Salzer Seed Co Scout Seeks New Varieties Abroad
La Crosse Wisconsin head Henry A. Salzer leads the John A. Salzer Seed Co party to Russia and Western Europe seeking fresh farm garden seeds and novelties. The firm specializes in farm and garden seeds and claims to introduce more new varieties than any western seed firm.
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Jobin A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Henry A. Salzer
Russia
France
England
Germany
Bohemia
Belgium
Italy
Salzer
Stomach Bitters Promoted In Ambitious Ad Claims
A vintage ad extols Stomach Bitters as a remedy for malaria rheumatism kidney complaints constipation and nervousness. The copy promises energy appetite renewal and digestion while insisting the product is a superior victor over disease, citing a Chicago Tribune quotation about biblical references.
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Cyanaib Meng
California Fig Syrup Cosmetic Ad Claims Safe Use for Ladies
Ad copy touts pleasant effect and safety of a fig extract laxative product for women. It warns readers to seek the true article from the California Fig Syrup Co. and mentions packaging detail printed near the bottom.
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California Pis Serup Co
Narrow Escapes Sermon by Rev T D Talmage
The sermon titled Narrow Escapes by Rev. T De Witt Talmage centers on biblical trials from Job and Peter, using vivid, humorous asides about teeth and dental lore, urging personal conversion, faith, and a hopeful path to salvation. The pastor contrasts skeptical, casual churchgoers with believers, urging listeners to cast the gospel net rightly and seek a steadfast heart toward Christ.
Faith and doubt clash in a seeker's moral debate
A speaker urges a troubled listener to test the Bible as truth or falsehood, defends Christianity against charges of its disciples' faults, and urges repentance. The text contrasts religious faith with temptations, urges restraint, and recounts a near shipwreck rescue to emphasize spiritual peril and salvation.
Escaped by the skin of their teeth in gospel appeal
In a sermon the preacher urges faith amid business pressure and peril at sea and in Wall Street life. He compares creditors, stockjobbers, and hustling clerks to martyrs and calls for a single strong leap of faith toward heaven. He quotes Latimer Knox Huss and Riches and ends with a salvation plea.
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Apicius Culius
Stewart
Robespierre
France
Melita
Iran
Delightful Oddities of Scotch Character Revealed
In Mr Wilmot Harrison s new book various Scottish figures are described as unique characters. Adam Ferguson eschews wine and meat yet consumes milk and vegetables while regulating his temperature by Fahrenheit. He traveled to Italy at seventy two to prepare a new edition of his Roman History and lived to ninety two. Another noted figure, Dr Alen Adam rector of the high school, lived frugally on oats and beans and later taught eminent Scotsmen. Rev Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff hosted grand Sunday suppers and preserved a stern, practical routine ending with roasted hares and wine.
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Adam Ferguson
Burtis
Scott
Italy
Alen. Adam
Henry Wellwood Moncreiff
Queen Street
Dress Pocket Key Mystery Ends In Laughter
A Detroit man insists he cannot find a key in the dress pocket as his wife asks him to search. After a dazed, drunken exchange and a moment of comic realization, he finally admits the pocket exists and returns with the key, while his wife wonders at the fuss.
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William
Camu
Detroit
Agricultural Hints on Russian Thistle Control
The article outlines season long destruction methods for Russian thistle. It advises preventing seed production, coordinated regional action, early sowing and thorough cultivation of crops, timely mowing and burning of stubble, and using fallow or cover crops to enrich soil. Sheep grazing and road maintenance help reduce young plants. railways and public lands require control. Emphasizes clean grain to avoid seed contamination.
Energy on a Hammer Handle A German Mechanics Lesson
A railway review recounts a German mechanic in a shop using a hammer marked with figures as a parable. The hammer strikes dollar and three dollar handles to illustrate force and value, presenting a vivid object lesson on human behavior and management.
Key Found on Cable Car Sparks Humorous Exchange
A conductor on a 3 One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street cable car picked up a dropped latch key and asked passenger Judge Peterby if it belonged to him. The judge replied No, of course not I am a married man. The remark reflects a lighthearted moment aboard the car.
Unanswerable Argument Between Mother and Child
A light dialogue features Little Ethel asking for a new doll and Mamma replying the old doll remains good. Ethel retorts that she is as good as ever but the angels gave Thad a new baby, adding a humorous turn to the Good News snippet.
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Ethel
Thad
Prospective living and quirks of notable minds
The piece cites Daudet on Alphonse Presumption’s work method, describing nonstop writing with meals brought to the desk. It notes Lord Coleridge pacing circuits on circuit to stay awake during late cases, unsettling reporters. It ends with a remark on the mystery of soul and body versus the creation of worlds.
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Alphonse
Daudet
Lord Coleridge
Device to prevent lumber waste during tree felling
An inch thick by 16 inch long iron brace bent as shown prevents splitting when felling leaning trees. After the side cut at C the iron is driven in to hold the tree before sawing, then removed to finish from the first cut, as described in Orange Judd Farmer.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Internal Parasites in Sheep For Interns
Recipe for treating internal parasites in sheep includes Saltpeter one and a half ounces ginger one ounce carbonate of iron half ounce salt one pound boiling water three quarts mix then cool add nine ounces spirits of turpentine bottle for use shake well before administration with no food overnight and next morning give two ounces to each adult sheep through a horn repeat every fourth day for four treatments.
Use of Ice in a Hospital Surpasses 1.5 Million Pounds
The Boston City Hospital uses more than seven hundred tons of ice annually for a vast network of cold storage rooms, refrigeration in dining areas, ward dispensaries, and ice water systems. Ice aids typhoid care, sunstroke treatment, and post mortem cooling across 22 wards, four dining rooms, and multiple branches.
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Dnetors
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Dorchester
Swett Street
Boston Transcript
Notable Ad Fragments Point to Consumer Goods Sparks
A trio of brief lines notes Sea air roughens the skin and recommends Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye for fifty cents. A remark about stove manufacturers hints at enthusiasm for a favorable cause.
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Glenn
Hill
Unclear fragment prompts caution in sauce and health
A fragmented OCR note references sauce quality and stomach health with stray dialogue about a friend who paints faces and a lone Syracuse ost. The text lacks coherent events or identifiable subjects.
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Syracuse
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