Cultivate Proper Posture for Vitality and Grace
A guidance piece on correct body alignment and posture, warning that lounging and wall resting hinder vitality. It advises standing with hips and heels together, shoulders and head not pressed to walls, and bowing from the hips. The text promotes natural movement, breathing, and circulation guided by Hints from physical expression teachers.
Ornament Your Own Lamp Vase with Porcelain Flowers
The article guides decorating a porcelain lamp vase for a parlor lamp, detailing a sarra cenia flower, color mixes, and a silver yellow or celadon background. It also shares a home storage tip using a wall board with hooks and curtains for a clothes closet, and ends with cranberry jelly tips.
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Gside
Europe
Paul Globe
Pretty homemade gifts and edible sandwiches from old column
A Kansas City Star style feature outlines making pincushions from a parasol and handkerchief based crafts, plus several sandwich ideas using nuts olives apples celery and mayonnaise. It mentions napkin bureau covers and decorative embroidery techniques for gift items.
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Bureau
Kansas City Star
Burning Cob Charcoal From Corn Cobs
Cob charcoal is produced by burning dry corn cobs in a sealed funnel pit. After smoldering 10 to 12 hours the mass is opened and spread to cool. Charcoal aids poultry and pigs by cleansing and absorbing odors and acting as an internal antiseptic against disease such as cholera.
New York and Chicago Good Roads Association Eyes National Highway
At Erie Pennsylvania the first annual meeting adopted a resolution for a national highway from New York through the southern tier and Lake Erie shore to Chicago. John Farson urged an interstate system and federal support, noting farm tonnage worth hundreds of millions relies on better roads.
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New York and Chicago Good Roads Association
Erie
New York
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Joseph W. Hunter
Pennsylvania
Elmira
N. Y
John Farson
Farson
Ammonia Turpentine Mixture Removes Paint Stains
A home remedy notes that equal parts of ammonia and spirits of turpentine can remove paint from clothing regardless of how dry or set the stain is.
Bread baked in cans for sandwich size finds favor
A note suggests using large baking powder cans as bread molds to produce sandwich sized loaves. The idea promises consistency and less crust, aiming for convenient, uniform slices for meals.
Good Roads A Necessity for a Well-Ordered State
A 1903 quotation by French ambassador M. J. J. Jusserand argues that good plain roads rival railroads in importance for governance. The piece notes remote residents’ stake in main roads and cites W. A. Thomas on village proximity boosting property values and public improvements.
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M. J. J. Jusserand
France
United States
la Fayette
Wagsnington
W. A. Thomas
Michigan Railway gift of thousands of boutonnieres
The Michigan Railway Company distributes free boutonnieres to women passengers at Niles each year. A rebuilt hothouse doubles capacity, storing thousands of plants shipped to stations for beautification. The gesture targets women. men receive no bouquets.
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Michigan Railway Company
Niles
Mich
Marriages equal deaths in Richmond church records
Reverend J. P. Chamness of Richmond Ind church reports 170 marriages and 170 funerals since April 1900. The yearly totals shifted from 34 each in year one to 51 marriages 47 funerals in year two, with patterns of closeness between the two rites.
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Richmond
Ind
J. P. Chamness
Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Chamness
Peruna touted as cure for catarrh in old age
An advertisement promotes Peruna as a universal remedy curing mucous membrane ills leading to hearing smell taste and digestion loss. Testimonials from Rev J N Parker and Rev T H Lomax claim restored hearing relief from rheumatic pain and renewed vitality. The ad urges readers to obtain Dr Hartman’s free advice and book on catarrh.
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Peruna
J. N. Parker
Utica
N. Y
T. H. Lomax
D. D
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartwan Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Boston
R. Paxton CO
Pope
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