Denver to host Epworth League meeting in July 1905
The article notes Denver will entertain between 20 000 and 30 000 people for the seventh international Epworth League convention set July 5 9 1905. It also reports telegraph rates to the Atlantic and a rail yard sabotage incident in San Francisco, a London theft case, and a massive Pecos River steel bridge in Texas.
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Denver
Atlantic
British Isles
Jones
Lucania
London
Pecos River
Texas
Jangley Aims for Lion Training Career
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes someone noting Jangley plans to become a lion trainer. It asks what experience he has and playfully implies uncertainty about his wife.
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Jangley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grane-Nuts and Cream Aids Hot Springs Visitors
A testimonial from a Hot Springs visitor cites relief from stomach and bowel trouble after using Grane-Nuts with cream. He reports better digestion, improved sleep, weight gain, and sharper memory after following the product directions from The Road to Wellville booklet. Ostum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. backs the claim.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Wellville
Ostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Bee Gum Fortunes Go Bust in Backyard Folly
A South Carolina farmer recounts chasing rich returns from bees and a goat, only to have the goat attacked by bees and flee, leaving him with two lost fortunes. He notes his wife’s chickens and hogs as stable gains while his mortgage is discharged by last year’s cotton.
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Frank King
Jackson County
Ala
Billy Goat
Billy
Port Arthur
Selecting a brood sow from the gilt pool
Guidance on choosing a brood sow from a pen of gilts. Favor gentle, good feeders with strong legs and multiple teats. Prefer larger litters, weigh 200 pounds by eight months, and consider retrying a good milker after a small first litter.
Early Spring Rhubarb Forcing Method Described
The guide explains forcing rhubarb by building a frame around the hill and covering with litter and manure to trap heat. In spring, remove enough cover to allow sunlight to reach the plants.
The Gas Engine On A Dairy Farm
An 11 year effort to improve dairy output includes a homemade gas engine powering a cream separator and churn. Initial failures due to ignition points and wiring were solved with improvised fixes. After five years of use the engine works reliably, inspiring neighbors to purchase improved engines.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Improved Manger Design Prevents Hay Waste
A farm note describes a hinged two strip manger cover to keep hay from being trampled or wasted. The device, built from ix8 hardwood, raises to admit feed and lowers to seal, preventing loss. The piece cites broader farming tips and mentions hens producing large daily eggs and the economic value of poultry.
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Orange Judd
Crying Need and Jiu Jitsu Quips Sharpen City Wits
The Brooklyn Eagle suggests a cry to curb fast cars in Holland and a joke about language while the St. Louis Globe-Democrat riffs on jiu jitsu as a footpad defense in a satirical roundup of urban behavior and clever phrases.
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Holland
Snelpaare Oogzoondzerspoorwegpitroorijting
Brooklyn Eagle
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Man of airs mocked as airship imitation
A quip attributed to Uncle Eben from the Washington Star jokes that a man who puts on airs starts strong but goes nowhere, using humor about an aspirant lacking real progress.
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Eben
Washington Star
Dreamers and Doers Motto in New York Times Quip
An edition quotes a motto praising dreamers as potential geniuses while praising doers as heroes, reflecting a blend of aspiration and action in a New York Times style remark.
Backache horror eased by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs. W. H. Ambrose of Dover Kentucky says one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her backache and she has not been troubled since. The feature notes kidneys warn of trouble and that untreated cases can lead to diabetes Bright's disease or rheumatism.
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Dodd
W. H. Ambrose
Dover
America
Bright
Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedy Testimonial
Miss Mary M. Fay of Westboro Massachusetts describes eight years of severe eczema with a scalp full of scabs and a face resembling raw beef. She credits Cuticura with immediate relief and a complete cure in a short time, ending with a clear head and face.
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Cuthura
Mary M. Fay
West Main St
Westboro
Mass
Salzer’s Home Builder Corn Yield Record Mentioned
The 50 acre Salzer’s Home Builder Corn was named for its large output that funded a fine home. It produced 157 bu per acre in Indiana, 160 in Ohio, 198 in Tennessee, and 220 in Michigan, with a challenge to beat the record in 1905.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Mich
Yields Promised From Salzer Seed Company Offer
A Chicago Daily News notice touts high per acre yields for 1903 using Salzer seeds. Figures include 120 bu beardless barley, 310 bu oats, 1000 bu potatoes, 14 tons hay, 60000 lbs rape, and 160000 lbs teosinte per acre. Readers urged to send 10 cents for a catalog and seed samples from John A Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
Victoria
TIIS
John A. Salzer
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Says Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement promises a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refund offered if it fails. box bears E. W. Grove's signature. Slogan credits the New York Times quote about advisory confusion.
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E. W. Grove
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Health in Seven Weeks
Marion Knight of Chicago reports severe kidney and pelvic pain with thick cloudy urine and loss of appetite. Within a week she felt change for the better, by seven weeks she was well after using Doan's Kidney Pills, purchased for 50 cents, with a free trial offer.
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Chicago Society
Doan
Marion Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side Wednesday Club
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Health of American Women at New York Assembly of Mothers
A New York doctor told 500 attendees that healthy American women are nearly extinct and urged Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for menstrual irregularities nervousness backache and related female ailments. Letters from grateful users in Manning Iowa and Danville Virginia praise the remedy’s life restoring effects.
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New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning, In
Pinkham
Mattie Henry
Danville
Lydia EB
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