San Yak touted as cure for long kidney trouble
Coldwater Michigan resident Charles W Bennett, a former Civil War soldier, writes of fifty years of kidney illness and renewed health after using San Yak. Multiple testimonials praise the remedy from Benton Harbor and nearby towns, including nurses, police chiefs, and doctors, claiming restored energy and improved blood flow.
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Coldwater
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Charles W. Bennett
Division St
Janey and Two Suitors Stir a College Widow's Heart
In a scene of palms and tea, Janey weighs marriage with two lovers, Jack and Billy, while David Blair, a successful bachelor, watches from the edge of revelry. Janey admits she proposed, and the pair navigate youthful desire, future stakes, and the claim that women must choose happiness.
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David Blair
David
Ace
Janey
Walt
Billy Hayes
Jack
Billy
David J
Young Living
Ford Engage
Jane
Pitty
Tilly
Someries
Carl
How to Regulate High Blood Pressure Ad
An advertisement promotes San Yak as a health loan to prevent artery issues and disorders. It claims to stave off arteriosclerosis, palsy, apoplexy, bladder and kidney trouble, rheumatism, constipation, and nerve problems. Sold by Charles R. Murphy in Alma, Michigan, made by Burnham Medicine Co., Detroit, Michigan.
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Burnham
Charles R. Murphy
Alma
Mich
Burnham Medicine Co
Detroit
Origin of the hoe cake in the South before the Civil War
The article describes hoe cake as a Southern dish born among enslaved people and plantation workers. Batter from cornmeal and water cooked on open coals evolved into a shared food, with slave and planter families both adapting it by using butter or lard and, later, milk, baking powder, and shortening in ovens.
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United States
South
Beths
Annie and Jimmy’s Quiet Courtship at the Burton Home
A fragmentary reminiscence tells of Jimmy, a longtime guest, courting Annie the hired girl after years of quiet chats under the apple tree. The tale shifts through family dialogue about marriage, cookies, and heart’s choices, ending with a hopeful note on settling down.
What Makes Thunder Rumble
A rough historical note describes how thunder results from lightning. It explains sound waves travel slower than light, taking time to reach observers, with the perception delayed by distance.
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Longi
Keghtnine
Eggs One Hundred Years Old Found In Elm in England
Workmen cutting a large elm tree at North Atlerton Eng found five dried starling eggs in the heart of the trunk. The eggs lay 18 inches from the bark and are estimated to have been deposited about one hundred years ago. Researchers suggest a pair of birds once nested in a cavity when the tree was young, and the eggs were later foregone while the tree grew around the nest.
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Northatlerton
Eng
Frogs and Their Eggs Show Unusual Nesting Behavior
In a pond exhibit, a strange frog species builds nests in a rearing water body. The structure appears to be a shielded, egg-studded platform with low fences drawn together and set alight by an empty component. Tadpoles then emerge when the bottom plug loosens.
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Vmeuny
Eupentes
Von Moltke's Garrulity Causes Comment in Court
A humorous snippet notes Field Marshal von Moltke being famed for brevity but this season adds to his usual phrase with the words Meine Herren Gentlemen. The crowd remarks that the aging soldier grows talkative, a rare lapse for a man of few words.
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von Moltke
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