Sunshine Land in a Spring Poem
A verse celebrates a sunny shore called Sunshine Land where a million blossoms light hills and honeyed fields. The speaker recalls sailing with a loved one seeking a fairy gold of flowers but finds closer joys at home in Edith Thomas's note from a New York Weekly column.
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Sunshine Land
Edith Thomas
N. Y
If Things Were Not as They Are Poem by S E Kiser
A reflective verse questions happiness if conditions changed and contrasts past smiles with today’s sighs. The author cites S E Kiser in the Chicago Times Herald and explores whether upheaval would alter contentment or task meaning.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
The Weary Mother and Her Children Poem
A poem speaks to mothers worn by daily cares. It urges patience and cherishes children, contrasting present vexations with future longing when children are grown or gone. The voice thanks mothers for blessings and notes the comfort children bring in sorrow. Attributed to Mrs. B. M. Samson in the Housekeeper.
Haunted House Tale From Chicago Daily Record
A man in a haunted house recounts a grim visit from a fearsome Thing that terrifies guests and drives them away. The entity is solid and persistent, not a mere specter, leaving the dwelling shunned by all who know of it.
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Chicago Daily Record
Europe
Ivy's ascent as a symbol of hopeful love
A short verse from Youth's Companion likens a climbing ivy outside a window to a beloved’s ascent in life. The poem portrays patient upward striving, silent trust, and a belief the beloved will rise toward a brighter future beyond the past.
In the Kirkyard by the Lonely Shore
Poem excerpt by M Hedderwick Browne from Chambers Journal reflects longing for a grave by the sea A quiet resting place with waves keeping eternal watch and a mother’s lullaby in deathful sleep.
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M. Hedderwick Browne
Chambers
A Summer Afternoon Poem Fragment
A lyrical fragment by Hattie Whitney describes a hot noon day pleas for rain heard through olive shadows. The scene distant hill peaks hint at a mystery of soft silent rain as the sun bathes a hot red face in cooling cloud.
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Hattie Whitney
Familiar Pleasures and Storms Remind of Quiet Joys
A Washington Star verse notes that people overlook simple pleasures and homespun joys. It contrasts dull days with ideal weather and suggests one might pay to see a thunderstorm, highlighting restless curiosity about nature and emotion.
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Washington Star
Easy Way to Measure a Tree Height
An illustrated method to determine a tree height using a right angle frame or a shadow rule. Set a stake and align the diagonal to the target point on the tree, or compare the tree shadow with a pole of known length and apply the rule of three for height. Includes practical steps and adjustments for uneven ground.
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C. O. Ormsby
Something Worse Noted In War Horrors Dialogue
The excerpt features dialogue between Bronson and Jonson debating war horrors and home front experiences. Detroit Free Tess is cited alongside Lane's Family Medicine, touting a daily bowel health product that acts on the liver and kidneys to ease headaches, offered at 25 and 50 cents.
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Jonson
Bronson
Detroit
Tess
It Thrills Him and Society Gossip Fragments
A collage of quotes and ad jingles from early newspapers. Social snippets include stage romance banter, a bride’s happiness remark, dyeing product pitches, a religious line about love, and Beeman's Pepsin Gum endorsed against dyspepsia. Several dated references appear in clipping prose.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Note
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally with a price of 75 cents. The ad includes a proverb-like line about avoiding friction.
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Hall
Market report quotes for Wheat Corn Hogs Cattle and more
The New York August 14 market lists flour patent prices from 3.80 to 4.20 and assorted grain values. beef veal sheep and hog ranges shown across northeastern markets. Chicago East Buffalo and York region figures add cattle hogs sheep lambs with multiple price points for steers, veals, hogs, and lambs.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Chicago
East Buffalo
Width of tires across roads and loads cited
Prof H F King of the Wisconsin agricultural station urges road ordinances to regulate tire width and wheel diameter for specified loads. He cites Bavarian limits for carts and horses and notes other nations employ similar rules to protect community road systems.
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H. F. King
Wisconsin
Bavaria
Subduing the Bean Weevil in Bean Crops
The article argues that eradicating the bean weevil requires collective effort by farmers in a neighborhood. It recommends early threshing and sealing beans in tight containers and exposure to carbon bisulphide fumes to kill the pests.
Homemade Butter and Cheese Labeling Boosts Farm Sales
The Midland Farmer urges dairy makers to mold butter into regulation bricks and wrap with parchment printed with the farm name and owner address. This branding tactic helps customers refer friends to the home dairy products and increases perceived value.
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Midland Farmer
The tonic Pe-ru-Na urged for a vigorous home life
The article extols a woman’s duties to health, motherhood, and education, urging strength balance at home. It portrays a weary world needing revival through vitality and decorum, promoting Pe-ru-Na as a tonic.
The One Medicine for Women Pe-ru-na
The text claims Pe-ru-na is universally reliable for women and others. It asserts catarrh underlies many weaknesses and that Pe-ru-na cures catarrh in any organ and thus most troubles where other remedies fail. It emphasizes mucous membrane congestion as key and promises cure for catarrhal affections anywhere.
Land for sale in Marinette County Wisconsin promotion
Persuasive notice touts buying farms along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line in Marinette County Wisconsin. Highlights crop quality, markets, climate, water and long payment terms while urging readers not to rent. Mentions C E Rollins as land agent and a Chicago address. Warns against Cascarets substitute sellers with cautionary ad tone.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette County
Wisconsin
C. E. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicago
Ill
Medical student and doctor joke about women physicians
A cartoon caption features a medical student asking about women as doctors and an older physician replying that they are all right because two thirds of their income comes from women.
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Chicago Evening News
Palmer's Lotion Endorsement by Troy Resident
A Troy Alabama man praises Palmer's Lotion for his son's recovery from severe Granulated Eyelids after fifteen months of medical treatment. He urges households to obtain Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap and offers to send a pamphlet and samples via Solon Palmer of New York for those whose druggists do not stock the products.
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Charles B. Goldthwaite
Troy
Ala
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Presidential candidate reacts to nomination, Journal notes
The Indianapolis Journal compares a presidential candidate to a woman awaiting a marriage proposal and describes his reaction as one of surprise and contemplation. The remark frames the moment as a heightened emotional anticipation in political life.
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George
Indianapolis Journal
Cheap Excursions to Colorado by Special Trains
One night trips from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden depart August 21 September 4 and 18 at 445 pm. Round trip fare is regular fare plus 2 dollars with return by October 31 1900. Tickets valid on regular trains too. For details berth reservations and the book Colorado the Magnificent write John Sebastian G P A Chicago. Man's economy is in telling his wife how to save money. Arkansas Thomas Cat.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Colorado the Magnificent
John Sebastian
Arkansaw Thomas
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease powder
Foot powder promises to ease tight new shoes and cure corns itching swelling and sweating feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample. Ad dress Allen S Olmsted L2 Rav Y Fortunate is the liar who loses his reputation. Chicago Daily News. Also Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claim one day cold cure with druggist money back if it fails.
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Cascares
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
N. Y
Chicago Daily News
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