Pur Health's Adulterations Common in Large Cities
The article warns of widespread food adulteration by unscrupulous manufacturers and dealers who ship to consumers via agents and mail. It cites mislabeling of olive oil, synthetic flavorings, and doctored spices, fish sold as cod, dyed tomato products, and the difficulty of enforcing laws against interstate sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Food Commission
Food Department
Philadelphia
Middle West
The Premium Trap in Graft Trust Marketing
The article explains how trust practices push prize schemes to lure buyers into paying higher prices. It notes that premiums are funded by consumers through short weights, higher charges, and freight costs, while manufacturers profit from the scheme. It urges buying goods on merit and at fair prices rather than premium plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust
Catch Penny Advertisements Warn of Home Trial Fraud
A warning about ads promising goods on approval for one dollar explains you may incur freight and express charges and many additional costs. The notice cautions readers to avoid purchases that ship first and bill later.
Trade's Great Magnet of Advertising Hits Home
The piece argues that fortunes in America come from persistent newspaper advertising. It notes mail order growth and warns against monopolies, urging merchants to use attractive ads with clear product details and weekly changes to draw customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Helping the trusts and the danger of wealth without labor
D. M. Carr argues that promoting easy wealth fuels greed and harms home towns. He warns large concerns drain rural wealth by building a distant city funded by scattered contributors, aiding trusts, monopolies, and price control, urging readers to oppose urban concentration and business oligarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraeli
D. M. Carr
Deception Practiced in Advertising Columns Warns Buyers
The piece cautions readers to scrutinize each proposition in city papers and remember advertisers seek money, not philanthropy. It warns that bargains under real value often hide fraud and advises buying from trustworthy home stores to avoid deceit.
Woman shielded child as car strikes on busy Oakland street
Mrs. C R Kirchner of Los Angeles, carrying an infant and leading an eight year old, attempted to cross Broadway and Fourteenth when M T Vance of San Francisco struck her car. The collision left her with bruises and her child hurt. she refused hospital care and declined to prosecute. Vance claimed Kirchner stepped into the path while he slowly turned, horn sounding. Police and witnesses described the scene. Kirchner was later driven home.
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Oakland
Cal
C. R. Kirchner
Summer Street
Broadway
Fourteenth Street
M. T. Vance
Alabama Street
San Francisco
Vance
Kirchner
Brown
Infant killed by large black cat in Mexico cradle
Genaro Go dinez a three month old infant died in Mexico City area Plateros after a large black cat attacked him in his cradle. The mother had been away briefly. neighbors heard the cries then found the infant dead and the child’s face and limbs badly mauled. The mother was in shock and gravely ill.
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City
Mexico
Genaro Godinez
Plateros
Godinez
Girls Sail to Get Husbands
The Liverpool report highlights a large emigration of marriageable women to the United States and Canada. About 1,000 unmarried women boarded the Baltic, part of roughly 5,000 passengers on three trans Atlantic steamers, with several hundred more among the totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
United States
Canada
Baltic
Woman pleads to spare bulldog from euthanasia
In Indianapolis a poor but respectable woman visits police HQ with a friendly bulldog facing confiscation for unpaid tax. Humane Inspector Smith plans to kill the dog, but the woman cries, embraces the dog, and escapes as she vows to return home rather than lose her pet. She leaves no name.
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Indianapolis
Police
Crane
Smith
Fate of Cow That Ate Dynamite Causes Rural Chase
Albert Scofield on his Norwich farm saw a cow swallow two sticks of dynamite from a stump cleft. The animal frantically ran through the village after indigestion and was killed by rifle fire 200 feet away. A sign on the carcass warned against jarring it, noting it could detonate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Albert Scofield
Scofield
Hard-Working Burglar Holds Rockford Safe-Creaking Record
Seattle burglar George Everett known as Burton and Munson, arrested by Police Chief Wappenstein, reputedly cracked 14 safes in Rockford Illinois in a single building within hours, earning a heavy Illinois sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle, Wash
George Everett
Burton
Munson
Wappenstein
Rockford
Electric duel on San Francisco street ends in wreckage
In a midtown San Francisco stunt on Sutter Street between Pierce and cott, an electric car and a gas runabout collided as spectators watched. The street car helper and both drivers joined the fray. a shove from the motorman led to a crash that left the auto wrecked and the street car briefly electrified before calm returned and spectators laughed off the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sutter Street
Pierce and
Cott
Patrick Calhoun
Dog decides ownership in Philadelphia court case
In a novel court test, a fox terrier chose Mary Crane over Patrick O Malley. The magistrate released the dog two blocks from each claimant. the terrier ran first to O Malley, then decisively to Mrs. Crane, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mary Crane
Patrick O'Malley
O’malley
Mrs. Crane
O'Malley
Ardmore Boy Targeted in Peppers Prank by Local Youths
In Ardmore Pennsylvania a 12 year old, Henry Skinner Jr., was restrained by several boys during hide and seek and had red pepper poured into his eyes. The attack was witnessed by neighbors and the youths fled. The case hinges on the extent of injury and medical recovery as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Henry Skinner, Jr
Skinner
Henry Skinner
Proper Lunchbox Craft For School Children
When sending a child to school with a lunch, prepare neatly wrapped packets. Pack sandwiches on whole wheat with simple fillings, a modest cake, fruit, crisp cookies, and ginger wafers. Avoid candy unless maple sugar is available and keep the lunchbox clean and orderly.
How to remove old paint from wall for papering
A housekeeper can strip painted walls by using hot water with strong potash to scrub the surface. Rinse with cold water and dry with flannel. For very old paint apply a night coat of slaked lime and potash to loosen the layer for easier scraping.
Peach Preserves and Pickled Peaches Recipe
Instructions for making peach preserves with sugar and sun drying plus a pickled peaches method. Peach halves are sugared and sun dried until transparent, then jarred. For pickled peaches, combine peaches with sugar and vinegar, add spices, boil, readd peaches, boil again, and can.
Pickle Brine and Vinagar Pickling Method From Old Recipe
Equal quantities cucumber and green tomato pieces with cauliflower and onions are brined in a salt water bath, then drained and dried. After 24 hours the brine is heated with alum and a pinch of nutmeg, then cooled and drained. A vinegar mixture with brown sugar flour and ground mustard is prepared, boiled and combined, poured over the vegetables, and the jars are sealed with horse radish to prevent molding and paraffin topped for preservation.
Green Corn Country Style Recipe
Eight ears of corn with salt two quarts water sugar melted butter pepper and salt. Husk and silk corn leaving one layer of husk. Boil corn ten minutes in salted water then six minutes more. Serve on platter with melted butter pepper and salt.
Nut Brown Bread Recipe from Good Housekeeping
A simple recipe for nut brown bread combines white flour and graham with baking powder and salt. It adds molasses and chopped English walnuts, mixed with milk to a batter and baked in a moderate oven for a rich flavor.
Red Beet Potato Cold Salad Recipe
One cupful of cold boiled potatoes chopped, one cupful pickled beets cut fine, one cupful uncooked red cabbage chopped fine. Add three tablespoonfuls oil four tablespoonfuls of beet pickling vinegar one half teaspoon salt half as much pepper. Mix lightly let stand one hour in a cool place and serve.
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David Talbot Day
Mining and Mineral Resources Division
United States Geological Survey
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Solomon
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