Allcock's Plaster Proves a Quick Local Remedy
A Great Outside Remedy claims to cure meat pains and soreness from colds with outside applications. Allcock's Plaster is praised as a universal remedy for pain, fast acting, clean, cheap, and usable during work. Sixty years of use cemented its reputation as a reliable treatment. A separate anecdote notes a tramp denied hunger at an old farm gate seeking a turnip, while a tollworker refused him.
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Allcock
Toll
Signature bottle warning hints at classic ad fraud tale
Greening Baldwin quips about figures while Browning notes his burlesque seat habit. The snippet ties a caution about infant medicine bottles bearing a signature, echoing a long standing claim of a trustworthy brand. The exchange blends humor with a promotional warning atmosphere.
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Greening
Baldwin
Browning
Patents Issued to Northwestern Inventors Report
Northwestern inventors receive listed patents reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers at 911 Pioneer Press building St Paul Minnesota Names include Pehr Christ Viansson Carlos Minn marker for corn planters Edward L Curlas Anoka Minn kitchen utensil Louis De Vaux Albert Lea Minn refrigerator Ole C Olsen Waseca Minn cap Albert Royden Lengby Minn manure carrier Edwin G Staude Minneapolis Minn machine for making flexible boxes David M Swain Stillwater Minn well construction pending entry in patent records
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer
St. Paul
Minn
Pehr Christ Viansson
Carlos
Edward L. Curlas
Anoka
Louis de Vaux
Albert Lea
Ole C. Olsen
Waseca
Cap
Albert Royden
Lengby
Edwin G. Staude
Minneapolis
David M. Swain
Stillwater
Practical Maid and Advertisements in One Page
A compact page features humorized dialogue between a practical girl and a sentimental youth plus assorted ads and quips. It promotes Rubber boots, Goodyear products, hide and fur circulars, milk and cream payment claims, and humorous maxims about manners, crime, and gum chewing. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper’s light fare.
The Dry Hog House Is The Cheapest
The article extols dry hog houses as the best for swine. It emphasizes location for drainage and sun exposure, proper ventilation, and proximity to pasture with shade. It notes individual houses suit broad sows, while large houses with long pens are also mentioned.
Model Hog House Design and Poultry Feed Chop Guide
The text describes a dry dust free building design for year round operation with wire netting gates to prevent light obstruction and disease. It notes two litters per year for market and includes a tip on chopping vegetables for hens using a wooden pail to save labor and improve acceptance by the flock.
Handy Home Made Farm Truck From Old Mower Parts
A do it yourself farm truck built from an old mower wheel frame serves to move tools between shed and fields. It describes frame details, axles, reach, cross pieces, braces, and sideboards with stakes, plus uses for ploughs and stones and notes on keeping tools covered.
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Gays Montreal Herald
Paint Up Do It Yourself Farm Wagon Painting Tips
Do not paint in freezing weather. Remove wheels and loose parts, wash and prep wood, use eight cans of good paint, and work indoors on a barn floor out of wind. Begin maintenance as pasture thins and sheep head into winter.
Milk Production Standards for Cheese and Butter Making
An 1905 guidance piece outlines minimum cow milk and butter yields for cheese and butter production. It defines a good cow as yielding at least 6000 pounds of milk annually for cheese or 250 pounds of butter for buttermaking, with annual profit over feed costs of at least 25 dollars. It discusses feeding regimes and cites an experiment comparing four, eight, and twelve pounds of meal per cow, concluding the medium eight pounds offers the best balance of milk yield and cost.
Geological survey report on 1905 mineral output and a crazy claim
The bulletin notes 1905 sand and gravel production at 23 174 967 short tons valued 11 199 645 with a per ton average of 48 cents. Raw borax output reached 46 847 short tons valued 698 810, up from 1904. A crazed woman demanded Rockefeller's wife for 1 million dollars but received a cashed check that was not spent. Apples for the chicks advise adding apples to feed during cold weather.
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United States Geological Survey
Rockefeller
Ridgely Tightens Bank Supervision and Policy
William Barret Ridgely, in charge since 1901, is depicted as the stringent yet fair controller of the currency. The piece portrays his deep knowledge of the banking world, the dangers of dominant bank figures, and the need for fearless public examination to secure state banks and trust companies. It notes his lineage in Illinois banking, his technical background, and his role as a critic and reformer in the financial system.
