Central Park Oddities and Health Ads From The Sun
A fragmentary column describes a park burial mystery with a jewel box containing a cad canary and misdirected detectives McGinty and Savage. It shifts to a satirical note on life’s pains and praises Heibon’s bitters and Dr Kay’s Renovator, with mixed advertisements for tonics and a note about Aliceton, Wis, lacking female inhabitants.
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Central Park
McGinnty
Savage
Fe Park
McGinty
York Sun
Kannan
Aman Owaiman
Drageiate
Dr Bed Kay Jodical Co
Omaha
Neb
Aliceton
Wis
United States
Inacons Catarrh Cure and Related Oddities
Inacons and a national cure claim appear with a 73 cent price tag. Odd notes describe camphor and glycerine preparations, coins and gilded details, and a mint director remark about abrasion losses per million dollars in gold. A classified request seeks real estate in exchange for a stock of shoes chinaware or furniture, via Box 7 A Des Moines Iowa. It notes the 720 tons of paper required to produce U.S. postal cards.
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United States Mint
Des Moines
United States
Domestic Suffering and Promoted Remedies in Advertisements
The text extols women's health concerns and urges relief through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming lasting efficacy for womb trouble and backache. It also advertises a Bryan Campaign song book, then shifts to South Dakota immigration prospects, farm prosperity, and agents promoting settlement and land purchase, concluding with a note on explosive compounds history.
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California
Sireputabis
Trea
Snc
Byrup
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
G R and C W Rail Fare For G A R Encampment Visit
The Chicago Great Western offers a special one cent per mile round trip rate to St Paul Minneapolis for the Thirtieth Annual Encampment of the G A R. Tickets are valid for return within thirty days and include sleeper cars dining services. F H Lord, Chicago agent, provides full rate and train details.
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Rvershady
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
Blue
Twin
Great Northwest
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Chicago
Ill
Invento Butvini Armiti
Siz
Drainage and soil aeration boost farming profits and yields
An agricultural note explains drainage deepens soil and enables rapid moisture movement both ways. Aeration makes soil friable, stores water for plants, and increases accessibility to nutrients. It argues for commercial apple growing as a top farm investment, urging careful systematic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cost of Raising Wheat and Corn Across Regions
Ohio Experimental Station data from 30,000 farmers show regional costs to grow wheat and corn. Wheat costs range 11 to 20 per acre, corn 11 to 28, with U S averages about 14.8 for wheat and 11.48 for corn despite high input costs. The figures imply little profit from grain beyond straw and fodder, prompting reader challenge and notes on fertilizer loss.
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Ohio Experimental Station
New England
Middle States
Pacific States
United States
Apples and future markets urge orchard investment
The article argues that apple growing offers a rare opportunity due to limited ideal climate and soils, promising a guaranteed market and fair returns. It contrasts this with overproduction and under consumption in crops like wheat and livestock, noting global competition and crowded markets threaten many farm sectors.
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Australia
Nebraska
India
South America
Russia
Paris Green Quality Criticized By California Horticulturists
Mr B M Lelong reports at the State Horticultural Society meeting that vast Paris green sales have included inferior blends. Samples mix Prussian blue chrome yellow clay and chalk, some lack arsenic. Growers urged to buy pure Paris green at 20 cents per pound. a farmer paid 40 cents for adulterated stock.
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B. M. Lelong
California
Paris Green
Pacific Rural Press
Weaning Pigs: Natural Rearing Beats Early Weaning
Southern Swineherd argues against seven to eight week weaning. Early abrupt separation harms both pig and dam. Prefer gradual feeding with butter or skim milk and grain, aiming to wean around two months for best growth.
Florida Oranges Recovery and Future Prospects
An agent of the Florida Fruit Exchange reports next season's orange output estimated at 125000 boxes, up from under 50000. Tree recovery is slower than hoped but satisfactory. many owners return to rebuild losses while pursuing new ventures. some believe northern areas could grow better fruit. Also notes willow fence posts from living trees, and crops scheduling for a second quick harvest, plus a Bulgarian statistician counting 8883 centenarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Oranges
Florida Fruit Exchange
Japanese aid to Japan and others in care
A brief items column notes Japanese in Hawaii sent 10000 dollars to aid the Red Cross in the late war. Professor Roentgente loves Florence yearly for a small rent. Vincent Ray Chippe died recently in Wisconsin leaving an estate valued at 75000 dollars. The Catholic directory lists ten thousand seven hundred ninety Catholics in the United States.
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Hawaii
Japan
Red Cross Society
Roentgente
Florence
Vincent Ray
Chippe
Si ‘Wis
United States
Excursion Rates To South On Rail Lines
Advertises discounted round trips to southern points on Louisville Nashville and Missouri Kansas & Texas railways on specific dates. Encourages contacting local agents or sending requests to passenger officials in Louisville and St Louis for excursion tickets and details. Also mentions seed catalog offers and other assorted items from various companies.
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Louisville Nashville Railroad
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
Geo. B. Horner
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Dames Barker
G. Pla
M.y Ke & T. Ry
Bt. Louis
Worth Knowing Note on Wells and Plants
A fragmented item notes artesian wells first introduced in France and mentions rivers in the West yielding gold within a wide radius. It also references plants such as fuchsias begonias and mentions an author associated with pleasures, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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France
Ashantes
Campbell
Ation
Angel Visite
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Milinburg
Dee
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Tare
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Fema
ILVER_SONa
Bryan
Theaign
Sweet Chariot
Pretey
Phlei Tee World
LivEn Soxas Puntssntxo Co
Lusbly
South Dakota
Dakota
Missouri River
Milwaukee
W. E. Powell
Old Colony Building
H. F. Hunter
Dearborn St
Maryland
Mekenny
Eerie Cottage
Talanet
Wats
Quorn
Victoria
Bulgaria
Fea
Falter
Fou
John ‘A
Salser Heed Co
LaCrowee
Ceylon
Trobers Gare St
Africa
Ruaignae
Boi
Wees
BattleAx
Columbia
Pope Manufacturing Co
Hartford
Conner
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