Paper rail tie could transform building and forests
A New York Tribune feature profiles an inventor of a paper railroad tie, claiming moisture resistance, rot proofing, and strong bonding with spikes. The material, made from straw fibers and cement, allegedly outlasts wood by decades, cuts forestry demand, and could extend to wheels, baths, furniture, and even bronzes, with rapid future production amid legislative forest protection debates.
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New York Tribune
Fulton Street
The Scissors
A fragment from Carl Pretzel's National Weekly shows Dolly Pretzel asking who the King of Cannibian Highlands is as a joke about a song. The mimwa responds Brigham Young used to be, reflecting satirical commentary in a humorous clipping.
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Dolly Pretzel
George
Dolly
Brigham Young
Carl Pretzel
National Weekly
Our Navy Oh What is It Electric Light
A fragmented verse praising the Navy and Uncle Sam with ironic tones about national defense and pride. The text questions what weakens the nation and jokes about shipping and readiness, ending with a reference to electric light and the Navy.
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Sam
Anxious tales and wild wealth from old newspapers
A collage of 19th century snippets recalls domestic squabbles about poverty and status, jealous letters, travels west with snowbound journeys, and comic quips. It lauds Alaska gold, US and world bullion totals, odd fortunes, and a colossal California gold nugget on display, all framed in breezy era chatter.
The Seven Whistlers Call Across the Twilight
A mystical passage describes the seven whistlers portending momentous events. In a secluded valley at dusk, a distant, rising note is heard six times, then fades with winged rushes, linking to mythic omens and the Great Pan signal. Baston Giabe.
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Isles
Pan
Christ
Baston Giabe
St Paul Bad Manners And The Female Shrewdness
A Minneapolis lady, quoted by the St Paul Pioneer Press, says she signs correspondence without Miss prefix to avoid being swindled by dealers who assume she will not resist if slighted. She warns that treating women with slightness leads to unfair treatment in business. The note pairs moral reflections from Cicero and Saville on control and trust.
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Minneapolis
Newsdheater
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Water as a killer hidden in wells and kidneys
A pamphlet style discussion argues tainted well water spreads disease and kidney failure, likening kidneys to filters that can fail. It urges Warner's safe cure against kidney poisoning and notes public ignorance about waterborne illness and the risks from drainage and filtration. The piece also recounts a Civil War anecdote about General Logan and McPherson at Resaca and a humorous street scene.
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A. Lattimore
New York State Board of Health
Warner
Irrigation Potential and Colorado Canal System
The article argues irrigation is essential for progressive agriculture and cites Colorado as a model. It notes 800 miles of first class canals, 4,500 miles of secondary canals, and 40,000 miles of minor ditches costing about 11.6 million dollars to irrigate 2.2 million acres. The largest canal from the Nie del Norte carries 20 million cubic feet daily, with a 40 mile main line planned to irrigate 200,000 acres, built in four months by 5,000 workers and 1,200 teams.
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Colorado
Nie del Norte
Moxie Nerve Food Promotes Courtly Health Nonsense
The ad touts a nerve remedy claiming to cure nervous expansion and overwork by balancing the nervous system and blood. It asserts the body’s functions rely on nerves, nutrition, and daily purification, presenting a sweeping health overview in a single unsourced promotional pane.
The Lesson Vt Taught
Sunday school superintendent recalls a sailor who converted in a mission chapel then fell from a yard arm and died the next morning, a providential note amid time’s value. Children affirm the moral as a Bright Boy links chance and fate from the Omaha World.
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Omaha
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Peculiar Medicine
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a peculiar medicine with three key distinctions. It claims unique combination and proportions of remedies, unprecedented sales, and leading status among similar tonics. It describes the product as a concentrated extract from sarsaparilla dock juniper berries mandrake and dandelion, priced at one dollar for a hundred doses.
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Hood
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