Ancient Egypt incubator inventor and global notes
A compendium of short items notes the incubator’s ancient Egyptian origin, tourism to Cuba, bergamot oil sources in Calabria, and a British warship with internal combustion engines. It also mentions Barnard College student Miss Kang Thing Pih, trade figures for Coburg toys, leprosy statistics in New South Wales, and advances in Roentgen therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kang Thing Pih
Canton
China
Barnard College
Kang Yu Wei
Coburg
United States
New South Wales
Left Off the Map Edition for New York Trade
A Washington Star quip notes a customer at a news stand objecting that Philadelphia is not on the maps being sold. The clerk concedes the edition is tailored specifically for the New York City market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York City
Washington Star
Hypnotist’s Claim Sparks Interest in Ife Mystery
A man who calls himself a hypnotist is noted as a lat. The piece hints at a broader secret surrounding Ife, emphasizing that avoiding major errors is key to understanding the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Promises Cure All Ailments
An old advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal remedy for bowel troubles skim wounds colds and other ills. It claims the product provides prevention and cure and mentions price as 35 cents and references currency wear in the world economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Haarlem
Ambitious World Facts and Public Notices From Aged Text
A collage of items notes coal mine deaths, a Belgian prize for aerial navigation, Chinese views on women, joint pole use in Los Angeles, and taxation in Pennsylvania. It includes medical ads for Doan’s Kidney Pills, a Munich servant quitting over morning music, coeducation stats, and various scientific observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Belgium
Los Angeles
Munich
United States
Bangkok Floats Homes On Bamboo Rafts
The town of Bangkok remains largely afloat as houses are constructed on bamboo rafts. Residents endure waterlogged streets while carpenters assemble stilted homes and floating platforms, signaling a unique flood adaptation in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Paper from Malaysian lalang grass hailed
An old note proclaims good paper can be made from Malaysia's lalang grass. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, priced 25c per bottle. A Korean tailor is described pasting seams, and a historical remark notes flint and steel firemaking was once used sixty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaysia
Land Irrigated Land Perpetual Water Right Ad
Perpetual water right offered with productive oil crop potential and high wheat yields, plus free timber and easy terms. Linworod Land Company of Rock Springs Wyoming promotes land with optimistic claims and promotional data, urging immediate writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linworod Land‘Company
Rock Springs
Wyo
Fashion Hints on Organdies and Robes for Morning Wear
The article describes organdies and lawns in robe designs, presenting a plain morning wear option with a belt and sash of the material. It notes the waist finished with a German val pattern and mentions how the divorce rate in this country compares to Switzerland France and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
France
Germany
Pettit's Eye Salve for 25e Eyewear relief advertised
Pettit's Eye Salve advertised for 25 cents claims to relieve tired eyes and stop eye aches congestion and inflammation. Sold by all druggists or Howard Brothers Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Ebros
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Featured as Female Cure
A Chicago woman credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after doctors warned of an operation. The ad extols the remedy for female ills, displacing inflammation and tumors, and urges readers to try it. It also notes Germany's inland waterways investment and a quirky fact about spider webs extending 350 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pincha
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lydia Pinkham
Germany
Food fixes health claims and other assorted items
A jumble of diet testimonial claiming Grape-Nuts cures stomach illness and weight gain. It mixes product pitches with financials and scattered facts about coal, incubators, and world trivia including Niagara illumination and university matriculation.
Death in Water Pipes Warns of Lead Poisoning
Dr J J Redhenwald of Pittsburg argues urban water supplies poison residents via lead from corroded house pipes. He cites 40 private cases linking lead to paralysis heart disease and death, warning boiled river water also carries soluble lead salts to the stomachs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acie
J. J. Redhenwald
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Hospital
Redhenwald
H. C. Wood
Dr. Redtenwald
Redenweld
Wfac
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
If you suffer from bleeding itching or protruding piles send your address and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial with references from your locality if requested Immediate relief and permanent care assured Write today to Mrs Summers Box 2 Notre Dine Ind 7 tae ete Bear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Summers
Notre Dine
Ind
Pineapple Variety Cayenne Stretches Market Demand
A Mexican pineapple variety called cayenne is described as spine-free with tender juicy flesh. Prices rise to 75 cents per fruit as demand greatly exceeds supply.
