Agricultural topics and a Dingley tariff obituary
The piece honors Mr. Dingley a congressman who stood for farmers and tariff fairness. It notes the tariff battles and sugar production impacts, plus a farmer’s fertilizer guidance from the Orange Judd Farmer urging winter manure spreading for best results. It ends with a world horses count of about 75,000 and incomplete but notable tallies for China Brazil and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingley
Dugar
China
Brazil
Mexico
Valuable aid for bedwetting and sleep disturbances
Advertisement offering a remedy for children who soil bedding due to urinary incontinence during sleep. Claims to arrest the trouble immediately. Priced at $1 and sold by Monroe & Howard, druggists, Unionville, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe & Howard
Unionville, Mo
Eden in Afrika and the search for Eden's land
The article surveys many claimed sites for Eden from the Euphrates basin to Atlantis and the Arctic, noting Africa’s interior as the most promising. It contrasts barren Asiatic locales with a hopeful, developing region near Kitchener’s campaigns where Britain and France seek influence, praising the wild, sparsely populated landscape over Palestine and Jerusalem.
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Euphrates
Pacific Gulf
Pamir
Central Asia
Arabia
Atlantis
North Pole
Kitchener
Khalifa
England
France
Palestine
Jerusalem
William
LaGrippe Contagion Aims to Fill the Nation
Excerpt discusses LaGrippe as a contagious disease with identifiable germs and dangers including pneumonia and insanity. It promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure and cites a testimonial from D W Hirron of Louisville. Includes sales note about guarantees and a booklet offer. Also reflects travel and Eden speculation in Harper's Bazar context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grippe
Dr. Mile
D. W. Hirron
Louisville, Ky
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Midland Nursery Co Advertising Plan Savings
Midland Nursery Co of Des Moines Iowa promotes direct sales with no agents and free freight. They claim no payment until stock is delivered and pledge lower prices than other nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Nursery Co
Des. Moines
Iowa
Child Labor in Textile Mills Sparks Parliamentary Debate
An essay argues mills injure workers and cites slow legislative reform. It notes Britain finally debates factory child labor as Parliament begins addressing massed labor evils in industrial cities. The piece reflects on the shift from home to factory labor and calls for action.
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England
The Cruel Knife and a Cancer Cure Claim
A letter from Dallas Texas asserts surgery fails against cancer noting many deaths from operations. The writer credits Swift's Specific eight ounces nightly to cure a malignant jawbone cancer in a seventeen year old after twenty bottles, claiming permanent remission and no recurrence.
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Guey
Swift
J.N. Murdoch
Nodgrass St
Dallas
Texas
England’s early factory laws limit child labor to twelve hours
The text outlines a late 18th century surge in child labor by Lancashire mill owners who recruited from workhouses. It notes Parliament’s 1802 intervention banning more than twelve hours of work daily, without age limits, and cites the 1819 establishment of a nine-year age threshold for factory entry.
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London
England
Child Labor Reforms in Massachusetts Mills
A historical note traces child labor limits from twelve hours in early mills to nine hours by 1825 and five and a half hours by 1844, with nine as the age cap until later changes. It cites Massachusetts textile mills restricting child labor and discusses protectionist views linking half time labor to competition with English mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Journal
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Relief for Nasal Catarrh
An advertisement touts Ely Brothers Cream Balm as a cleanser soother and healer for nasal membranes. Trial size offered for 10 cents or large for 50 cents by Ely Brothers of 63 Warren Street New York with relief claimed upon nostril application. Druggists carry it.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Subscriptions Offer For Readers To Earn Magazines
The notice advertises a subscriber drive offering a year’s Tax Resurrectican or Globe-Democrat to new prepaid subscribers. Send three dollars for one year and choose Ladies’ Home Journal McClure’s or Cosmopolitan or Globe-Democrat. Eight new subscribers earn any one magazine or all three selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarez
Ladies’ Home Journal
McClure’s
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Globe-Democrat
Anti Diuretic Promises Relief for Child Sleep Issues
An ad claims Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic can stop bed wetting, suggesting it is worth over $100 to parents with affected children. The notice touts quick relief and lists Monroe & Howard Druggist in Unionville as sellers.
Private Money Toi Loan Offers Small Sums
An ad offers private money loans in amounts from five to fifty dollars with terms on personal or mortgage security. Interested readers are instructed to contact C. A. Hays.
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Om C. A. Hays
Ath
Money to Loan and Real Estate Offer by C A Hays
A loan and land sale notice from C A Hays offering farm land in Putnam Sullivan Adair and Schuyler counties at a low interest rate. Advertises 80 acres upland seven miles from Unionville Missouri with 20 acres cultivated and fenced, priced to sell to the right buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Sullivan, Adair
Schuyler
C. A. Hays
Unionville
Notary and Deed Services Offered Locally
Local provider advertises notary work, deed and mortgage drafting at reasonable charges. Emphasizes reliable service for real estate documents. Forthright contact details implied for prospective clients seeking legal document assistance.
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C. A. Hayd
Insurance Offer Promises Low Rates from C A Hays
A brief insurance solicitation states C A Hays offers policies from reliable companies with low rates to protect property. The ad emphasizes substantial payouts to policyholders and urges contact for coverage.
Life Insurance by C A Hays in old reliable firms
A brief notice highlights life insurance underwritten by longtime companies with C A Hays associated. It notes reliability and the enduring practice of securing policies with established firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hays
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