Ohio Pie Maker Bakes 481,800 Pies in 33 Years
A Bellefontaine correspondent reports Mrs. Frank Fox, a pastry cook in this city, has baked about 481,800 pies over 33 years, averaging 40 pies daily. Her eight inch diameter pies, sold at five cents per quarter section, would stretch over sixty miles if placed side by side, totaling $96,060 in receipts. The item also includes assorted public notices and product advertisements from periodicals.
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Ohio
Frank Fox
Bellefontaine
Columbus Dispatch
Evolution of milling from ancient stones to roller process
Oliver Evans introduced a fully automated milling system in 1790 that eliminated manual labor from grain processing, elevating efficiency from weighing and elevating grain to drying and bolting. The later roller-milling revolution, about 30 to 35 years ago, refined flour by removing bran and gluten-rich middlings, redistributing components for higher quality flour versus cattle feed.
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Solomon's Temple
Oliver Evans
Delaware
Evans
Political parties as evolving bodies and their pursuit of power
A concise definition notes political parties as fluctuating groups forming to pursue aims or oppose rivals, developing organization and esprit de corps, and persisting beyond initial goals. It compares parties to armies driven by victory, capable of adopting doctrines to win office, while questioning adherence to unpopular principles like free silver in Bryan era debates.
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Bryan
Atlantic
Glorious Things to Talk About for a Year
A excerpt from Appletons Magazine extols America’s vast achievements and innovations. It urges contemplating enduring progress in agriculture meat and fruit processing, kerosene pricing, industrial byproducts, manufacturing, and especially railways linking states and delivering goods at low cost. The passage highlights wealth creation and widespread benefits.
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America
Kingdom Come
Appleton’s
Precocity and Degeneracy in Historical Thought
The excerpt discusses precocity as a potential sign of degeneracy and early senility, noting biologists and Lombroso linking genius to degeneracy. It cites prenatal senile periods in the fourth and fifth months and references Relief de la Bretonne’s early poem at fourteen as an ironic example of precocity’s consequences.
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Lombroso
Relief de la Bretonne
Antiquated cures and jokes mark a late 19th century miscellany
A sprawling, mixed-bag column notes varied items from health nostrums and patent medicines to fashion opinions. It cites Dr. H. R. Kline remedies, Hicks' Capucline for headaches, Allen's Foot-Ease, a corn paint ad, and dental and ministerial critiques. It mentions Maxwell’s eczema cure, Bell and Hudson Maxim at a New York banquet, and a Baltimore American quote on education and health. It also records a retired congressman, James C. McGrew, aged ninety-eight, injured in Florida.
Cuticura Promises Cure After Long Suffering
A Montreal woman credits Cuticura Remedies with saving her life after 25 years of eczema left her leg almost raw and bound to crutches. Two months of treatment brought swelling down and new skin, with a doctor noting Cuticura’s value for his patients.
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Kezema
Cutiura
Eczemi
J.B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
No Use Bothering Topcoat Watch in London Lunch
An engineer from Sunderland visiting London spent a few days with a friend. At a large restaurant the northerner kept glancing toward the door, explaining he was watching his topcoat. The Londoner laughed, saying no need, as his coat had long since been taken.
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Luzianne Coffee
Sunderland
London
Big Friend
Philadelphia Ledger
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Help for Women
A promotional notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for female health. It cites testimonials from a vast English speaking readership, claims many cures avoiding surgery, and describes the product as made from roots and herbs, safe and harmless, working on the feminine system to restore health.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia FE
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Ronside
Umzumbi
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Mezumbi
Ubling K
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Mistress of the Seas
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Kline
H. R. Kline
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The
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Alexander Graham Bell
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LeRoy
N. Y
Christian Register
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Congress of the United States
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Kingswood
Sturgess
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Boston
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J.M. Young, JR
Waycross
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Nubia
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