Root Will Do For You. Full of Health Claims and Sample Offer
A fragmented notice claims a “greatest kidney remedy” by a pleasant woman and mentions Root and a booklet about bladder health. It hints at a sample offer from a company and references JOHN BAILY in Portland Indiana and a notary public dated 1909. The text is garbled but suggests a sales pitch for a health product with a free sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laiso
John Baily
Portland
Ind
Notary Public
Root
You. & Company
Textile and Office and Sthest lien noted
A fragment from an old notice references cotton seed, land, and potential value in extending cultivation. The readable text mentions year figures and the possibility that soil or crop improvements could add value to the property or lien.
Northwest college stock sets dairy and egg records
At the agricultural college farm in the Northwest a Holstein cow named Lady Oak Sobes De Kob produced 623 to 702 pounds of milk and 26 to 29.5 pounds of butter fat weekly over three weeks. A prize hen laid 220 eggs weighing 28.73 pounds in a season, about seven times her weight, yielding potential yearly earnings of about 3.66 dollars and three-year prospects around 11 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapoli
Sedal College Farm
Northwest
College Farm
Fairy Department
Ernest W. Major
Dairy Department
Oak Sobes de Kob
Poultry Department
Doorkeeper Promotes Sand Cure For Dyspepsia
Washington report describes Julian Emmons, doorkeeper at the House, from Noblesville Indiana, who credits a coarse sand remedy with curing indigestion heartburn and related ills. He travels with a bottle of sand at every meal and swears by sand for digestion, warning against fine white sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Washington
Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
National
Julian Emmons
Emmons
Noblesville
Ind
Heissi
Maxwell Proposes State Steamship Line Remedy
Mr A J Maxwell clerk of the State Corporation Commission urged Merchants Association at Wrightsville Beach to back a million dollar state steamship line to Wilmington as a remedy for unjust freight rates. He also called for fixed intra state rates by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Maxwell
State Corporation Commission
Merchants Association
Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington
Which Should He Do Six Year Old Dick Deliberates Before Visiting
A six year old boy prepares to visit with his mother and wrestles with the choice of washing his hands or wearing gloves. This Harper's Magazine excerpt captures boyish reluctance and the moment of self initiation as he gets ready to go out. The fragment highlights early independence and the social ritual of visiting in a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
A Mock Elopement Leads Jim Dunlap to Court Claim
In a village tale set around Lent a plodding farmer's son Jim Dunlap and May Stanley marry during a spoof elopement devised by Walter Swift and others. May, the belle, and Jim ride to the Beaver inn after a staged chase and wed at a parson's. Jim Dunlap becomes a judge on the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Dunlap
Jim
May Stanley
May
Sorrel
Walter Swift
Swift
Beaver Inn
Dunlap
New York Water Tunnel Fishermen Fear Subway Flood
A Cincinnati Times-Star correspondent notes fears about the Catskill water tunnel flooding the subway in New York. Experts deem such a disaster highly improbable, comparing it to past sensational scares like the Brooklyn Bridge rumors, while acknowledging the tunnel runs close to subway lines and carries a river of great pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskill Mountains
New York
Panama Canal
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Times-Star
Refute Osler's Theory: Elders Hold High U S Service
Washington Correspon dent reports a list of senior officials and lawmakers in the United States in their sixties and older who populate top government and judicial roles. Names include White Holmes McKenna Lurton Knapp Clark Bankhead Johnston Smith Perkins Works Thomas Du Pont Bacon Kern Cummins Bradley Thornton Burleigh Smith Lodge Nelson Clapp Stone Newlands Gallinger Martino Root Burton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Douglass White
United States Supreme Court
McKenna
Olver Wendell Holmes
William R. May
Horace Harmon Lurton
Martin A. Knapp
United States Commerce Court
Champ Clark
Bankhead
Johnston
Smith
Arizona
Perkins
Works
Thomas
du Pont
Bacon
Kern
Cummins
Bradley
Thornton
Burleigh
Maryland
Lodge
Nelson
Clapp
Stone
Newlands
Gallinger
Martino
Root
Burton
Washington Cor
New York American
Altitude Record In France: Monoplane Tops Six Thousand Meters
M Perreyon in a Bleriot monoplane reached 6,000 meters at the Beau airfield in France on March 11, breaking records. The thin air halves density and lowers engine power, making climbs beyond four miles doubtful and requiring aviators to breathe oxygen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bue
France
Perreyon
Europe's Doctors and Asia's Inland Vision
A letter to the London Lancet cites European physician counts totaling about 102,005 in Britain France Germany and Austria, with Russia Holland Spain Portugal Sweden Norway Denmark and others uncounted. It also notes a 160,000 European physician total per Kuracisto and remarks on Australian biology professor Baldwin Spencer’s reflections on sparse white populations in Australia. The London Chronicle cites Scott expedition finds a vast coalfield in Antarctica sufficient for workable fuel, with Australian reports confirming workable coal quality and vast deposits.
