Diamond Dyes promise easy home dyeing for fabrics all over
An old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as foolproof for wool silk linen and cotton and claims no spotting or running. A child’s coat sweater and skirt are dyed with the product and directions are said to be simple for any woman. The ad advises telling the dye material type to the druggist and includes a line from a Kansas City Star humor piece. Also notes Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills for indigestion and a new Chinese air mail pilot training course between Peking Tsinanfu and Shanghai with foreign pilots initially.
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China
Peking
Tsinanfu
Shanghai
Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Brooklyn reader Mrs Englemann from Ridgewood credits the product with easing menopause nerves and sleepless nights. The testimonial cites relief from headaches hysteria and blues and urges other middle aged women to try the remedy.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E.pinkham
Tuberculin Testing of Live Stock Circular 249 Issued
The United States Department of Agriculture releases Circular 249 detailing three principal tuberculosis tests for cattle the subcutaneous intradermic and ophthalmic with advantages and drawbacks. It emphasizes skilled veterinarians sound judgment and diplomacy for reliable results and covers tuberculin swine poultry post mortem testing and animal identification. Copies available from the Department in Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
L. B. Ernest
Elmer Lash
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Turning losses to profits from low producing cows
Officials at the New York State College of Agriculture Ithaca cite a herd example where annual milk per cow averaged 6,585 pounds after all costs, yielding 45 cents an hour for the owner. They offer ten management tips to reduce losses, including healthy herd, low cost production, proper ration, low cost sourcing, precise rationing, drinking water, ventilated housing, comfort, quality product, and keeping records.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
College
Weighing Milk Takes Time at Kansas College Herd
The Kansas State Agricultural College states from experience that weighing milk and maintaining records for a ten-c cow herd takes six minutes daily. The piece ends by asking readers to consider a more efficient use of those six minutes.
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Kansas State College
Kansas State Agricultural College
Echoes Across Centuries From Moscow to Philadelphia
The piece notes Lord Frederick Hamilton in The Days Before Yesterday recalls a man who traveled with Napoleon to Moscow. It also references Schultz a ninety five year old preacher in Pennsylvania who served in Napoleon's army in Poland. Then it recounts Franklin era links to Cornwallis and Daniel Webster through local Philadelphia memories.
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Frederick Hamilton
Napoleon
Moscow
Girard
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hamilton
Paris
Flabault
Berisina
Schultz
Pennsylvania
Poland
Russia
Philadelphia
Franklin
Effingham B. Morris
South Highth Street
Lord Cornwallis
Lewis
Daniel Webster
Boston
C. Stuart Patterson
Mexico
Electric railroading freak welded wheel to overhead wire
A New York Sun report describes a rare electric railroading event where a trolley wheel fuses to the overhead wire under heavy current, especially on steep grades. The fused wheel can pull down wires if the train cannot restart, halting traffic. Spiders used in engineering and instrument making are noted for their threads replacing platinum in precision tools, as seen in the Royal Observatory and transit circles.
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New York Sun
Goethals
Panama Canal
Royal Observatory
London
Boys Discover Rep Brown Lacks Neckwear Then Donates Tie
In a light heartedHouse of Representatives anecdote Mt Vernon Republican Thomas B Brown is found to wear no necktie though his whiskers are long. Youngsters chipped in a dime apiece to buy him a Charlie Chaplin style black bow tie as an exchange.
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House of Representatives
Thomas B. Brown
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Brown
Charlie Chaplin
Fresh Fruit Exports To Europe Hit Record Shipments
North Pacific ports send large fruit cargoes through the Panama Canal as ships load near capacity. The Narenta, sailing December 19, carried 125000 boxes of apples from Portland Oregon for British ports, totaling 4854 tons with 8732 tons of fresh fruit and 410 tons of canned fruit aboard.
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Europe
North Pacific
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Narenta
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Portland
Orey
Panama
Ree
Lancashire Weavers Speak In Silent Sign Language
Among Lancashire weavers a silent code of hand signs communicates during machine noise. Apprentices learn by lip movement and grasp the system quickly, using a forefinger and four fingers to mark quarter to or past four. The language aids daily talk during weaving intervals. A gentleman who calls another gentleman a liar is not a gentleman.
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Lancashire
Choking Deaths Outpace Railway Fatalities in England
Leading statisticians report more deaths by choking while eating in England each year than on the railways. An adjacent advertisement touts Cuticura products for skin, dandruff, and hands, recommending a routine of ointment at night and soap with hot water in the morning.
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England
Safe Both Ways
Opinion piece from the Norristown Times argues against jailing individuals for debt, stating you cannot jail a man for owing money and should not jail him if he has money.
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Norristown Times
Busy Day Refined by a Comma Joke
A humorous exchange contrasts a novelist editing proofs with a friend confessing a comma removal. the other crafts a quip about the writers’ emphasis on style versus blood and says a hurried engagement explains Ida nervy’s approach.
Bird Population Trends in the United States
The report from the chief of the bureau of biological survey notes that water birds and some land birds are increasing, while species such as the trumpeter swan Eskimo curlew Carolina parakeet and ivory billed woodpecker are rapidly decreasing and may be headed toward extinction. Overall US bird numbers rise.
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United States
Bureau of Biological Survey
Danish Navigator Reaches North America in 1476 Claim
Dr. Lofus Larsen of the University of Copenhagen reports Danish navigator Scolvo or Scolt reached the American coast in 1476, 16 years before Columbus, tracing the expedition to Henry the Navigator and Christian of Denmark. A stray line about a hen laying 420 eggs appears unreadable.
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Lofus Larsen
University of Copenhagen
John Scolvo
Scolt
American
Columbus
Doctor Larsen
Henry the Navigator
India
Africa
Atlantic
Christian
Denmark
Dia
Labrador
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Man of the House Den
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promoted as a remedy with internal and external uses. The note discusses 40 years of availability via druggists and a Toledo based J Cheney Co. ad. Separately it describes equipping a man’s den with electric appliances including a log fireplace lighter humidifier cocktail mixer and other gear for convenience.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Love and Loss From a School Romance Chronicle
A narrator recalls a teenage infatuation, visiting a girl at her home, only to discover a violent end to their romance. The piece contrasts idealized beauty with tragedy as the girl appears transformed and the narrator flees, never returning the book. The Chicago Journal notes honesty as a quiet virtue.
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Chicago Journal
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Old Man
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Kansas City Star
Wright
Hee Koaya
Entlydia
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mary T. Goldman
Goldman Building
St. Paul
Lathrop
Allman
Gude
Rive Peon
Iragetaneat
Alabastine Company
Grandville Ave
Grand Rapids, Mich
Putnam
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Ida
Jack Nervy
Tran
Fletcher
American Continent
Jones
Mar
Post
Nina Doula
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