Change of Life Dangers and Hope from Lydia E Pinkham
An 1880s style ad warns of the critical change of life period for women and lists common symptoms. It touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a remedy to strengthen the nervous system, prevent illness, and ease distress. A Chestertown Maryland reader endorses the product, describing relief from bleeding and soreness. It invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham for free advice about this important life stage.
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Lydia KE. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Twvland
Chestertown
Colorado Concerns and Western Farming Efforts
Routt county leads Colorado in cattle with 72 770 head worth thousands as freight to Denver rises by 501 0000 tons. Colorado Association for Scientific Farming forms to promote Campbell dry farming system for settlement and wealth in the plains. Lamb feeding in San Com valley expands with over 60 fattened lambs and growing cattle fattening projected for future years.
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Routt County
Colorado
Denver
Horner
Sparres
Colorado Association For Scientific Farming
San Com
Provese
Catife
Odd facts about gold and its colors
The article notes gold color varies by alloy and origin. Pure gold is redder when heavily alloyed, with California $50 coins once minted and later discontinued due to a design issue. It contrasts placer gold’s redder hue with quartz-derived gold and claims Ural placer gold is the reddest worldwide.
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Commence
California
Howe
Abravien
Ural Mountains
One Continual Round in a Long Summer War?
The New York Sun notes a continuous period from April to September, describing a prolonged cycle or event that stretched across these months without a break. The excerpt hints at a discussion of an ongoing, unbroken sequence observed or implied by the source.
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N. Y
Health Deterioration Over Ten Years Attributed to Pelvic Catarrh
A long illness lasting more than a decade is attributed to a precarious health condition caused by pelvic catarrh. The report notes chronic decline affecting daily life and overall wellbeing.
Health and Strength Restored by Peruna
A reader testifies that Peruna restores health and strength. The statement praises the medicine as splendid and essential, noting it is used occasionally when feeling run down and tired.
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Peruna
Strengthen the Stomach with Dr Williams Pink Pills
An old remedy claim recounts a Capleville, Tennessee man cured of indigestion by Dr Williams Pink Pills after trials with other remedies failed. The advertisement touts the pills as a root-cause cure for stomach bloating and dyspepsia, free of stimulants, and urges readers to request a free copy of What to Eat and How to Eat from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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BE. KB. Strong
Capleville
Shelby County
Tenn
Tim
Memphis
Williams
Dr Willems Medicine Co
Scieneotady
N.Y
Irce
Portraits and praises of royal and noble figures through light sketches
A fragmentary survey notes Lady Curzon as a beacon for swimming education in Britain, lauds the countess of Jersey as a cultured globe trotter, and mentions aging Duke of Argyll’s literary output. It also cites Lord Carew’s Jerseys herd, a Scottish volunteer review, Empress Eugenie’s visit to Kiel and Stockholm, and Queen Alexandra’s air as a charming but softly accented speaker.
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Diarmir
Lord Carew
Edwart
Edinbersh
War Office
Edinbergh
Eugenie
Kivi Barbor
Kiel
Stockhom
Queen Alexandra
England
Curios from Crooked Lanes and Odd Finds in Old Texts
Curiosities range from a fourth century tombstone at Culross abbey in Fife to a partridge that dropped into a locomotive smokestack near Bainbridge England. Tales of a mass at Hidalgo Mexico and a lightning strike kill a speaker in Dever New Hampshire follow, with a bean bag sprouting in a New Hampshire field after being left beside a tree. A rabbit feigned death when a dog approached, then sprang up as the observer watched in fascination.
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Culross Abbey
Fife
Scotland
Bainbridge
England
Hiphop Mora
Hidalgo
Mexico
Crares
Lech Eneiag
Dever
N. H
Secret of Youth Promoted by Grape-Nuts Diet
A 94 year old man credits Grape-Nuts with restoring digestion and normal bowels after chronic indigestion. He says the routine breakfast habit and daily use keep him comfortable, erect, and active, enjoying walks and life as he nears 94. Postum Co Battle Creek promotes the product with a testimonial and reference to The Head to Wellville.
