Mosquitoes Halt NJ Leisure Areas Spur Improvement Fight
An article notes mosquito infestations in New Jersey marshlands killed local leisure appeal. A local improvement society drained breeding grounds in a year, boosting property values by about 50000 and drawing new settlers as 100 new homes are planned next year. Historic Raasay Island for Sale Also cited along with a starch advert and a sausage record by German makers in Pennsylvania.
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New Jersey
John B. Smith
Popular Science Monthly
Nervous Collapse Ad Warns of Final Nerve Breakdown
A distressed advertising claim promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous collapse and blood purification. Personal testimonial from E G Bradley of Rochester New York details relief after prolonged illness, restoration of appetite sleep and work ability following treatment. The notice invites orders and promises mail delivery of pills.
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Williams
E. G. Bradley
Parsells Avenue
Rochester
Sunday School Picnic Tale and Wry Wit
A fragmentary humorous note recounts a Sunday school picnic with playful rhymes and tall tales about crabs and a relay of mishaps. It includes pithy lines about friends, marriage, farming life, and common sayings, all presented in a quaint old-fashioned voice.
True chivalry and fading stage quips from old papers
A collage of humorous excerpts and light anecdotes from a historic page, including lines on chivalry, a senator’s mule language tale, reflections on Irish servants, laundry starch ads, a gaffe about a minister, a note on Alaska troop rations, and Madame Modjeuxka’s memoirs, all presented in compact editorial tidbits.
Temperature, Water, and Miscellany Across Time
A fragmented column mixes science notes and humorous snippets. It mentions boiling at sea level and high altitude, basic starch product directions, German vessels, a London dispatch on old warships, and social reflections on education, planning, and habits with assorted trivia and quips.
No Grandchildren or Cats Notice in Kingston Suburb
A Kingston property owner posts a notice banning grandchildren and cats on the premises. The odd phrasing echoes earlier chatter about cheap goods and extra starch in a prior advert, but the main readable fact is the owner’s restriction banning both grandchildren and cats from the property.
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Jim
California
Kingston
London
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