Home Built Windmill Drains Arid West Water
In the arid west district enterprising settlers build windmills from cast-off materials. J L Brown of Buffalo County Nebraska showcases a self made go devil mill supplying water since 1894 for a house, stock, and a ten acre fruit farm. Eight fan wheel, gas pipe axle, and pine crank details described. The article notes wind direction and drought timing affect performance and emphasizes utility in dry seasons. It also discusses birds protecting crops by insect consumption and fungi harming pines, plus garden and orchard as a sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Arid West District
J. L. Brown
Buffalo County
Neb
Brown
Farm
Wome
Uncle Sam's Hot Water Reservation Summary
A historical overview of the Hot Springs reservation in Garland County Arkansas detailing federal acts from 1832 to 1888, land uses, water rights, and revenue. It notes 950 000 gallons of hot water daily under control, government management, profits from bathhouses, and a free dispensary for indigent patrons. It also mentions British incomes and Mexico climate notes as part of a broader, mixed newspaper digest.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs
United States
Garland County
Hot Springs Reservation
North Mountain
West Mountain
Bugar Loaf Mountain
Treasury
United States Army
Congress
Uncle Sam
N. Y
Meon Valley Rail Way Plan Brings New Line To Meon Villages
The Meons in Hampshire Downs lie quiet and sparse as census figures show depopulation but a new railway from Alton to Wareham will traverse the valley. It promises rapid direct links between Aldershot and southern ports Portsmouth Southampton and Gosport, opening long untouched countryside to rail transport.
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England
Meons
Hampshire Downs
Winchester
Cobbett
East Meon
Cobbet
Meon Valley
Alton
Wareham
Aldershot
Portsmouth
Southampton
Gosport
Queen Victoria Objects to Electricity and Gas
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press notes Queen Victoria objects to electric light and gas for personal use. She favors candles of an extra-special make, calming a curious exchange about illumination. The text shifts to a playful cartoonish dialogue with a housekeeper and a dog, ending with a brisk weekly note.
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Detroit
Allen’s Foot Base Shoewear Aid Claim Ad
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base powder for the feet. It relieves tight or new shoes, cures swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Available at all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial package free by mail. Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Slightly Mixed Funeral Service Becomes Personal Preference
A brief Kansas City Independent quip notes a couple discussing an Episcopal funeral service. They joke about it, with one asking to have it read at their death and the other confirming a line about Here endeth the first lesson.
Oklahoma offered homeseekers splendid inducements and routes
The Frisco Line promotes Oklahoma territory access to key locales and Oklahoma City without changing cars. Descriptive literature is available from Bryan Snyder in St. Louis. The ad includes assorted quotes and medical cure claims from various publications, highlighting tonic brands and a chorus of humor.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Bryan Snyder
St. Louis
California Fig Syrup Co laxative health ad claim
Disobedience remark leads into an advertisement describing a well known laxative syrup. It praises Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as a pleasant tasting, effective cleans er serving as a strengthening laxative. It emphasizes its purity and warns against imitations, listing stock locations in San Francisco Louisville and New York and a price of 5 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catrfonnia Fig Syrup Co
California Fia Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
W. C
Gale
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Prea Arlines
Nebraska
United Kingdom
N. Y. World
Mexico
Proyn
Klondike
Bolus
Dr. Tanner
Puck
Mrs. Scrappington
Mr. Scrappington
Messinewey
Yatay
Chicago
Niulve Co
Sita
Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Grove
Ethel
Mr. Suds
Brooklyn
Ram’s. Horn
Piso
Williamsport
Philadelphia
Matt
L. A. W. Bulletin
Dai
Ago Daily Newa
DR. Moffett
Too. J. Moffet
Schuh Drug CO
Cairo
Wa Ata Tera
J. A. Smith
Susquehanns Ave
Cure Constitution
Merllng Mtamedy Company
Medireal
NEW Hampshire Military Academy
West Labanon, N. Ht
A. Ner
Eally Aan
Meyer Bros, Drug CO
Paris Medicine CO
Pove
Meyer Bros. Druc CO
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