Healthful Food Kitchen Aims to Feed City at Low Cost
A New York venture proposes public kitchens supplying wholesome soups breads and meats at low prices to households workshops and factories. Supported by a philanthropist the program seeks self sufficiency and wider adoption in New York Stockholm and other cities to free time for women and improve children’s prospects.
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United States
Boston
Providence
New York
Hudson and
Charlton Streets
New England
Stockholm
Newport
New York Recorder
Enduring School Friendships and Handling Tiffs
A reflection on maintaining long lasting friendships with a dear girl friend like Anna. The piece urges generosity when disagreements arise, suggesting bearing with faults if the friend is lovable and one is dutiful, and notes mothers’ advice on handling children and worms with Mother Gray’s Sweet Worm Powders priced at 25 cents.
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Anna
Harper
Mother Gray
New York
Allj
The Bachelor and the Value of a Valet
The New York World quotes Elisha Dyer arguing that a monthly reserve for a valet saves time and money. He claims a capable valet keeps clothes neat, reduces sudden buys, and makes a bachelor’s home as orderly as a married man’s.
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Elisha Dyer
New York World
Physician's advertised cure for Consumption exposure remedy
An elderly physician promotes a free distribution of a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders. The offer includes instructions in German French or English sent by mail from Rochester and notes a reader recalling stoves' emergence in Ohio in the 1840s with steel and Longfellow referenced.
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East India
Ohio
Longfellow
Philadelphia Press
The Present Time as the Masterpiece of Life
A Congregationalist reflection exalts the day’s twenty four hours as a sacred period to work and progress. It warns that wasting time means killing eternity, praising the present over a distant future while urging prudent, purposeful living.
Farmer in Marion County Finds Clock in Snake
A Marion County farmer reports a snake swallowed an eight day clock in August 1887 and it ticked until it ran down. He later found eggs in a hole containing open faced watches in running order and sold them for a large profit, hoping the creature will produce cork screws for wholesale.
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Marion County
Layering Carnations and Lawn Care Tips
Article explains layering carnations by tonging stems and pegging, then covering with soil. It notes use of galvanized pegs, rolling lawns after frost to smooth patches, reseeding bare areas, and applying fertilizer or dressings to improve turf and overall lawn beauty.
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Meehan
The Lombardy poplar and peach tree fertilization notes
The Lombardy poplar is praised for its tall striking habit and best in deep well drained soil with roots harmed by standing water. At a New York institute, G T Powell recommends potash and phosphoric acid rich fertilizer and wood ashes for peaches, warning against excess nitrogen to prevent late season growth that won’t ripen.
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New York
Farmers’ Institutes
G. T. Powell
Dr Gregg's Electric Belt Promises Cures for Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Gregg's Electric Belt and Home Treatment as a universal cure for chronic ailments, claims sex specific cures for women and general cures for men, and offers a complete catalogue and testimonials for six cents plus free circular.
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Gregg
Andry
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England
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Ayer
Lombardy
Wollf
Florida
Acme
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Philadelphis
Eyouares
Gregg Electric Care CO
Suite
Inter Ocean Building
Chicago, Ill
Yime
Alliance
Grange
League
F.B.A
Alliance Carriage CO
Cincinnati
North Court St
the Court House
Parisian Dyeing and Scouring Company
M. J. K.ain
Batavia
Orth & Bennett
TOYCO
St. Cincinnati
James Julian
Madisonville
Clermont
Medical
Broadway
C. F. Motzer
Sulae Bitters
le Wayr
A. P. Ordway & Co
Beaton, Massaior
Mileord, Oflto
Col. Sycamore and
Court Sts
Spiral Spring Buggy CO
Meloy
Clobe Saloon
Railroad Crossing
Loveland
Thomas W. Paxton
Quafman's Liquor Store
California
J. ‘S. "Kaueman & CO. N. BF. Cor
Pearl & Sycamore
Witsever
Times
Sullivan
MAKER
Mobsoils
A. A. Bennett
Tikcinnati
Charles Gaus
Marshall
Micaproia
Barron, Ble & CO
H, Kruse & CO
Main St
Williamsburg
A. McAdams
Clermont County
Board of Examiners
Byron Williams
T. L. Simmerman
Byron Williame
G. W. Witham
Exaioiners
Bradford Well & Pury
Second St
Allen
Roy
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