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Europe
Budapest
Holland
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Australia
Baldwin Spencer
University of Melbourne
Sii
Japan
London Chronicle
Antarctic
Scott
South Pole
A Theory On Reform Ends In A Family Torn Apart
A discussion of new marriage reforms and distrust of traditional bonds frames Kent Blakeman and Estelle Woodruff’s union. He pursues experimental marriage, seeks freedom, and finally reunites with his wife and children after a dramatic separation, reform ideas reconsidered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Firma
America
Kent Blakeman
Kent
Estelle Woodruff
Blakeman
Miss Woodruff
Rickeman
Curtain Opens At Nine O clock Old Soldiers Admitted Free
A public notice announcing a curtain rise at 9 o'clock with free admission for old soldiers. The brief invites veterans to attend the event without charge.
Gallipoli Falls to Turks After Great Earthquake
The ancient Callipelis known as Gallipoli passed to Ottoman control after a 1358 earthquake devastated Thrace. Turks crossed the Dardanelles, seized Trympe Castle, and occupied the city despite Cantacuzenus protests. Sultan Orkhban argued prudence justified yielding the city to divine will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipoli
Callipelis
Cnstantinople
Dardanelles
Trympe
Thrace
Cantacuzenus
Orkbhan
Repartee and the Congressional Record Joke
A quip from editors about noise and where it goes leads to a jest on Congress and the Congressional Record. The Toledo Blade and Minneapolis Journal quip about intellect and seats on the Congressional Record, with a child raised to be a statesman through its pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Toledo Blade
Congress
Minneapolis Journal
Jim
Congressional
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wearisome Anticipation From Congo Record Herald
A fragment quotes a Congo Record-Herald observation about fatigue and boredom from waiting to start work. The speaker laments tiresome expectations and describes reluctance to begin tasks, reflecting idle fatigue in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Fragmentary historical note misquoted in Cheriette item
A garbled relic from an old newspaper text mentions a misquotation about cheriette and a banner high above Heel country. The readable fragments suggest a misplaced quote and a distant, unclear banner reference without concrete names or events.
Corris Dealer Sells Substitutes Across Regions
Allen S Olensted supplies substitute goods described as sold everywhere with origins from Corris noted in fragmented text. This brief item records a distribution claim without clear dates or full names.
Beauty Hint: Red Elbows Treated With Bleaching Mix
The Evening News notes red elbows are a thorn to beauty and can be removed. Saw off the red elbows, soak in a bleaching mixture of lime, steep in carbonic acid, and you will be made noble again. Cold feet may be treated similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evening News
Best Form of Prayer and Chauncey Giles
Fragmentary note discusses prayer forms and power guiding hearts. Mentions Chauncey Giles and suggests silent, heartfelt prayer is most effective even without spoken words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Giles
Unclear medical notice with names and prices
Fragmentary OCR mentions Dr Wills and T Whitehead with vague claims of recommended by company and a price noted as 2c. No clear event or outcome.
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A.N. Dubois
Jra. C. Livermon
Siorgan A
J. C
Rley
Paton
Sch
Aste Dunn Hiorney
Savage
N. C
OLE. Smt
Ineck, N.C
Mutt & To Y
OmehNy Hs
Mt Staton
sur“Wing Nay Ther
Chas
Nine
Soliettin
Fam
Staton
Ice Dealer
Cow
Ben
Eals
Maxwell
Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Commonwealth
New York’s Water Tunnel
Osler
Uncle Sam
Dr. Osler
Mr. Polk Miller
Col
Tom" Booker
Richmond
Amelia County
Mr. Miller
Madry’s
Opera House
J. W. Allsbrook
Sam Hands
Corris
Thaef
Allen S, Olensted
Scotland Neck Guano Company
Scotland Neck
N.C
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