Boy Tommy Mintzer Runs Meal Carrying Service
A 14 year old from Conshohocken in Montgomery county earns about $19.50 weekly carrying meals to mill workers. He started three months ago offering dinners for 15 cents a week, later using a goat cart then a push cart and horse-drawn wagon to serve 130 customers by delivering by noon. He nets about $15 weekly after $4.50 horse and wagon costs, a sum greater than many of his millworker customers. The piece also mentions corporate staff changes on the Baltimore and Ohio line and notes a rise in Chicago Great Western Railway earnings. It adds a fact about charcoal use in Naples and Italy’s fuel economy.
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Philadelphia
Thos. Mintzer
Conshohocken
Montgomery County
Tommy
Fragmented ad filled page notes and quotes
A garbled ad dense with product pitches and quotations. It references Coat’s Head capsules, Casarets Candy Cathartic, Kline’s nerve restorer, Piso’s Cure, Yi-Ki bunion cures, Winslow’s soothing syrup, and various testimonials. Also mentions Napoleon quote, Suez receipts, and random personal attributions.
Agriculture Notes Show Cheese Ferment Core Not Bacteria
Dr. Be. W. Allen reports Western stations find cheese ripening driven by a milk ferment rather than bacteria. Irrigation alkali and water management in semi arid regions aim to reduce soil salinity, save land, and expand irrigation. Cow pea and red clover perform well, with crop rotation emphasized and farmer support growing. A garden of wild flowers, labeled weeds, proves striking when planted en masse for cut flowers.
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BE. W. Alien
Agricultural Department
Washington
Wisconsin
California
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Allen
Remarkable fast readers Gladstone and Carlisle
The piece praises Gladstone as possibly the fastest reader, capable of digesting lengthy books by a glance. It also cites John G. Carlisle as the most remarkable reader in the United States, able to summarize books and arguments from mere titles, according to Jon Blackburn via the New York Press.
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Gladstone
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
House
Light-Weight Man Lifts Flour for Prize
A 135 pound Kansas man won $30 by carrying 160 pounds of flour three miles without resting. He then offered to bet $30 more that he could travel another mile.
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Kansas
British Island Branksea Set for Auction Sale
An old English island near Bournemouth with a historic castle and extensive grounds is to be auctioned to the highest bidder. Branksea, in Poole harbor, features a Elizabethan castle, a great hall, twenty four living suites, and a grand dining room with two enormous fireplaces.
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Bournemouth
Eingland
Branksea
Poole Harbor
Isle of Wight
Wight
Studland
Frome
Gerard Napier
Alfred Sturt
Sturt
Lord Arlington
Love for Her Home Near Philadelphia Faces Trolley Venture
An 83 year old woman in a small Quaker borough near Philadelphia resists a trolley company’s plans to expand its terminal opposite her old two story homestead. The home, linked to the town’s schooling and many residents, is a symbol she wants to die in, with local support strong against parting.
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Philadelphia
The
Philadelphia Times
East
Klondike
Ostrich Farm Tales and Eye Catching Behaviors Near Cairo
A Woman's Home Companion piece describes an ostrich farm near Cairo with sharp critiques of Arabs and vivid scenes. It highlights the birds' agate eyes, perceived lack of conscience, and curious antics including a tall ostrich performing a dance-like display while the keeper commands.
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Cairo
A Mighty Hunter From Persia Delights in Big Game
A Persian shah described as a mighty hunter and keen sportsman favors a smooth bore and bullet for big game. The narrative notes such trapping as a common eastern practice, recounting a true but striking incident from his life.
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Persia
Heaven Seen as Foreign Country and Land of Strangers
A reflective line describes heaven as a difficult, unfamiliar realm like a foreign land filled with strangers, expressing reluctance or discomfort at the idea of eternal departure and unfamiliarity.
Fight with a California eagle ends in injury and eggs
Harold C Ward of Alameda recounts a moonlit climb to an eagle nest in Santa Clara county. After a fierce encounter the eagle attacked, he stabbed it, and the bird fell away injured. He then retrieved two eggs and lowered them into a fish basket before climbing down.
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Harold C. Ward
A. Il. Ward
Pine Street
Alameda
Santa Clara County
San Francisco
Ward
Sargent’s
Insurance on the Prince of Wales Death Bets Huge Losses
An American insurance broker in New York discusses vast life policies on the Prince of Wales. He claims European firms hold multi million dollar stakes and that many policies are speculative wagers rather than genuine family security. He notes US laws curb such practices but England allows blanket policies by neighbours and speculators. The prince reportedly knows of these arrangements.
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New York
W. Be, Curtis
Prince of Wales
Europe
England
United States
Albert Edward
Tle
Tree That Helped Build Santa Clara Church
At Santa Clara California a Baptist church was built from lumber cut from a single grand oak that shaded an acre. The original 1853 meeting site became the church grounds with the stump hollowed and used for the tower. The completed 30 by 70 foot church left 1200 feet of lumber unused.
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Santa Clara
Cal
England
San Francisco Chronicle
Why He Wanted a Pasa
A Texas cattleman sought railroad passes to stop at multiple stations. He explained to the general passenger agent that while moving cattle he lost his false teeth out the window and hoped to retrieve them at various stops along the line.
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Chicago
Itu
Tham
A Dog and Horse Rescue At Trough Fight
A Manchester tale describes a horse and his retriever dog friend drinking at a trough when a mastiff attacked the dog. The horse leapt free, kicked the mastiff aside, then returned to finish his drink, proving a bond beyond mere tolerance.
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Manchester
Sano Francisco Chronicle
Critical Ages For Men
The text notes two peak stress periods for men. At forty, heavy work and carelessness raise breakdown risk. At sixty, those in demanding roles may crack if rest is neglected. If well cared for, a man can continue active work for another decade.
Free Blood Purifier Promoted by Sheboygan Company
The advertisement touts Ziegel's Swedish Essence of Life as a free trial medicine for rheumatism stomach liver and bowel complaints claiming to remove disease germs from the blood. It offers a 600 dollar reward if anyone proves the claim false and promises a free sample plus a curing book to readers who mail requests to M R ZARGEL & CO in Sheboygan Wisconsin with a stamp for postage.
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Ziegel
M. R. Zargel & CO
P.O
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Woman Disguised as Man Earns Office in 18th Century England
The Rochester Times reports Mrs. Mary East as an early English pioneer for women in office, elected while posing as a man and serving thirty six years as a landlady and juror. She held roles such as head borough in 1744 and overseer of the poor in 1752 before retiring to private life.
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Mary East
England
White House Inn
Poplar
Head
Rochester Times
Remove Scorched Spots From Linens Recipe Card
Valuable household recipe teaches removing linen scorch marks. Mix two crushed onions with white castile soap and pharmacist earth, add virigar, heat to blend, cool before use. Apply paste to brown scorch, let dry, then wash. stain should vanish.
A Plausible Theory on Methuselah’s Longevity
Dixon ponders Methuselah’s age. He suggests the lack of bacteria and germs in ancient days explains long life. The dialogue contrasts modern disease with a biblical era skeptic’s wry speculation.
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Dixon
Methuselah
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Athens
Tom
Roz
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