Cheap baking powder seized by New York Health Department
The New York Health Department seized inexpensive baking powder sold in city department stores. Samples showed it to be an alum powder mainly consisting of alum and pulverized rock. Thousands of pounds were destroyed at the offal dock as unsafe for consumption. High quality cream of tartar powders are presented as safer and more economical.
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Health Department of
New York
Health Department
Promoter Plans Cap Stock Increase With Typist Key
A Baltimore American quote describes two promoters discussing raising capital to 1 billion dollars. The first cites the goal and the second replies it can be done by typing more on the prospectus. The exchange uses playful jargon about increasing capital.
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Baltimore American
To-Day for Allen Foot-Enae Cures Tired Feet
A printed medical patent notice proclaims To-Day for Allen Foot-Enae cures swollen aching tired feet. It lists Atall Tuggiats and Shoe stores with a price of 2c and Lumpie as the sender, addressing A.8. Olmsted Le Roy N. A cynic is a man without ambition, since he sneers at things as they are, without helping to make them as they should be Smart Set.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
A. Cynic
Cough and Cold Treatments and Humorous Quotes
A jumble of early 20th century puffery cites Biops the Cough and Works on the Cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 6c. It includes Pisq’s Cure for Consumption from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 and assorted quips from Chicago Daily News and other sources.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham remedy cure
A Mrs G Bruce of Lansing Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring her health after years of travel and health decline. She reports improved vitality in a month and full recovery within three months, while praising the product and advising others to seek Mrs Pinkham's counsel.
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G. Bruce
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lansing
Mich
Keeping old hens and pullets for egg profit
A Ohio Farmer article argues pullets aged six to 18 months lay twice as many eggs as three to four year old hens in the same period. It notes pullets cost 55 to 75 cents yearly to feed, and a well cared for pullet laying 14 dozen annually yields higher profit after the first seven dozen cover board. It advises keeping thoroughbred stock, culling late fall layers, and marking productive older hens for breeding.
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Ohio
New Brooder Design With Four Doors and Two Stories
A new brooder style shows a four door, two story structure. The upper section contains three compartments including a hover area with the highest heat. A brocder stove sits beneath in a separate compartment. The third area opens from the first to a sunny scratching-room at the front.
Two Story Outdoor Brooder and Poultry Care Ideas
The excerpt discusses a glass door two story outdoor brooder with an upper apartment and wire netting, allowing chicks access to outdoor air and temperature control. It notes ease of care, construction options, and an ideal size of nine by three feet, citing Webb Donnell in Orange Judd Farmer. It contrasts artificial incubators with a hen’s natural instinct for temperature and stresses that success depends on knowledge of temperature rather than equipment.
Practical household tips on cleaning and repairs
Fresh raw meat makes good bait for mouse traps and lamp chimneys shine after a dry salt wash. Boiling black lace with borax prevents staining, and leather-backed shoes stop slipping. Sinks stay clear with boiling water and soda. Tea leaves cleanse paint, white paint polishes with whiting, kitchen grease hardens with cold water, and fuller's earth paste lifts absorbed grease overnight.
St Louis Fair World’s Fair Buildings and Exhibits
The Agricultural building will span over a third of a mile. A team and crew will move a maple tree amid 500 spectators. Madagascar’s exhibit is ready, now shown in the French colonial display. A marble stairway leads to the Government building. Lawyers will discuss obsolete laws at the congress. St Louis will feature a unique three cornered main building. The Machinery building sits against a rock hill, omitting a corner to avoid blasting.
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Madagascar
Congress of Lawyers
Jurists
St. Louis
The Power of Muate and Music’s Effects
In a recent Oxford lecture Prof. Melendrick argued that auditory nerve roots are widespread and highly connected. He noted music's pulsations and harmonics may influence almost every bodily function as research on these nerves advances.
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Oxford University
Melendrick
Disapproved of the Heroine Exclaims On Husbands Side
A Washington Star remark reprints Mr. Meckton describing a stage heroine as stately and emphatic declaring a wife should lead the procession rather than stand by her husband. The man asserts the wife belongs in front and leads, not by her husband's side. The exchange references a Poolishest play and a quoted line about $2.
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Mr. Meckton
Henrietta
Washington Star
Superstition Crosses Sparingly Seen Across South America
The Chicago Chronicle notes wooden crosses rise on town outskirts and along highways where deaths occur or violence happens. Travelers are urged to bow heads and offer prayers for the dead as they pass these roadside memorials.
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South America
Chicago Chronicle
His Excuse in Naval Grief Over Manila Battle
A Punch cartoon caption shows Patrick Murphy of the U S Navy lamenting the absence of Manila battle glory. Mrs Good-Why questions drink with the grief voiced by Murphy who vows to drown it while praising Admiral Dewey soberly.
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Mrs. Good
Admiral Dewey
Patrick Murphy
Navy
Manila
Puck
Honduras president sees friend transfer and growth hope
The Government of Honduras has had only one president who peacefully handed off power. He is visiting America and asserts Honduras could support 10,000,000 people, though an unstable government keeps the population under 506,000.
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Honduras
America
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Caught in the Act report from City Office
The Chicago Evening News item notes an office scene where a bookkeeper kisses the typewriter and an office boy reports the event. The boss calls for copy and mentions letter press. The anecdote presents a playful snapshot of workplace humor.
Peruna cures catarrh of kidneys claims
A promotional letter from Lt. T H Mars and others from Hartford City Indiana and Petrolea Ontario extols Pe runa and Manelia as cures for Brights disease and catarrh of the kidneys asserting rapid recovery after several months of use. The ad urges readers to write to Dr Hartman for free advice and claims Peruna strengthens kidneys heart and digestion.
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John Vance
Hartford City
Ind
Hartman
J. Brake
Petrotea
Ontario
Canada
Bright
Peruna
Manelia
Brake
Dr. Hartman
Ahs Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
What the Senate Was Doing Visitor At Capitol Quips
A Washington capitol visitor asks a senate doorkeeper what is under debate. The doorkeeper replies it is a bill to make it unlawful to kill the president. Kansas City Star report reflects a humorous exchange about impending legislation.
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Senate
Washington
Kansas City Star
Hridget's Advice and New Arrival Fire Hearth Helper
A column advises on when to use a blower for an open fireplace. An experienced maid suggests letting the fire burn down and the blower stay away until the grate cools before handling. Detroit Free-Press style regional guidance appears in archaic phrasing.
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Hridget
Detroit
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Orleans
T. H. Mars
First
Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
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Peeruna
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