Irrigating Machine Aids Humid Region Agriculture
A novel automatic water-elevating device by David Hutton of Quartette Nevada promises low-cost irrigation. The frame sits by a stream with buckets on a 45 degree shaft lifting water to a discharge trough, using paddle blades to scoop water as it turns, delivering a steady flow even from mild currents.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
David Hutton
Quartette
Nev
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Good Roads Train On Wheels Promotes Southern Roadwork
A government backed traveling school dubbed the good roads train tours the southern states teaching road construction. Guided by Director Dodge and Mr M O Eldridge the caravan includes 12 cars with staff housing and a fleet of road building machines to demonstrate half to one and a half mile road segments.
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National Good Roads Association
Uncle Sam
Dodge
Government Road Inquiry Office
M. 0. Eldridge
Pearson's Magazine
Good Roads Investment Pays Landowners in One Year
Governor argues that converting poor roads in much of Indiana's model could repay costs quickly. A mile of improved road benefits 1,280 acres, with land value rising about 6.50 per acre and annual saving from losses at 76 cents per acre. Estimated cost per mile around 300 dollars, yielding a 23 cent per acre tax to cover costs over ten years, with widespread public benefits.
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Indiana
South Carolina
Columbia
Darlington
Richland
Orangeburg
Charleston
S. C
News and Courier
A Handy Farm Drag
A reader describes a modified low stoke farm drag built of plank with one foot high sides. It hauls root crops and manure, loads on the ground for easy loading, and can be extended in height. The design emphasizes light weight and a smooth bottom for easy movement.
Domestic science tips on digestion and kitchen care
A collection of home advice covers digestibility of baked versus boiled potatoes for dyspeptics, starch handling, fish plank cleaning, table polish, glove cleaning formulas, toast benefits, gum arabic solution, sore throat tea, wet boot care with oats, and a critique of the raw food fad urging moderation and balance in diet and cooking.
Notes From England Reflect Life and Labor in 1900
The piece surveys British life with data on police, seamen deaths, livestock per capita, hotel capacity in London, wages in 1900, Swarraton’s cold spell, a ladies club freak with gold teeth and diamond, and the average ages of British millionaires and Baron Armstrong’s age. It notes 8,200 miles of roads, 3,899 seamen deaths, 4,500 servants, and wage increases out of 1,276 changes.
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United Kingdom
London
Swarraton
Baron Armstrong
Horses Like Tobacco Proved By Farmer and Policeman
A Washington Star tale recalls a horse owner who claims horses enjoy chewing tobacco. The farmer says tobacco stimulates horses, aids digestion, and keeps coats sleek, while a bystander admonishes the practice as improper and hears the animal’s playful appetite.
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Washington Star
California Colonist Excursions Open to All
Open offer for round trip excursions to the Coast at under one cent per mile with one way and return options. Contact H. Connor, Union Pacific Southern Pacific Business, 53 East 4th St Cincinnati Ohio. Rates valid during March and April with instructions to write for details and to send names of friends.
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Great West
H. Connor
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
East 4Th St
Cincinati
Ohio
California
Chicago to St Paul or Minneapolis Tourists Sleeping Cars
Chicago to St Paul or Minneapolis offers double berth Tourist sleeping cars on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Train No 1 leaves Chicago at 6 30 p m each Tuesday and Friday during March and April 1902. For details contact coupon ticket agents or F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Chicago
St.Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Dialogue between Edgar and Eleanor from Detroit Free Press
A fragment shows Edgar and Eleanor in a sharp exchange about obedience and prudence. The menacing tone suggests a social scene or serialized fiction of the era, with the Detroit Free Press as the source context.
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Edgar
Eleanor
Detroit Free Press
Prodigiously prolific hay produtct ad and family photo quip
An ad offering exceptionally high yields hay per acre at prices listed by John A. Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin. The clipped item also features a miss Elderbody photo quote and a playful line from Piddle winks. Boston Tribunscrypt note.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Cough Remedies and Laxative Sold at 25 Cents
An advertisement touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as quick cures for coughs colds and toothache. It notes Hale's and Pike's products and urges readers to buy with a 25 cent price tag for the laxative.
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Hale
Pike
Peruna Praised by Police Officers in Letters
Police officers from Council Bluffs and Chicago report Peruna relief after severe colds and exposure to bad weather. A. C. Swanson, Chicago lieutenant sergeant Michael O Halloran note cures for colds and catarrh after rain exposure. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman in Columbus for free advice.
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Peruna
A. C. Swanson
Michael O'Halloran
Summerdale Station
W. Monroe Street
Chicago
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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Brooklan, N. Y
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Pacific Coast
Philadelphia Press
Miss Elderbody
Piddlewinks
Boston
Washington (la
Democrat
Chicago Journal
Putnam
France
Rufus Ingalls
States Army
Billa Flint
Richard Oberlaender
Leipzig
Germany
St. Jacobs OS
Harrison Street
Council Bluffs, Ta
Michael O’halleran
John Eptacek
Chicago, Ill
John E. Ptacek
Mazard
Wien
Stan
Salter
America
Owens
John A. Salzer Seed CO
Canada
Manitoba
Assinibon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Estern Canada
F. Pedley
Ottawa
Joseph Young
State St
T. Holmes
Big Four
Tndélanapolis
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Klynes
Ana
Tribune
Silver Mine
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Reece
Homeseekers
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Kansas City
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Los Angeles
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Pcy
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