Seven Years Ago a Rochester Chemist Finds Effective Medicine
William A. Franklin of Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co Rochester NY writes about his kidney ailment seven years ago and how Dean's Kidney Pills relieved his back ache and irregular secretions after three boxes. sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Rochester
William A. Franklin
Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Sports Of Children Through The Ages
A survey of children’s pastimes notes skipping rope and riding a cane as ancient amusements. It traces hide and seek from Europe in the 1600s and tops from Greece, Virgil’s era, along with leap frog mentioned by Shakespeare and Johnson. Kite flying is linked to China and Europe about two centuries old.
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Rome
Europe
Shakespeare
Johnson
China
Dietary Dicta for Summer Dining
Guidance on seasonal meals says lighter dinners suit summer, with a quart of wheat richer than a bushel of cucumbers and a balance between indulgence and restraint. It favors light soups and desserts, generous use of fresh vegetables and fruits, and starting dinner with soup to prepare the system for a hearty meal.
Building Food to Bring the Babies Around
A Colorado mother credits Grape-Nuts with reviving her 15 month old after pneumonia brain fever and teething failures. After visiting Kansas City she fed him Grape-Nuts and milk then the cereal itself, noting rapid strength and growth. She later raised her daughter on the same food. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promises strong nerves and healthy bodies from Grape-Nuts and cream with a nod to The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Amy
Colorado
Kansas City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Sailor Uses Lips to Read Ocean Depths
A sailor explains the hand lead method for sensing depth, describing the rig and marks on a 20 fathom line and how, in cold weather, the lips become the key to feeling depth when markers fail. The procedure includes swinging the lead, paying out, and reporting depths to the watch.
Heads In
A man describes an unpleasant surprise and recalls a West Virginia anecdote from the New York Tribune about a friend who stuck his head out a train window and was warned to keep it inside to avoid damaging iron bridges under construction.
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West Virginia
Wise County
N. Y. Tribune
Rule for Day and Night Length by Sun Timings
A simple rule shows day and night length for any year. Doubling sunrise time yields night length and doubling sunset time gives day length.
Lost Weight and Chinese Yeast Sidelight Yonkers Tale
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a humorous exchange about weight loss while down south. The dialogue mentions Crimsonbeak and a joke about the nose peering three times, reflecting light local humor.
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Yonkers Statesman
Market reports from New York to Buffalo June 11 1906
Prices across commodities and regions show flour wheat corn oats hay and live stock values. Regions include New York Cleveland Chicago Toledo and East Buffalo with figures for flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
GAMES AND PASTIMES THROUGH HISTORIC LENSES
An overview of ancient and medieval pastimes tracing polo from Persia to Bokhara, shuffleboard’s noble origins, handball from Homeric times, horse racing in England under Henry II and James I, bowling’s medieval roots with covered alleys, and golf’s rise in England and Scotland.
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Persia
India
Bokhara
James I
Troy
England
Henry II
Scotland
Prince Henry
Bits for bachelors on marriage and responsibility
The piece argues against marrying for beauty or avoiding marriage due to fears of married life. It compares bachelors to a kite needing a string, noting that shared responsibilities strengthen union and help both partners rise above aimless, muddy wandering. It emphasizes practical foundations over superficial appeal.
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Socrates
Theophrastus
Imagining Lawmaker Privilege in Private Thought
A pithy reflection on how every person privately feels the law was not meant for them. The quote probes individual judgment about legal authority and personal accountability.
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Sailor
Chicago
Bears
Sig
Nature
Fants
Murnray Street
New York City
Libby
McNeill
Miro
Pate
Milo B.stevens & CO
14Th St
Washington
Det
Chicago, Ci
Eveland
Detroit
Dunham
Cleveland Orphan
Elbertine Robertson
19Th Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Fierce Tigerald & LO
Box BR
Washington, D.C
Thompson
Monarch Mfq. CO
Allen
Tito LeRoy
Ne Ae
Portland, Tacoma
Seattle
Bellingham
Everett
Vancouver, Victoria
New Westminster
Union Pacific
Portland
W. G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Louisville, Ky
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