Dependence on Dr Chase's Medicines in Remote Homes
A reader from Stoughton Sask praises Dr Chase's Medicines for curing constipation biliousness and kidney disease. The letter cites living 22 miles from a drug store and notes nerve food ointment and kidney liver pills priced at 25 to 60 cents each. Edmanson Bates Co Toronto handles orders by post.
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Beloy
Dr. Chase
Northwest
Thos. Shiels
Stoughton, Sask
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Marking Farmers' Houses for Passer-By Identification
A correspondent suggests municipal councils let path masters grant a one day tax rebate to farm owners who display their names plainly at the road. The scheme would quickly spread neat roadside boards, reducing errors and aiding travelers by revealing where residents live.
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Embro Courier
Catarrh Cure Ad Promotes F J Cheney Toledo 15 Years
A historical advertisement offers Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Wall’s Panite Pills with testimonials about F J Cheney of Toledo Ohio. It claims the cure is taken internally and acts on mucous surfaces. The notice invites testimonials and mentions a reward offer.
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F. Ze Chet & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Saas Ter Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggiers
Hall
Wall
Mystery of Mrs Borem’s Home questioned servant
A tense exchange unfolds as Mrs Borem asks if her mistress is home and the servant hesitates, claiming uncertainty until she can see the visitor. The dialogue centers on locating the mistress and who is present in the doorway shadow.
A Sensible Merchant on Bear Island
Dear Sirs Your traveller is here today and we are getting a large quantity of your MINARD'S LINIMENT. We find it the best Liniment in the market making no exception. We have been in business 13 years and have handled all kinds and have dropped them all but yours that sells itself.
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Bear Island
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Trifle Claim On Evansville Murder Reporter
Western Indiana editor labels an Evansville sheet reporter’s description of a town murder as faulty. The wire copy claims the killer sought money and that Jones’s funds were safe in the bank, resulting in the death of the victim.
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Indiana
Evansville
Jones
Mary Learns to Close Her Mouth at Dinner
Mrs M scolds a maid for habit of standing with mouth open. The servant replies plain living, “I opened it,” revealing a simple misunderstanding in a domestic scene.
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Mrs. M
Mary
Yessum
Notable Patent Remedies and Death of Joseph Glidden
A mining region guidance promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for frontier ailments and muscle care, along with Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for children. Joseph Glidden, inventor of barbed wire, dies at age ninety four. Also notes the Pennsylvania tunnel traffic and Holloway’s Corn Cure claims.
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Thomas
Joseph Glidden
Chicago unions clash ties wood working industry
Dispute between two Chicago trade unions disrupts wood working trade and raises concern among workers. Affected firms report halted projects as negotiators seek resolution amid mounting tension and potential job losses.
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Chicago
Prisoner Torture by Log Spike Endures Custom
A description notes a tribal custom where a POW has a leg bound through a hole in a heavy log and a spike driven through to secure the leg, illustrating brutal wartime practices among African tribes.
Gasoline Tests Show Wide Car Range On Open Road
A test run from New York to New Haven used sixty-five cars of various sizes to gauge how far two gallons of gasoline would take them. A four cylinder twelve horsepower model led with eighty seven miles, another similar car reached fifty eight miles. The Iron Age notes that moving 1,500 pounds for eighty seven miles used two pounds of gasoline, equating to a ton mile for half a spent.
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New York
New Haven
Home Remedy for Calf Scours Drench Instructions
To treat calf scours, give a drench of one third pint linseed oil with three tablespoons tincture of catechu in a pint lukewarm water. If no relief in five hours, repeat with same mix plus two tablespoons common soda and expose again every five hours.
Skim Milk Calf Feeding and Growth Notes
A month after birth the calf gets twelve to fourteen pounds of skim milk daily, at two months eighteen pounds, and finally twenty two to twenty four pounds per day. Grain is fed in boxes and calves start eating grain at ten days to two weeks old.
Beauty and Utility in Animal Breeding
The National Stockman argues beauty paired with utility is the peak in breeding. A 2.16 trotter with beauty is prized by gentlemen drivers, while dairy cows combining looks and function fetch high prices. A recent sale saw such a animal fetch 2500 dollars, a sum unattainable without both qualities.
Beet Pulp For Dairy Cattle Trials in New Jersey
A New Jersey station tested dry beet pulp against corn silage with two cow groups over two 15 day periods. Milk costs were 2.8 cents per 160 pounds and butter cost 0.61 cents less with silage than pulp. Pulp increased yield about 10 percent but cost was higher, not proving pulp economical where corn silage is available.
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New Jersey
Bitter rival prompts warning from Dumley and Wiseman
The Philadelphia Press quotes Dumley calling a rival "entirely too bitter" and Wiseman remarking he is "a regular wasp" who always carries his point in argument.
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Dumley
Wiseman
Philadelphia Press
Prevent Disorder With Parmelee's Vegetable Pill
Advertisement promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pill as a preventative against dyspepsia and related discomforts. It recommends two or three pellets before bed and one or two pills nightly for two to three days as a simple, effective method to avert internal disorder.
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Parmelee
Vanderbilt Cup Race May Move to Private Course Next Year
Reports say the Vanderbilt cup race could be decided on a private track next year, with organizers considering a private course to host the event and determine the winner outside public venues.
Cholera Remedy Promises Rapid Cure
Advertises Dr J D Kelloge Dysentery Cordial as a prompt cure for cholera and summer complaint. Claims swift action, easing weakness and saving the young and delicate, with many users praising its rapid effectiveness and thorough cure.
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J.D. Kelloge
Wearing of the Green Delight Sparks Admiral’s Doubt
An admiral visiting New Zealand asked if the Irish song Wearing of the Green was treason. Sir Patrick Buckley, seated beside, noted that Mr. Seddon Sat in the British government and led the Orangemen, easing the admiral’s concern.
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Mr. Seddon
New Zealand
Ballance
Ulster
Seddon
Patrick Buckley
Patrick
Admira
Bearded Man Chooses Love Over Marriage in Liverpool Tale
A Liverpool story recounts A., forced to grow a beak to ward off pneumonia and other illnesses. The woman he loves refuses to marry unless he graves, prompting the question what A. should do. The contemporaries argue: keep the beard and cut the woman.
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Liverpool
Healy Praises Roosevelt On Simpler Spelling
Timothy Healy lauds President Roosevelt for backing simplified spelling. He argues clearer writing aids communication and national unity, while supporters say reforms would modernize education and publishing across the country.
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Timothy Healy
President Roosevelt
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Hall & CO
Nashua
N. B
Ryrie
Dominion
Geo. H. Shaw
Winnipeg
Stanfield
Nova Scotia
WNUW
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