Legislatures move to label ammonia in baking powders
A parade of bills in New York Illinois and Minnesota seeks bold label wording on baking powders stating Contains ammonia Physicians and chemists condemn ammonia as harmful claiming it unsettles the stomach neutralizes gastric juice and damages the complexion The ad touts Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as pure free from ammonia alum or adulterants and universally regarded as safe
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Minnesota
Scientific American
Andrews’ Praril
EB. Andrews & Co
Milwaukee
Thom. Wood
Alton
Casey Met
Bak Ligower Co
Chicago
Climax
Climax Liking Winder Co
Ce Lapel Daneprodia
Forest Clry
Vouwle Bros
Cleveland
Grant Og Powder
Hercules
Aumentia
Hercules Baking Powder Co
San Francisco
Na Lon's
Taylor Mig. Co
St Louis
Comite Armentee Nix Chemiceal
Wore
Powder Co
New York
Williams Indian Pile Ointment Offered for Piles Relief
A vintage ad promotes Williams Indian Pile Ointment claiming cures for blind bleeding and itching piles. It asserts rapid relief and absorption of tumors with a claimed warranty and price details. The copy targets private parts with a sensational tone and includes an address for the Cleveland based manufacturer.
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Williams
Nid
Pe Ama Manufac
klNa'e CO. Proprietors
Cleveland, D
German Syrup and the Germ Theory of Consumption
The article argues most physicians now view consumption as a germ disease caused by tiny lung bacilli entering the body through food air or skin. It claims German Syrup loosens kills expels and heals lung damage, making consumptives germ proof and well.
The Camera Menace and Proposed Law Reforms
In a Boston Courier style critique the writer urges drastic legal action against cameras. Amateurs would face confiscation and fines, detectives would warrant lifelong imprisonment, and professionals instant death. The piece argues such laws would restore public morality and liberty.
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Boston Courier
Drummer Tries Sunlit Room Trick at Seventh Avenue Hotel
A drummer at the Seventh Avenue hotel rings for a southern exposure claiming a brass case holds a compass. He explains his rule to sleep in sunlit rooms to avoid disorientation from unfamiliar town layouts, noting clerks often assign rooms by convenience. Chief Clark Perda questions him as the man demonstrates.
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Seventh Avenue
Clark Perda
Pittsburg Dispatch
Size of Ocean Steamship Funnels Surprises Readers
A Brooklyn Eagle writer notes that public estimates of funnel sizes are far off from reality and cites the Etruria funnel at over eighteen feet in diameter to illustrate the massive scale of ocean liners. The piece blends curiosity with a jab at common misconceptions.
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Cano
Etruria
Blakely Hall
Brooklyn Eagle
Irvine pneumatic gun aids life saving at sea and shore
The Irvine pneumatic gun uses a 2400 psi air reservoir to launch a line to ships or a bursting area to reach people in danger. The hottest area is Persia’s southwestern coast along the Persian Gulf where July and August highs stay below freezing at night and day.
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Irvine
Persia
Gulf of the Same Name
Poroy
Bob Clayton's Fishing Trip Ends With Fifty Dollar Trout
Bob Clayton returns from a four day Connecticut fishing trip claiming he caught a trout worth fifty dollars. He details a grueling journey from Stake's Pond across cold creeks, bad starts, a scratched body, and a dog bite incident, ending with a boastful demand to have the trout served for breakfast.
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Bob Clayton
West Nineteenth Street
Rob
Connecticut
Bob
Arthur Prost
Stake's Pond
New York Herald
Hat Theft Returned After Fourteen Years In New Jersey
A tramp once asked for a hat in South Orange township Essex county and took a silk hat by mistake. Years later a hat box appeared on the porch with a note claiming restitution for the missing hat. The anecdote shows a rare act of return and honesty from a shadowy figure once viewed with contempt.
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New Jersey
Daniel Paliuer
Orange Township
Essex County
Nivoked the Game in Holyoke Scams Man
A Holyoke businessman received a telegram from a brother in law in St Louis asking for fifty dollars claiming he was strapped in Chicago. The man suspected a banco game and alerted his brother in law who invited him to come. The ploy failed. A blind witness in St Louis identified a thief by pronunciation then confessed. The Smithsonian reports stockings made from human hair and antler straw shoes from China.
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Main Street
Holyoke
Chicago
St. Louis
Springtichl Republican
Smithsonian Institution
China
Fiehertien
Alum and Ammonia in Bread Raise Public Alarm
A 19th or early 20th century warning cites alum and ammonia as common substitutes for cream of tartar in baking powders. The piece lists powders containing alum or ammonia, notes risks for children and the weak, and cites Scientific American for official reports and several brand names across regions.
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England
Alam
Scientific American
Orchids Delight and Hardy Greenhouse Care Discussed
A discussion on orchid beauty notes their vibrant colors, sweet scent, and long lasting flowers. It explains that high temperatures hinder growth and that many orchids thrive in moderately warm, well ventilated greenhouses. The piece cites J. Dybowski from Popular Science Monthly.
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Light
Inter Tropical Zone
J. Dybowski
Popular Science Monthly
King Lobster Condon Catches 87 Inch Giant in Penobscot Bay
On Thursday morning John C. Condon of Belfast captured a giant lobster southeast of Moose Point in Penobscot bay. The 87 inch tail to claw measure and 23 pound live weight shrank to 17 pounds after boiling. Captain Bramhall preserved it and aims to fetch a handsome sum, rejecting an offer from Charles E. Sanford of New York. Williamson's Belfast history notes a 22 pound City Point catch.
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John C. Condon
Belfast
Penobscot Bay
Moose Point
Brigadier’s Island
Charles E. Sanford
New York
Bramhall
Williamson
City Point
Passenger bread giving in old town transit tale
In a Philadelphia Record item, a Walnut street car at 2 PM features a bakery stop where a policeman hands a hot loaf to the driver who passes it to passengers. The driver thanks the officer with God bless you old man and shares the bread among eight riders as they discuss politics. A man boarding near the B&O depot watches the scene.
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Walnut Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Philadelphia Record
The Western Settler Chooses a Household Remedy
Emigration into unsettled lands creates health risks from malaria and stomach distress. The text touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive and curative aid for new settlers facing climate, water, and diet challenges along rivers and recently cleared areas. It urges households to keep the remedy on hand for health support.
Reform and science vs superstition in medicine
A polemic against superstition and fixed ism in medicine, praising empirical reform and critique of traditional authority. Mentions Histogenetic Medicine by Dr. Jordan in Seattle, warning of frauds and offering a free book, with a brief cough remedy advertisement and a proverb about earthly desires.
Allcock's Pills Help Children By Plaster Remedies
A Brooklyn reader praises Allcock's Powors Piastens for twenty years use on children with colds, croupy coughs, stomach upsets, and rheumatic pain. They claim fast relief without skin irritation and note the Star Plug tobacco firms market strength and weight.
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C. Middlebrook
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
N.Y
Allcock
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