Amusing anecdotes and scientific notes from a Birmingham hotel to Pittsburg water warnings
A gentleman complains at a Birmingham hotel then a bookshop clerk misleads a buyer about an anthology. An Oregon editor recalls oyster advertising and a tramp printer seeking work. N J Bradlee testifies in court about real estate values with comic exaggeration. Old city water dangers show lead poisoning risk and a remedy of iron pipes and nightly drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Walter
Oregon
Gazette
Carter
Murriece
Greater
Pittsburg
Smithfeld Street
T House
Redhenwald
Antarctic Sea Elephants and Their Threatened Decline
A Hampton's Magazine excerpt describes Antarctic sea elephants near Kerguelen Land, noting rapid population decline. It details physical traits, shoreline behavior, feeding on cuttlefish, mating battles, blubber thickness, and reproductive patterns, with observations from Capt. Benjamin D. Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton’s
Antarctic
Kerguelen Land
Cape Town
Benjamin D. Cleveland
Ham Ten’s
A Literary Evening with Jones and a Naughty Valise
Jones drifts home in a drunken mood and plans to read. He tells his wife he is reading, prompting her insult and a demand to close the valise and join her at Success Magazine. The scene unfolds in a library where a noisy interruption occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Success
Exclusive. Public School Teacher Refuses Neighborhood Visit
A teacher tells a pupil Mary she cannot visit neighbors, saying Mary’s mother won’t permit it. The exchange centers on permission and local social boundaries within the school context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Foreign business firms in China rise in 1907
Foreign business firms in China increased by 758 in 1907 with a breakdown of 677 Japanese, 40 German, and 30 Spanish firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Unclear Phrase on Self Regard and Acquaintance
A fragment argues that an average man with his own company might not be proud of the acquaintance he keeps implying self awareness and social critique.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cuba
Bergamot
Calabria
Straits of Messina
O. Neuinich
Siam
Clarence Mackay
John S. Billings
New York Public Library
Friedrich Thell
Randa
Saxony
Theil
The
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Paris
Miss Meredith
George Meredith
England
Harrowgate
Amony
Academy of Sciences
Clara M. Moore
Denver
Woman's Department
State Hospital For the Insane
Pueblo
Catherine Collins
State Board of Health
Georgia
Sara T. Mayo
Edith Loeber
Anti-Tuberculosis League of
Louisiana
Roumania
United States Forest Service
Brule Co
S. D
Corm
Missouri Valley
L. L. Hagaman, Pukwana
Pacific Ocean
Ibibys Food Products
Libby
Vienna
Pennsylvania
Dean
James Lutz
Prospect St
Marion
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Japan
South Pole
Tunbineer
Mauretania
Canada
Detroit
Earth
Vancouver
North
Prussia
Russia
Tasmania
New York Stock Exchange
Illinois
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Clark
Suprem Court
Rochster
Grand Jury
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Breotlyn.x
Fletnia Cura
REA CO. Dept. BS
Minnapolis
Mins
Paraguay
Hawaii
Amsterdam
Esiland
Maarlem
Holland Medicine Co
Scranton
Sirs
J. Budlong
Phoenix, Kent, Co
R. I
Holland Medicine Coo
Dodds
Guari
York, Nebr
Alog
Sgeer
WCE
Tivoe
Giste Be
Brenches
Fitteberg, Pu
Leals, Ba
Wellville
Best Bank
Western Coal-Coke Co
Minazyous
Min
Batary
Sidney
Australia
Alps
Camp Bird
Col
Mme. Curie
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Carnegie Institution
Dorowa
America
Vermillion
Arctic Circle
Universities of
United Kingdom
N. J. Bradlee
Mr. Bradlee
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