Seven Years Ago a Rochester Manufacturer Praises Kidney Pills
William A. Franklin of Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co. Rochester NY reports severe kidney trouble with back pain low mood and irregular secretions. After using three boxes of Deans Kidney Pills he experienced prompt relief and claims a full cure. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY six decades ago.
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William A. Franklin
Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Mi:burn Co
Buffalo
Optimism Pushed as Key for Peary Expedition
In New York Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard praised an optimistic surgeon for the Peary expedition. Hubbard, who donated $20,000, argued cheer and good spirits are essential on the voyage, contrasting Peary’s optimistic stance with a prior cynic who dismissed even beautiful stars.
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Thomas H. Hubbard
New York
Peary
Hubbard
The
New York Tribune
North Pole
Mull's Grape Tonic Promised Cure for Constipation
An advertisement presents constipation as the root of many illnesses and promotes Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed cure. It argues against laxatives and claims the product strengthens the intestines with 40 percent grape essence, offering a free bottle to first-time users.
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Mull
Lean-To Hen House For Profitable Poultry Keeps Costs Low
The lean-to cennery on the south side of a barn offers a commodious roosting room a tuned scratching shed a 12 light opening window and access from outside. Nesting is arranged with six nests under elevated roosts. Construction is inexpensive on any farm promising better care higher egg quality and increased profits from properly housed flocks.
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Ous
Feeding Bees in Cellar for Winter Stores
The article advises that during cool weather bees cannot be fed outdoors and suggests moving colonies to a cellar and placing a pepper box of thick syrup over the cluster. If no cellar is available, it recommends a candy crown over the cluster using powdered sugar and honey, insulated with a warm cushion and covered.
Winter Drinking Vessel
A Farm Journal plan shows how to keep water in a drinking dish from freezing. Use a hinged grocery box cover with a circular cutout and form a nest of chaff and hay inside the box around the dish. Close the cover after placing warm water in the dish to maintain warmth.
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Farm Journal
Mushroom Culture A Faded Growers Market
A survey of mushroom growers and sellers reports overproduction pushing prices down and no noticeable rise in domestic consumption. The exchange notes profits slipping and the hobbylike status of the trade.
Beef from Dairy Cows Proves Unprofitable Says Farmers' Review
An analysis argues dairy cows should not be used for beef. It notes young carcasses yield tender beef, while old cows bring low returns. With high corn costs, feeding an old dairy cow for beef loses money, as gain per bushel is small and market price per pound remains low.
A Small Derrick Lightens Butchering Tasks
A Prairie Farmer description details a small derrick to assist slaughtering chores. The device uses a rotating arm bearing at A around a central post with a windlass attached either stationary or revolving. Iron fittings are simple to craft, and a four to six inch timber post suffices for quick, inexpensive erection.
Learn About Fertilizers for Farmers
Farmers should study commercial fertilizers to understand plant food elements and why to buy certain fertilizers. Beware retailers selling worthless products. some may value profits over farmer needs. The farmer must judge his own fertilizer needs carefully.
Lunatic asylum inmate recalls long confinement
A Chicago Record Herald account introduces a patient humorously recounting seven years in a lunatic asylum. He explains he is harmless, lives with a wife who throws things, and is cared for by her bachelor brother while he waits for meals.
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Mr. Henpeck
Chicago Record- Herald
Reverend G L Good Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for Bright's Disease
Westfield Illinois December 18 special report recounts Rev G L Good a gospel minister exposed to harsh weather stating he was diagnosed with Bright's Disease after several physicians failed. He credits sixteen boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health increasing his weight from 105 to 165 pounds and now endorses the remedy to others with kidney trouble.
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Westfield
Ill
Bright
G. L. Good
Dodd
Inartistic Soul Voices at Grand Opera
The Washington Star quotes Mr. Comrox reacting to the grand opera voices. He notes they were strong but muses that audience members, given the seat prices, might be the ones to holler and cheer.
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Promises Fast Relief
Advertisement claims Pazo OINTMENT cures piles in 6 to 14 days with a refund from druggists if it fails. Includes mentions of itching bleeding protruding piles and a price of 50 cents.
Cuticura credited with cure of severe eczema
Geo C Davis of New York reports his mother in Stony Creek Conn suffered chronic eczema life threateningly. After costly doctor visits and years of misery she credits Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent for her complete recovery.
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Wm. F. Davis
Stony Creek
Conn
Geo. C. Davis
36Th St. N
Nickel Plate Road offers low rates to East and New England
Three through trains daily to Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston with dining cars and a la carte options. Luxurious sleeping cars on all trains. No excess fare. For rates connections and sleeping car reservations contact J Y Calahan General Agent Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
New England
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago, Il
Mud Dust and Cold Cure Ads in One Page Notice
An old advertisement promotes curing a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, promises druggists refund if it fails, and features E.W. Grove's signature on each box. It also notes that mud seldom sticks to a man who has the right kind of dust.
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E.W. Grove
No Secret About It Reporter Senator Hostility to Reformers
A Chicago Tribune quote features Senator Graphter debating reform with a reporter. The senator claims reform is unnecessary, calling reformers superfluous and labeling reform as unneeded.
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Graphter
Chicago Tribune
Piso's Cure Praised As Cough Remedy By Minneapolis Advertiser
A Jan 6 1900 note from J W O'Brien at 322 Third Ave N Minneapolis lauds Piso's Cure as a superior cough remedy. The item also includes a quip from N Y Press about a man’s pride in his children reflecting his busy work life.
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J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
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