Nursery room design and playthings for children
The article urges bright sunlit nurseries with open windows for ventilation and hygiene. It favors simple, safe furniture with rounded edges, minimal heavy curtains, and artful but not lavish wall treatment. It notes children enjoy modular toys and items they can assemble, and mentions early art taste. It also references Port of New South Wales with 80,000 population and 1,779 vessels last year amid labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Raphael
Murillo
New South Wales
Waren
Sydney
Furious humor on child cured by Cuticura in five days
A Bakersfield California grandmother recounts her seven year old granddaughter suffering a fierce itching eruption with watery and bleeding sores after a measles recovery. After three weeks of nightly nursing, the Cuticura Remedies produced marked improvement in twenty four hours and complete cure in five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Bohemian confesses cheer despite poverty
The Bohemian explains his constant cheerfulness stems from a life of poverty and repeated hardship. He says he has grown used to being broke and has decided to make the best of it by facing his fate with a smile.
Ward's Kidney Pills touted as cure in Texas letter
A 1906 letter from D F Painter of Big Springs Texas praises Ward's Kidney Pills claiming cures for rheumatism and kidney troubles after three months of use. The advertisement urges readers to mail name and ten cents for a 50 cent box and cites Ward Medicine Co as the maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Texas
J. L. Ward Medicine Co
City
Ward
D. F. Painter
Williams Pink Pills Prove Safe for Mothers and Rheumatism
Mrs. M. J. Wight of Auburn Maine recounts using Dr Williams Pink Pills after childbirth in 1901 to restore strength and health. She notes rapid recovery for herself and better condition for her baby, and later relief from a prolonged rheumatic attack after resuming the pills. Dr Williams Medicine Co offers the pills by mail at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Wight
Seventh Street
Auburn
Maine
Black Bean Soup with Pork and Beef
Soak one pint black beans overnight. The next day simmer with five quarts water, half a pound salt pork, a quarter pound lean beef. Add chopped carrot turnip onions and simmer two to three hours. Season with mace clove salt and pepper. Finish with sherry or port, serve over hard boiled eggs lemon slices and croutons.
Johns Hopkins Reports X Ray Diagnostics Benefit Aneurysm Study
Baltimore notes ten years of X ray research by the Johns Hopkins medical department. Dr. F Howard Baetjar compiles and describes the results showing benefits from early diagnosis and study of aneurysms through this diagnostic ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins University
F. Howard Baetjar
University
Simple home remedy promises cleansing of kidneys
An old advertisement touts a home-made kidney cleansing mix from Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to purify blood, relieve facial eruptions and rheumatic, nervous, and stomach ailments, and restore red blood cell count to 95 percent.
Cannon haul foiled by old smooth bore pieces
At Mare Island yard a San Francisco contractor bought obsolete smooth bore cannon. Attempts to break them for shipment failed using dynamite drilling and wedges. The cannons were moved and reportedly camouflaged in hills near Point Richmond, with a plan to split them using dyn—the 1812 warship armament reference being noted.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Point Richmond
A Kitchen Recipe Book Deserves a White Oilcloth Cover
A housekeeper laments stained recipe pages and suggests covering her kitchen cookbook with white oilcloth. Oilcloth is pliable durable and can be wiped clean with a damp cloth, keeping the book presentable for a long time.
Carrot Pie and Meringue Recipe Bits
The text describes making a carrot pie by mashing two boiled carrots with cracker crumbs butter milk and three eggs then baking. It also outlines a meringue topping using the egg whites whipped with sugar and orange juice flavored, spread over the pie and baked until puffed and golden.
Helping Along His Memory
A cautious husband named Morse promises his wife he will remember to seek relatives and attend to tasks before a Chicago trip. She gently chides him for absent mindedness while he vows to make a memorandum to stay connected and keep his affairs in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morse
James
Chicago
William
Sarah
Mrs. Morse
Promote Your Health with Classic Remedies and Quoted Phrases
A jumble of vintage liquid advertisements and quotes touting carpet dyes, soothing syrups, hair growth products, and Garfield Tea. The ad text ripples with brand names, health claims, and aphorisms from A C Manning Swift Stevens and others, reflecting early advertising style.
