Peruna praised by shoppers and officials in early ads
An advertisement features Nellie Curtain of St. Paul praising Peruna as effective for women ailments and fatigue. Congressman Mark H. Dunnell also endorses it as a restorative tonic. The copy invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free medical advice.
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Nellie Curtain
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Bassons
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Beggar Credit Quip Tells of Medjidia Launch
Turkish minister Chekib Bey attended the Medjidia launch in Philadelphia and recounted a luncheon tale about a beggar seeking cash. He quoted a beggar praising his own charitable credit as he asked for money, illustrating a humorous misfortune in the exchange.
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Chekib Bey
Washington
Philadephia
Medjidia
Cramps
Cherib Bey
Philadelphia
Misplaced Affection and Eskimo Dogs
A relief expedition member questions an arctic explorer after he pets the native dogs. The Native explains the harm as the dogs’ tails froze stiff and broke when they tried to wag them.
Duckleighs Face Hay Fever Memoirs
A fragment notes the Duckleigh family’s hay fever sensitivity and hints at a past where their father ran a feed store. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quote captures social satire on fashion and propriety in their circle.
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Duckleighs
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Americans do everything rashly says Italian purist
An educated young Italian, a language purist, expressed in careful words that Americans do things rashly. He noted the expression raises foggy meaning when readers miss the point, citing Philpotts as an example where too many words obscure clarity.
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N. Y. Times
Philpotts
Unclear fragment hints at recovery and progress
The text is fragmented and describes a patient or subject soon able to walk with a condition improving over two weeks, but details are unreadable. The incomplete OCR lacks clear names, places, or events to identify.
Farmer and No Planter Labor on the Farm
A letter argues farmers overwork hired hands and laments labor shortages. It praises a local farmer who retains reliable help through clear expectations, respect, and shared activities such as public events. The writer suggests providing reading materials to workers to foster interest and responsibility.
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National Stockman
Harvey
Jack
A. J. Legg
Hog raising and alfalfa prospects for southern farms
Long excerpted farming counsel outlines hog husbandry from breeding to feeding, fence quality, and pasture rotation using cotton and pea crops. It advises Berkshire hogs, woven wire fencing, and capital needs up to 5 000 dollars. It also discusses alfalfa cultivation, soil needs, inoculation, and balanced rations with clover and corn. It includes broader notes on farm diversification and Red Polled cattle advantages.
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Bermuda
Johnson
E. Napier
Alfalfa for Dairy Farms Guide Warns Iowa Farmers
Iowa Dairy Commissioner Wright has issued a pamphlet on alfalfa growing. It notes alfalfa can yield three or more tons of hay per acre and has feeding value close to bran. It provides essential protein lacking in common grains and fodders for a balanced ration.
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Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wright
Dairying Notes On Fertility Feeding And Home Life
The article urge farmers to plant clover to maintain soil fertility and to feed grain after cows go on grass. It advises buying milk cans with smooth seams and emphasizes sunny cow barns as key to preventing tuberculosis. It also promotes giving youths a calf to teach responsibility and questions homesickness versus contentment at home.
Dairying Proves Key to Iowa Farm Fertility Says Curtiss
Prof Curtiss at Cedar Rapids dairy convention argues dairying preserves soil fertility while converting crops into meat and dairy products. He notes selling wheat depletes fertility and corn yields more without fertilizer, praising Iowa for high daily farm production and resource conservation.
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Curtiss
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Calf Cholera Remedy Advocated by Stockman and Feeder
A Stockman and Feeder reports remedies for calf cholera using lime water mixed with cow milk, then fed three times daily, plus cornstarch moistened with milk. Laudanum in small doses is also recommended, with cautions to avoid overdose and separate sick calves from healthy ones. The text also notes lime water benefits for hog cholera and success with whole oats and stock food. one dose of laudanum was effective for a few calves recently affected.
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Coen
Simple Device for Unruly Cows at Fences and Seed News
An Iowa reader describes a self fastening fence aid using pegs to poke through posts that jab cows when they reach through wires, teaching them to stay back. The column also notes free seed distribution by the agricultural department and a gooseberry mildew countermeasure using salt hay mulch. An Ohio Farmer report questions olive oil health claims, and a comic exchange ends with a rural pun about teeth.
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Iowa
Farm Journal
Advertising Match Boxes Puzzle Confuses Chicago Advertiser
A Chicago anecdote recounts an advertiser who scatters match boxes to entice attention. A friend keeps returning them, then discovers a stash of a gross boxes in the room. The owner questions where they came from while the advertiser wonders about the advertising value of giving away matches.
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Chicago
Philanthropist cab guide tale and rural remedy tale
A Brooklyn woman known for aiding the poor travels by cab to reach her proteges. She meets a masculine acquaintance during a trip and jokes about divine guidance. The piece then presents Rev Jos Pope from Rich Fountain Missouri praising a German farmer George Hoellrer whose rheumatism improved after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. A Philadelphia nouveau riche woman overheard bystanders mocks propriety.
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Brooklyn
Fagle
Mission
Rich Fountain
Jos. Pope
Bethyne
Dodd
Merit Sets Cascarets as World Leading Laxative
Advertisements tout Cascarets as the best laxative medicine with over ten million boxes sold yearly in the United States. The copy warns buyers to avoid imitators and fake “as good” products, urging purchases only from fair dealers. Also included are quips and brief notes on investments, customer anecdotes, and a Cure for Cold claim with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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Chicago Tribune
Nervous disorders blamed on uterine issues in early ad
A sales pitch for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims nervous hysteria and female weakness stem from uterine disorders. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Florence Hotzano and Mrs. Maria Bowers praising relief and cure after using the remedy, urging others to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pryxuam
Maria Bowers
Millersville
Ohio
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