Peruna touted as catarrh cure by politicians and users
Promotional letters and testimonials praise Pe-ru-na as an excellent tonic for catarrh. Figures include United States Senator McEnery from Louisiana and Senator Sullivan, plus others like W. N. Roach, claiming relief and vigor. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna drug company from Columbus, Ohio.
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Ediannomi
Santiago
Santiago Campaisa
Pere-na
D. McEnery
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sullivans
W. N. Roach
Larimore
North Dakota
Perona ID Rag M’fg Co
Columbus
Perama Heals Mucous Membranes to Fight Malaria
The article states tatarrh opens mucous membranes allowing malaria microbes to enter. Perama purportedly heals these membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, claiming both prevention and cure of fever and malaria related affections.
Ely Dream Balm Promises Catarrh Cure and Trial Offer
Remedy claims to dry secretions and heal nasal membranes for catarrh or cold in the head. Trial size sent for 10 cents. the 50 cent size available from Ely Brothers in New York. Also notes a Chinese worker wage, Vienna organ grinders’ hours, and over two million trees planted in North Dakota along the railroad to curb snowdrifts.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N_Y
North Dakota
Colored paper strips aid eyesight and avoid glasses
A Glasgow newspaper man tired by writing longhand devised a desk inkstrip plan with colored papers. When his eyes rested on the colors each time he dipped ink, he found his sight improved and avoided using glasses.
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Glasgow
Antique Cooking Tips and Legal Precedents Mixed Text
The passage blends kitchen hints for flavoring soups and meats with legal citations from 19th century cases. It mentions using arrowroot flour in cake, minced pickles and capers in dressing, dairy boosts for Boston baked beans, cucumber in tomato soup, cider vinegar in fish boil water, sugar in boiling water for meats, and stock with salt for corned beef. It also discusses contingent debts under the bankruptcy act and cites Wight vs Gootechalk and McPeek v Western Union.
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Boston
Wight Vs. Gootechalk
Tenn
Mc Peek
Western Union Telegraph Company
Iowa
Fruit Bake With Gooseberries and Rice
A simple dessert method describes layering gooseberries and rice with batterlike fruit filling. Scatter bread crumbs atop with a little butter and bake in a moderate oven until the fruit cooks through.
Lake of Boiling Mud Near Grobogana Java
A lake of boiling mud lies near Grobogana Java, about two miles in circumference. Immense mud columns constantly rise and sink, while on the western edge giant bubbles form and explode at roughly three per minute.
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Grobogana
Java
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Cucumber Jelly Dish
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally. A cucumber jelly recipe uses four large cucumbers, gelatine soaked in water, salt, onion juice, lemon juice, and red pepper. Melt gelatine, mix with cucumber, mold, chill, and serve as dressing or in baskets.
Lye Hominy Recipe From Historic Laundry Notes
Instructions describe making lye hominy by boiling wood ashes with water to form lye, treating corn with lye, washing, soaking in buttermilk, then cooking. Includes steps for meal preparation using meat fryings and flour milk mixture, plus notes on lye strength and preservation.
Hot Milk as a Refreshing Stimulant
A Ladies' Home Journal note extols hot milk as an excellent stimulant for fatigue and mental exertion. It says heated milk is easily digestible, can be sipped slowly, and quickly refreshes both body and mind.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Greatest Sea Depth Record Reported Off South Atlantic
The deepest sea point known to man is in the South Atlantic Ocean between Tristan da Cunha and Rio de la Plata. The bottom there lies at 40,836 feet, about eight and three quarters miles, according to the latest measurements.
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South Atlantic Ocean
Tristan de Cuba
Rio de la Plata
Pepin Cures and Treatise Mentioned in Philadelphia ad
Fragmentary OCR reads as a Philadelphia advertisement or medical claim listing Pepin cures with a treatise by H. Kisma or similar names. Details are unclear but suggest a promotional health claim tied to a Philadelphia street address.
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Pepin
Rae Kline
H. Kisma
Treet
Philadelphia
Street to be built with bike strip concession
Ground has been conceded for the purpose of building a new street on condition that a strip be prepared for the use of bicyclists.
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement Parody
An OCR fragment advertises Allen's Foot Spar- vary product claiming to cure tired feet sweating and bunions with new formulas. It mentions a trial by a person named Olmsted in a location implied as Le.
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Allen S. Olmsted
Fat Clarification for Pastry and Gingerbread Chookies
To clarify fat soak in cold water for a day with water changes. For each pound of fat use a half cup of milk. Bake until set, then strain into a tin receptacle. Use for pastry, gingerbread and molasses cookies.
Red Cross laundry starch offer from J C Hubinger
Household hints urge housewives to obtain Red Cross laundry starch with a coupon book offering two free packages and two Shakspeare pictures in vibrant colors plus a calendar. The promotion promotes glossy linen appearance and fashionable laundry care.
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Red Cross
J. C. Hubinger
Efficient night trains on Joseph and Grand lanes
The piece discusses using the Joseph and Grand lanes night trains to shorten travel time to 8 veeph or Kansas Oit xeen. It highlights reclining chair cars with free seats and Pullman sleepers as available accommodations.
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Kansas
Joseph
Grand
Musical Clock For China Emperor Completes Automaton
A grand musical clock finished for the Chinese Emperor in his palace features an eight division automatic orchestra with forty two pieces selected by the Emperor. The rosewood clock case is styled in Chippendale antique design and plays melodies from eight repertoires across eight divisions.
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Gm Great
Bart
Senator McEnery
W. ¥. Sullivan
Orford, Miss
San Juan
Vienna
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
WaVhsy Bbizsres
Erie Arene Ge
Bray
York, Neb
Rial
Guarns
Hale
Pike
Bishinn Abbey
Hall
Bra Assete
Helvetics Mvestwent Company
California
Lake
Treet Cincaco
Europe
America
Nature
Eweler’s Weekly
Busesussell
Itor
Nme
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
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