Pick-Me-Up and Wheat Crop Estimates Across Three States
A fragment mentions Pick-Me-Up and a $25,000 government line for flying machines and contrasts with dyspepsia cures. It reports HV Jones publishing Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota wheat crop estimates for 1900 and 1899, noting total production around 136 million bushels, 67 million less than 1899. Also promotes Cascarrets for bowel health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hontetter
HV. Jones
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
Dakotag
North Dakota
South Dakota
Odds and Ends from a Busy Page
A collage of jokes ads and snippets includes Toto losing two cents sparking a quip, Allen’s Foot-Ease shoe remedy, travel notes about the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited, office humor about abroad without traveling, and light chatter on ink and desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
The Bride That Changed Her Mind On A Train Meeting
A bachelor narrator recalls a July journey from King’s Cross to York where a pretty bride-to-be, distracted by a wedding, changes plans after a mistaken smoking carriage assumption. They bond over shared missteps, exchange cards, and later meet in London, with the couple’s intended wedding thwarted by fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Julian
Scarborough
King’s Cross
Terely
Peterborough
York
Phyl
London
Julian
Penny Pictorial Magazine
Babylonian Expedition Uncovers Vast Ancient Library In Nippur
Prof Herman V Hilprecht reports from the east that excavations for the University of Pennsylvania revealed the temple library and priest school at Nippur destroyed in 228 B C The library holds 16000 stone volumes revealing theology astronomy linguistics and mathematics A collection of letters biographies and 5000 official documents were found The overall result includes 23000 stone writings and numerous new inscriptions to study ancient history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman V. Hilprecht
Assyria
Babylon
University of Pennsylvania
Nippur
B. C
Sparrow Escapes Through Chimney at Mrs Fox Home
An escaped sparrow at 2d Hast Street, in the home of Mrs Susan Fox, entered the chimney and traveled through two elbows and stovepipe into the stove, damper and ashpan before being rescued. The bird appeared unharmed despite a hot stove fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Fox
War Report Sparks Unlikely Happy Homes
A London paper notes wartime effects differ per reader. A widow of a fallen Tommy smiles through grief, saying the war has "made a lot of money" from papers and friends, preserving her comfort as she recalls her lost spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tommy
Colonen
Seward's Path to Independence in Early Career
A youths' companion account recalls William H. Seward leaving Union College over debt to a tailor. He seeks wages as an academy head in Georgia, endures poverty, finds aid with Auburn migrants, earns eight hundred dollars yearly, and ultimately resigns to return home while building a legal career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Seward
Union College
Seward
Georgia
Auburn
N. Y
Sought For Academy
Hos
Academy
Reluctant coachman's trip ends in barnyard calamity
Detroit Free Press report sketches a chaotic scene as a coachman leaves on urgent business prompting his wife Nan to manage the barn. She buys a summer dress with the money, is soaked by a rainstorm, and a series of mishaps follows including a fall into a stable chute, injuries to the cook and herself, a police and contractor involvement, and the coachman returning with extra pay to smooth over the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Nan
Peter
Detroit Free Presa
Great Auk eggs fetch records at Stevens rooms sale
Two great auk eggs sold at Stevens' rooms last week realized 315 and 180 guineas. The higher price was for an unrecorded French specimen noted as finest of its markings, setting a new record since 200 guineas was previous peak. About 75 eggs are known to exist. Sheng, a Chinese official, is described as capable and broad minded in telegraphs and railways. He heads the Imperial bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Stevens
Sheng
Pekin
Saia
China
Imperial Bank
Treasury
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
List shows Edward H. Allison Fort Yates N D with toy game. Benjamin F Keeney Watertown 8 D boiler washout device. Herbert W Kingsbury Winona Minn safety grating. Simeon C Lawter Duluth Minn window cleaner. Jacob Markus Harrison 8 D veterinary obstetrical instrument. Haldora Olson Duluth Minn obstetrical appliance. Henry G Roth Minneapolis Minn cabinet. William J Stewart Minneapolis Minn knife guard. James Wyvell Breckenridge Minn organ. Patent attorneys Piland vid Frese Bldg St Paul.
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Northwestern
Edward H. Allison
Fort Yates
N. D
Benjamin F. Keeney
Watertown
Herbert W. Kingsbury
Winona
Minn
Simeon C. Lawter
Duluth
Jacob Markus
Harrison
Haldora Olson
Henry G. Roth
Minneapolis
William, J. Stewart
James Wyvell
Breckenridge
Yp & Johnson
Frese ‘Bldg
Bt. Paul
Pale Weak Women and the Pinkham Vegetable Compound
An article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for menstrual pain and irregularities. It claims the medicine preserves form and facial freshness, and cites letters from women in the paper praising its health benefits.
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Toto
Allen
Olmated
LeRoy, N.yt
Finteal
Washington Star
J. H. Rindlaub
Inlent
Fargo
College Graduale
Philadelphia n+quirer
Carter
Fuk
Boston
Tearn
Sade
Hecuba
Detroit Journal
Esscough
J. W. O'Buimx
Third Ave
Minneapolia
Jam
Faxxus
Jlatema
Sparrow
ENCE
Fatents
Philadelphia
Fall
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Detroit Free Press
Druggiata
Olmsted
LeRoy
Chicago Record
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
Dicker
Harlem Life
England
Agno Popata
Pratt
Winslow
New Zealand
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carters Ms
Eris
Jers
Niditiouu
Henay We Copp
Washington
Whem
cuTour
Wm. Donaldson & Co
Glass Bloch
Ita
Saint Paul
Sthmae
Northern
Pacific
Chas
Fee
Pant
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