville between the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies in a healthful French Broad valley at two thousand feet. The city is praised as an ideal pleasure and health resort with bright skies and incomparable climate, promoted with convenient schedules and very low rates to attract travelers. A stray quote from Chicago Daily News about domestic storms accompanies the adage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Alleghanies
Asheville
America
Southern Railway
Better Blood Better Health Slogan Ad
An old time advertisement promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a pure blood maker that cures tiredness pimples sores salt rheum scrofula and catarrh. It urges readers to get a bottle now and begin taking it to raise blood to a good health point.
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Hood
Uses of dead horses in industry and commerce
A historical outline lists how dead horses are reused: leg bones made into handles for cutlery, tail and mane woven into hair cloth, ribs and heads burned for bone black after glue extraction, phosphate of lime for phosphorus in matches, short hair stuffed into cushions and collars, hide yields cordovan leather for boots, animal oil used in insecticides, bone vapors form carbonate of ammonia, hooves processed for oil and Mikado goods, bones dissolved to make glue. The text notes various processes and products derived from dead horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse World
England's women colleges overflow with students and leaders
A survey notes English women's colleges are crowded while prominent figures like Edinburgh University's Sir William Muir push for women’s full privileges in higher education. The US spends nearly 1 million annually to shield missionaries abroad. A Denver sexton reports church property stolen by deacons posing as fundraisers. A Schleithein bell from 1452 predates Schiller. A statue of Cardinal Lavigerie is unveiled at Biskra, symbolizing his desert mission.
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England
C. H. Fowler
State Department
United States
Siam
William Muir
Edinburgh University
Denver
Schleithein
Schaffhausen
Germany
Schiller
Cardinal Lavigerie
Biskra
Sahara Desert
Hay Derrick Improves Farm Labor in Ohio Farmer Note
A farmer praises a hay derrick as a long used labor saver. The device unloads hay at five forkfuls, uses a center pole of 32 feet, four stay ropes, three pulleys and a double harpoon. One man stacks, one leads the harpoon, and a boy rides the horse to stack 15 to 25 tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall Perry
Ohio
Louse warning urges quick action to curb lice spread
An authority warns a single female louse can yield thousands in eight weeks and other parasites may multiply faster. The remedy urged is kerosene emulsion or a kerosene milk mixture applied to the skin, noting its safety when used with care. The piece recalls past poultry and calf lice trends and hopes the pests will be banished.
Composting Hog Manure and Mixed Excrement Practices
Hog manure should be composted and mixed with other excrement to ferment. Pig waste alone does not heat reliably when spread thinly, so combining with horse manure balances heating. Horse manure heats too fast and can burn, so mixing avoids losses. Some farmers create hog yards behind stables to root over stock horse piles, improving manure mix and feeding hogs on grain.
Silage Acceptance in Sheep Feed Declared Helpful
The article argues that sheep benefit from silage just as dairy cattle do and predicts silage feeding for summer and winter uses. It notes initial reluctance from some feeders who abandoned the practice too quickly, and urges gradual adaptation by the flock.
Excellent milk making food is well boiled oatmeal
A brief note describes a nourishing milk based dish, highlighting well boiled oatmeal mixed with milk and sweetened with sugar as an excellent food.
Proud Tillers of the Soil Farmers Club of Pennsylvania
The Farmers club of Pennsylvania founded in 1785 by Cadwalader Morris Rush and others, limits its 12 members to monthly dinners at members' homes. Current members include Griscom Cassatt Wilbur Cameron Green Biddle Fraely Fisher and Ellis Morrell. The club assigns months for dinners, with hosts across Philadelphia area and countryside. Members are described as farmers with powers of attorney managing farms and stock.
