Knabenshue Announces World’s Largest Passenger Airship
Roy I Knabenshue of Toledo Ohio says construction of the largest passenger airship is underway and due for completion around New Year. After initial Toledo flights a Toledo to Cleveland run may occur before shipping east to seek further feats in New York. The craft seats four passengers in a triangular frame with four balloon baskets and is expected to reach about thirty miles per hour.
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Roy I. Knabenshue
Toledo
Cleveland
New York
Knabenshue
Cleaning Milk Pans With Borax Solution
The article notes milk pans are cleaned quickly and freed of grease by washing in Borax and water at a ratio of one tablespoon Borax to one quart water.
Princess of Wales Orders Shirts for Prisoners Wives
The Princess of Wales sent an order to the Church Army of England for a large number of shirts to be made by the wives of prisoners under the society’s care.
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Princess of Wales
Church Army of England
Paro Ointment Promises Quick Cure for Piles
Advertises Paro ointment claiming to cure itching bleeding protruding piles in 14 days or refunds money. Offers a 50 cent price and guarantees effectiveness.
Ears of a child and feather trade cited in period text
The fragment notes that a child’s ears rarely change into adulthood but may enlarge after middle age. It mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething soothing inflamed gums and easing pain. It also notes Germany ships 20,000,000 feathers to London yearly for millinery use.
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Germany
London
Itch Cure Promises Relief in Thirty Minutes
Advert shows Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims rapid cure for itching in 30 minutes. Product touted as reliable at druggists with a money back tone.
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Woolford
Electric light trials at London garden shift plant growth
At the Royal Botanical Gardens in London experiments test electricity as a sun substitute for plant growth. Projects last a year and a half with tomato and fuchsia subjected to violet arc lamp treatment. Night effects on Mimosa pudica mimic daylight after about thirty minutes of arc exposure.
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Royal Botanical Gardens
London
Philadelphia Bulletin
Lincoln An Example Of Simple Life And Duty
Rev G D Cleworth extols Abraham Lincoln as a vivid model of humility and plain living. The speech highlights Lincoln’s modest birth, education, dress, manners, and habitual simple conduct, noting his day to day duty without seeking fame or fortune.
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Abraham Lincoln
G. D. Cleworth
New Strength for Old Backs Claims from Mrs Straw
Mrs Joannah Straw of Canton testifies that after suffering rheumatism in the wombs and back pain for years she found relief using Deans Kidney Pills. She reports improved energy, diet, and work ability at age 81, aiding a claim that the product restored vitality. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box.
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Joannah Straw
North Broadway
Canton
G.1
Pears
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Bill and the Man-Eater on the Alleghany Reef
In a Caribbean coast tale aboard the Alleghany, foreman Bill Richardson fights off a school of sharks after a heavy lift accident. Harry Renkell hunkers on deck and uses a rifle to deter the dangerous predators while the crew distracts them with salted beef. Richardson is finally hauled aboard as sharks feed.
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Renkell
Harry Renkell
Koboken
Atlas Line
Fruster Ali
Jang
Hamburg-American Packet Company
West Indies
Port Arn
Alleghany
Haiti
Aux Cay
Les Cayes
Caribbean
Fruiter
Bill” Richardson
Richardson
Gus Richter
William Richardson
Mr. Renkell
Highterman
Tichter
New York Post
Buck Thompson Faces Outlaw Horse To Win Rose
In Yellow Dog Buck Thompson bets $25 with Red-Eyed Joe to ride the outlaw horse. He fails twice but mounts again to impress Rose Brown, schoolteacher in District 23, before being thrown a third time.
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Buck Thompson
West
Buck
Rose Brown
Wildcat
Yellow Dog
Bowie
Red-Eyed
Joe
Rip-Tailed
Roarer
Miss Brown
Rose
Red- Eyed Joe
Red-Eyed Joe
Denver Post
Adirondack Deer Slaughter Spurs Push for Firearm Ban
Adirondack residents urge legislature to bar firearm possession during the close deer season in the park to curb lumber camp butchery. Without licenses or enforcement, venison theft by French Canadian crews has grown, prompting calls for fines, imprisonment, and weapon confiscation to deter violations.
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Adirondacks
Adirondack
Adirondack Park
North Woods
Ontario
Quebec
School For Waiters In Lausanne Hotel Training
A London Truth note explains why foreign waiters are favored in English hotels. It points to a Lausanne school teaching languages and broader hotel skills, aiming to prepare staff for advancement in the hotel business rather than only serving guests.
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Lausanne
London
Why the Simple Life Dr Hindhede Diet Critique
A reader ridicules the Danish Dr Hindhede claim that life can be sustained on two cents a day. The piece argues for personal choice in diet, rejecting austere living and dietary faddism while praising ordinary meals, pleasure, and taste. It mocks diet cranks and defends enjoying good food.
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Dr. Hindhede
Denmark
New York
Whalebone Utility and Production in Early Industry
The Bureau of Fisheries notes whalebone’s lightness elasticity and shape memory under heat and cooling. Substitutes fail to match its combined qualities for whips corsets and dress stays. Cutting into usable forms is mainly in New York City and Boston with four NYC factories and one in Boston employing under forty workers.
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New York City
Boston
Bureau of Fisheries
By the Clock Exercise Regimen for Morning Fitness
A New York note advocates a 6 30 a m wake up routine. Dress quickly, walk a quarter mile then run one mile in eight minutes to finish at the door after thirteen minutes. At 6 48 a m you’ll be breathless and ready for a bath, with sedentary types urged to abandon drugs.
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New York
Riches Bring Anxiety and Disquiet, Says Goldsmith
A reflective epigraph notes that wealth brings not only gains but rising anxieties and new troubles as possessions expand, quoting Goldsmith on the burdens of riches.
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Goldsmith
Unnamed Indian Adjutant Bird Described as Large Predator
The adjutant or marabout, a tall Indian stork, can swallow a hare or a cat whole. It stands about five feet tall with a wingspan near fifteen feet. Times.
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India
Pigeon Posts Aid French Africa Communications
The French government uses pigeon posts to connect distant Central Africa outposts amid telegraph challenges. Pigeons operate from Brazzaville and 120 miles away, sustaining daily message relay for up to 1200 miles when needed, with unusually low losses.
One Day Cure Claim for Bromo Quinine Laxative
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Laxative promising cure for a cold in one day with a 25 cent price and urges looking for the signature of Kk. W. Grove. A separate note claims oysters require at least 37 percent salt per thousand to flourish.
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Kk. W. Grove
Peruna Gains Endorsements From Readers Across Families
Letters from readers in New York and St Louis praise Peruna for treating catarrh of the head nose throat ears and related ailments. They report cures in children and adults after limited doses and recommend Peruna tablets as a solid form. An offer invites readers to obtain the free Peruna Almanac for 1908.
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Edward M Bartyt
Serson Ave
St Louis
Charles Levy
Allen St
New York
N. Y
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