There Was No Half Way Work in Praise of Niece
Abner Riggs extols his niece’s musical gift claiming she is chock full of music and could be the greatest musician from New England or the United States. He praises her singing piano melodeon pipe organ banjo guitar and now fiddle and cornet. He notes she can render soprano or contralto as needed and can draw music from an iron spoon and tin dipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Riggs
Mr. Riggs
New England
United States
New Haven shopkeeper creates commotion over stock remark
A volatile New Haven shopkeeper scolds clerks for slow sales. When a clerk tells a customer there have been none for a while, the owner claims ample stock downstairs. The customer bursts into hysterical laughter and leaves, asking what the joke was. The line about rain becomes the punchline as Harper's Weekly notes the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Harper’s Weekly
Lost Again and Again Dad Moulton’s Racing Tale
An alumnus recalls Stanford trainer Dad Moulton once racing globally as a professional, claiming he won 263 races and was defeated only twice. One rival who beat him later died before Moulton could race again, doubling as a grim punchline to the tale from the San Francisco Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad Moulton
Stanford
Dad
San Francisco Chronicle
A Reminiscent Experiment at County Wake
The bereaved Mrs. O'Leary sobs over her husband’s coffin with neighbor present. She pleads to him to wake and hunt for a job, echoing dialect phrases as she calls him. Judge reports the scene in a somber, humorous tone.
The Motor Bus Lullaby Parodied by London Punch
A satirical verse notes a cradle in a house top and a rocking bus as the cradle’s fate. The quip plays on urban transit and domestic imagery in a London Punch audience style.
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London
Police Force Formed to Guard New York Aqueduct
A dedicated police unit is being organized to protect the new 108 mile aqueduct from the Catskills into New York City, ensuring security for the crucial water supply project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Aqueduct
Catskills
Diverse Scientific Observations and Historical Notes
The text covers varied topics from mining definitions and measurement standards to lightning protection for power lines in Mexico, to early planetology on Earth as life’s source, and notes on Miss M C Stopes fossil flora research. It also mentions the ancient gingko tree and fossil specimens in Scotland showing remarkable similarity to living trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michoacan
Guanajuato
Mexico
Prof
Lowell
Earth
M. C. Stopes
Scotland
Japan
China
Europe
Brora
Artificial Lumber and Wood Substitutes Emerging
A Pennsylvania inventor unveils artificial lumber made from very thin layers of hydraulic cement and asbestos fiber with embedded wire mesh. The material, marketed as durable and stable, aims to replace wood for many applications and is shown alongside current compressed wood products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
French families by children count total 11 315 000
The Republique francaise reports that France has about 11 315 000 households. Of these, 1 804 720 are childless, 2 966 171 have one child, 2 661 978 have two children, 1 643 425 have three, 987 392 have four, 566 768 have five, 327 241 have six, 182 998 have seven, 94 729 have eight, 44 728 have nine, 20 639 have ten, 8 305 have eleven, 3 508 have twelve, 1 487 have thirteen, 554 have fourteen, 249 have fifteen, 79 have sixteen, 34 have seventeen, and 45 have eighteen or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republique Francaise
New Welding Methods and Wise Advice
The piece outlines autogenous welding by edge fusion with a blowpipe and forming seamless copper vessels from separate parts. It also offers a short Wise Advice about increasing effort when duty or doubts rise, and a Leap Year quip from Harvard Lampoon about courting.
Fifteen Years Of Eczema Cured In Six Days
A Fort Crook Nebraska soldier testifies after suffering fifteen years from eczema on hands arms and legs The condition worsened in winter and caused constant itching preventing sleep He used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for six days and the itching ceased with sores disappearing claiming renewed health and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wovell
U. S. Infantry
Fort Crook
Nebraska
The Gentle Rebuff at Philanthropy Dinner
Robert W Hebberd New Yorks commissioner of charities recounts a tale from a philanthropic dinner about a western minister seeking aid for a proud man in need. The editor of a weekly questions the description until the minister says he cannot disclose the mans name. The piece ends with the editors realization that the described man could be himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Hebberd
New York
Commissioner of Charities
Mme
Parson
New York Post
Billion Dollar Grass Promises Big Yields and Seeds Catalog
A promotional notice claims Billion Dollar Grass yields three crops yearly with high hay and seed sales, citing an Iowa farmer with 100 acres selling 3800 dollars of seed and 300 tons of hay. It advertises sending a postage paid seed catalog from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, plus other seed offerings and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
Victoria
John A. Salter Seed Co
Wisdom of the Oyster Tale Sparks Dinner Table Banter
A witty anecdote from New York features Mr. Travers and a verbose English neighbor at table. The exchange centers on whether oysters have brains with the oyster finally proving it can shut up. The tale underscores classic wit clashing with pompous arrogance in a humorous dinner scene.
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Travers
New York
States
Gladstone
Dilke
Salisbury
Churchill
New York Sun
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days With PAZO Ointment
Guaranteed to cure any case of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Includes claim of reversal of symptoms and refund offer.
Philadelphia Visitor Sees Conductor Miss her Stop
A Philadelphia woman riding a city car remained seated after the conductor announced Ninety-first Street. He apologized for forgetting her stop and she reassured him not to turn back. She had been lost in thought and near sighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eighty-ninth Street
New York Times
Slaughterhouse Profit From Gallstones Sells Abroad
A Chicago slaughter house earns thousands monthly by collecting gallstones from animal gall bladders and exporting them to Japan where they fetch high prices. The American Locomotive Company of Richmond Virginia has provided eighty locomotives and two steam shovels for the South Manchurian railway at Dalny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Japan
American Locomotive Company of
Richmond, Va
Dalny
St Gaudens Sculptures to Be Shown at Met New York
The late Augustus St Gaudens works will be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City during the coming month.
