Bryant brother of William Bryant in Princeton in good health
Bryant, brother of William Bryant, lives in Princeton age ninety one, believed alive and well. He is active and mentally sharp, planning a winter trip to St. Johns near Jacksonville, with prior spring visits noted. The letter mentions his social games and a family note on soothing medicines.
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Ws Bryant
William EU. Bryant
Princeton
Bryant
St. Jolas
Jacksonville
Esmee
L B Q Tablets Promoted Amid Methodist Conference Vote
An old ad touts L B Q laxative tablets promising refunds if ineffective. It notes genuine tablets bear L. B Q. branding. The Northern Methodist conferences pass an equal lay representation measure by a vote of 3,278 to 987.
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Northern Methodist Conferences
Burglars Banter In Prison Cell Mixes Music Joke
A jailhouse exchange shows two inmates joking about a piano theft. One newcomer claims he might play a few bars if he gets a file, while the other taunts him about practicing music behind bars.
Inventor’s boast Meets Realist in Central America Demand
A boastful claim of a world changing invention meets the practical view of a skeptic who cites expected demand in Central and South America. The exchange appears in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Boaster
Central and
South America
Pitttsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Health with wealth to Ranching and Mixed Farming
Letter from Calgary Alberta dated November 4 1898 extols Minnesota home seekers to move north for farming and ranching. Advocate says short seasons and sunshine boost crops while hogs and cattle fetch good prices. Notes cheap railroad land with long payments and north Edmonton area as prime settling ground. Claims cure benefits for consumption and cites prosperous locals. Signed Charles N Scott and a final pun question about a girl with a dimple.
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Calgary
Alberta
Duluth Evening Herald
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Edmonton
Charles N. Scott
Great Nerve Restorer and Cough Killer Ads Appear
A jumble of 19th century ads promises cures for fits and nervousness with Dr Kiine and Dr Seth Arnold. The notice also reports freight orders by receivers Cowen and Murray for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, listing hundreds of box cars and other cars to be delivered by January 15th with Westinghouse air brakes and automatic couplers.
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Kiine
R. H. Kuine
L.W
Arch St
Philadelphia
Cowen and Murray
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Michigan Peninsular Car Company
Pullman Company
Missouri Car and Foundry Company
Sehoen Company
Westinghouse
Russell Sage Prefers Trading Horses Over Buying
Russell Sage enjoys horses and often drives the best despite riding little. He sticks to trading horses as in his younger days rather than purchasing. He believes plain women are easily persuaded that handsome is as handsome.
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Russell Sage
Dairy and Poultry How Successful Farmers Operate This Dept
A practical guide offering hints for managing dairy and poultry operations on a farm. Focuses on care of live stock, feed quality, housing, and daily routines to improve productivity and health. Includes tips likely from agricultural experts of the period.
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Department of the Farm
Feeding and Teating at Tasmanian Farmers Convention
G M Barnard urges regular cow feeding with precise rations. He details a winter diet costing about 4s 9d per cow weekly, compares grazing impact, and notes a Babcock Tester reveal of disparities in milk and butter costs. He argues for selective breeding and dairy herd efficiency over scrub cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasmania
G. M. Barnard
Babcock
Winter-proof Hen House Built From Poles and Straw
Farmers' Review recounts building a warm hen house for winter using twelve by twelve foot square frames of driven poles, straw filling, and a central supporting post. The structure includes a door and window, with a thatch roof stabilized by wire and later add-ons. The author notes it kept hens comfortable and egg baskets full, and suggests straw or hay versions can last multiple winters with maintenance.
Bantam Hen Kills 42 Chicks Protecting Brood
A farmer recounts how a pet bantam hen repeatedly struck at newly hatched chicks under the wings of a sitting hen, trampling many as the mother fought back. After the bantam was killed, chick losses ceased, underscoring the need to guard broods from intruding quarrelsome hens.
Guinea fowls praised as hardy watchful poultry
The Poultry Herald urges raisers to keep guinea fowls on premises. They are hardy and calm, serve as watch dogs by alarming hawks, deter sparrow hawks, and reduce insect pests. Guineas live eight to ten years and offer low raising costs with good meat, second only to turkey.
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Poultry Herald
Proper Ventilation for Winter Cattle Stables
An early note urges stockmen to give cattle ample space in winter stables to avoid dangerous, suffocating carbon buildup from breath. Crowded, dirty quarters invite disease, high costs, and unhealthy cattle. ventilation is hard but essential for herd health.
Egg sex development debate in embryology periodicals
The article notes a recurring claim about wrinkled eggs producing cockerels. It argues that embryology shows an initial sexual phase in days, then a hermaphroditic stage around day seven, with subsequent development bias determined by later sex differentiation.
