Pine Tree Bread Health Claims and Foretelling Fire Losses
A fragmented 1906 era text reviews Pine Tree bread made from pine inner bark with oil and water preparations claimed to purify blood and strengthen lungs. It notes a Maine camp for consumptives and warns of imitations. Also included are fire loss statistics and anecdotal remarks on literacy and a Harper's Magazine anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamschatka
Kennan
Maine
Enya
Neal
Department of & Reading
Food and Drug
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Fad Diet Claims and Restless Appetite Cure
A reader recounts hunger and poor eating habits, noting nerves and indigestion. The passage cites supposed remedies and a testimonial praising a product, with claims of improved health after following directions and avoiding coffee.
Shelf for the Pantry: The Butler’s Pantry Concept and Features
The piece discusses the butler’s pantry as a serving room between kitchen and dining room. It describes a two foot wide countershell around the room at two feet eight to two feet ten inches high. It notes a tray rack system, either sliding shelves or upright bars, and optional plate warmers heated by furnace or steam, gas, hot water, or electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butlers Pantry
Louis's Salads and Chafing Dishes Recipes
A fragmented recipe column details parmesan sauce, sardine batter ramekins, and olive garnishes. It describes making a butter flour base, folding in yolks and whipped whites, baking in ramekins, and shaping a cool, olive topped appetizer with California olives. Also covered are furniture polish cream and practical kitchen tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Cures for Back Aches
A long artifact of advertising copy describes Doan's Kidney Pills curing a Stillwater woman of severe back pain with kidney disturbance. It includes other product notices on photography, paint adulteration, and seed catalogs. The piece blends consumer testimonials and promotional blurbs for agricultural materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
A. Helman
Stillwater
Ming
Deaters
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Reclamation Service Produces 280000 Acres of Desert
In four years the reclamation service has made 280000 acres productive, a quarter of the area mapped for irrigation under 22 projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reclamation Service
Harper's Weekly
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertises Relief for Foot Ailments
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful feet and ingrown nails and promotes its use for sweaty feet. It claims benefits like soothing relief and improved shine, urging readers to buy through druggists and offering trial packages. A stray line notes a young man who observes a widower's love life.
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Allen
le Ray
N.Y
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Pine Tree
United States
San Verncisco
Life Fork
Ark
Harper's Maga Tnn
Iran
Iady
Linhaud
Biel
California
Abe
Minnesota
Korn
Munich University
Munich
Nuremberg
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Fargo
N. D
Ans
E. F. Ladd
America
John A. Salver Seed Co
Box W
LaClome
Wis
Castoria
Nono
Tao
Min
Sloan
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
California Fig Syrup Co
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
June Goth
Ryat
Louisville, Ky
San Francisco
Cal
A. d
England
New York, N.Y
Western Seeds
Barteldes Seed CO
Defiance
Umar
Thompson
Us Balt Lake City
Lydiae
Pinkham
Wiae Finknam
Lydia
Pinkhan
Lyno
Mase
Aly
Ink
al E
Pinkham i Serta
Martha Washington
Martha Washlogton
F, Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Miwankoa, Wie
Chesebrough Meg. CO
State Street
New York City
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