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de Soto
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Farmer and Planter three bales to the acre
In Griffin Georgia and nearby farms the editors recount two cotton yields. One on Mr D P Cagle's nine acres yielded 21 bales averaging over 50 pounds each, with deep breaking and manure from cattle. Another Spalding county plot yielded high but affected by a heat wave. The piece argues deep breaking, heavy manure, and rapid cultivation as keys to maximum yield, advocating four foot rows and constant care.
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Southern Cultivator
Georgia
South Georgia
D P. Cugle
Oglethorpe
J. N. Allen
Griffin
Spalding
H. A. Burr
H. C. Reigera
Making land produce corn right in this connection
A South Carolina farmer, John D. Sullivan of Honea Path, achieves 200 percent bushels of corn per acre on seven acres, using deep fall plowing, manure, acid meal, and meticulous cultivation with Albertaine Prolific corn. The piece argues for diversifying crops beyond cotton to boost southern prosperity.
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John D. Sullivan
Honea Path
South Carolina
Raising Grain in the South to Improve Post Cotton Fields
Southern Cultivator urges farmers to diversify from cotton by sowing more wheat and oats. It argues a poor cotton year invites sowing grain, deep plowing, proper harrowing, and manuring to enrich soil, prevent wash, and yield profits. It recommends fall and post Christmas sowing, open furrow cultivation, and two-crop strategies to keep Southland hills green through winter and spring.
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Southland
Horse Feeding Before and During Work Practices
Farmers often neglect horse feeding while focusing on cattle and sheep. Proper diet varies by workload with oats and hay as base foods, but more grain can improve energy. Watering timing matters. avoid postmeal watering due to small stomachs. The piece also notes New Mexico shepherd dog training methods, emphasizing early separation from dam and daily flock work to instill discipline and fidelity.
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Tim Hy
Louis Campbell
New Mexico
E. R. Beach
There is nothing like kindness to farm animals
A column on humane farming notes that kindness yields docile animals and better returns. It urges teaching pigs to eat early, feed with skim milk, and stresses the profitable margin from well-fed stock. Water quality and sanitary conditions are essential, with tips for fowl diarrhea and horse breeding amid industrial growth.
Man of Learning Misidentifies Common Animal in Scotland
A Scottish university professor describes a dusk encounter with a peculiar creature larger than a cricket, antennae-like projections, and a snow white exudate, leading to an erroneous initial guess before correctly identifying it as the common cow. The exchange notes a humorous misidentification and subsequent correction.
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Scotland
Fragmentary Sun quotation on city disaster lingering in memory
A Chicago Sun fragment records a grim exchange about a fatal city disaster with figures cited as two hundred dead and a partial correction to a hundred and eighty. The odd phrasing suggests a newspaper clipping noting toll and timing amid recollection.
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Handred
Aity
Chicago Sun
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claimed Cure Highlighted in Bradford Notice
Bradford Tennessee October 23 Special report cites scientific research linking kidney trouble to many illnesses and touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure. Mr. J A Davis of Bradford endorses the remedy claiming complete relief after using several boxes.
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Bradford
Tenn
J. A. Davis
Dodd
Mr. Davis
Iight
How I Open Scene Recounted by Father
A Detroit Press fragment quotes a father explaining a scene titled How I Open. He says the moment is knocked because everything he knows was upset, reflecting a tense domestic moment expressed in rough dialogue.
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Detroit Press
Restored His Hair by Cutiura Soap and Ointment
A fragmentary tale notes humor on scalp and hair restoration told in old timey dialect. Uncle Eben comments on men talked about for their ways while a Washington-based scene appears in the clipping.
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Uncle Eben
Becaey
Washington
Scientific advances promise cheap electric furnace heat and new Rontgen terms
The Scientific American notes an electric furnace could run at 0 cents a minute or about 500 dollars daily to reach 5,000 degrees. A Roentgen congress in Berlin standardizes terms such as Rontgenology and Rontgenography. It discusses quartz vessel drawbacks, gas leakage at high temperatures, and Berthelot’s tube tests at 1400 degrees. It also mentions permeability of hydrogen and the moon change idea once thought to occur.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Who
Scientific American
Berlin
Berthelot
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