Misnanihig Things and the Pure Baking Powder Claim
A narrator ridicules false purity claims in foods and cookware. It denounces Royal Baking Powder as ammonia adulterated and praises Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as a genuine pure cream of tartar product made by a physician for forty years.
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Notable Patent Remedy Claim Sparks Medical Doubt
A legacy letter complains of a supposed forty year medicine used by Whit Volobo in O, with flawed spelling and unclear claims. The writer asserts the product cures ailments if used per directions, offering a reward for proof of cure and naming Choney & Co and Paken Internally as distributors.
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August Flower testimonial from Philadelphia marriage healer
John J Foster of Brown Street Philadelphia reports his wife aged thirty faring with chronic dyspepsia for years. After using two bottles of August Flower she can eat normally and claims no lingering dyspepsia though doctors previously failed.
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Thomas
John JL Foster
Far Brown Street
Philadelphia
Drifting Leaves and Fading Youth in a New York Ledger Poem
A lyrical poem describes autumn leaves drifting down as memories of youth fade. Vivid imagery contrasts beauty with decline, referencing gardens, sunlit hills, and emotional turmoil. The piece closes with a chant of drifting leaves and a nod to the enduring passage of time.
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Hemilon
Tale of a Tail and a Drought Prophet
A Altoona cow loses her tail to dogs and a farmer attempts a dovetailed replacement with a harvested tail. The plan collapses when a horsefly dislodges the joint and the inventor faces ridicule. Ex-Senator Joel Moody of Linn County Kansas notes drought contrasts, urging farmers to dam every draw to store water.
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Opulent Degeary Retains Wealth of Beggars Turned Landowners
Two beggars Jakubowski and Wasilewics, long outside Khief cathedral doors, retire to wealth. Jakubowski owns a house worth 20,000 roubles and 66,000 roubles in a bank. Wasilewics invested earnings in property and owns two rental houses valued at 75,000 roubles each.
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Reopening the House An Ordeal of Returning Home
A Harper's Bazar essay describes the discomfort of returning to a vacant city house after summer. Dust, silence, and desolation greet the occupant, who must mobilize servants, cleanings, and repairs to restore a familiar home, then endure weariness before finally settling back into routine.
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Potato party entertains guests at Cape May hotel
A private parlor entertainment in a Cape May hotel featured a potato party with four couples lifting potatoes on spoons to a distant umpire table. Prizes went to the fastest team. The item notes potato parties as a Washington fad and hints at autumn amusements in other cities. The rest mentions diverse items including Kate Field comments and public notices about a Moscow police order and Palestine colonization efforts.
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Detecting Ammonia and Alum in Baking Powders
A government report warns most baking powders contain ammonia or alum. Ammonia poisoning risks stomach and skin health. detection methods include smelling steam from heated powder and testing alum with cold water for bubbles. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is claimed free of adulterants.
Haunting Rat Legends From Indiana Turn Grim
The Boston Courier recounts a macabre tale where a man in Indiana loses both hands to a threshing machine after a rat triggers a deadly haunting. A centuries old omen builds as a second accident follows the first, suggesting a curseful menace behind the rodent.
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Poe
Indiana
Boston Courier
Ghosts and legal echoes in the Belt case shadow a pending will
The report blends an alleged specter in a will case with notes on a prior Belt decision. It ponders ghost testimony and its potential impact in court while weaving in scattered items about prisoners, engineers testing a sea bed, and curiosities from various locales.
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Bowen
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London Telegraph
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Channel
Plants and Animals Link In Tropical Symbiosis
Professor Stewart describes the intimate plant animal bonds in the tropics. The bull's horn acacia in Central America provides ants with nest space and food in its hollow spines, while ants defend the plant from predators. The discussion highlights coevolutionary strategies in fierce ecological competition.
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F. R S
Lingean Society
Royal Botanic Society
London
Central America
Philadelpia Ledger
Front Row Seats Demand Meets Front Teeth Motive
A dental surgeon requested front row seats at a theater with the line I want to study the front teeth of the actresses. Manager Aronson of the Casino notes the sender paid the funds via the bearer of the strange message.
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New York Sun
Salesman bets to write two letters at once in two tongues
A downtown store salesman bets he can outdo any ambidextrous man by writing two letters simultaneously to two different people on different subjects using a pen in each hand. He also wagers he can compose an essay in English and one in French or German at the same time.
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Philadelphia Record
Prominent Foibles and Oceanic Echoes From an 1888 Page
A mixed collage notes playful lines about disappointments in love and a scientific description of the Hawaiian “barking sands” that emit a bass sound when disturbed. It includes an endorsement of Dr. Pierce’s medicines, praising the Pleasant Pellets as a compact reliable liver bowel remedy with a guarantee of satisfaction.
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Dr. Pierce
Frightful ships and travel woes share remedies and warnings
A colonial era travelogue warns of storm wrecks and seasickness on the Atlantic. It extols Stomach Bitters to counter seasickness and bad water effects on the stomach bowels and liver. It notes malaria fatigue exposure rheumatism and kidney issues as travel risks and recommends Brown's Bronchial Troches for throat and cough and Star Plug tobacco as a high quality long standing brand.
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Agai
Scott's Emulsion Turns Taste of Oil Into Strength
The ad claims Scott's Emulsion removes cod liver oil’s bad taste and speeds recovery. It asserts the product is half digested and absorbed quickly, aiding strength rather than burdening the stomach.
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Jacob Epzenspergen
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Shilohs Cure Promises Great Cough Remedy
The advertisement proclaims Shilohs Cure as a unique cough remedy with a money back guarantee. It offers free sample bottles to homes in the U S and Canada and urges use for coughs sore throats bronchitis and croup or whooping cough. It promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster for lung soreness.
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