Peruna praised by Emma Stolt and Theresa Bartles
Emma Stolt of Appleton Wisconsin and Theresa Bartles White Church report relief from chronic ailments after using Peruna a remedy for catarrh and internal organ pains. They describe backaches, irritation and fatigue improving after six days to weeks of use.
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Irs
Emma Stolt
Appleton, Wisconsin
Emma Stout
Oneida
Limes
Theresa Bertles
White Church
Eve
Knediel
Stories of Odd Hotels Tells of primitive fares and quirky inns
A Chicago Tribune piece recounts encounters with rustic hotels in the south and Midwest. The narrator recalls a slave servant hospitality scene in Kentucky, a loggers town hotel in Upper Michigan where cot beds collapse at night, and a Sheridan County inn run by a quirky inventor who rigged a downstairs cyclone trap to drop sleepers into a cellar.
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Southland
B. Crogstand
Chicago Tribune
Kentucky
Tumber
Upper Michigan
Kansas
Richards
Sheridan County
Hoxie
Cobb
It Made a Difference in a Gossip Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue exposes a scandalous social exchange about engagement, infidelity, and a stolen kiss fueling rumors. The overheard chat hints at a love triangle and public embarrassment within a social circle.
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Jémson
Salt Box for Animal Feed Deterrent
A stock salt box with a hinged front lets animals push in to access a peck of wall from a dry raised box. It operates by itself as animals learn to push the door, keeping the contents dry and unattended, though the mechanism may shut itself due to weight.
Brick Silos Gain Favor In Wisconsin Dairy Districts
A Northwestern Agriculturist report through Wisconsin dairy country notes brick silos are widespread and satisfy farmers. The double brick wall with a dead air space and a steel ring every two feet provides strength, with cement plaster interior. Most silos are 4 to 6 feet underground, 16 feet diameter, 30 to 36 feet above ground, or two smaller units if larger. Concrete silos risk wall warping and air gaps if not built true, so precision is essential.
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Dairy
Wisconsin
Elso
Anys
Buying or raising cows improves dairy herds
A prominent Illinois dairyman shifts from buying the best cows to raising calves from his top cows. He says selling dairy cows for meat reduced herd quality and that continuous breeding from best cows will steadily improve milk herds. The practice shift is praised as a paying investment and essential for long term herd quality.
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Iso
Elgin
Ilinois
Farmers’ Review
Take Good Care of It Remember the Cow as a Milk Machine
The cow is a machine transforming feed that the dury man cannot eat into milk and butter he can consume. It should be remembered that tainted feed cannot produce pure wholesome milk from this machine.
Feed Dairy Cows Liberally
The dairyman should provide about 60 percent of a cow’s intake to sustain her body before any returns are possible. Proper feeding supports health and future productivity.
Matinee Lustrous Satin Squares for Breakfast in Bed
For the bedroom matinee a dainty affaire of liberty satin squares in lawn or similar fabrics. Hemmed on four sides with cross slits forming a neck opening, edged with narrow hems and lace frills. Featured with lace tatterfiles, three inch Valenciennes borders, and a mob cap of fing lawn and lace with ribbon bows for a coquettish breakfast in bed toilette.
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Valenciennes
How to boil potatoes for breakfast dishes and a beef soup bone fry
Instructions describe choosing evenly sized potatoes, washing without scraping, boiling in salted water until tender, then evaporating moisture and serving in skins in Irish homes. Also detailed is making a beef soup bone breakfast cake: boil the bone, remove meat, season, return to soup, thicken with corn meal, cool, slice and fry in butter to a brown finish, served plain or with jelly.
Fruit Pudding Recipe from Old Basin Notes
A compact Victorian style recipe for a baked fruit pudding. It details gathering flour, salt, milk, eggs, fruit and butter, mixing into a batter, adding eel pieces, greasing a pie dish, layering fruit, and baking thirty minutes before a sugar dusting.
Corn Pudding and Home Tips From a Vintage Recipe Column
A 12 ear corn pudding recipe is combined with sewing and fashion notes. The cornbread style dish explains grating or slicing kernels, seasoning with pepper salt sugar and butter, mixing with eggs and milk, then baking in a buttered dish. Also included are tongue jelly moulding and dress-fitting guidance.
Old Sea Tale In New York Dinner Sparks Quiet Mystery
Hugo Osterhaus of the battleship Connecticut recalls a vanished "old salt" from stories told at a 4 PM dinner in New York. He laments the man disappeared after ridicule, recounting a shellback beard joke and a quip about shaving upper lip.
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Hugo Osterhaus
Connecticut
New York
Capt. Osterhaus
Bill
Cure After Fourteen Years of Suffering
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermilion South Dakota describes a decade of scaly eruptions covering his body and hair loss. After exhausting doctors and remedies he used Cuticura Ointment and Soap, then was fully cured and hair restored following fourteen years and about fifty to sixty dollars spent. August 18 1906.
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Hiram Mattingly
Mixed Voices from Sunday School Lesson
A playful scene recalls Alice returning from Sunday school excited by a phrase she claims is conscience whispering to you. Her sister Six, years old, dismisses the idea as wind in the stomach in a tongue in cheek moment from Lippines Magazine.
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Alice
Lippines Magazine
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for sore feet
An ad from a Le Roy New York address promotes Allen's Foot Ease as a cure for hot tired feet. It claims soporific relief from discomfort and offers a free sample with a mail order promise. The Kansas City Star is quoted for a humorous line about men and women swearing.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Kansas City Star
Feithans Appeals to Patience Amid Winding Trials
Fragmentary verse appears to urge steadfast faith during adversity. The lines reference patience, emotional strain, and enduring trials, claiming that greater provocation justifies stronger faith and perseverance.
Kidney Pills Save Life Says Buffalo Woman
COULD HARDLY TOTTER ABOUT, Misa Emma Shirley Ritbuck, N Y writes kidney disease puzzled doctors for two years. She suffered headaches nervous weakness pain and digestive upset. After using Donn's Kidney Pills she reports twelve boxes cured her gained weight and regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box. Fourer Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Misa Emma Shirley
Ritbuck
N.Y
Paina
Jack
Donn
Fouter Milburn Co
Buffalo
A Famous Pitcher and a Local Challenge
Elmer Stricklett, famed for the spitball, hints at a rising rival in Mountain View. A boastful remark foresees a young pitcher with a legendary slow ball who can reel in and retrieve the ball as it sails toward contact.
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Elmer Stricklett
New York
Mountain View
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