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William Barret Ridgely
Perdition
E Toner
James B. Morrow
SineInnat! Enquirer
Ilicer
St. Louis
United States Bank
Nicholas Diddle
Ridgelys
Springfield
Illinois
William Barret
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Hanna
National Treasury
Pierpont Morgan
America
Mr. Ridgely
Supreme Court of the United States
Ber
Disfiguring Skin Disorder Cured By Cuticura Remedies
Thomas M. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey says a long battle with eczema left him unable to work. After five weeks his wife bought Cuticura Ointment and Soap and he claims a complete cure, with the skin conditions clearing from hands neck body to hips and tops of his head. Rossiter urges others with skin diseases to use Cuticura for a speedy permanent cure.
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Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
N. J
Quirk and Easyman Dispute Over Salary Backing
In a terse exchange Easyman claims a thousand a year and a secure position. Quirk questions the legitimacy and funding. Easyman asserts he demonstrated his pay and notes three thousand was provided as security by the backers.
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Easyman
Easyuirk
Conversation at the dress ball ends in confession
Bilkins teases Wilkins about attending a dance. Wilkins admits previous embarrassment from last season and avoiding risk. He reveals that at the masque, he spent the evening with a wife, implying a wasted opportunity and social lapse.
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Bilkins
Wilkins
Routs Her Father's Cares Miss Helen Cannon Hosts
Miss Helen Cannon, devoted daughter and amiable hostess, guards her father the speaker of the house. She meets critics with wit and care, using criblelage games to ease dull moments. Her charm and quick temper mark the household’s social theater.
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Helen Cannon
Montes
Joe
Weber
Fragmented Ephemera From Hal to Brown Divorce Note
A garbled OCR page fragment lists names and product pitches, referencing Cheney Toledo and Brown-Newpoy in divorce and baby naming. It includes odd slogans like curing a cold in one day and Winslow's soothing syrups, with scattered prices and lines about pious property etc. The readable bits show a chaotic ads page with legal and consumer notices mixed with humor lines.
Proved Hero Flirt At Dedication Of Pennsylvania Capital
Senator Penrose spoke at the dedication of Pennsylvania's capital at Hartsburg praising a private dinner remark about a speech. He described the speaker's words as revealing the author's character in every sentence. The text then digresses with garbled phrases and a street scene memory, ending with an advertisement for overshoes from Wilimid by Elks.
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Penrose
Pennsylvania
Hartsburg
Avery
Briel
Tyll
Uwluninathig
Win
Younig
Tady
Vorris
Tanker Street
Tankey
Moris
No Railway Tales From Old Countrys Interview
A fragmented snippet recounts Mes Hirai Offen interviewing a greenhorn girl who describes crossing water. The dialogue hints at railway absence and a ship voyage, with muffled phrases suggesting transport by sea rather than rail.
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Hirai Offen
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Revekain
Mathnes
Examina
Stout
Goodyear Rubber Co
Smith
N. We Hide & Fur Co
Neal
Miller & Holmes
St. Paul, Minn
Crooks
Lumbago Sciatica
T. Jacobs Oil
Price Bsc
Ene Atents
Imeana
Aaron Re Iso
Ortewas
Canada
Aret
I Slim Experiment Station
MH. H. Dean
Ontario Agricultural College
Angoctor
United States
Parson Coopah
Sam Sindons
Coopah
Sam Shinbone
Puck
Garfield
Bobby
Ewell Billdog
Boston
Express
Tommy
Pelis
Hide & Ur Co
Wineapolia
Raswe G. Smith
Cornish
Amos L. Allen
Congressman Reed
Allen
Reed
McClellan
Taft
Westmore
Horatio C. King
Washington
James Knox Taylor
Treasury Department
Taylor
Hal
Cheney
Tuledn
fHail
Weil
Ilva
Brown—Newpoy
Green
Brown
Citiman
J. H. Rindlaus
Fargo, N. D
Dent Worry” Club
Winslow
Jen
Ke No
Hide Neapolis
Ming
Elks
Iver
Sharood
California Fig Syrup Co
Olive Street
WOODWARD @ CO
Minneap
Grain Commission
Du'uth
Thompegn
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