Animals With Backbones and Vertebrate Numbers
The text notes about 156000 described animal species by naturalists with vertebrates making up 15300 of them. It distinguishes backboned animals as a subset and highlights their classification.
Hunt's Lightning Oil Proclaimed Best Household Remedy
The advertisement extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as the most valuable general household remedy. It claims superiority for sprains cuts burns bruises bites and stings and invites readers to try a trial.
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Hunt
Woman Lobster Catcher From Maine Makes Mark
Mrs. Kate Wilson is described as the state’s only woman professional lobster catcher. Her boat runs on a four horsepower gasoline engine and she is achieving success in her business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Wilson
Maine
In Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease for Sore Feet
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful smarting feet and ingrowing nails. It promises great comfort, easier shoe wear, and a remedy for sweating feet, selling at 25 cents with a free trial package. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Youngest Trapper in Country Is 14 Year Old Boy
The Denver News says Kendall's Woodbury Moore, age 14, is the youngest successful trapper in the country. He has collected bounty on ten coyote pelts and trapped ten badgers, 80 muskrats, 12 skunks, and about $50 worth of mink furs this winter, all without adult help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury Moore
Kendall
Denver News
New York's Rapid Growth Told by Moody’s Magazine
Moody's Magazine notes New York City's rapid growth making it a national pride and forecast that by 1915 the city will top London in population. It adds New York already accounts for one in twenty Americans and has grown five times faster than the nation overall in the century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
New York City
United States
Moody's Magazine
Unnamed Patent Remedies Advertise Health Fixes
The notice promotes FITS and Great Nerve Restorer cures with free trial bottles and a medical treatise from Dr. R. H. Kline at 931 Arch St Philadelphia. Garfield Tea is pitched as an ideal laxative that regulates liver and kidneys, relieves constipation, and claims Pure Food and Drugs Law guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
R. H. Kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
Postum Helps Nervous Woman Call Off Coffee
A Midhill woman describes eight years of nervousness and bilious attacks ending after replacing coffee with Postum. She reports better sleep, appetite, color, and energy within a month, and credits the book The Road to Wellville with guiding her recovery. A neighbor improves after boiling Postum longer. the ad credits Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Postum
Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilville
Waffles With Rice Milk and Egg Mix
Soften cup of boiled rice with yolks of three eggs and two tablespoons melted butter. Alternate adding two cupfuls of milk and one and a half cups flour with baking powder, then fold in beaten whites. Bake quickly over a hot fire in a thoroughly heated iron waffle iron. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with maple sugar or jelly.
Remedy for nickel plating corrosion with mutton fat and polishing
The article describes removing rust from nickel plating by applying mutton tallow to the spots and letting it stand several days. It then recommends rubbing with powdered rotten stone, washing with strong ammonia, rinsing, and final polishing with dry whiting to treat stubborn cases.
Proper care for silverware with oil, whiting and polish
The article prescribes using sweet oil and whiting to rub silverware, then polishing with chamois leather. It notes that regular washing with soap and water with a touch of ammonia, dried with linen and rubbed with chamois, prevents most stains from appearing.
Ancient canoe unearthed in Somerset bog by worker
A workman clearing a bog in Somersetshire England uncovered a large oak canoe likely from an early lake dwelling. The 20 ft 6 in long, 2 ft 10 in wide vessel remains in fair preservation and resembles a modern boat in appearance.
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Someretshire
England
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement affidavit
An affidavit by Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. claims he will pay one hundred dollars for every cataract cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document, sworn December 6, 1886, lists Toledo Ohio as the city and the filing official A. W. Gleason. Also notes the remedy is taken internally and sold by druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Hall
F. J. Chhey & CO
Toledo
Hali
Photographs of Rave Men Album Honor of Fallen Officers
The Mikado and the town prince of Japan commission albums compiling photographs of all military and naval officers who died in the war with Russia. Each album presents a curated record of the fallen with portraits and biographical notes.
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Japan
Russia
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