Peruna advertised as a cure all for catarrh and colds
The advertisement extols Peruna as a self advertising remedy that cures chronic catarrh and colds. It warns against cheap imitations and urges readers to obtain the genuine product from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio. Personal letters from Jennie Driscoll and Annie Driscoll of Brooklyn praise quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Drisco
Putnam Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Annie Driscoll
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Weasel blamed in Newark area for bite and trouble
A stray weasel hid in Patterson New Jersey causing a bite that led to hydrophobia concerns. Police attempted capture. the animal reportedly evaded and vanished during the pursuit. John Corrowds is referenced in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corrowls
Pateson
N. J
I Cormett
Fragmentary ad copy and sweeping claims in early 20th century text
The snippet piles marketing lines for Red Cross Ball Blue and Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup alongside social notes about late hours in St Petersburg. It mentions The Russ Company of South Bend and references public figures who "made a noise" in the world, with fragmented remarks on happiness, cold remedies, and theater crowds lingering into morning.
Fashion note on new applique face stock collars
The article describes fashionable collars made of applique face stock with straight stole ends about eight inches long. Edges finish with a panne band in pale blue or pale pink and other desirable shades, highlighting current collar trends.
Putnam Faceless Dyes Attract Quiet Acceptance
A brief, period tone ad-like snippet praises Putnam Faceless Dyes for not staining hands or kettles except for green and purple. It extols graceful acceptance as wisdom and notes Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat product yielding tender brown cakes. The grocer is referenced as a source of information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Austin
Diptheria Relief in Twenty Minutes Reported
A readers note claims Dr. Thom as' Helectric Oil provides rapid relief from diphtheria in about twenty minutes and is available at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Wind speed rises with height in Somerset farming note
A fragment notes wind at one mile height averaging four times surface velocity. The text then shifts to a reflection on living and easing others’ burdens, followed by a line about clusters of filberts with twenty nine nuts harvested this season at Triplecombe in Somerset, England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triplecombe
Somerset
England
West New York Man Slays Four Dogs In Month
Julius Hager faced four dog attacks near his home in West New York New Jersey. After the latest assault the man beat the bull dog to death by smashing it brains against a telegraph pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Hager
New York
N. J
Hager
Strive for Steady Perfection in All Things
Read as a compact maxim urging constant self improvement. Emphasizes maintaining steady effort toward perfection in daily tasks and mindset across life. Keeps a traditional tone suitable for a historical humane guidance page.
Broiled Large Mushrooms with Cream Sauce
Select large flap mushrooms and broil after washing skinning and stuffing with salt pepper and olive oil. Prepare stock from skins and stems boil and strain then add minced mushrooms parsley onion juice butter cream and flour. Cook briefly and stir in egg yolk then serve over the mushrooms.
Angel Cake From Plain Egg Whites and Sugar
The recipe uses nine large eggs whites beaten with cream of tartar then sugar and vanilla folded into five sifted flour. Bake in a Turk's head mold forty five minutes without greasing, invert to cool, and avoid patent egg beaters.
How to Make Chicken Broth
A clear guide to cooking rich chicken broth from an old chicken. Cut meat into pieces and simmer in water for four to five hours, renewing water as needed. Strain and refrigerate overnight to form a thick jelly in the morning. A small amount of rice or barley can be added for variety.
Tomato baked meat filling with bacon and crumbs
Finely mince a slice or two of bacon with cold cooked meat. Season with salt pepper and minced parsley. Moisten with stock. Remove tomato seeds and mix with the meat. Top with bread crumbs and butter, bake until the mixture is tender without skin breaking.
Egg Omelette Made From Separated Yolks and Whites
Separate egg whites and yolks in two dishes. Beat yolks with one teaspoon cream until light. Pour yolks into hot buttered pans. Beat whites to stiff froth and layer on top of yolks. Cook briefly from the hottest part of the stove, then rest three minutes. Cut in halves and fold together.
Poached Eggs Style and Toast Plate
Separate the white from the yolk and froth the white with a pinch of salt. Cook in salted boiling water until firm, then place on buttered toast. Drop the yolk into the same water for three minutes and set it unbroken in the center of the white. Season with pepper and serve.
How to Polish a Rusty Stove And Fry Currant Jelly Fritters
The text guides cleaning a rusty stove with paraffin and turpentine in a black lead shine. It also offers a recipe for currant jelly fritters using bread slices, jelly, batter, and hot lard, served with cold roast duck arranged on a platter.
Shrimp Omelet Preparation Notes
Prepare the shrimp and stew in butter for five minutes. Make an omelet with six to eight eggs and half a cup of cream. Season with parsley salt and pepper. Lay the shrimp on top and fold. Garnish with parsley.
How to Make Minced Oyster Fritters
A recipe instructs to mince twelve oysters finely, add two beaten egg yolks a cup of bread crumbs salt and pepper. Form patties and fry in hot fat until delicate brown then drain on brown paper and serve hot.
Turkey Hash Toast Rounds
A recipe instructs to mince one pint of cold turkey and add half a cup of turkey stock. Heat in a saucepan until very hot, then spread a large spoonful on toasted bread. Repeat until finished, garnish with parsley and serve.
A Word About Oilcloths Care
Oilcloths should never be washed in hot soapsuds. Wash them first with cold water and wipe dry with a cloth damp in milk. The same treatment applies to a stone slate hearth.
Latest Way to Seal Jelly
Use melted paraffin to seal jellies jams and marmalade. It forms an air tight cover and is the quickest sealing method. Save the paraffin for reuse next year.
