One Ton Apples Help Make Cider and More
A survey of diverse topics notes that a ton of apples yields about 150 gallons of cider while various industries and life in different regions show progress and quirks The Spanish postal savings bank the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal in New York and Chicago school crowding are mentioned alongside Sweden’s paper yarn spin mills and a royal stance against corsets.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
School of Theology
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Amy Tanner
Wilson College
Institute For Child Study
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Halmstad
Sweden
Pontas Halmstrom
Germany
France
Ostergotland
London Globe
Cure for Child with Severe Rash Highlighted
A Yukon Oklahoma family recalls a two year old with a painful itchy rash that worsened despite doctor care. They credit Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a dramatic recovery two years ago with no recurrence since.
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J. W. Lanck
Yukon
Okla
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cutienra Remenes
Boston
The Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Claim
The California Fig Syrup Co claims its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna results from exceptional equipment and chemists science. It stresses only the genuine product uses its original method and warns buyers to avoid imitations by checking for the full company name on the front of the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
London restaurant restricts seating for women after four
A London restaurant bans women from any seat after four in the afternoon until their hats are removed. A separate note mentions that rice paper used by Chinese artists is prepared from tree pith.
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London
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adcredit and Testimony Notice
Frank J. Cheney declares his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case cured or not by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December 6, 1888 in Toledo Ohio before Notary A. W. Gleason. Sell by druggists. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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A. W. Gleason
Notary Pozerc
Flall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Truth in Advertising and Unknown Remedies
A chaotic clipping cites Peruna ingredients and claims of catarrh tonic power, listing golden seal cedron seed and cubebs alongside unrelated notes on artillery weights and glue drying. It also mentions a Seattle resident and London funeral reforms, ending with a critique of funeral costs and practices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Novel tunic coat costume features subtle line variation
The design presents a tunic coat effect as the new feature. At first glance it appears extreme, but closer inspection reveals it as a minor variation of familiar lines. Soutache trims the garment with four fancy jet buttons.
Kerr Invents Flexible Cable Lawn Mower in Chicago
Mr H Kerr of Chicago develops an electric lawn mower powered by a flexible cable fed from any convenient source. The device promises simple access to electricity for outdoor work and broad compatibility with existing outlets.
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H. Kerr
Chicago
Grape Nuts Promoted by Nervous Exhaustion Testimonial
A Boston educator narrates relief from nervous exhaustion after resigning a 40 year teaching post. She credits Grape Nuts with curing constipation and boosting brain power and endurance, noting a daily breakfast of raw egg with Grape Nuts and hot milk or water. She hopes the letter helps others seek health and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Boston
Wellville
German self-heating iron claims cleaner ironing
Across the seas comes an unusual invention a self heating iron by a German mind. The lid tilts to reveal a charcoal grate inside ensuring steady heat no odor and no soil on clothes. It promises faster ironing avoiding stove heating and gear changes.
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Seas
Meatloaf Recipe from Old Kitchen How-To
Roil in as little water as possible four pounds of shoulder when cold chop fine. Mix with two eggs one cup cracker crumbs one cup liquor. Meat boiled in two tablespoons butter salt pepper and a little sage. Pack in a granite loaf pan bake slowly twenty five minutes not browned. Loaf should be moist when ovened and set on ice for several hours.
Nesselrode Pudding From Rich Custard And Marrons Glaces
Combine one quart of milk and eight eggs to make a custard, then fold in a quart of heavy cream and freeze until half stiff. Chop a pound of marrons glaces and mix into the cream, reseal the freezer, pack with salt and ice, and let stand three hours. Serve chilled with whipped cream around.
Meatloaf from Round with Parsley and Breadcrumbs
Combine two pounds lean top of round beef with half cup bread crumbs one tablespoon chopped parsley one beaten egg one teaspoon salt one teaspoon onion juice one quarter teaspoon mace one quarter teaspoon pepper. Pass meat through a chopper mix thoroughly shape into loaf and bake 30 to 40 minutes basting with fat from salt pork.
No-Name Bean Broth Recipe From Old Kitchen Notes
A simple stock method combines two quarts water with haricot beans split peas an onion carrot celery parsley and herbs plus pepper salt cloves and a blade of mace. Boil three to four hours strain keep by pouring off from the sediment.
Maple Parfait Preparations In A Double Boiler
Beat four eggs then fold in one cup hot maple sirup while cooking in a double boiler until thick. Strain and cool, add one pint stiff cold cream, pack with salt and ice, and let stand three hours.
Oysterlike brains fried in lard recipe note
The passage describes boiling brains in salted water for twenty minutes after washing and tying them in cheesecloth. After cooling they are sliced thin, dipped in beaten egg, and fried brown in hot lard, with a taste likened to oysters.
Apple dessert instruction for pudding dish
A simple recipe section describes filling two thirds of a pudding dish with tart apples, sprinkling sugar and flavoring, adding butter and a splash of cold water, then topping with cake batter and baking.
Household Hints From The Page Of Advice
A collection of domestic tips includes refreshing worn suede with emery paper, shrinking cotton by steaming, and making green mayonnaise by blending parsley with butter. It suggests dust protection while rug cleaning, inspecting sun blinds, mending with matching fabric, using fuller's earth for stains, preserving linens with tea and hay, brightening calicos with vinegar, and using brown paper strips to prevent overflow of bread.
Watermelons ripen outdoors on Alaska farm at 64 degrees north
Surprise to farmers reports 150 acre Hot Springs farm in the Tananah river valley growing potatoes with soil warmed by a local heat source. Also covered are a San Francisco fall and a Bohemia dress ban, patent medicine critique, wildlife fur and meteorite discovery notes, and wireless links from New York to Paris military station.
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Tananah River
Alaska
New York
Eiffel Tower
Paria
Spohn's Distemper Cure Praised by Horse Expert
In 40 years with horses, a leading trainer declares Spohn's Distemper Cure the most successful remedy for horses and the greatest blood purifier. Bottle 50c and 100. Druggists supply you or agents wanted. Send for Free Book from John A. Co., Goshen, Ind.
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Spohn
John Afledical Co
Goshen
Ind
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Horace G. Herold
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Pau
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Bud Doble
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