Royal Baking Powder Still Leads In Purity And Power
Tests by the United States Government Chemists and state health boards show Royal baking powder provides 28 to 60 percent more leavening strength than competitors. It is described as pure and wholesome, with consumer price often equal to rivals, enabling real savings. Other powders reportedly contain alum lime or sulphuric acid, posing danger to consumers.
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United States
State
Caim
New York
Great Order of
King’s Daughters
Sim
Mariners’ Temple
Henry Street
James F. Ruggles
Fourth Ward
Board of Health
King’s Daughters’ Mission
FE. T. Gillespie
New York Sun
Congress
Washington
Curious Encounter After Camp Meeting Question on Serpent Color
An Indiana bishop recalls a cranky listener at a camp meeting who asked the odd Bible question What color were the snakes sent to afflict the Israelites This perplexing inquiry followed a sermon based on As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness The exchange highlights curious religious speculation from a fiery sermon and a memorable audience member from the era.
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Eran
Legion
Thomas Bowman
Israel
St. Louis Globe-Demoocrat
Enforced idleness spurs near London colony for epilepsy
A plan to employ working people with epilepsy near London mirrors a successful German model. A hundred acre site will host collages for ten to twenty insulated inmates with separated sexes and child adoptions. Initial work includes market gardening dairy and poultry with later bootmaking carpentry printing and women’s domestic tasks.
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England
London
Westphila
Germany
Boston Transcript
Echoes of Sunday Hymns and Childcare Advice
The fragment recalls childhood hymns as daylight fades and Sunday time returns. It blends memories of voices and chapel bells with a health notice from Hall's Journal of Health advising gentle scalp care, short hair, and avoiding caps for infants to prevent brain ailments.
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Aod
Infanta
Hartsborn
Hall
Journal of Health
The Beat Food for a Singer
Mme Albant Gye advises aspiring artists to eat plain nourishing food and avoid nuts, to lead a regular life, and to dedicate themselves to art. She urges attending performances, viewing films, reading acclaimed books, and surrounding themselves with art and intellect to aid their careers.
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Mme. Albant- Gye
Ladies’ Home Journal
Automatic forming and packaging machine introduced in homes
An automatic machine that forms fills weighs and seals packages is being introduced in homes for large quantities of tobacco soda starch and similar goods. The device uses forming blocks receptacles folders gummers and feeders to form wrap and seal sacks with a continuous output and potential labor savings of 275 days per year.
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Newark Telegram
Belasco recalls risible audition tactic in early days
David Belasco recalls a trick to entice managers to read his plays. He sent a roll of blank paper tied with red ribbon, leading a manager to promise to read it. Two weeks later the manager claimed he had read the play, then belatedly realized it was blank as Belasco unrolled the paper, turning the moment into comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasco
New York Herald
Gigantic Ghost Tale From Ancient Record
A historical account describes a Scotic giant named Furman circa Eugene Tl era. It notes measurements of less than a foot and a half and references Chevalier Seary recounting a voyage to Ten eriffs peaks. An opened cavern yielded a human skull with a notable circumfayence and “slguty tosh” description.
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Furman
Eugene Tl
Chevalier Seary
Teneriffs
Westchester's blue painted preacher roams roads with scripture
A lone wanderer known as the Scripture Slinger travels Westchester County painting Bible verses on rocks and fences. The mysterious George uses a brush made from ox hair to warn sinners and defend his roadside sermons against authority and violence.
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Westchester County
Westchester
New York
White Plains
New Jerusalem
Evangelist
George
Salvation Army
Jesus
Hell
Manhattan Beach
Sound View Stock Farm
William A. Sammis
Westchester Fair Grounds
New York Advertiser
Widow a Lady Who Takes in Washing
Sunday school class prompts a lesson on widowhood with a child’s simple definition. The scene contrasts a grave question with a practical answer and ends with a dining room motto about slow, cheerful eating.
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Ham
New York World
The Lady Trapped Tit-Bite fragment
A clipped social vignette from Londos Tit-Bite describes a swell affair where a society lad mocks a guest about being born in America and crossing the ocean eleven times, provoking the lady to fluster and flee.
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Atlantic Ocean
America
Philosophic pipe eases hunger at dinner hour belief
The passage notes some people finding relief from hunger through a philosophic pipe during dinner hour, describing how a number feel fortunate to do so.
False claims and cures for catarrh and plasters flood ad pages
The passage touts Attcock's Porous Plasters as the best external remedy and warns against imitations. It promotes Alicock's Powers Pras Tens, Brown's Bronchial, Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 promise, Ely's Cream Balm, and Dream Balm. It cites testimonials and addresses Rev. H. H. Fairall and Evy Brothers in New York.
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Attcock
Attcock’s
Alicock
Ely
H. H. Fairall
D. D
The
Iowa Methodist
Evy Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Invention of a Cell Acting Electrical Balance
A new balance uses an electrical circuit driven by a motor to move the weighed item off the beam. The device completes its circuit when the item is placed on the pan, starting motion that rebalances the scale.
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Nelaseo
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the King
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Maine
Lewiston Journal
Fifth Avenue
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Victoria
English Association of Trained Nurses
Moore
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Mrs. Banner
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Edith
London Spectator
Chicago
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Watson
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Hood
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Prine Woolas
Hiloh
Tiessip
Brown
F. J. Cheney & CO
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Ower
Brad
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Masa
Typk
Restinay Wert
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Palmer & Rey
Tyne Foundry
Portland, OR
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Portland
Orecon
Marr
Oes
Petaluma
Petaluwa
E. A. Bond
P. M
Pavilion Centre
N.Y
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Louisiana
Tos Ds
Gerievars
Mr A Waty
Evawe
Eveine Bes
A. Sen Ete Mathers Frice
San Jowe
Cal
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St. Loula Mo
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Mich
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Oregon
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