Florida lands offer farming boom for truck crops and citrus
A Florida advisory piece outlines sandy loam soils ideal for truck farming and fruit growing, noting irrigation ease, water abundance, and potential profits from early vegetables and oranges. It covers social conditions, labor costs, education, churches, and land values in Pasco County. The author, A Roberts of Dade City, asserts strong prospects for young settlers in Florida.
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Gulf States
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Tieh
Ohio
Georgia
Lere
North
Pasco County
A. Roberts
American student's English accent mocked by bootblack
A young American home from study in an English university shows a broad accent. A downtown bootblack teases him about Americans shining shoes daily, claiming Englishmen polish far less and wear gray, out of shape footwear.
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New York
French savings and bond data show large investment growth
Alfred Neymarck computes French deposit growth from 1885 to 1905, with savings bank deposits rising from 442.2 to 642.0 million francs and total security holdings reaching about 18.6 billion francs by 1905. He notes government bonds, local and colonial issues, and rising depositors, alongside rails and mortgage loans.
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Alfred Neymarck
France
Bank of France
Protectorates
City of Paris
People's Savings Banks
Mutual Relief Societies
Neymarck
From Girlhood to Womanhood and Advice to Mothers
An appeal advising mothers to discuss puberty with daughters using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It includes letters from young girls Myrtle Mills and Matilda Borman praising the remedy and inviting others to seek free, confidential guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Myrtle Mills
Oquawka
Ill
Mrs. Pinkham
Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Jr
Matilda Borman
Farmington
Iowa
Postum as coffee alternative promoted in ad copy
An advertisement argues caffeine from tea and coffee harms the heart and nerves and claims Postum offers a cure. It cites a reader testimony and urges boiling Postum 15 minutes per directions, naming The Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan and a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dan O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
O'Connell
the Sunday Magazine
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
All Changed Night Life Sparks in Quiet Argument
A married couple sparring over late nights reveals strain in their relationship. The husband admits changing habits while the wife recalls prior romance, highlighting growing distance and frictions at home.
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