Tart4ric Truths From A Moral Musing Column
A humorous pithy column reflects on faith in purchases hair restorer vanity heartbreak and the impracticality of two faced showmen. It muses on Providence insignificance brittle resolutions language errors and worker unhappiness about future retirement.
Wordplay Advice From Everyday Objects
The Town Topics quips offer personified objects urging caution and diligence. Push urges leaders to stay decisive while the Calendar urges staying up to date and the Knife advises sharp dealings. The final line contrasts a “woman of few words” with her tireless use of language.
Bright Eyes and Clear Complexion From Healthy Blood
Miss Mamie Conway of Canton Ohio credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with transforming her health and complexion. She describes prior nerv ness headaches indigestion and a torpid liver and notes pimples disappeared after two boxes. The pills are said to correct irregularities and banish weakness and are available from any druggist.
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Mamie Conway
Miss Conway
East Eighth Street
Canton
Ohio
Dance of the Inexpert Skater and Other Verses
A mixed selection of verse and verse-lyrics from Chicago papers. It includes an awkward skater who can glide yet cannot skate, love lamentations to “Liza Ann,” a playful queen and king of tarts, a Dolson love fragment, dialect go way refrain, a reflective art piece, and a highway longing ode to Apple Row. The pieces feature named papers and poets as published.
Poem Verses From Illinois And Chicago Chronicle Fragments
A collection of lyric couplets reflecting on love and blessings. The verses contrast poverty, divine gifts, and emotional affection, referencing the Atlanta Constitution and Chicago Chronicle as sources or attributions. The tone is nostalgic and romantic with nature imagery.
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Atlanta Constitution
The Useful Bowline Knot Demonstrated
The Bowline knot is shown as a vital, non slipping knot sailors and farmers can tie. It forms a secure loop to hoist a person or move an animal safely, with instructions and illustrations from the American Agriculturist.
Belgian Hares Lesson on Price and Supply
The piece notes a Chicago meat market sign offering Two Belgian Hares for 25 Cents and cites past hype that Belgian hare meat could fetch high prices. It warns that producers overestimated demand, livestock increased, and prices fell toward rabbit levels, a pattern seen in other markets.
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Chicago
The Secretion Of Milk Examined At Dairyman Meet
Mr Glendinning of Manilla Ontario explains in a dairyman meeting that the udder holds more blood than milk and that milk begins to secrete only after stimulation. He notes a cow may yield little milk at first and then begin letting down milk after continued milking.
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Glendinning
Manilla
Ontario
Appendicitis Lesson Becomes Schoolyard Lesson
A New Jersey suburban school superintendent and a grade teacher used a physiology demonstration to explain the spinal column and the vermiform appendix. The superintendent called the appendix useless and described appendicitis as an inflammation requiring its amputation.
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New York Sun
New Jersey
Subarten
Poet Turns to Cookbook With Narrow Rhymes
A noted author admits a failed poetry attempt but reveals success with a cookbook that intersperses rhymes between vegetable entries. The amused remark highlights a pivot to prose and culinary guidance.
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Atlanta Constitution
Quick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills Drives a Kansas Blacksmith
A Kansas Goodland blacksmith N E Albertson recovered from severe rheumatism after one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He slept better, his pain vanished, and he could work again. Neighbors soon began using the pills after hearing his testimony.
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Dodd
Kansas
Goodland
Kan
N. E. Albertson
Mr. Albertson
Cuticura Resolvent Pills Promote Skin Cure Sale
Cuticura Resolvent Pills with soap and ointment offer complete skin and blood treatment for $1.00. The set cleanses the skin heals it and clears the blood and is often sufficient for cure. Raisuli rises socially and changes how his name is written, per the Washington Times.
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Raisuli
Washington Times
Seed firm offers vast plant selection from Salzer Co
The John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin showcases an immense catalog after Editor reviews 10 000 plant listings priced at 16 cents each. The firm is described as a highly reliable and extensive seed grower in the world.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
John A. Salzer
Salters Seeds Offer for Test Package and Catalog
A Chicago Tribune item offers Salter's Warranted Vegetable Seeds with seed amounts for 1000 cabbages 2000 turnips 2000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes 1000 flowers for 160 postage plus 20c postage for a Berliner Cauliflower. The notice asks recipients to return the notice.
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Salter
K. L
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement notice in Le Roy NY
An 19th or early 20th century ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for painful swollen feet and easier shoe wear. It claims cure for smarting sweating feet and offers a free sample. Distributed by A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York, urging no substitute. The ad ends with a quip about less polish prompting more reflections.
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Allen’s
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Handy small boxes from farm boards for frost and pests
Odd pieces of board can be saved and made into boxes 12 to 15 inches square and six to ten inches deep. They protect tomatoes and other plants from late frosts in spring and shield squash cucumber and melon vines from flea beetles. Place around plants and cover with newspaper old sack glass pane or cheese cloth as needed.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Claims Quick Cure
An old ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising one day relief for colds. It offers refunds if not cured and bears E W Grove’s signature on each box. A Chicago Tribune quote and other testimonials are cited, including Piso’s Cure for Consumption not equal for colds.
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E. W. Grove
F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Ad Claims Refund
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding conditions. If Pazo OrntTenT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days the druggist will refund 50 cents. The note ends with a quotation about honesty.
Dean's Kidney Pills Cured Nor mal Dealer's Severe Kidney Pain
A. C. Sprague of Normal Ill describes two years of severe back pain that prevented sleep and riding. He took three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and recovered fully, now sleeping well and able to travel. Foster Milburn Co. offers a trial free. Price 50 cents.
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A. C. Sprague
Normal
Ill
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Aristocratic plants beat potatoes in usefulness claim
A quotation argues that while there may be nobler plants, none match the potato in practical value, highlighting its humble yet essential role in sustenance and daily life.
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