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Farmers’ Club of
Pennsylvania
John Cadwalader
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Chicago Record
Farmers’ Club
Clement A. Griscom
American Steamship Line
Alexander J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elisha Packer Wilbur
J. Donald Cameron
Henry Green
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Easton
Craig Biddle
Philadelphia
Frederick Fraley
National Board of Trade
James Logan Fisher
Rudolph Ellis
Edward Dev. Morrell
Drexel
Congress
Harmer
House of Representatives
Mr Fraley
Ogontz
Mr. Cameron
Lochiel
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Grisecom
Judge Riddle
Torresdale
Delaware
MacVeagh
Brookfield Farm
Bryn Mawr
Mr. Ellis
Mauch Chunk
Wilbur
South Bethlehem
Morrell
Senseless Specks of Skin and Sensation Loss
The New York World explains that people have hundreds of senseless specks of skin where pins can be driven or cut without pain. Minute nerves are absent or dead in those spots, though blindfolded pricks reveal only about 60 to 70 sensations per hundred on one arm.
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New York
Parlor exchange hints at Boer threat in Baltimore scene
Johnny mistakes a visitor for a South African Boer as Sis plans to rid herself of a Boer tonight. Mr. Softleigh and Mr. Loftleigh depart shortly after, in a Baltimore American narrative segment.
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Johnny
Mr. Softleigh
South Africa
Sis
Mr. Loftleigh
Baltimore
Piso's Cure Endorsed by Indiana Reader in 1900
A Vanburen Indiana reader, William O. Enadsley, touts Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung issues in a February 10 1900 testimonial. A separate line mocks the idea that time will ever be enough to do all planned tasks.
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Wm. O. Enadsley
Vanburen, Ind
Allen's Foot-Ease powder ad for sore feet
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns Itching Swollen Hot Callous Smarting Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c. Sample sent FREE address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Like Him I Have No Use For Him Swank Quote
In a sharp remark the Old Dodger dismisses a neighbor with a comparison to dyed whiskers. He expresses strong disdain for Henry J. Swank, labeling him unfavorably and aligning the sentiment with a comic quip from Puck. The exchange highlights personal enmity and colorful local characterization.
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Dodger
Henry J. Swank
Puck
The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Tonic
Bottle of Grove's TasTrless Catt Tonic touted as simple iron and quinine in tasteless form. Advertising slogan promises no cure no pay. Price given as 50c. Quoted exchange cites Billings and Stillson discussing horses and army salt horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Fragmented Slogan Clips and Ads From Old Newspapers
A collage of vintage ad blurbs and quips including Yucatan Chill Tonic claims cures and 50 cent price points, jokes about Boers and Dutch ancestry, organ lessons as eye and ear training, cold cure tablets with 25 cent price, PatNaM Dyers dyeing booster, Bronx work jokes, Jeethina skin cures, and Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti for indigestion.
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Man
Land
The
Sky
Chicago Daily Ews
James S. Robinson
Memphis
Tenn
Price
Ogrtanl
Farmers’ Club of Pennsylvania
Billings
Yucatan
Detroit Journal
Philadelphia Bulletin
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bronx
Grogin
Pat
Goldthwaite & Son
Troy
Ala
Jeethina
Norristown Herald
Facsumile Signature of
Carter
Carters Liver
Manitou
Charlevoix
Petoskey
Hate Bor Springs
Bay View
Mackinac Island
Lake Superior
Berolzheim
T. M. Roberts’ Supply House
Missouri
Ind.ter
Cenk
Sherter
Umo
Shreveport
Misiana
Nelson
Alabama
Macon
Georgi
Texas
Cotton Belt
Fred. H. Jones
D.P.A
W. C. Peeler
T.P.A
W. G.adams
Neshville
F.R. Wyatt
Ciocionati
Ohie
Ohie. A. 4. Sutton, T.P. A
Chattanooga
E. W. Labeaume
G. P
T. A
Bears
Castoria
Cit
AVAC
Schuh
Calo, Ait, Ll
Eus de Yky
Ethina
San T. M. Roberts Supply House
Nicollet Ave
Maine
Florida
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Ave
New Raves
Cow
Califecnia
Valley Commercial Association
Fisalia
Sutcliffe & Co
Louisville, Ky
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Duluth
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Houghton
Hancock
Bayfield
Ashland
Eamers
F. A. Spencer
North Water St
Fid
Dradle Paanew
Bectar Houser
Peanice
David Bradley
Proadway
Pense
eZoy
T. M. Roberts
la Greole
EL Cs Restorer
Lehman
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