How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
Letters from Rochester and Ohio describe relief from monthly cramps and headaches after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Rochester mother reports her 13 year old daughter recovered after two bottles, while a sixteen year old from Ohio attests improved health and regularity.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Richard N. Dunham
Exchange St
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Cora B
R E. Pinkham
Paul Pay Contrivance and Window Mirrors
The passage describes a curious window mirror device used by many people to look out onto the street. It is stated as useful for excluding undesirable visitors and as a great convenience for checking what lies along the road without being seen.
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E Street
Effects of heavy artillery on battleship crews on deck
Readers wonder how sailors endure the shock of gunfire on the deck while gunners inside turrets are spared. The blast is directed outward, reducing the impact on those exposed to the main concussion. Sound protection and ear safety aboard ships are noted as key factors.
Flesh feeding plant traps aquatic prey in water
The article describes a flesh eating plant found in deep pools and ditches across the country. Its bulb measures a quarter to half an inch and contains a valve that allows entry but blocks exit, trapping insects which eventually perish and are absorbed by the plant.
Hypnotizing a Fowl Demonstrated on Cock
A method shows a fowl surrendering to hypnosis by placing a hen or cock on a dark surface and drawing a straight chalk line before its beak. The bird fixes its gaze and remains staring with its beak on the line until taken away.
Bottle Trees Grow Tall in Australia
The article describes the bottle tree in Australia, noting it can reach about 50 feet in height. Its distinctive trunks resemble bottles in various shapes, sometimes standing upright or inverted. Natives hollow the trunks to extract a glutinous substance used as a refreshing drink and to make canoes.
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Australia
Rabbit with wings owned by Mr Gee of Eastbourne
A living twelve month old rabbit in Eastbourne, England, possesses seven legs with unused extra limbs. Wings attached measure 26 inches tip to tip and can be moved by the animal, though flight is impossible.
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Mr. Gee, Levett
Eastbourne
England
Boon Companions in Sea Shells
The hermit crab drags a small sea anemone on its shell to aid foraging and protection. When resting, the anemone spreads its tentacles to screen the crab from observation, allowing a silent siesta.
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Reat
Leopard Moth Invades New Jersey and Coastal Areas
An overview of the leopard moth, its spread from Europe into Hoboken and along the coast, and its damaging larvae that bore into branches. It notes the species' appearance, life cycle, natural checks, and recommended control methods and preventive planting strategies.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Hoboken
N. J
Proper Care of Horse Hoofs and Growth Rates
The article explains hoof anatomy focusing on the wall and its growth. Regular exercise grooming and maintaining moisture promote horn growth, while poor feeding or lack of exercise hinder it. Growth rates vary by hoof part and whether the horse is shod, with toes growing fastest and heels slowest.
Subsoil Dynamite Method for Rainwater Reservoirs
The article describes using dynamite to break compact hardpan subsoil to create underground reservoirs. Holes two to six feet deep are drilled and blasted about every 20 to 30 feet, using eighty sticks of dynamite per acre, costing $1.56 with caps. Explosions open eight to ten inch diameter depressions three to six feet deep, forming subreservoirs fed with sand or gravel to store rainfall and boost crop yields. The method is suited for dry weather and can be done in leisure time, with modern tree planting also using blasting for holes.
Plant Disease Readiness for Orchardists and Gardeners
The article urges orchardists and gardeners to stock spraying materials and stay prepared for emergencies. It notes no region is immune to plant diseases or pests and that seasons vary from minor efforts to vigorous campaigns against outbreaks.
Four Kinds of Women Swapped by Fictional Proverb
The passage jokes about a proverb classifying women into four kinds and mocks the idea as a playwright’s convention. It notes the line was popularized by a fiction and lampoons the notion that only good or bad women exist. It ends with an advertisement for an eye comfort product.
Caution's Choice and a Teething Remedy Note
A dialogue shows Dustin Stax declining political action, favoring big business and warning about old wrap books in politics. The text also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
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Dustin Stax
Mrs. Winslow
Quote on women’s suffrage and blue fabric claim
A fragment cites Emerson arguing women should vote and equality in Shaker and Quaker contexts. It then notes Red Crest Ball Blue washing twice as many clothes as competing blues and urges choosing it over others.
Trial Transcript Excerpt From An Old Houston Post
A courtroom exchange questions a defendant about a loaded weapon. The judge asks why the suspect did not check the barrel before aiming at the deceased, and the defendant replies it would have been foolhardy and dangerous.
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Houston Post
Mother's Duty Chief in Child Upbringing Says Exchange
A mother bears primary responsibility for her children's upbringing before state or husband, while the Red Cross Ball Blue laundry soap advertises value and smiles for laundresses, highlighting domestic duties and product promotion.
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fAother
Aluminum apparatus reveals fracture in X-ray view
A newly invented aluminum device makes fracture details distinctly visible by X-ray, with aluminum transparent to X-rays like glass. This allows the surgeon to examine the fracture without haste and close the apparatus only after every fragment is properly set.
Separating Lady's Finger Tipe
A brief item notes a challenge described in Woman's World where a girl places fingertip tips together with elbows level, inviting a boy to pull apart her wrists. It claims most boys cannot separate them unless he is very strong or she is unusually weak.
Automobile Eye Insurance After Exposure to Sun Winds
Marine Eye Remedy offered as a freely applied solution to eye relief with no smarting. Marketed as trusted for comfort after sun and wind exposure.
Too Shabby for a Servant in Coleridge’s Ride
Coleridge rode in a gent's park in unusual shabby dress. He offered to trail as a servant, but a friend declined, saying he would be ashamed of Coleridge as a servant though proud as a friend.
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Coleridge
Regent’s Park
Origin of Diamonds by Bolton Sparks New Theory
Von Bolton proposes natural diamond formation via metal vapors like iron or magnesium acting on carbon dioxide. He reports creating microscopic diamonds through mercury vapor reacting with carbon.
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von Bolton
Carvon
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Ad Promotes Health Tonic
An old advertisement touts Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a tonic for fatigue digestion and blood quality and claims doctor endorsement. It emphasizes alcohol free formula and urges readers to consult a physician about constipation and Ayer’s Pills, a mild vegetable liver pill from J G Ayers Co Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
J.G, Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Observing a Crumpled Collar Night Scene in Street
A reflective line depicts a young man strolling after midnight with a crumpled collar while nearby a young girl crawls upstairs with shoes in hand and an extinguished lamp. The image suggests a tense, nocturnal social dynamic.
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted For Red and Watery Eyes
An ad promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red, watery eyes and granulated eyelids. The product is advertised as compounded by oculists, not a patent medicine, with a history of successful use. It is sold in aseptic tubes by Marine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago and coast retailers, with references to physicians and public sales channels.
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Per Botha
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy’Co
Chicago
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