Cooks and bars share fondness for favorite knives
An old New Orleans Times-Democrat quip notes cooks grow oddly attached to the knives they use, often taking a cherished blade when leaving a job. The piece compares passion for knives to barbers razors, musicians instruments, and even walking canes, stating such attachment is a natural habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theimee
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hungarian Millet as Quick Hay Crop in Short Bay Areas
The article notes Hungarian millet as a fast hay crop in sections with short bay. It cites seed prices from $2 to $2.25 per bushel and soil conditions suitable for shallow plowing and harrowing. Millet is valued for winter feed, digestion aid, and bone building, with notes on its use in poultry rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central West
Galdwell
Caldwell
Corner Kitchen Recipes from The Epicure Column
Delicate puff pastries and marmalades mixed with plum and peach preserves, beef tournedos, gingerbread, custard, corn bread, stewed corn, and practical tips. Includes instructions for making orange marmalade from oranges, baked peaches with butter and lemon, and a pop of kitchen hacks for milk, tinware, cleaning, and dyeing.
Evils of Tight Shoes and Modern Fashion
A long compendium on the dangers of constricting footwear, corsets, and high heels. It links nervous exhaustion, dyspepsia, and spinal neuralgia to modern women’s fashion while detailing chiropodist remedies, stockings, and footwear choices to restore balance and foot health. It includes testimonials about Doan's Kidney Pills and quips on travel and seasickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene E. Larto
Twentieth Avenue
Union Station
Denver
Colo
Sai
Dean
Doan
Larlo
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Catarrh Cure Ad and Miscellaneous Fragments
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of Catarrh with Hal's Gatored Cure. The text includes endorsements for F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, and mentions various druggists and products. Scattered fragments reference a warranty, testimonials, hose purchase, and a casual exchange about tools with an ex hardware clerk, plus a remark on wild creatures in different climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
F. J. Cheney &O
Propa
Toledo
Cheney
Hele
Waer & Tavax
Tolada
Watorsa
Kinwan & Marvin
DrugHista
Toteio
Hall
All Druguists
Han
Peruna Endorsed by U S Officials and Ministers
Commodore Somerville Nicholson United States Navy writes from Washington D C praising Peruna as a sure cure for catarrh. U S Minister to Guatemala W G Hunter and other prominent figures also endorse Peruna, urging others with catarrh to use the remedy and request free medical advice from Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pate
Lex
Henry Vauzl
Dadit
Tomi
Somerville Nicholson
United States Navy
Et Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Caterini
S. Nicholson
United States
Guatemala
W. Godfrey Hunter
U. S
Constean
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
W. G. Hunter
M. D
Congress
Virginia
Welles
Verona
Hartman
Ephie
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Q
The Pope and the Nephews Joke
A story from Italy portrays the pope as a ready wit. A nephew’s wife asks whether she should sing at a music hall for a large salary given her debt and large family. The pope replies he approves and laments unable to attend her debut due to his official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rubber Stamps and Miscellaneous Odds and Ends
An assorted ad page lists rubber stamps and daters with order options, ink and pad supplies, and a request for a catalogue to Lock Box 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana. It includes stray jokes, poems, and a note about Putnam Faceless Dyes refunds, plus assorted printer and paper mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yangtee
Yangtse
Lirgest
China
Australia
Mira
Winnlow
HoorniHa
Germany
W. L. Douglas Union
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Lower
Ieee
Ator Caootaiuss Asa ‘Tower Camapum CO
Toronto
United Sta Ainglio
Ripana
Wil Thom
Hacer Henels
Tenny
Jenny
Atlanta Constitution
Canadian Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ontario
Essex
Ealtburton
New York State
Hutter
Bueed
Eateh
Washington Star
Anman
Peru-na
G. BR. Brown
Martinville
G. R. Brown
Peruna
Immertia
Perung
Commodore Nicholson
Oscar ‘Tripp
Big Rock
Chicago
FT. Wayne
Fostoria
Findlay
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Dalli
Nickel Plate Road
Pullman
A. Asterlin
Trav
Paes
Fr. Wayne
Ind
Spencer's
CAN Gale
A. Spencer
Tame St. Dwight, Bl
R. G. Thompson
North
Mh Bhars Sim Hammune Ioan Link
Tan Ling
Beaver Line
Ano Ore Wanasa
Mau Amp’ Ocean Towers
al TH World