Raised From a Death Hed Pitts Says Cure by Pills
Mr Pitts of Skowhegan Maine credits Deans Kidney Pills with restoring his health after seven years of back pain fainting and extreme weight loss He reports being well for three years and urges readers to buy the 60 cent box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY Jamaica Family archive note mentions a century ago a Mille woman in Jamaica parish died aged 138 with sixty Ebanks descendants in militia service.
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Pitts
Hathaway St
Skowhegan
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Jamaica
Mille
Ebanks
Regiment of Milita
St. Elizabeth's Paristi
Preacher Delivers Ex Tempore Sermon After Missing Manuscript
A pastor forgot his manuscript and, like an earlier minister, preached without notes. He spoke on the existence of God while the congregation sang Psalm 119. A parishioner afterward called the sermon a fine effort but doubted God's existence, sparking discussion.
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Blomfeld
God
Kerman
Elephant milk and cream content in various animals
The article discusses milk fat content across species, noting cow milk around four percent cream, elephant milk much richer, and porpoise milk exceeding forty five percent cream. It includes a stilted, garbled provenance with names and places in Toledo and Cord U.S. locales, reflecting OCR errors.
Catastrophe Strikes Sullivan County Farm Animal
A farmer's cow died after a bizarre incident when a cat rummaged through a summer kitchen, found a stored umbrella and yeast, which fermented in the stomach, causing the umbrella to lift and the animal to perish in agony.
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Sullivan County
New York World
Tea Trade Reflections on Wheat and Pork Exports
A critique questions whether exporting large quantities of wheat and pork for tea cargoes means a loss for the nation. It weighs the exchange, considering economic balance and strategic value of tea imports versus bulk agricultural sales.
Letter on Collar in Gloucer Wr England Stuns Resident
A resident of Gloucer Wr England used a sinew collar for a strange purpose. Upon clearing the letter box at the poxtet the wrillee was found on one side of a collar. Properly stumpid, the missive reached its destination.
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Gloucer Wr
England
Poxtet
Fragmented 19th century clippings on education and tea
The page mixes ad lines about sound tea and advice with references to Aids in School Work and Boston wing school gardens. It cites Sade as a helpful education aide and notes nature in New England schooling, alongside Acetylene Gas and a remark on prodigal son symbolism from the Cleveland Leader.
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Boston
New England
Torpedo boat for commerce to haul fresh herring to Puget Sound
The Albatrons torpedo boat, offered for sale after Exquemault depot abandonment, has beensecured by Nanaimo fisheries company to carry fresh herring to Puget Sound markets. Built about thirty years ago for Chilean service, it is fast and equipped with triple expansion engines and air pumps. At 100 feet long with a nine foot beam, its squat form resembles a fish more than a legitimate fishing craft.
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Porta
Puget Sound
Exquimault
Nanaimo Fisheries Company
Nanaimo
B. C
Fishing Gazette
Arm of the Law Suspended in Honiton Horse Fair
In Honiton Devonshire a quaint town ceremony allows immunity from arrest until sunset during the horse fair. A bondie of the last century, in gilded glove on a pole, proclaims the fair with a bell and hat. No arrest until the glove is lowered. nuts are shared at sunset.
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Devonshire
Honiton
Orfor
World’s Smallest Graveyard at Galashiels England
The piece notes a claim of the world’s smallest graveyard at Galashiels in England. It has seen no interments for over a hundred years and may now be repurposed or explained as a historic curiosity.
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Galashiels
England
Neglected Galashiels graveyard shows torn walls and ruined tombs
A ruined corner in Galashiels dubbed no man s land serves as a receptacle for rubble. The burial plot spans 22 feet by 14 feet and is bordered by walls. Two surviving tombstones stand out one near the blocked entrance and a large flat stone at the graveyard center.
Made Good Guide at Night
Jason Hoover, a Western Wisconsin farmer, walked at night with his wife, following a chatty guide. He stumbled, continued with pain, and discovered that rubbing his bruised thigh caused glow from accumulated phosphor on his trousers.
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Jason Hoover
Wisconsin
Palmer Hoover
Jaean
Hover
Phow Phorus
New York, Herald
Alcoholic Drink from Rice in Che-Kiang Province
Fermentation starts with cakes of wheat meal added to fermented rice in Che-Kiang China. K Saito examined the cakes and found fungal mycelia permeating the wheat particles. About seven additional fungal species were identified. Fermentation of the malted rice yields a yellow aromatic liquid.
