Diverse 19th Century Notes on Food, Health and Materials
The piece surveys topics from Sakhalin salmon preservation by salting and pressing into bales to a London physician's view that brain work extends life and vegetative labor shortens it. It notes electric light’s heat waste, the bisnaga cactus as a water source for desert wanderers, and introduces krem ite a new building material from St. Petersburg blending clay sand and fluorspar into molded bricks and tiles.
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St. Petersburg
The Value of Education and Lifelong Learning
The article argues education benefits all, citing Franklin Ruskin and Channing. It notes early training shapes opportunity and that learning continues beyond formal schooling. It encourages home study, accessible books, and a motto of live to learn for a meaningful life.
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Willmott
Franklin
Ruskin
Channing
Maxwell
Cabbie Confronted by Canny Passenger Over Fare
A polite cabman and an elderly woman clash over fare and distance. The woman insists the ride is 2000 yards short of a mile and will not be cheated. The cabbie concedes or retreats as she claims decades of cab experience as proof of her claim.
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Jehu
Wireless telegraphy adopted for northern survey camps
The National Transcontinental Railway Commission will use wireless telegraphy to communicate with survey camps in Northern Ontario and Quebec. Currently letters take six weeks to reach some engineering parties due to travel difficulties.
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National Transcontinental Railway Commission
Ontario
Quebec
A Father Song and the Mother Song
Poem by Pauline Frances Camp reflects on balancing father and mother songs for a child. It playful ly contrasts a father's rag time verses with a mother’s lullaby, ending with the wish for the mother to return as the child settles to sleep.
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Dad
Pauline Frances Camp
Boston Transcript
Miscellany of quips and witticisms from periodical pages
A collage of jokes and puns from Philadelphia Press Town and Country Brooklyn Life Life Washington Star Judge and Puneb humor columns. It features misread lines about poets editors cabbages and social mores, with exchanges about law poverty and everyday folly.
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Philadelphia Press
Brooklyn
Native Artois Instructor Introduced Heps To England 1524
An Englishman learned the uses of heps from a native of Artois who introduced them to England in the year 1524.
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Artois
England
Official Dress Question Stirred by Rotary Affairs
A reader curious about proper official attire raises questions amid ongoing discussions. The note references Dr. Kiine's Great Nervehester as a claimed remedy and mentions a free treatise offer, with the address 981 Arch Street.
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Kiine
R, Hh, Kung, Ltd
Whila
Rormah
Itching Scalp Relief with Cuticura Remedies
Ada C. Smith of Jersey City says her scalp itching and pimples vanished after using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and one box of the ointment. She reports clear scalp and regrown hair and will continue using Cuticura Soap.
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Ada C. Smith
Grand St
Jersey City
N. J
Eating When Tired: Avoid Eating on Exhaustion
Advice urges women not to expect benefits from meals when tired. Do not eat a hearty meal to rest or regain energy. Instead, lie down for an hour and avoid eating while fatigued.
Weofer One Hundred Dollars Reward and Catarrh Cure Ad Copy
The document contains an advertisement promising a one hundred dollars reward and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials about F J Cheney and claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes a Japanese fisherman in Honolulu and a frog fish with four legs and nails.
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Hall
Pwd
Cunxrr & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Weer & Trvax
WaLpineo
Aiman & Manviry
Wall
Honolulu
Mull's Anti Belch Wafers Offer Promises Stomach Cure
Advertises Mull's Anti Belch Wafers claiming absorption cures stomach trouble without drugs. Offers two boxes for 75 cents or a free sample via coupon, asserting advantages over medical drugs and promising relief from indigestion belching and related pains.
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Mull
Irish Voice Culture and Danny McCaffrey Noted Tenor
Irish tenor Danny McCaffrey, famed chorus man with the Bostonians and other comic opera companies, impresses stage manager as rehearsals show his voice driving the choir. Albert Parr asks about his study and McCaffrey cites Irish methods as his main strength.
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Danny McCaffrey
Ile
Bostonians
Danny
Albert Parr
Parr
New York Pres
New Regime Dr Lubbig Obscures Patients Turn to Dr Pound
A fragment recalls Dr Lubbig's death and patients shifting to Dr Pound. A child proudly tells a neighbor about a new baby, joking that they used to take from Dr Lubbig and now take from Dr Pound, reflecting a local quip on medical practice.
Women Patients Dominate Hospitals Says Mrs Pinkham
An old hospital report notes over three quarters of inpatients are women facing womb and ovarian issues. A testimonial from Miss Luca Adams praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing a womb tumor without surgery. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to grieving women in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Luca Adams
Colonnade Hotel
Sonattle
Wash
Miss Adams
Lydia K. Pinkham
Yue R. Paxtom Company
Boston
Masc
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Arthur L. Hamilton
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Avlanta
Toronto
Canada
ATLAS
Atlas Engine Works
Corliss
Stiss
HM. P
A. P. Hurase
Buffalo
Sakhalien
London
Sorghum
Washington Star
Puneb
Grapr ‘Sonic Co
Third Ave
Rock Island
TRADE
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Soc
Bureau Vary Civi
Odeeting
Gis
ALLS
W.L. Douclas
WL. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Strong Wade
Douglas
Nene Pengue
Bettora
W.L. Douglas
Kallsty Oa
Bruchtou
Blase
H. H. Green
M. Diemer
M.D
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