Pineapple Preparation for Canning
Guidance on preparing pineapples for canning calls for removing all eyes to avoid speckling. Do not slice for canning. use a silver fork to tear fruit from the core in small pieces.
Williams of Rhode Island Chooses Home Over Mine
A Rhode Island prospector in the gold state faces financial ruin as a vein collapses. Kansas offers ten thousand for a half share, rising to twenty thousand for a full buyout, with Williams deciding to quit and return home.
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Ansas
Kansas
Fables in Slang and a Tale of George Ade’s Life
A New York Tribune extract discusses George Ade master of slang and a fable about two men: one chasing books and culture, the other pursuing quick gains. It notes Ade’s early refusal to join cultured study, his slang focus, and Bennett’s take on Ade’s rise to fame and wealth at the Waldorf.
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Solomon Salomon
David Copperfield
Dickens
George Ade
James O'Donnell Bennett
Miss Marlowe
Bennett
Ade
Chicago
Johnson
George
Waldorf
Hfe
New York Tribune
Fishing in the Yellowstone Explained as Yarn or Truth
The Washington Post reports tales of catching trout in Yellowstone Park by casting into a stream where cold water meets boiling spring water. A fisherman could reel a fish within the stream, scoop it, and boil it without leaving the water, though the piece labels such anecdotes as largely fanciful.
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Yellowstone Park
Washington Post
Yellowstone
Taking Her Down
Fay consoles herself after a man calls her a prize and accepts him as a consolation prize in a Philadelphia Bulletin account of a troubled relationship and social remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Piano Student Grows Weary of Lessons
A reflective quip contrasts a girl mastering piano with the fatigue of practice and the irony of unappreciated effort in a line about merit and patience.
Fairy House Spider Uses Air Filled Silk Nest
A water spider builds an underwater silk bag nest anchored beneath the surface with its opening downward. It repeatedly lifts air from above the water, releasing bubbles into the nest to fill it, creating a protective air chamber against waterfowl in its aquatic habitat.
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New York Tribune
Where Wax Is Mined In the World
Ozocerite or mineral wax is found in several regions including Austria Russia Roumania Egypt Algeria Canada and Mexico but only in the Boryslav district of Austrian Galicia and a Caspian Sea island has mining viability. Shafts reach a nest of ozocerite then galleries are driven with danger from sudden wax pressure. It is chiefly used to make ceresin and is combined with beeswax for candles phonographic cylinders and related products.
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Austria
Russia
Roumania
Egypt
Algeria
Canada
Mexico
Boryslav
Austrian
Galicia
Caspian Sea
Brooklyn
Progress of cremation movement noted by Sir Henry Thompson
Sir Henry Thompson publishes a Lancet statistical account on cremation progress. At Woking 2097 cremations have occurred since 1880s, with 273 in 1901. Other cities show rising use in Manchester Liverpool Glasgow Hull Darlington. U S has 26 crematoria, Fresh Pond 654, San Francisco 666, Chicago 182 in 1901. Paris reports 2299 private cremations 1899–1901.
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Henry Thompson
Lancet
Woking
Manchester
Liverpool
Glasgow
Hull
Darlington
Leicester
London
United States
Fresh Pond
N. Y
San Francis Eco
Odd Fellows
Chicago
Paris
San Francisco Chronicle
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited by Woman
Miss Karl Ollman of New York testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound strengthened her back eased fatigue and relieved pains linked to kidney and womb trouble. The letter endorses the remedy as the greatest known cure and invites other women to write Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
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Miss Bollman
Karl Ollman
142Nd St. & Wales ‘Ave
New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maori Women Nose Rubbing Tradition Described
The excerpt explains Maori women of New Zealand greeting by embracing and rubbing noses. It notes they demonstration affection when meeting and share sorrow by sitting together and moaning while noses are rubbed.
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New Zealand
Greene County's Sensation in Kidney Cure Update
Ulster and Greene Counties report a dramatic recovery of George F. Ayers of 16 Division Street after a year with Bright's Disease. Ayers credits Dodd's Kidney Pills, aided by advice from an old Bath, New Brunswick reader, for saving his life and restoring his health.
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Greene County
Catskill
Ulster
Greene Counties
George F. Ayers
Division Street
Ayers
Bright
Weat Camp
Bath
Nv X
Dodd
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted By Bald-Headed Barber
An advertising blurb touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a tonic for health by keeping the bowels stomach liver and kidneys strong. A bald headed barber is shown selling the product as the secret to vigor.
Noted Fishing Smack and Odds in a Sea of Fish
Fragmentary lines mention Cordellia and a fishing craft not invented by a summer girl. A figure claims about 2000,00 fish per square mile. A small 202 package of Red Cross Ball Blue is priced at 5 cents from the Russ Company in South Bend Indiana.
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Russ Company
South Bend
Cordellia
The
Ind
Geese Race Enlivens Syracuse State Fair Women Drive Flocks
At the Syracuse state fair two flocks of geese were raced by women, creating novelty on the exhibition grounds. In other regional notes, lions reportedly fled Lake Victoria Nyanza shores due to a new railway, a seven foot shark was netted by a fishing smack, and 106 aliens became naturalized British subjects last month with Russia providing 62 of them.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Russia
Hall's Catarah Cure and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad
An old patent medicine ad promotes Hall's Catarah Cure taken internally at 75 cents and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents. The copy warns against slanderers and touts soothing, gum relief, and wind colic cures.
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Hall
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