Anecdotes on Ship Fear and Bavarian Rail Travel
The text recalls a Glasgow steamer crew assuring calm amid heavy seas while a cautious passenger worries about founder, wanting to bid farewell to his mother in law. It then shifts to travel notes from Salzburg to Munich, mocking Bavarian fourth class cars with animal freight and small bench seating, contrasting with American Pullman cars.
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Glasgow
Ane Metk
Harper’s Weekly
Salzburg
Munich
Bavaria
Europe
Monogram Mix Up in London Jewelry Sale
A New Yorker in London orders a silver set to be charged to his hotel, and the clerk notes the account as paid. When delivered, the hotel finds no charges, and the American discovers each silver piece is engraved with the monogram C O KD, prompting disbelief in the clerk’s literal handling.
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London
C. O. KD
Success Magazine
Oldest Statue Allegedly Discovered in Babylonia Quest
University of Chicago expeditions chief Dr. H E S Banks reports finding a pure white marble statue eight feet below Adnunka or Adab ruins near Bismya. Identified as King Dadda of Ud nunka by inscription, the nearly intact 200 pound statue predates Babylon and is cited in Hammurabi's code era.
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HE. S. Banks
University of Chicago
Babylonia
Adnunka
Adab
Bismya
Daddu
Udnunnka
Udnunka
Babylon
Hammurabi
Dadda
Busy Woman Proves Grape-Nuts Powers for Workload
An energetic woman near N writes that Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee let her perform dairy chores, child care, vegetable and flower work, manage fowl, run a trading business, and write for outlets while enjoying solid digestion and restful sleep. She claims relief from years of stomach cramps, constipation, and insomnia after starting the cereal and coffee routine. There’s a postscript urging readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Minus
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Alich
Wellville
Advantages of the weeder for dry weather farming
A letter by C. B. Barrett discusses the two horse weeder's strengths in dry soil, noting crust breaking and mulch formation to curb evaporation and weed growth. It performs best when ground is not overly wet and when used repeatedly to cover wider areas, with droughts seen as when its benefits are underappreciated.
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C. B. Barrett
California Fig Syrup.Co
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Fig Syrup Co
Incubator Care Tips From the Bureau of Animal Industry
Instructions emphasize studying the incubator and parts, following manufacturer directions, avoiding drafts and direct sun, keeping eggs clean and dry, balancing eggs, not overfilling trays, turning eggs every third day, coating eggs each morning, and maintaining clean hands. Regular incubation schedule, test eggs on days seven eleven and fifteen, adjust regulator correctly, heat and set before placing eggs.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Orchard Fertilizers Formula for Fruit Trees
A commonly used mix for fertilizing fruit trees combines ground bone acid phosphate and muriate of potash in equal parts. The standard blend yields about 1 percent nitrogen, 22.7 percent total phosphoric acid, 7 percent available phosphoric acid and 16.7 percent potash.
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van Slyke
Poultry Notes Recommend Azafoetida for Gapes Prevention
A poultry note suggests adding a small bit of azafoetida to drinking water as a preventive measure against gapes in birds.
Beekeeping as a profitable country home venture
Eben E. Rexford in The Outing Magazine urges readers to start beekeeping with guidance from an experienced author. He advises buying a book, acquiring bees, and learning by doing, noting honey sells well and a small colony can profit with little effort or expense.
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Eben
E. Rexford
Outing Magazine
Maintaining Crop Power Through Soil Fertility and Farm Education
The piece argues soil fertility rests on crop producing power and notes two main restoration methods. It highlights combining nitrogen and humus building crops with fertilizers, and praises agricultural literature and continual learning as key to farming success. It also notes a city to country migration trend and its positive impact on national character.
Fumigating Books At Louisville Library
Patrons receive fumigation with borrowed books as a safety measure for contagious disease reported in Louisville. The librarian enforces fumigation and airing of books before shelving in households where illness appears, reflecting medical vigilance by doctors of the era.
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Louisville, Ky
Selma Journal
Kidney trouble cures and patent medicine ads mix in noisy notice
An old advertisement claims kidney pills cure back pain and rheumatism. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with testimonials from G. Harrison deputy marshal and mentions 50 cents a box from Foster-Milburn Co. It also includes other historical notices about Hart’s Cure and Hall’s Catarrh Cure, with physician endorsements and notarized attestations.
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BR. S. Harrison
St. Lake Charles
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Saved Baby Lyon's Life By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Maebelie Lyon reports infantile eczema plagued her child for months until using Cuticura Remedies. Within days the baby showed relief and laughter returned after about ninety days the child fully recovered. Lyon cites the treatment as life saving and praises the remedies. July 18 1905 Parsons Kansas.
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Maebelie Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsons
Kan
The Murderous Trout in Country Life In America
A satirical note critiques the trout as a killer among fish and mocks the notion of angler virtue. It portrays the trout as beautiful yet brutal, accusing fish of predatory behavior toward other species and prey within the sea’s vast food chain.
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America
Free Advice Promises Cure for Kidney Disease in Women
A pamphlet style endorsement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best treatment for chronic kidney troubles in women. It cites improving cases, including Mrs. Sawyer of Conyers, Georgia, who claims recovery after a year of doctor visits failed. Mrs Pinkham offers free confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Dec
Lydia B. Pinkhar
Ma Sawyer
Conyers
Pinkham
Lynn
Maca
War Office to boost section on foreign army medical staff
The General Staff of the British War Office will add a section dedicated to the technical study of the organization and equipment of medical personnel in foreign armies.
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British War Office
Divorce Claim Cites Wealth and Love Reversal
A woman filing for divorce argues wealth arrival spoiled affection as love fled. The New York Evening Sun notes this curious reversal of the old theory.
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New York Evening Sun
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Mminister
Justice
Finance
Interior
War
Marine
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Tourpo
Lucas Cousry
Frank J. CoExyer
F. J.coexer & Co
Toledo
Hart
Rane J. Cheney
Strorn
A.w.gleason
Hall
Baby Lyon
Crileura
Emma Savwyer
Pat
Winslow
Butson
W.L. Douceas
Agian
Poucl
Estrus Bougerat
Uge
Paanes & Seles
Brockton
Mess
L. Songtas
WW. L. Douglas
Brockton, Masse
H. H. Green
Atall Druggists
Socents
R. Paxton Co
Boston
Mask
St. Jacobs
Price
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