Indiana collector seeks ten dollar bill through artist letter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report recalls an Indiana man linked to a bank who claimed he was gathering sketches from newspaper artists. He then asked for a ten dollar bill from Indiana, noting he keeps tens and twenties and promising to frame the request.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Ohio
Walter recalls Dean's Kidney Pills relief for chronic disease
Wm H Walter of Chatsworth Illinois reports years of kidney disease with side and back pain and dark sediment in urine. He says Dean's Kidney Pills gave quick relief and cured him, noting a prior 40 pound loss but weight now up to 200 pounds. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Wm. H. Walter
Chatsworth
Ills
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ang Eg
Sympathy for the Fish
Upton Sinclair addresses Chicago Socialists criticizing charity as futile, noting the rich oppress the poor yet give little. He compares charity to a young angler who carries liniment for a fish she removes from the hook.
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Upton Sinclair
Chicago
His Idea of a Good Time
A retired contractor imagines a future prank as he dresses for dinner and the opera. He plans to discard cigars and dress down to smoke tobacco with the coachman in the barn, a notion his ambitious wife dismisses as unlikely to be printed.
Preacher narrowly avoids fall as pulpit desk collapses
Reverend J B Hammill of Hanson Place M E church Brooklyn preached in Sayville on Look well to your foundations when the pulpit desk collapsed tipping toward the altar rail. He barely escaped a fall, with Bible and notes scattering among the pew holmets.
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J. B. Hammill
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Sayville
L. L
Not Partial to Nursing Job Cut This Irishman's Pitch
Not long ago a young Irishman sought work in western Illinois and asked a Cairo-area farmer if he could cradle. The farmer, not in need of help, heard the Irishman’s cheerful plea and, after a pause, offered a consolation line about work outside hours. The Celt pressed for subaltern duties, sparking a witty exchange about cradling versusired work. The tale, from Harper's Weekly, highlights Irish wit in a farm hiring scene.
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Illinois
Cairo
Harper’s Weekly
Unheated Wax Press Demonstrated for Bee Culture
A Gleanings in Bee Culture correspondent outlines a wax press construction. The method uses a cleated rack, burlap sacks, and a stern follower with a screw mechanism to press wax from boiling comb into a shaped form.
Cr ea b Section of Follower Instructions
The passage outlines folding burlap over edges and lifting the sack to cool. It directs emptying slum gum, returning and refilling the sack, then boiling the comb on a four hole stove with lids off. A large tub with two buckets of water is used, adding the comb as it boils until nearly full and allowing water and free wax to flow from the press, leaving slumgum to press.
Value of a Good Coop
A farmer move from decrepit barrels to modern brood coops improves chick survival. Emphasis on dry interiors, watertight roofs, removable floors for cleaning, and air flow. Night protection uses mesh frames, while portable packing-box coops offer simple, effective shelter.
Poultry and Beekeeping Tips for Small Farmers
Practical guidance on poultry care and beekeeping from Sunflower seed as poultry food to hive management. Topics include brooder flock size, use of skim milk, lice control with lice killers or kerosene, green bone cutting, and balancing feeding to avoid overfeeding or underfeeding.
Poultry nutrition and the value of green bone in hens
The article argues that simply adding lime or phosphates to poultry feed is insufficient without the organic forms provided by sun-made plant matter. It promotes feeding green cut bone as a digestible source of lime and yolk phosphates, especially for pullets and cockerels in winter, alongside modern machinery for easy access.
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Dalton
Good Feed Rack for Poultry Keeps Feed Clean
A 4A serviceable feeding rack is described to prevent feed waste and water contamination. The design includes a crate and base tray with cross pieces to prevent warping, a two inch rim, and a lath crate mounted on a board top and wood base frame. A hinged trap door may be included, and water or feed can be stored beneath the crate without loss or pollution.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Double Ended Matches Spark Market Demand
A traveler from Mexico discusses double ended wax lucifers and their market potential. He notes the twoheaded design preserves a record with the Recording Angel and warns that one unlit end risks a fight, suggesting revived oldtime matches may appeal to buyers despite risks.
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Mexico
Cure by Cuticura Remedies Ends Eczema Crisis
Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge describes severe black splotches and itching on her face and body for four years diagnosed as eczema by two physicians. After trying Cuticura Remedies she stopped the outbreaks within six months and has remained symptom free for three years. Selma Alabama. October 28, 1905.
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Lizzie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Farnham school prize for brownest face awarded
The head master offered a prize to the pupil with the brownest face after a holiday in the open air. Twelve boys were named as the most tanned and captain Foster won the prize. Foster declines to reveal his preparation secrets to peers.
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Farnham Grammar School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Cure-All
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, describing internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The notice promises $100 if any case fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with sales by druggists at 75 cents and a JSX line urging Hall's Family Pills for constitution.
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Hail
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druggtats
SHE R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mass
Quaker Carriage Scene Sparks Icy Inquiry
A Quaker riding with a richly adorned woman complains of cold as she shivers in lace bonnet and shawl. He offers a frigid remedy, suggesting she wear another breastpin, in a moment that echoes a Sunday Magazine moral and Buddha quote on overcoming vice with virtue.
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Sunday Magazine
Hatchet Faced Woman Questions Tramp Over Liquor at Door
A sharp exchange unfolds as a hatchet faced woman suspects a tramp at her back door of liquor. The tramp denies carrying any alcohol and insists he is not stingy about sharing if he had it, eventually fading away.
Allen's Foot-Fuse Promises Relief for Swollen Feet
Advertisement states ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Fuse for swollen sweaty hot aching feet. Mentions Druggists sell for 25 cents with trial package free. Ends with slogan about man shaping circumstances.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Don't Sneeze Your Head Off Krause Cold Capsules
Cold relief product ad claims Krause's capsules cure most instantly. Available at all druggists for 20 cents.
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Krause
Notable Quotes and Teething Syrup Ad Fragment
A clipped OCR fragment features a Goethe quote about wealth and power, a Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup teething ad noting gum relief and feverish symptoms, and a Shakespeare line about prudence. The text is incomplete with brand and pricing details.
Amusing Wedding Train Joke From Honeymecon Tale
A friend recalls a couple’s wedding trip aboard a train where the groom jokes that it was an accommodation train since the porter would switch off the light each time they entered a tunnel. The laughed reaction highlights lighthearted village humor.
Working Women and What They Should Know
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female weakness and related health issues. It features testimonials from women in Jeannette Pennsylvania and La Farge Wisconsin praising relief and recovery, inviting other women to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Abbott
Jeannette
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
United States
The Doubtful Cockerel Encountered by Market Dealer
If you doubt a cockerel’s breeding qualities when ready to fry, grant the market dealer the benefit of the doubt and let him have the bird.
Peanuts for Dairy Cows Urged by Texas Agriculture Expert
Professor Corbett of the agriculture department advocates growing peanuts in Texas as a nutritious feed for dairy cattle. He promotes peanuts as a valuable supplement to dairy diets and urges farmers to adopt the crop.
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Corbett
Department of Agriculture
Texas
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