International Poultry Exhibition Held in St Petersburg
Announcement for an international poultry show in St Petersburg Russia under Imperial sanction by the Russian Poultry Society dates May 18 to 28 1899. Details available from this consulate. Bar on Schlippenbachy Imperial Russian Consul Chicago Ill. Also notes on fence post anchoring via cast iron cone brace and advice to stockpile grain and vegetables for winter.
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Russia
St Petersburg
Russian Poultry Society
Baron Schlippenbachy
Chicago
Ill
Telephone conversation admitted in appeal court ruling
Kansas City court of appeals reverses a county court in a suit to recover the value of a piano burned in a freight depot. The decision allows a telephone conversation to be admitted as evidence in the lawsuit following a telegraphic shipping order.
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Court of Appeals
Kansas City
Jollydog Paragraph on Heiresses and Candidates
In a Town Topics exchange Jollydog notes American heiresses and candidates share a problem. Pollywog asks what it is and Jollydog explains they struggle to get a square count.
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Jollydog
Pollywog
Padamseaty
Rourke Cochran Rumored to Wed Virginia Fair in New York
Rumors in New York link lawyer and orator Rourke Cochran with a marriage to Miss Virginia Fair. Cochran is noted for his fashionable society presence and attentiveness to Miss Fair.
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New York
Rourke Cochran
Virginia Fair
Cochran
Miss Fair
The Enormous Gold Product of 1898 and Trade Boost
The article notes large gold production from South Africa the Klondike and Australia, predicting output will nearly double any prior year. It also reports rapid sales growth for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, promoted as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion constipation nervousness and weakness.
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South Africa
Klondike
Australia
Cheney gives organ to Colorado College in memory of brother
Miss Elizabeth Cheney of Wellesley Massachusetts presents a large pipe organ to the auditorium of the new Colorado College building. The gift honors Charles Paine Cheney who died in Colorado Springs in February.
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Elizabeth Cheney
Wellesley
Mass
Colorado College
Cheney
Charles Paine Cheney
Colorado Springs
Prize catalogue offers 300 rewards from Euney Soap Works
A mailed inquiry reveals a prize list of 300 items for various tastes and conditions. Prizes are tied to Diamond soap wrappers and are offered by Euney Soap Works of South Omaha.
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Euney Soap Works
South Omaha
X-ray Pioneering Professor Offered Leipsic Chair
Professor Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, discoverer of X rays, has been offered a generously endowed professorship at the University of Leipsic. He has taught at Strasburg Heidelberg Giessen and Würzburg. Since his X-ray discovery he was made a baron by the Austrian emperor.
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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
University of Leipsic
Strasburg
Hohenheim
Giessen
Wurzburg
Austria
Remedy for unhappy married couples promoted by Vitality Pill
An advertisement touts Vitality Pill as a cure for unhappy marriages and obstinate spouses. It claims to address "Curosignor and tobacco habits" and offers free physicians' testimonials. Scientific Remedy Co. lists Box 9118 Roaton Maas as contact.
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Pilla
Cali
Scientific Remedy Co
Roaton
Maas
C.h.richards CO
Omaha
Nebraska
Augusta Democrats form Roosevelt club statement
In Augusta Georgia Democrats organized a Roosevelt club citing admiration for the president’s front line service and patriotism. The group praises his bravery devotion and leadership for the flag and country.
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Augusta
Democrat presents large cut glass bowl to McKinley
J. D. Robinson of Toledo Ohio presents President McKinley with a then unprecedented cut glass bowl. The piece features star and stripe motifs and is described as the largest cut glass bowl ever made.
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J. D. Robinson
Loledo, C
President McKinley
Wise Saying on Education of Parents
A proverb notes that a wise man respects and supports his parents' education, implying filial duty strengthens family and community bonds.
Relief from Pain Letter Praises Vegetable Compound
Mrs T A Walden of Oibeon Georgia writes she suffered monthly pain and side ache until using Dean Mas Pinkham Vegetable Compound along with Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. She reports noticeable relief after the first bottle and requests sharing the letter to help others.
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T. A. Walden
Oibeon
Dean Mas. Pinkham
Lfe
Florence A Wolper Testimony on Effective Dean Pinsnam Advice
Florence A Wolper of Mulberry M Lancaster Ohio reports two years of severe monthly womb inflammation. Local doctors offered medicines with only brief relief. Following Dean Pinsnam's advice, she now says she is perfectly well.
Lydia E Pinkham remedy praised by Mancfield reader
Misses symptoms of pain in the abdomen and leucorrhoea improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The correspondent claims a dramatic health restoration and urges others to try the remedy.
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Les. W. R. Bates
Mancfield
Lydia E. Pinkham
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