Roosevelt Urges Legislation for Water Power and Conservation
President Roosevelt backs the national conservation commission report urging swift action on inland waterways forest protection and mineral resource conservation. He calls for public ownership of forests, stronger anti monopoly measures, and a national plan to develop water power with shared benefits for all citizens.
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United States
Panama Canal
Nnion
Congress
Commission
National Conservation Commission
Dean's Kidney Fills Praised By Kingston Woman
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York describes relief from a lame back dizziness headaches and kidney irregularities after using Deans Kidney Fills. The testimonial claims prompt relief and notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by all dealers in Buffalo New York.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Rift in Love's Lute and a Free Almanac Offer
A humorous note on language differences and a diplomatic mishap from Harper's Weekly. It then promotes Munyon Almanac, claiming it covers moon phases, phrenology, palmistry, birth stones, dream interpretation, beauty culture, weights, measures, and poison antidotes. The Munyon Remedy Company in Philadelphia offers free subscriptions.
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Munvyan
Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
A Difference in Degree
A child mispronounces and struggles with word choice in a domestic exchange about cake. The mother corrects grammar and word levels, guiding toward more precise language. The child repeats the sentence with improved wording yet remains conscious of dialect, noting its sound as if talking for bread.
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Johnnie
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims universal cure
Readers learn that catarrh is curable in all stages. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to cure constitutionally by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials from customers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Oldest Iron Ship Michigan Assembled From Pittsburg Materials
Henry Penton reports before the Society of Naval Architects that the Michigan is the world’s oldest iron warship built from material dragged across mountains from Pittsburg to Lake Erie, in service over six decades ago. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE advertised for horses, poultry, and dogs with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, agents sought, Goshen Indiana.
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Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Henry Penton
United States
Michigan
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Willing to Share Cake Moral Shifts Plate Advice
A Delineator quip recalls a mother giving a cake sharing rule to a child. The line prompts swapping sides to get the nearest piece. The brief ends with a sales note for Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promising 30 minute itch relief from druggists and a Carlyle quote praising noble hearts.
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Helen
Woolford
Rheumatism Remedy Prompts Medical Debate
A discussion grows over Toris as a rheumatism cure. A cited formula mixes Toris Compound with whiskey and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Toris is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Chicago, with ingredients available from druggists.
Funny Paper Dish Recipe Allegedly Shared by Bellman
The text humorously describes a dish called funny paper with a cast of characters including three mothers in law two Irishmen one German a couple tough kids and a coon. It notes a jag spice ginger drawings hardsense chestnuts roasting or poaching as variations and adds garnish ideas.
Delicate Scientific Instruments
The passage describes the human heat sense detecting temperature differences only to one fifth of a degree while thermometers sense changes a millionth of a degree. It notes a galvanometer responding to a current produced by deforming a mercury drop from a sphere into an egg shape.
Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad and Signatures
An advertisement notes Bromo Quinine as a laxative to cure a cold in one day with a mention of E W Grove signature. It references foreign titles, American heiresses, and Lewis Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for corns and bunions and generic drugstore items.
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E. W. Grove
Horace Quote on Values and Virtue
A line from Horace contrasts silver and gold with virtue, noting that wealth is worth less than moral excellence. The aphorism emphasizes virtue as supreme compared to material riches.
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Horace
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the Centaur Company
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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Salzer
Salzer Seed CO
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Lz. Crosse, Wis
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New York
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California
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Floral Park
Putnam
Mionwade Drug Cqo
Quincy
Andrew Jackson
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Nashville
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Practical Business College
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Evansville
Paducah
Pratense E Coleman
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Tenace
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Denver
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