Salzer Seed Co Offers Farm Seeds for 1904 Yield Boost
Large ad touts oats at 240 to 310 bushels per acre and promises millions in added value. It markets Salzer varieties including Speltz Beardless Barley Home Builder Corn Macaroni Wheat Pea Oat and Billion Dollar Grass with a request to mail 10 cents for catalogs from John A Salzer Seed Co. in Cross, Wis.
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Baker
Fick
Mobu
N. D
America
Salzer’s
Speltz
Wordplay and tips in early newspaper snippets
A collage of brief lines from old papers features jokes about D D meanings dollars to doughnuts Hotel world fair accommodations and a wit named Senator Dullard. It includes a cough remedy ad Laxative Bromo Quinine and a Putnam Fadeless Dyes promotion with humor about personal pride and sports.
Berlin Trader Uses Dowry by Weighing Daughters
A Berlin tradesman offers a cash dowry based on a daughter’s weight after marriage. A young lawyer first to apply is matched with the heaviest daughter, who weighs 17 stone at the ceremony. The father pays 13000 crowns to the groom.
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Berlin
Sr Agora
Westminster Garle
Letter touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as cure for kidney trouble
Gainesville Texas resident Mrs L E Burton recounts severe kidney pain and doctor's failures. She notes trying Dodd's Kidney Pills, switching to a competitor, then returning to Dodd's and achieving a full recovery. She speaks of asking stores to stock the genuine product.
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Gainesville
Texas
L. E. Burton
Gind Street
Dodd
Taylors Cherokee Remedy Promoted For Lung Coughs
Vital statistics warn lungs as a fatal point in man. An ad touts Taylors Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs cold and consumption with price marks 25c 50c and 1 dollar at druggists. Mercy to the guilty is malice to the innocent. Chicago Tribune.
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Daily Bread
Chicago Tribune
Taylor
Tribute to Jud Russell in Jackson Mississippi Memorial
A memorial service for A J Russell of Meridian was held January 27 in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Bishop Galloway delivered a moving tribute to the late speaker, praising his open heartedness, magnanimity, loyalty to friends, and moral courage while urging unity beyond party lines.
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Mississippi
Bishop Galloway
Jackson
Miss
House
A. J. Russell
Meridian
House of Representatives
Messrs
Alcorn
Coahouna
Denton
Lauderdale
Watts
Thomas
Washington
Hoyle
Lee
Bates
Calhoun
Cavett
Noxubee
Ethridge
Kemper
Estis
Clarke
George
Jud Russell
Mr Speaker
Commonwealth
Russell
Mr. Russell
Cart
Legion
Speaker
Moral Skins and Barber Shop Biz In Metro Tale
A collection of proverbs and anecdotes from Chicago Tribune style snippets. A drummer chats with barbers about competition while a snake eats a frog, illustrating sly tricks and moral lessons about vanity, deception, and persistence.
Senators Debate Speech Slips With New World Nicknames
In last week's Panama debate Senator Spooner mocked by using dinnymite while tussling with Senator Tillman. Senator Teller defended and used Cubey Korey ee and Colom bee in discussion. The late John Sherman once called Samoa Sammy ow during earlier island talks.
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Panama
Spooner
Tillman
Teller
Cubey
Senate
John Sherman
Ohio
Elaborate Chrysanthemum and Dragon Waistwear Trends
Fashion notes describe richly embroidered waists in chrysanthemum and dragon motifs with drawnwork, tucks, and lace. Kinu silk, India linen, and Valenciennes lace rise in popularity, while white cloth skirts and simple, elegant trims forecast enduring styles and potential gown alternatives.
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New York Post
Kim
Lavendar
India
Valenciennes
Dinners for Small Incomes No- frills menus for frugal households
Practical guidance from Rural New Yorker on budgeting for the family dinner. Emphasizes planning, simple menus, and home cooking to avoid waste. Recommends a basic trio of soup, meat, vegetables, and a pudding with adaptable ideas like ham patties to use leftovers. Encourages arranging tableware and flowers neatly to elevate meals.
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New Yorker
Keeping Warm While Moving Between Indoor And Outdoor
A brief note describes ladies who feel cold using a strategy of briefly staying indoors to warm up before venturing outside during winter. The habit helps them adjust to outdoor chill and maintain comfort when stepping into cold weather.
Charge of a Salt Sailor Highlighted by Court
An exchange in the Houston Post notes a sailor claiming a robbery held him up, prompting a humorous remark about the charge. The brief item reflects a courtroom quip on a maritime crime case.
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Houston Post
How to Tell a Cake's Bake and Skin Health Clues
If a cake rises in a heap in the center it bakes too fast. A coarse grain means the batter was not beaten enough or the oven was too slow. Washing the face too often removes natural oil and leaves the skin with a withered look.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mas. M. Trea
Habersteen St
Savannah
Import of tortoise shell down due to Jain humane efforts
The New York Times notes reduced imports of tortoise shell from India as Jain humanitarians press to end cruelities in the trade. A Broad Way shop confronts a claim of genuine tortoise shell comics amid imitations, while light gossip and quips circulate from Yonkers Herald and Washington Star and Philadelphia Ledger items.
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New York
India
New York Times
Bombay
Sisters of Charity endorse Peruna medicine
A prominent Mother Superior of a Catholic institution in the Southwest testifies to Peruna's effectiveness for catarrh and says she can vouch from experience that it is among the best medicines.
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Mrs. Pisknam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Extrapeth H. Thompson
Lillydale, N. Y
Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Sisters OF ST. Joseph
Jrma
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Iartman
Veruna
Colorado
Taft orders oversized desk and chair for cabinet duties
Overheard at the capitol notes Secretary Taft's first act summoning the war department carpenter to craft a new desk and chair of mammoth size. Gen. Chaffee, born in Orwell Ohio, rises from farm work to head of the army, recalling snow forts and local boyhood days.
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Taft
War Department
Root
Gen. Chaffee
Orwell
Ashtabula County
Joshua R. Giddings
Benjamin F. Wade
Mr. Chaffee
Miner statue and Idaho exhibit at world fair
Idaho plans a dynamic display in the palace of mines and metallurgy featuring a miner statue carved from Coeur d'Alene ore mounted on a copper and lead ore pedestal. The exhibit, donated by Coeur d'Alenes mine operators, includes a stone house built from Idaho stone and a minerals and precious stones exhibit. Estimated cost is 100000 dollars. The Worcester Polytechnic Institute will oversee a model foundry at St. Louis exposition for educational impact. Idaho's student administration shows a ten percent rise with 114 freshmen.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
Coeur d’Alenes
Virginia
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Diamonds as dilemma between fashion and finance
A witty exchange in London Tit-Bits questions whether paying a tailor's bill or buying diamonds better serves style and wallets, ending with the remark that if diamonds go unpaid diamond merchants would starve, while one party notes the other avoids payment.
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George
London
Million Product Ads and Grass Seed Buzz in Rural Pages
The clipping extols Cuticura Soap as a versatile skin and toilet product used by many. It also highlights a farm items discussion praising Salter’s Billion Dollar Grass and related crops like Bromus Inermis and Teosinte, noting their high yields and forage value across farming communities.
Household Hints and Quips From The Ledger And Johnson
An old typewriter ribbon soaked in water makes a pint of purple hair dye. Porous plasters sewn with colored yarn and mottoes are popular. A grave line notes death leaves a small vacancy in life, shaping views on pride. Hypocrisy is the burden of villainy.
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Cleveland Ledger
Johnson
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