Robert Fulton the inventor and his era
About Robert Fulton born to poverty, he rises from apprentice and painter to engineer and inventor. He creates canal tools, a submarine concept, and the Clermont steam boat, which inaugurates modern steam navigation. Fulton dies aged 50 after a life of relentless work and lasting fame.
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Obert Fulton
Robert
Philadelphia
Fulton
London
Duke of Bridgewater
Edward F. Livingston
United States
Paris
Livingston
America
Hudson
Clermont
New York
Albany
Masculine Vanity in Dress and Self Image
The piece argues vanity exists in men as well as women and cites reflections in mirrors and grooming rituals. It notes women face external judgment while men seek inner proof, yet a man’s vanity persists through tailored clothing and the role of male tailors in women’s fashion.
Key Rack for Family Use with Colored Hooks
A wall mounted key rack with brass hooks and ribbon adornments is suggested. Each family member gets a labeled hook to hang their door key, keeping the entry orderly and ensuring the last person can bolt the door.
Beauty Hints from a Historic Page
Advice on whitening hands with almond oil and chalk and a footbath recipe using alum rock salt borax and water. It warns against sleeping with a dirty face and suggests diluting glycerin with floral waters or rainwater and substituting almond oil if irritation occurs.
Novel Key Rack Gains Favor in American Homes
A new English custom of a hall key rack is taking hold in American country houses. A decorative wooden rack, about an inch and a quarter square, is mounted to hold all household keys, offering an improved alternative to plain hook boards.
Using Scraps of Soap for Household Cleansing
The Cosy Corner advises saving soap scraps in a wide mouthed bottle then adding powdered saltpeter rock ammonia and warm water to create a versatile cleaner. When cooled the mixture can be dissolved in water or applied with a flannel for effective cleaning on paint grease and general messes.
Embroidery Threading Tip for Laundry Finished Garments
Quick method to thread lace and beading after laundering. Attach a narrow tape to the ribbon before drawing it out, then pull the ribbon and tape back in. When the garment returns, secure the ribbon to the tape and pull it through as the tape is withdrawn.
Cashier Admits Salary Strain in Brooklyn Life
Two partners discuss a new cashier, noting he can’t live on the salary offered. The exchange hints at financial strain and possible scrutiny of accounts in the Brooklyn Life piece.
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Brooklyn
Unnatural looseness in child bowels prompts remedy
This notice urges immediate care for a child with first season diarrhea. It recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil as directed with each bottle. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
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Chamberlain
Cook & Sherman
Fun at Home Two Boys Playful Trick Entertainment
An excerpt from the Omaha World-Herald describes a simple two person prank using a curtain and shoes to create a humorous effect. It suggests moving a table by a doorway, adding props like a hat and performing a short song or speech to enhance the joke for children.
Foolish Fires Explain the will o the wisp and luminous wood
A curious discussion about decayed wood that glows with phosphoric light and the mythical jack o lantern. It explains luminous wood in the woods and outlines theories on ignis fatuus and why the ghostly light evades capture in marshy areas.
Riddles and Questions on Sunday School Pupils
A collection of pun riddles about historical events and daily life. Includes jokes about Vittoria and England, widowhood, shoes, spiders, cigars, and a comparison to a tight shoe. Notes a global Sunday School enrollment of 24 million, with about 12 million in the United States.
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United States
Cry baby fills world with tears and cries at joy
A cry baby is described with a perpetual wet face a chapped mouth and a dirt stained dress. The verse notes a constant sense of hurt and frequent crying even when no cause exists and when happiness fills the world with song.
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Bo Folka
Omaha World-Herald
A Fortunate Texan Praises Dr King’s New Life Pills
Mr. E. W. Goodloe of 107 St. Louis Street Dallas reports in the past year he has become acquainted with Dr King’s New Life Pills. He says no laxative he tried before was as effective in disposing of malaria and biliousness. The pills do not grind nor gripe and are available for 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Dallas
Tex
Dr. King
Stewart's
Antiseptic Liniment Prevents Blood Poisoning
An antiseptic liniment that prevents blood poisoning from cuts bruises or burns and speeds healing with reduced maturation time. It allays burn pain almost instantly. For sale by Cook Sherman.
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Cook & Sherman
Proverbial cautions on haste from famed writers
A compilation of quotations warns that haste leads to waste and error. It cites Barons, Churchill, Seneca, Wesley, Heywood, Bulwer-Lytton, and others, pairing maxims like haste maketh waste with calls to deliberate, steady work and patience.
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Baron Plunket
Churchill
Botleau
Heywood
John Wesley
Richard IL
Hasta
Tennyson
Cowley
Bulwer-Lytton
Remedy for Colic and Diarrhoea Promoted by Local Store
Pains in the stomach and cholera are relieved quickly by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Cook and Sherman.
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Cook & Sherman
Origin of Cork Legs and the Cork Legend
A dealer debunks the cork leg myth and explains how the idea started. He notes that Cork the inventor created modern artificial legs around 1810 and that many people still credit cork legs with his name, even though real legs have always been wooden or metal and not cork.
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John Cork
Cork
Mayor Schmitz Held in Jail as San Francisco Lacks Leader
The San Francisco mayor is jailed without bail leaving the city without an executive. Prosecutors in the Haywood case press to prove Orchard’s testimony broadly true and seek links between Haywood and Orchard. Rumors from City of Mexico report Mexico negotiating for two war transports and two battleships.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Haywood
Orchard
City of
Mexico
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
If you inquire you will see many suffer from kidney or bladder troubles. For those not past medical aid Foley's Kidney Cure will cure. It never disappoints and is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Copper cable lightning rod sale by Leo Shel angouskie
Local ad offers copper cable lightning rods at low prices. Contact Leo Shel angouskie, route three, for purchase details and pricing information.
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Leo Shelangouskie
R. R
Vacation Tours by Iowa Central Ry Summer Rates
The Iowa Central Railway offers cheaper excursion rates for summer to east coast resorts and western states including Minnesota Wisconsin California Utah Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming and South Dakota. Tickets on sale daily from June 1 to October 31 1907 with liberal stop over privileges and flexible routes. Contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Iowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Utah
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Iowa Central Ry Tickets to California During NAEs Meet
Due to the National Educational Association gathering in Los Angeles, Iowa Central Railway sells round trip tickets from June 22 to July 5 to San Francisco and Los Angeles with return to September 15, 1907 at one fare. Travel via any direct route. return via any other direct. stop-over privileges at any point. Apply to A. B. Cutts, G. P. & T. A., Minneapolis, Minn.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Iowa Central Ry
San Francisco
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington County Bargains Forty Acre Lot Addendum
120 acres five miles to town with house barn good well fruit and telephone near school. Will trade for small town property. Price and terms available on request.
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R. D
Confidential Talk on Any Proposition Offered Here
Readers are invited to discuss any proposition with the assurance of strict confidentiality if desired. The notice emphasizes openness and discretion for all inquiries or proposals brought forward.
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Robert Fulton
J. A. Edgerton
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Immortals
Vittoria
England
William
Nigola & Harmon
North Side
Chas. D. Gorham & CO
Garden City Bargains
Garden City
Kansas
Illinois
Washington County
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