Development of Agriculture Stats Show Farming Shifts
The Detroit Post survey outlines farm counts, tenure, and acreage across states and territories. It highlights owner-occupied versus rented farms, the rise of western settlements, and large tracts over 1,000 acres, noting Minnesota and North Carolina contrasts and the ratio of farms to population as a key agricultural measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divieis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Missouri
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Utah
Washington
Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
North Carolina
Maine
South
Mississippi
Minnesota
Kentucky
Vermont
California
Virginia
Louisiana
Census Bureau
Connecticut
Oregon
New England
Maryland
New Jersey
The Bridal Package Mystery in Washington Vault
Visitors to the capital are drawn to the Treasury vaults where couples are shown a bundle claimed to hold 20 million dollars in ten thousand dollar notes. The scene depicts the novelty of a bride handling the so called bridal package while the groom also desires a turn with the bundle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Sub-Treasury
New York
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States Treasury
American Manners and the Politeness Divide
The essay contrasts American, English, German, and French manners, noting Americans seek companionship yet struggle with courteous bearing. It cites hat etiquette in Germany, a tower anecdote with a French suitor, and critiques American reluctance to accept courtesy. It argues Americans lack refined politeness, preferring blunt or jokey offers over gracious acts. It quotes Thackeray on buttered parsnips to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Thackeray
Embalming and Its Ancient Practice Across Cultures
The article reviews embalming origins and motives, noting the Italian dominance in modern practice. It describes methods, agents like zinc salts or arsenic, aims to preserve contour and color, and mentions petrifaction for furniture-like preservation. It ends with a curiously misplaced advert for Petro- Phosphorated Mixur of Calisaya for digestion and fever prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hunter
Tony Pastor and St Jacobs Oil in public praise
Tony Pastor, a leading New York vaudeville figure, tours major cities with his renowned troupe and theater. The article notes his health, success, and a strong endorsement of St Jacobs Oil used by many in his company for rheumatism relief. Also included are brief remarks on sardine fishing in Brittany and a jocular quip about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Pastor
New York
United States
Broadway
New York City
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Pastor
Bingham House
St. Jacobs Oil
N. F. Clipper
Dr. St V Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promised Cure
A reader ad touts Dr St V Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming cures for consumption once deemed incurable and urges sending stamps for a pamphlet. The second item notes a canprpats office auditor candidate delivering an impromptu speech stating he has no prepared remarks and does not wish to be a speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Worup
Dispensary Mexican Association
Buffalo
N. Y
A New Music Teaching System Promises Fast Mastery
Prof GS Rice, famed author and educator, promotes a music teaching system claimed to be thirty times faster than rival methods. He invites learners to mail their address to 245 State St Chicago for subscription details and a free sample of his Musical Reform Journal priced at 50 cents per year. The note recalls a Wisconsin shopkeeper who mistook Limburger cheese scent for a dead rat in his cellar, quipping in German about the odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.S. Rice
State St
Chicago
Rice
Great Musical Reform Journal
Wisconsin
Dallar
Band of Hope
Madison &T
Paralyzing Symptoms and Bitters Promises
A parade of home remedies and quack cures flood a historical page with claims of German Hop Bitters aiding rapid paralysis symptoms. Interspersed are jokes, medical ads, and testimonials extolling Perry Davis Pain Killer and Lydia E. Pinkham remedies, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stigs
Europe
America
Advertising Cures and Curious City Interlude
Ex mayor Gregory cites newspaper cures as fact while buying St. Jacobs Oil for rheumatism. A truckman loses something on the sidewalk, asks a drunken Irishman for help with a taunting exchange. A flirtatious intruder pesters a Grecian woman, who shrugs off with a request for fresh air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
St. Jacobs Oil
Madison
Wis
Daily Democrat
Doctoring With Yellow Deck And Sarsaparilla Promoted
A promotional piece touts Dr Guyott s Yellow Deck and Sarsaparilla as a permanent cure for weak digestion and dyspepsia by purifying the blood and strengthening the body. It warns against reliance on harsh cathartics and shares anecdotes and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysatt
Mr. Sronexy McNagny
New Strebmond
Ohio
Guycotts
Out of tune to cure debility with bitters and tonics
A collage of older health ad copy presents Hosetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for fatigue stomach upset and debility. It touts cures for fever and ague bowel and kidney troubles dyspepsia nervousness rheumatic issues and other ailments while recommending patent medicines and tonics for general wellbeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tb Hosetter
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
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The
Detroit Post
Calisaya
Cagewell, Hazard & Co
All Druggiste
Untm
Brittany
Sam
WueEx
Johnnie
Siter
Yim
Jeannie
Perry Davis
Lydia E. Piskhana
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Mase
Womp
Buffalo, N.Y
Pat
McUosh
Princeton College
Nesto
Brudder
Knight of the
Boas
Rochester Democrat
Figaro
Loy Jack, Mo
M. Barxee
Waart
Eilert
Aultman & Taylor CO
Chicago Scale CO
South Jefferson Street
EL. Touriel
Boston
C.B. Himes
D. N. Dela. Ave
Philada
Juan Vonzalez
Loston
Frazer Axle Grease
Moe Bsaac Nees Aial
Burns
Johnson
Johnson &Co
Bangor
Sheridan
J. Johnson & CO
Payne
XNE & Sons
Box Corning
HagTee
Harter
Warren
Robert Samuels
Wash Avenue
N. Main ST
ST. Louis
Renan
JNO Equal Resellers & CO
Pittsburgh, Pal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Lydia WY
Pinkelam
Dragaiste
New World
National PubVahing Co
Ill
Weer
John G. Earhuff
OlmMfice
Superior Street
Ilea
Wells St
Minne Chesta
Elward
Pitts
Woodbury Horse
Attac NS
Addrees
Seymour, Sabin & CO
Outwater
Minns
Reese
P.O. Box
Stevens &Co
Washington, DC
Vrland, Obiq, Kort, Mich
Vard
Halle
Brestser Paische Ee Ea
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