Florida Youth Discovers Snow in New York
A Florida-born youth visiting New York awakens to a snowstorm for the first time. He bounds into the street, throws snow, rolls in drifts, and laughs with a crowd watching. His mother’s past cure for fun is jokingly offered, and he questions what snow is to him. A pungent aside from the New York Mail and Express notes his remark about never seeing snow before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New York
Lie
New York Mail and Express
Carried the Bacchante and a Boston Expressman Tale
A New York Tribune anecdote follows a desperate applicant misidentified as an expressman from Boston. He recalls once transporting The Bacchante to a station, a deed that ruined his reputation locally, leaving him unable to find work despite the season’s abundance of jobs.
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New York ‘Tribune
AD Expressman
Boston
Madame
Peruna touted as a cure by Dr Hartman advocate
ORmgago III reports Peruna as the finest tonic for convalescents and weak patients claiming rapid relief and restored vitality. Dr Hartman offers free summer treatment for female catarrhal diseases to applicants, via The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
How to Build an Effective Silo Frame and Plaster Ceiling
Detailed guidance by P. H. Campbell on constructing a circular silo with brick or stone foundation, 2x4 studding, strap-iron bands, and a lath plaster interior. Covers hoop spacing, project offsets for tightening, exterior siding, manholes, roof options, and use of wood fiber plaster for durability and moisture resistance with cost estimates for materials and labor.
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P. H. Campbell
Nicio Varmer
Making a Roadbed for Level Ground Roads
An illustrated plan shows level ground preparation for roadbeds with ditches on both sides and a tile trench to remove surplus water. Water drains from the roadbed into side ditches and then into tiles. The design requires little fall and the tile can be made locally, notes C. G. Rhedd in Farm and Home.
Footlight notes on theater moves and gifts from abroad
A vellum bound Ben Hur copy is given to King Edward during a Drury Lane visit. A 45 member Chinese troupe eyes Europe after Sada Yacco’s success. Paris writers clash with dress rehearsal bans, while London Shakespeare admirers fund a Globe theater replica. McCarthy rejects a $5,000 life story offer from a Colorado widow.
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Edward
Drury Lane
Europe
Sada Yacco
Paris
Shakespeare
London
Globe Theater
New Street
Holborn
Strand
Frederic Harrison
Israel Gollancz
W. E. Henley
Justin Huntly McCarthy
United States
George Alexander
America
Colorado
Ufe
Mr. McCarthy
Gardening Hints on Seeds and Flowering Borders
Advice on lawn care and garden plants. Regular trimming supports a fine lawn. Forget-me-nots prefer partial shade. Tall plants like castor beans and sunflowers screen views. Rubbeckias, larkspur, coreopsis brighten borders. Marigolds deserve revival for cheerful blooms. Alpine edelweiss and heather thrive with moderate care. Datura can be grown as an annual with careful spacing. roots may be stored like dahlias.
What the Doctor Says Keep the Sun in the House
Dr Fontan, a Toulon surgeon, reports he recently preserved a soldier's life after a heart stab wound. He advises airing bedding in sunlight, opening closets, and letting good air reach them to aid health.
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Fontan
Toulon
Cure Ads and Quack Remedies Across the Page
A jumble of old advertisement lines for cures and tonics includes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot ailments, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with free trial, and various quotes noting medicine claims. The clippings mix brand names, prices, testimonials, and publication snippets from newspapers of the era.
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Allen
All Druggista
le Roy
Dr. Kline
KR. H. Kline
Pen Points Collage of Wit and Wisdom
A collection of humorous aphorisms and quips on optimism pride and youth. The piece plays with sayings about eggs surnames genius and historical myths to provoke reflection rather than report news.
A Cure for Dropsy Promises in North Dakota
J H Hanson of Ashley North Dakota reports a personal cure for dropsy after using Dodd's Kidney Pills He suffered rheumatism of the heart and swelling that left him unable to work and deteriorating but after seven boxes he says the dropsical swelling eased and heart trouble improved He plans to use the pills again if symptoms return and resumes work
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Ashley
North Dakota
J. H. Hanson
Hanson
Dodd
Mrs McKay Endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Anna McKay of Toronto praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing severe female troubles after a long illness. She reports improved health after seven months of use and declares the remedy invaluable, urging other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Annie McKay
Sons of Temperance
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinckham
Mrs
Anna McKay
Chaplain Sons of Temperance
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Nidal
Ouisville
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Kew
N. Y. Sun
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Cecil
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Cinfanis Schildren
Genetioa
AI Fla
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Castoria
Papiy, Meme
Eem
Coticura
Britten Depotscree
Renewa
Erphrae
U.S.A
C. Menger
Advretiar
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