Sanctity of Pittsburgh Limits Sunday Park Skating Ban
A city, under its commission form, bans skating in public parks on Sundays citing sanctity. Kansas City fueled charity with two soup kitchens serving 2 160 guests in one evening while Salt Lake City distributed 82 000 pounds of fish from Utah Lake to 3 000 recipients. Cheyenne’s 160 acre tract valued at 8 500 by a jury with costs totaling 18 980. A keep the change streetcar fundraiser in Cleveland raised 12 870 for charity inspiring St. Louis to try it. Mobile boosters invest in the shell road to New Orleans to ease drought impacts. Sioux City Commercial club hosts feature talks by Great Northern and Burlington presidents. no improvements promised due to poor finances.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
Sioux City Commercial Club
Great Northern
Burlington Railroads
Inventions and Discoveries Highlight Historic Notes
Dated notes report fire resistant fabric via ammonium phosphate solution. Bavaria reveals near surface iron ore deposits. New wallpaper press trim attachment and foldable chair ironing board invented in New Jersey. Auto rear axle skidding protection wheels gain patents. Spiked shoe frames aid inclined roof walking. Two Iowa men patent hems ironing device. Transvaal land strip yields one third world gold. Paris National Library holds 600 B C Chinese heavens map with 1 460 stars. Icelandic waterfall asset passed to English firm for nitrogen fertilizer plant.
Weighing Beauty Rules by Dr Ida Nahm
In a dated column style piece Dr Ida Nahm critiques cosmetics and tight footwear, urging soap and water, outdoor exercise, and ample hydration as the path to lasting youth. She labels skypieces and embiowpoint as hazards while promoting the water cure for women seeking health and slimness.
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Ida C. Nahm
Nahm
Ambition to Lose Weight Sparks Social Reflections
A curiously dated exchange quotes a speaker lamenting weight and a dancing frock as symbols of social pressures. The dialogue hints at marriage as a societal milestone that can shatter a woman’s ideal, with comments suggesting limited career options for women.
Postum labeled a daily pleasing beverage choice
A lady doctor promotes Postum as a daily non stimulant beverage replacing coffee. She notes eight years of use improves sleep and reduces nerves, praising taste and color, and cites easier preparation for Regular and Instant Postum sold by grocers. There’s a reason for Postum.
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Kentucky
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Excellent ration for cows doubles dairy potential with silage
The article argues for dairy herds relying more on silage than pasture. It prescribes a daily ration of silage, corn fodder, bean forage, and a small amount of grain per cow, noting roots boost milk flow. It urges converting land to stock feed on the farm to enrich fertility and profits.
Pail of Great Importance in Milking Practices
The U S department of agriculture urges dry hands for milking and the use of small-top pails to reduce bacteria. Dry hands prevent teat injury and wetting hands with milk is discouraged. Milkers should milk quickly, remove milk promptly, and keep the milk area clean with soap water and towels available.
Cottonseed meal for cows in dairy rations
A Nebraska reader asks if cottonseed meal harms dairy cows. The answer says moderate use is safe, not exceeding two pounds daily, and it usually balances rations with common dairy feeds. Cottonseed meal is a cheap protein source and should be used more by Nebraska dairy men.
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E. G. Woodward
Nebraska Experiment Station
Nebraska
Mud Holes in Cow Pasture Cause Nuisance and Udder Chapping
A pasture mud hole forces cows to wade and get legs and udders plastered. Milking time brings additional irritation as cows stamp and kick at files, leaving chapped teats. A clean lake shore is a blessing, so the hole should be drained or fenced off to prevent foot rot and grease heel in horses.
Explaining Birds Songs and a Concert Story
A discussion of why birds sing in mating and nesting cycles with the nightingale's shift to a croak after eggs hatch. Also a Josef Hofmann concert anecdote about a man denied entry for being drunk, arguing tickets prove attendance.
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Tite
Josef Hofmann
Hymn Writer Fanny Crosby Echoes on Kinship and Theft Tale
A Brooklyn friend recalls Fanny Crosby saying a clerk fled with a chorus girl and that “Every man becomes a fy when a cweb of lace is spread.” Crosby, blind but insightful, is described through stories of moral conduct and sympathy.
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Fanny Crosby
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bang
Dodds Kidney Pills Endorsement and Local Jests
A grateful reader from Welcome Lake Pa writes of relief from back ache kidney trouble and related symptoms after using Dodds Kidney Pills claiming cure and endorsing publication. The advertisement promotes Dodds Kidney Pills and Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets with pricing and distribution details. The page also includes a light hearted Home Sweet Home exchange about marriage and social life reflecting period humor.
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Welcome Lake
Meils
Dodds
Lberty
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Touts Benefits for Women
A letter from Mrs. S. T. Brommop recounts relief from displacement and postpartum inflammation after heavy lifting and illness. The ad asserts the Compound has helped many women and invites others with similar troubles to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
S. T. Richmond
Providence
R. I. Providenor
R. L
Lydia
Pinteham
S. T. Brommonp
Progress Avenue
Violence
Maria Irwin
Peru
N.Y. Pruv
N.Y
Lydia E. Pim
Maria
Inwin
R.B.D
Jane D. Duncan
W. Quincy
Mass
Bours Quinoz
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Jane D. Doncan
Forest Avenue
West Quincy
Absentminded Count Delights Paint Rock Dinner
Henry P Davison recounts a tale of a Spanish count who attended a dinner at a Paint Rock castle. The noble, thinking himself at a deanery, began removing plates with a napkin on his arm until the millionaire host woke him with a blunt reminder.
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Henry P.davison
Morgan
Paint Rock
George
Deanery
Suggested a Dental Compromise Story
Boss Oggy begs relief from a painful tooth. The dentist quotes fifty cents but Oggy asks for a partial pull for half price. The Kansas City Star frames the humorous encounter in a regional dialect.
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Brother Oggy
Kansas City Star
Dream of the Puzzle Fragment in Kurdish Crisis
Fragmentary text cites a question about paths out of a Kurdish crisis and mentions massacre. The readable lines imply concern over ethnic violence and confusion about escape or resolution. No concrete events, dates, or entities beyond Kurdish affairs and violence references.
His Standing As Sensational Writer Questioned
A discussion asks if he is successful as a writer of sensational literature and answers that he has no inferior qualities in the craft.
Training Behind The Chair In Centerville
Billy Mooney, after operating a barber shop in Centerville for two or three years, decides to become a dentist. His Uncle Si visits and jokes that dentistry should be easy since Billy already knows how to work the chair, suggesting the rest will come quickly.
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Billy Mooney
Centerville
Billy
Allen's Foot-Ease Soldiers Use At Front
Over 100000 packages of Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder are used by German and Allied troops at the Front relieving corns bunions and sore feet. Sold everywhere 2c Try it today. Don’t accept substitutes. Adv A Golf Widow. Is it true that Mrs Brown's husband has deserted Ser Almost He has taken up golf.
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Allen
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