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Augustus St. Gaudens
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Canada Holds Vast Pulpwood Area Across 2.6 Million Sq Miles
Canada possesses about 2,600,000 square miles of pulpwood resources. The figure underscores the country’s extensive timberlands and potential wood product capacity.
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Canada
Iceless iceboxes touted as automatic home cooling systems
Popular Mechanics describes an electric motor driven pump circulating a cooling solution through radiator like pipes in a refrigerator to maintain a set cold temperature automatically. The system requires little maintenance and could create basement cold storage for large supplies reducing ongoing ice purchases and daily grocery costs.
Remarkable Red Bank Man Nears Century of Life
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace Street Red Bank New Jersey at age 98 shares his kidney illness battle of four decades. Doctors warned he would never improve yet after using Deans Kidney Pills he reports full relief and nightly rest. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Shepard Kollock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Man Who Has Stayed Too Long
Exclaimed Miss Patience Gon ne in a Philadelphia Press line about Mr Staylate being worn down by endless conundrums and remarks that the best thing going is a man who has stayed too long.
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Patience Gonne
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward for Cure
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. endorsement from F. J. Cheney & Co. and two Toledo druggists. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
VaSpiInc, KinMan & Marvin
Race Death Belief Sparks Brooklyn Life Reflection
In a Brooklyn Life remark, Howell-Well and Rowell celebrate a fatherhood moment with a cigar, as the speaker proclaims a newfound belief in race death by own action, marking a dramatic shift in perspective.
Animal Post Cards to Mil waukee readers
A set of eight attractive post cards in five colors features wild animals from the Washington park zoo in Milwaukee. They will be mailed on receipt of 12 cents, coin or stamps, and appeal to both grown people and children. Address The Evening Wisconsin Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Washington Park Zoo
Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin Company
Wis
Census of St John’s Road Workhouse Reveals Inmates
A recent census of the St John’s Road workhouse in London counted 1613 inmates, with 1150 aged over 60. The figures highlight the large elderly component in the facility.
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St. John’s Road
London
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised in 19th century ad
In this vintage notice Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York promotes Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder. It claims to rest feet relieve corns bunions swollen and sore feet stop sweating ease tight shoes and cure ingrowing nails with a 25 cent price and free sample by mail.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Andover Bequest Named In Lincoln Will
Vernoon Lincoln's will provides a bequest of 500 dollars to the town of Andover Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Mass
Vernoon Lincoln
BROMO QUININE LAXATIVE CLAIMS E W GROVH Signature
An advertisement touts a single dose cure for a cold in one day using Bromo Quinine laxative. It references the signature of E. W. Grovh and claims worldwide use with a 25 cent price.
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E. W. Grovh
Russia’s New Navy Costs 1.078 Billion in Installments
The Russian navy will cost 1.078 billion dollars, to be paid over several years according to the plan.
Taubert Tannery Ad In Minneapolis Offers Hide Prices
Hides and furs tanned for robes coats or rugs. Send for price list to Taubert Tannery in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Taubert Tannery
Minneapolis
Minn
Bishop Satterlee Opposes Prohibition Policy
The Rt Rev Henry Yates Satterlee bishop of Washington D C opposes prohibition expressing a stance against the ban and its enforcement.
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Henry Yates Satterlee
Washington, D. C
Germany shows varying personal crisis report rates by region
Last year Germany logged 11,013 personal crisis reports, or 21 per 100000 people. Prussia reported 20, Saxony 32, Schleswig-Holstein 33, and Catholic and Polish Posen 8. Berlin stood at 34.
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Germany
Prussia
Province of
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Posen
Berlin
Do You Eat Pie Pie Ad From D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY
A vintage ad promotes pie making with Our Pie by D Zerta Food Co Rochester New York. It urges readers to ask grocers for the product or switch to one that supplies it and highlights lemon chocolate and custard pies as easy to prepare.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. Y
Sensitivity Ranking of Body Parts Highlighted
The statement ranks body parts by tactile sensitivity with the tongue at the top, followed by the fingertips and then the lips, noting the tongue as the most sensitive area and lips as less sensitive in this order.
We Pay High Prices for Furs and Hides
N W Hide and Fur Co in Minneapolis advertises high prices for furs and hides and offers tanning for robes rugs or coats. A separate note claims bread is baked in Persia from dough rolled thin as a pancake and as long as a towel.
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N.w.hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Persia
Garfield Tea and Winslow Syrup Advertisements
The notice promotes Garfield Tea as a simple herbal laxative to regulate liver and kidneys and relieve constipation. It also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, claiming gum softening, reduced inflammation, and relief from wind colic. The ad mentions a spring start in New York for the world’s largest restaurant project.
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New York
Truth and Quality in a Laxative Choice
An ad extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility. It asserts physician approval and urges buying the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ad Copy Suggestion for Advertisers in This Paper
When contacting advertisers please mention that you saw the advertisement in this paper. This directive reinforces reader engagement and supports local commerce through the newspaper channel.
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Borax Products
Pacific
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy of London
Westcott
Harvard Lampoon
Wisdom
Howell
Rowell
Powell
Man
Brooklyn
W.l.douglas Shoes
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. D Glas
Brockton
Greenlard
State St. Chesebrough
Sterling Remedy Co
Sloans
Earl
Sioan
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