The New Bread and Free Cook Book Offer
An article touts a new bread making method without yeast and invites readers to send results to the Royal Baking Powder Co. in New York. The firm will return a free copy of a cook book, tied to a paper promotion, with a note to mention the publication. A hotel display shows a Scriptural text beside a warning about hats and coats, near Westminster Bridge and its 18th century foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
New York
Scientific and Industrial Notes on Ice and Materials
A roundup of varied science and industry items including ice production from coal, a large Leeds sewing machine, Chinese brain weights, coal shrinkage, pump lift limits, Mediterranean depths, Mont Blanc observatory costs, and a Calcutta snake poison study. Also notes on hydraulic pressure, wall waterproofing, ocean current temperatures, instantaneous heart photography in a turtle, German cholera deaths, and shrinkage of pine and cedar beams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
England
Mediterranean
M. Chappuis
Simpson Pass
Italy
Europe
Mont Blanc
Switzerland
Sahara
Central Australia
South Carolina
Inner Arabia
Calcutta
Buchan
Atlantic
M. Marcey
Germany
Hamburg
Wise Words and Wry Observations From a Dusty Page
A collection of maxims and pithy sayings reflecting social quirks and moral judgments. The lines compare character and luck, note vanity in bands and hasty judgments, and caution about honesty and goodness with humorous and pointed aphorisms.
All Powerful Music Spreads Its Reach Across Society
The New York Musical Courier notes music's reach from opera houses to streets, parks, workplaces, and ships. It highlights how concerts and bands shape daily life, culture, and public spaces from churches to beaches, asserting music as a universal necessity echoed by all social groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Ascher
Alice
Stret
Tod
Fair Ground
Mountain Side
Bowery Alley
Murray Hill Boulevard
New York Musical Courier
Spider web power lines and new transport ideas
A Globe-Democrat item notes practical engineer Samuel Watson discussing power transmission from engines via belts ropes and even a theoretical spider’s web line at light speed. It mentions Sir Robert Bail’s claims on lighter, faster transport methods and future electricity applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spicer
Samuel Watson
Robert Bail
Globe- Democrat
Carnivorous Plants Both Fascinate and Frighten The Eye
The Californian describes flesh eating plants such as Drosera showing apparent intelligence. A vivid scene details red lilac leaves with dew drops, tentacles, and a trapped insect, comparing motion to an octopus. The author reflects on plant life near animal behavior and design.
Gigantic Gorilla Reported by Berlin Anthropological Society
At a Berlin meeting Lieutenant Morgen described assistants in Cameroon bound region shooting a gorilla with a seventy inch chest and shoulders as wide as three men. The creature required sixteen men to drag to the station. No European sighting beyond the first degree north latitude previously recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthropological Society
Berlin
Morgen
Moreh
Cameroon
Africa
Springtime health cures and tonics advertised in old notice
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a gentle family remedy costing 50 cents or a dollar for the large bottle. It touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a rebuild tonic aiding digestion and malaria cure. It also mentions a Roman bridge and notes on mental development ages 25 to 45. Covens and Howasenpas and Browns Bronchial Troches are listed as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
A. D
Trajan
Danube
The New Bread Royal Unfermented Mix
Royal unfermented bread made without yeast to avoid decomposition in flour. It is palatable and healthful, can be eaten warm, and bakes quickly in a greased pan. Instructions describe mixing with potato and water, pouring batter, and baking without milk.
August Flower Cures Chronic Dyspepsia Says Sleepers Testimony
A Maine resident testifies under oath that after eight years of illness with heart kidney and liver distress and repeated doctor visits August Flower cured him. He claims no other medicine helped and calls August Flower unmatched.
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August Flower
Lorenzo F. Sleeper
Appleton
Maine
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Engle
Westminster Bridge
Aldof Caizsons
Othe
Baving
Beonks
Desreilyed
Tal
Hood’s
Hood
Mr. Frederick Earnfred
Phawe
Eryas
Mach
Phhoodl
W. Baker & CO
W Raker & CO
Dorchester
Masa
Wwe OL Jk
Snumie Uso Bradfield
Hrodpeld
Imson Malvern
Ark
Braphero Regtina
Cook Kemzor Co
Oregon
Montana
Washington
British Columbia
X ET
Haseltine
Warren
Thomson
Stampa
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham, Mass
International Dictionary
Te Evi
Rookse
Servne
Puthleatseer
SJ Bex
West Drag
Igistae
Weil Root
Bark & Blossom
Newark
N. J
Sal
Guek Keoweny
Phila
Vet and Bowers
Ripans
Na Mical CO
Ea Nan
Ste Ebheng
Lebanon
We of
Piso
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, O
Hall
R. C. Hauswedell
Lake City, Minn
T.po Duglas
Geney
Douglas Shoes
W. I. Douglas
Brockicu
Muss
Paz
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