New Roller Skates With Rubber Tires Draw Crowds
At Paris and London shows a novel street roller skate with rubber tires replaces steel runners. Weighing about three pounds per skate, they offer swift travel and near instant stops when one foot crosses behind the other. Other items include antique bread forks and ornate silver accessories. The article also notes Mary Grace Thornton's May Century piece on the Czar’s coronation and features a testimonial disclaimer from Ture Piso Co., Warren, Pa.
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Paris
Stanley Show
London
Edward Thornton
Russia
Alexander III
Washington
Mary Grace Thornton
Nicholas II
Hair waves and hair accessory promise delight to women
An advertising notice touts a tortoise shell comb with attached waved hair for side styling. It blends fashion tips with other odds and ends, including teething remedies and travel promos. The page also includes rail excursion details and political convention dates.
Oldest British Trees Rise From Ancient Yews
The oldest tree in Britain is the Bradburn yew in Kent at about 3090 years. A near-equal age lies at TFortingal in Werthshire. The Ankerwyke House yew near Staines dates to Magna Charta era 1215 and was Henry VIII’s trysting place with Anne Boleyn. Fountains Abbey yews are over 1200 years old with founders seated there in 1132. Oaks do not rival yews for age. Damoreys oak fell in 1703 and Cowthorpe Oak near York is ~1600 years old.
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Bradburn
Kent
Tfortingal
Werthshire
Ankerwyke House
Staines
Henry VIII
Annie Boleyn
Fountains Abbey
Damorey's Oak
Devonshire
Cowthrope
Wetherby
Yorkshire
London Star
Bodily comfort offered by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
The advertisement promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a prompt remedy for dyspepsia rheumatism nervousness biliousness and chills and fever. It asserts the medicine improves appetite and helps nightly sleep, urging sufferers to use the comprehensive and genial remedy without delay.
X rays to aid doctors in locating fractures
The article notes X rays will soon be common in medical practice for locating fractures and dislocations. It explains swelling can hide fracture extent, making even slight breaks hard to detect.
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Best Gentle Remedy
A historic note promotes Syrup of Figs as the best simple remedy. It credits the California Fig Syrup Company as the manufacturer and emphasizes its gentle effect for common ailments.
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The
California Fig Syrup Company
Patchwork Proverb Sparks Morning Debate
A Chicago Record quip compares sewing to a feminine task and whistling to a masculine trait. The cartoonish line suggests practical jokes as trousers need repairs while one person heads to the matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Little Dick
Chicago
An Appreciative Spirit and Dinner Party Banter
A senator's wife hosted a dinner party with a musician guest list including a Kentucky delegation member. During polite pauses the hostess played Chopin and the guest prompted with a sonata quip about having had two on the way, prompting light laughter and a brief exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Congress
Bluegrass
The
Kentucky Statesman
New York Tribune
Prudent Measures End Bedtime Quipings in May Atlantic
Three early May Atlantic pieces present Rossetti to Allingham letters edited by George Birkbeck Hill with an autobiographical sketch of Allingham. Kendric C. Babcock reviews The Scandinavian Contingent on race in American life. An anonymous note questions Mr Olney’s fitness for the Presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
William Allingham
George Birkbeck Hill
Allingham
Kendric Charles Babcock
Olney
Fare to Virginia and Carolina Home Seekers Excur sion
May 5 excursion tickets sold from West and Northwest over the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio to Virginia and North Carolina at one round trip fare. Promotes cheap farm lands in Virginia with mild winters and reliable markets. Free descriptive pamphlet and time folders available from U S Truitt N W P A 224 Clark St Chicago. Also second hand billiard table for sale at 1518 12th St Omaha Neb.
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Virginia
Carolina
Chesapeake & Ohio
North Carolina
South
U. S. Truitt
Clark St
Chicago
Irrigation Planning for Strawberries in Western and Eastern States
The article argues for irrigation as a prudent safeguard for strawberry crops in both western and eastern counties, detailing methods to store and deliver water, including tanks and ponds, main and lateral pipes, and hoses. It warns that a rapid, thorough showering is more effective than slow seepage and stresses afternoon or evening irrigation, with engineering notes on pond size, dam safety, and water measurement to optimize yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Wanesas
Nebraska
Kansas College
Garden City
Texas
Curious History of Sugar Across Ancient Times
The piece traces sugar from early mentions by Pliny and Dioscorides through Arab and Indian use, noting Strabo and Arrian on reed honey, Seneca on burned sugar, and Nearchus on sugar cane. It cites conquest-era introductions from the east of Sicily to Spain, then spread to the West Indies, with world consumption recorded as 5,1070 tons in 1893 per the London Economist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Pliny
Arabia Felix
Statins
D.oscorides
Strabo
Arrian
Red Sea
Seneca
Chambers
Corduba
B. C
India
Nearchus
Alexander the Great
Sicily
Spain
West Indies
London Economist
Grinner Interrupts At Literary Soiree
At a Chicago gathering last night Grinner interrupted Miss High Cult during a discussion of Vante's works. He then asked for the titles of Vante's writings and had hidden the biographical dictionary to keep others from finding out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaude
Grinner
Unconventional humor at dinner with bishop remark
The late Prebendary Roger amused a London bishop by noting friends wished him higher church rank. He quipped that life had enough happiness without the “flummery about my legs” and mocked Dr Temple's apron. Also mention of MALLS CATARAH CURE and a remark on mothers-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger
London
Rovers
Dr. ‘Temple
San Francisco
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Ture Piso Co
Warren, Pa
J. Mulhall
Waukegan
K Iine
Magus
Wabash
St. Louis
National Republicas
St. 8
National Educational Association
Buffalo
Christian Endeavor
National People Fae Buses
Farnam St
Paxton Hotel
N. Chayton
N. W
Omaha
Neb
Wilbur
Harper
H.C
12Th St
Omaha, Neb
Jacobs
Uesey
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
MALLS
Cheney & CO
Proprs
Oledo O
Ayer
Cripple Creek
Mechem Investment CO
Bining Exchange
Denver
Colve
Lindsey
Racycle
Eve
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