A Metrical Medley and A Dangerous Accomplishment
A verse medley contrasts April city scenes with nature and longing for blue skies. The second piece depicts a child learning to speak and walk, advising silence and contentment over blunt talk, reflecting on restraint and gentle成长.
Earn It and Fortune's Smile: A Poem Note
A Chicago Times-Herald by S. E. Kiser urges readers to seek achievement rather than passive longing. It proclaims fortune favors the earners and warns that fate may grant reward only through effort.
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Fate
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
Hats of Parisian Conception At millinery window
The piece teases new millinery creations from Parisian conception with flowers rare and dainty colors. It playfully imagines a maidenly thrill and a buyer’s sinking feeling when confronted by the milliner’s demand.
Who Loves the Trees Best
A playful verse features the four seasons arguing over which loves trees most. Spring praises leaves, Summer offers blossoms, Fall promises fruits and colors, while Winter pledges rest. Read in the N. Y. Independent attribution to Alice May Douglas.
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Alice May Douglas
N. Y
Foolish Lovers Inspire a Silent Awakening
The speaker recalls seeing Ana and her partner in a winding path, noting their tender caresses and sighs. He had mocked lovers, yet remembers a time when he too loved. He overhears the man utter words he once spoke, realizing his past folly. Published by S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Ana
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Alice in Her Room At The Edge Of The Storm
Poem fragment recounts a narrator seeking a loved one during a storm. A wavering light guides the speaker to Alice and a message from her lips, while references to Garling waiting in safety add a personal, sentimental tone. The piece ends with a brief attribution to R. B. Thompson in Metropolis Illinois.
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Alice
Garling
R. B. Thompson
Metropolis
Herald
Love Tokens of Lilies and Roses
A brief personal note from J.C.R. offers lilies and roses as symbols of purity sincerity and eternal love. The short verse expresses enduring devotion and timeless affection.
Let Us Sing It That Wary From F L Stanton
Poetic quote from the Atlanta Constitution praising a resilient view of the world. It notes beauty love light and sorrow, urging song to cover both darkness and brightness with hopeful tone. The quotation is attributed to F L Stanton.
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F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Barn Ventilation Principles From Ohio Farmer Report
Mr. H. E. Cook of Denmark New York discusses modern barn design and ventilation for dairy cattle. He endorses pine lumber cement floors insulated air space to reduce disease and improve milk good ventilation with icing system outtake and intake flues sized per cow group and dampers for control.
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H. E. Cook
Denmark
N. Y
New York Institutes
New York
Ohio
New Hampshire Passes Strict Milk Inspection Law
New Hampshire legislature enacts tight milk inspection giving local health boards broad power to regulate milk sales. Penalties include 200 dollars and up to 60 days in jail. Requirements specify minimum solids and fat content by season, and cans must be labeled with legible inches letters.
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New Hampshire
Boards of Health
Grapevines Practical for Small Farms and Home Gardens
The article notes grapevines fit any farm, with a single vine often feeding a family at little cost. Vines can grow around a porch, on a fence, or on a trellis, with a few vines along a garden edge providing abundant fruit in a small footprint.
Corn Should Not Be Fed Alone To Dairy Cows
A cautionary note warns against feeding corn by itself to dairy cows. Experts advise balanced rations incorporating forages, minerals, and protein to ensure rumen health and milk production.
Grain-O Grain-Based Coffee Substitute Gains Fans
A new grain beverage called GRAIN-O is now sold in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It is described as gentle on the stomach and similar in taste to coffee, offered at 15 and 25 cent packages. Children may drink it safely, and the ad urges readers to try it and ask for Grain-O. A short Town Topics quip follows.
Cough Medicine Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An ad for Kemp's Balsam claims immediate cough relief with free sample bottles and small bottle prices. It urges readers to visit their druggist now, warning delays are dangerous. The page also features short quotes about marriage and digestion products from 19th or early 20th century papers.
Cure and Prevent Pneumonia With Hoxsie's Cure Ad
Newspaper ad cites Hoxsie's Croup Cure as infallible and priced at 50 cents. Includes testimonials and marketing note from users praising Piso's Cure. Sourced from Chicago Daily News and Minneapolis and New York Herald quotations.
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Hoxsie’s
Market prices across cities show mixed grain and livestock trading
The report lists multiple regional quotes dated April 23 for wheat corn oats and livestock. Prices cover No 2 red wheat 77 cents in New York and various figures for butter cheese eggs cattle sheep and hogs in cities including Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo and Cincinnati.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
East Liberty
East Buffalo
California Sleeper Train From Kansas City Promises Comfort
A weekly tourist sleeping car departs Kansas City at 7 05 p m every Tuesday on the Missouri Kansas & Texas route to San Francisco via Fort Worth San Antonio and Los Angeles with a sleeper rate of 5 00 and Tuesday low fare from Kansas City at 25 00 for March and April. The note mentions Bertha Nettie and a Boston Transcript quote about marriage.
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Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
San Francisco
Ft. Worth
Antonio
Los Angeles
Deafness Cure Claim Promises Recovery by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and promotes Hall's pills. Also includes a honeymoon quip from the Boston Gazette.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Palmer's Lotion Promised Relief For Inflamed Eyelids
A health note cites Mr. C H Gleason of West Gloucester Rhode Island praising Palmer's Lotion for curing inflamm ed eyelids after years of suffering. The ad urges readers to obtain samples by mailing to Solon Palmer New York and notes the lotion's half century of public use. A final line mocks friendship in a kitchen club.
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C. H. Gleason
West Gloucester
Rhode Island
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Souvenir Map Promoted For Cincinnati Meeting
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway issues a souvenir map and guide to Cincinnati for the United Society of Christian Endeavor meet. It highlights churches suburbs resorts railroads and street car lines and is available from B and O S W agents or O P McCarty Cincinnati. Town Topics comments on drinking.
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United Society of Christian Endeavor
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Queen City
O. P. McCarty
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowel Movement
An early health notice claims Lane's Family Medicine helps daily bowel movements to stay healthy. It asserts gentle action on the liver and kidneys and claims cure for sick headaches with prices listed as 25 and 50e.
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Lane
Woman Prefers No Interruptions While Speaking
A Detroit Journal line notes that a woman dislikes being interrupted during conversations and a man dislikes interruptions while eating highlighting social etiquette cues.
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Detroit Journal
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Patent medicine claim offers a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25ce.
Clergy Endorse Peruna as Safe Cure for Catarrh
Noted clergymen including Bishop James A. Handy of Baltimore praise Peruna as a tonic and safe cure for catarrh of the vocal organs. Handy says he used the remedy at a friend's request and cheerfully recommends it to others seeking relief from catarrh and related debility from sedentary clerical life.
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James A. Handy
D. D
Baltimore
Notable Catarrh Cures Endorse Peruna by Patients
Readers recount success with Peruna for catarrh including six bottle cures of incipient consumption. Mrs. Stevens from Carthage New York and Mrs. Williams of Chicago praise rapid relief, appetite return, and restored health. Dr Hartman offers free advice from Columbus Ohio.
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