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Che-Kiang
China
K. Saito
Constable Turned Violin Maker Gains Noted Praise
Retired Metropolitan Police Constable Gaskin has built a name in music circles for his hand crafted violins. His instruments have earned praise from top players and even Kubelik visited to try several and commend them.
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Gaskin
Kubelit
London
Fresh Start Philosophy For Success On Track And Life
A Baltimore Herald excerpt extols fresh starts as essential in racing and business alike. It argues that failure results from reluctance to begin again after misfortune, urging individuals to gird their loins and take a fresh start to overcome obstacles and defeat sluggishness.
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Baltimore Herald
The Honeymoon Is Still Shining Atchison Grove
In Atchison Grove a wife burned the steak and tried to distract her husband with a dewy aster. She hoped he would not notice the burn while the couple faced a quiet domestic moment in a rural setting.
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Atchison
Atchinon Grove
Tea and doctors in old China and Japan
The piece notes that Chinese and Japanese are calm, drink much tea, and that reputable physicians arrive not on foot but by horse or carriage. At the patient’s home the physician rests briefly, receiving drinks, confections, and often a formal meal before attending.
Baby's awful eczema heals with Cuticura treatment
A Brooklyn mother recalls her ten month old daughter's severe eczema. The face was raw and bleeding, resembling raw meat, and the ear seemed at risk. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child fully recovered with no blemish. Mrs Rose Ether signs the testimonial.
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Cuticura
Heckford St
Brooklyn
Alum and Minerals Explain Turbid Water Settlement
The Chemical Society meeting explained why alum and other mineral salts settle dirt in turbid water. Turbid water carries negative electricity and alum creates an electric action that joins positive colloid hydrates, aiding coagulation.
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The
Chemical Society
Edwin Booth’s fondness for tobacco in early theater days
The tragedian Edwin Booth was rarely seen without a cigar. He reportedly smoked about twenty five cigars daily, keeping his beloved weed ready in the wings for brief rests between exits and entrances.
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Edwin Booth
Life of a Garret In Tea and Talents
A reflective piece frames an elderly English and Irish woman dwelling in a garret as she ends her days amid tea. It argues each person bears a God given gift to find develop and use it unselfishly for the common good, calling that a well spent life.
Canada’s Large Flour Mill Promises Big Output
A report notes a major mill in Montreal turning out about 6,000 barrels of flour daily. The piece humorously contrasts quirky phrases with the mill’s production claim and mentions Britain’s empire context. It references a Canadian grocer and domestic scenes as filler texture.
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Canada
Montreal
Designs of Practical Value in Home Made Labor Savers
A reader asks whether a pump or hydraulic ram is better for lifting water. A hydraulic ram suits better and can be cheaper if the drop is four feet or more, with less feed pipe needed as the drop increases. A ram must be winter protected. a neighbor’s 1400 ft distant ram with 7 ft drop and 1 in discharge pipe ran for eight years, piping underground should be galvanized.
Self Dumping Fruit Pail and Windmill Pipe Question
A Montreal Herald item describes a self dumping fruit pail attached to a rope system for apple picking with a ground dump and return mechanism. It also includes a discussion of windmill pumping, comparing 1, 1 1/2, and 2 inch pipes, concluding that larger pipes reduce friction and aid pumping over 600 feet lift.
Homemade Corn Cutter From Scythe Blade And Iron Rod
The text describes a homemade corn cutter built by bolting a heavy scythe blade to an electric? device with a one inch wrought iron rod bent to form a follower. It claims the machine will cut about 2% acres per day and notes labor savings despite harder crop handling after cutting. Also mentions kitchen floor paint colors to hide dirt and the advantage of special floor paints over hand mixed ones.
Feet of Mrs. Fang Restores Chinese Aristocracy Foot Size
Mrs Wu Ting-fang, wife of the former Chinese minister to the United States, underwent a surgical operation that returned her feet to their normal size. The brief event is believed to influence other women of the Chinese aristocracy to seek similar procedures.
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Fang
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Nervous Mothers Urged to Seek Pinkham Remedy
A persuasive advertisement claims female nervous disorders stem from a deranged female organism and endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best treatment. It features testimonials from Mrs Chester Curry and Charles F. Brown praising relief from hysteria irritability and nervousness, and invites women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Saratoga Street
Boston
Mass
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Hs E. Pinkham
Charles F. Brown
Cedan ‘Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lydia B. Pinkham
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