The Thresher Arrives at Italian Farm and Its Mighty Machines
Describes the arrival and ceremony of threshing machines on an Italian farm named Pioppa. The scene features two machines, their keepers including a Venetian, oxen with red tassels, and the grand procession as threshing begins. Additional notes cover high voltage transmission, waterproofed canvas, a failed Russian steel consolidation, potato nutrition, sugar beet forecasts, London fish consumption, and evolving summer hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Symonds
Rome
la Macchina
Pioppa
Emerson as Schoolmaster and Nomadic Thinker in Boston Era
The article recalls Emerson's reluctance as a teacher, noting his first tutoring at age 14 to fund Harvard studies and his Roxbury residence where he earned the title "school master." It portrays his preference for solitary rambles and diary jotting that fed later sermons and essays. The piece contrasts his human frailty with his standing as poet preacher philosopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Harvard
Canterbury Lane
Roxbury
Boston Globe
Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills Ad Claims Blood Purity
An 1905 advertisement promotes Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills with claims to purify blood and improve skin, listing benefits for indigestion, liver issues, and constipation. It notes price 25 cents and offers the remedy from Munyon’s Remedy Co in Philadelphia. Also mentions Russia’s prison population and a Paris fashion trend as side notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon's Remedy CO
63Rd and
Jefferson Sts
Phila., Pa
Russia
Paris
Chain of Life Weak Links and Vital Body Forces
A collection of health and science notes discusses the body as a chain where a weak stomach or liver weakens life. It touts Dr. Pieere's Golden Medical Discovery for digestion related ills and links stomach health to broader wellness. Also surveys varied topics from immigration counts to aviation prizes and fashion trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pieece
Fall painting time offers dry surfaces and armor against winter
The article urges fall as a prime painting season noting surfaces dry and moisture absent. It promotes pure white lead mixed with linseed oil as a winter coat to resist winter weather. It mentions National Lead Company offering a painter outfit and color book. It also notes Falun Sweden hosting a mining company and cites a New York streetcar disaster with 444 deaths in 1908 and 35,060 injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity Ridg
New York City
Falun
Sweden
New York
Doctor and nurse praise Grape-Nuts as nourishing option
A nurse testifies to Grape-Nuts benefits for all ages including babies and the elderly. She details a recipe soaking Grape-Nuts in water then mixing with egg white and fruit juice, calling it nourishing even for weak stomachs. The nurse and her physician husband endorse the cereal and recommend a 10 day trial. There’s a promotional line about “The Road to Wellville.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A testimonial from Mrs. George Jordy of Marlton New Jersey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing ten years of female troubles including inflammation ulceration and nervousness after doctors declared the case chronic The ad touts the compound as non narcotic and urges women to seek free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Jordy
Box 40
Marlton
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Folkloric Remedy Promotes Perry Davis Painkiller
In hot weather warnings, cholera is deemed the worst threat and treatment must be prompt. The advertisement touts Oss Painkiller by Perry Davis as a remedy that overcomes bone troubles including diarrhea cholera morbus and dysentery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Economic contrasts in early 20th century industry
The record notes that American doctors earned an average of 800 dollars annually and that Ireland's linen industry provides employment for about 70 000 workers, illustrating wide economic disparities and sectoral scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Notre Dame Lady’s Appeal for Home Rheumatism Cure
A letter from Mrs. M. Summers offers a free home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. It claims to remove uric acid from blood, loosen stiff joints, purify blood, and brighten eyes, promising self cure at home and proof by thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Tad
Skating at the Lakeside Secret Promises and Threats
Mathilde hosts skaters at the park lake while her husband Stewart greets guests. Norman Quietly probes hints of a hidden marriage and money schemes as Mathilde confides a desperate secret and urges secrecy. Hudson is pressed to leave, while Mathilde contemplates a Breton refuge as the mystery deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Norman
Flora
Mathilde
Norman Stewart
Nellie
James
Harpers
New York
Montreal
la Belle Sauvage
Hudson
James Stewart
Miss Thorne
Mrs. Stewart
The Cross-Ways: Older Sister Steps Aside in Family Rift
In a domestic turning point Virginia Crane resolves to relinquish her favored status as the eldest sister. She debates flight abroad and charity labor, choosing to study being an elder sister by pausing her concert and letting Sibyl have her turn. A thaw begins as Sibyl pleads and embraces Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibyl
Virginia
Evelyn
Virginia Crane
Clarendons
Gracia
Candles for Supper Sparked Eskimo Remark
A landlady boasts of an ever updated table with red candles at supper. A prospective boarder reacts with surprise asking if she thinks he is an Eskimo. The exchange highlights cultural expectations and table manners.
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Ahull i
Department of Agriculture
London
Success Magazine
GuestrAlien
Vienna
United States
Siam
Earth
Grassse
Cannes
Riviera
Grasse
Massachusetts
Vermont
Senvor
James Yadkin Joyner
National Education Association
American Embassy Association
Nation of Homes
Tulane University
Bby
Prussia
Columbia
Panama
England
Marchnennkirchen
Saxony
Christian Endeavor
St. Paul
Clark
Boy Workers of London
Newsboys
Salvation Army
Wurtemberg
The
War Department
Othe
Dundee Advertiser
France
Kedal
Maarlem
Didwey
Haarlem
Oiland Medicine Co
Scranton
W. H. Warren
Bleecker St
Holland Medicine Co
Trompoons Eye
Motora
Charlie Hudson
St. Lawrence
Kier
Riddell
Mike
Miss Fearon
Jem
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