Remedy for La Grippe Praised by Sisters of St Francis
Letter from St Vincent's Orphan Asylum in Columbus Ohio endorses Peruna as an effective remedy for la grippe catarrh coughs and bronchitis. The Sisters of St Francis report using Peruna since a friend recommended it and urge readers to obtain Dr Hartman's Winter Catarrh book from the Columbus company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of St. Francis
Hartman
St.Vincent’s Opruan Asylum
East Main St
Col. Rose Ave
Columbus
Ohio
S. B
40 Hours Between St Louis and Port Tampa Sleeper Route
Advertises a 40 hour sleeper service from St Louis to Port Tampa via Mobile and Ohio to Montgomery. Mentions Pant Steamship Line connection at Port Tampa for Havana and lists several names and addresses in St Louis and Chicago. Includes a stray literary quote and brief editorial remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Port Tampa
Fla
Mobile & Ohio
Montgomery
Port Pampa
Ele Missy
Pant Steamship Line
Havana
Cubs
L. Harris
Quve Stout
Louis
Chas. Rudolph
Marquette Mdg
Chica
E. E. Pusey
Mobile
Ala
Carnival Tickets Promote Mobile and New Orleans Trip
The note invites readers in Mobule and New Orleans to participate in the Mardi Gras Carnival with Low rates via the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. It lists contacts F L Harris in St Louis and Chas Rudolph in Chicago with addresses and dates in February 1508, and mentions E E Posey at Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Mobule
New Orleans
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Cure on Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. AV druggists offer refunds if failure occurs. The text also promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike's Toothache Drops and St. Jacobs Oil as quick cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Pigeons on the Farm A House and Yard For Their Needs
A feature on building a ground floor pigeon house with two lofts and a central hall to improve care and beauty. The design emphasizes an ornamented yet economical structure covered in vines to attract children to country life and foster companionship with birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
American Agriculturist
Potatoes for Silage and Farmer Silage Choices
Wisconsin agricultural expert Hennes from the state college comments on silage options. He notes potatoes are drier and less watery than beets or turnips, making them less suited for silage, and advises farmers to prefer corn as the main forage source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrof. We. Hennes
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Train Farmers in Tool Handling and Home Craft
The article urges farmers to develop skill with tools and forge work. It notes a forge, bellows, and lathe enable making items like wheeves and wlevises, sometimes cheaper than buying. It highlights the toolhouse as a rich learning space for boys, with lifelong benefits from hands on experience.
Selecting Pigs for Breeding
The article advises selecting spring pigs for breeding by choosing the best ore for the coming season. It warns against selling the largest pigs, preferring primp solid hogs for brood sows after summer study of the herd. Emphasizes selecting pigs that are easy to keep and cost less in feed.
Scrub stock and breeding outcomes discussed by Farmers Voice
The Farmers Voice argues scrub stock cannot become pure bred through feeding alone. Proper care and use of a pure bred sire improve stock, while scrubs hinder progress and profitability. As corn stover remains feed, scrub cattle persist and threaten farm viability.
Go Devil Hauls Sorghum with Homemade Windrow Gear
In Ohio Palmer D M Adams describes a home made implement called the go devil used to haul sorghum from the windrow to the stack. The design uses two eight inch joists seven teeth and a pin and collar system. Two horses pull the loading arms along the windrow to transfer the load to the stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Adams
Ohio
Palmer
Filipinos and Americans Parley Ends Near Clash at Manila Line
Tensions rose as a Filipino lieutenant led 40 armed men toward American lines near the Montana regiment. After a conference led by Gen Otis, the officers admitted excess authority, the troops saluted, and the crowd dispersed. authorities doubly guarded Manila amid rumors of a looming attack, with foreigners displaying flags for precaution.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Montana
Jansen
Otis
Leutenant
Lopez
Visayas Federation
MocKinley
Ile
Malolos
Miller
Falbayog
Samar
Basswood and Bees Profitable for Beekeepers
Beekeepers are advised to plan for basswood or linden pastures as a profitable food source for honey. The tree, decorative and suitable for planting, yields abundant nectar with blossoms that appear yellow and pretty. Notable is a hive storing 43 pounds of honey in three days where basswood is plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faliia
Dried Cobs and Kerosene Fire Making
A Practical note from American Cultivator explains that dried corn cobs alone are poor for kindling due to weak blaze and ash acidity. Dipping cobs in kerosene enables them to burn for several minutes, allowing the wooden fire above to ignite safely from below. Do not throw kerosene onto lit wood from above.
Foes to Imperialism Rally in New York
A large mass meeting at the Academy of Music protested against imperialism and entangling alliances. Notables including Wheeler H. Peckham, Abram S. Hewitt, and Samuel Gompers attended, with messages from ex-President Cleveland and Col. Bryan. Resolutions supported opposing expansionist policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Academy of Music
Continental League
Wheeler H. Peckham
Abram S. Hewitt
Henry Loomis Nelson
William H. Hornblower
Roger A. Pryor
Francis Wayland Glen
John C. Sheehan
Frederick R. Coucert
Central Labor Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John M. Parsons
General Minster Workman
The
Knights of Labor
Daniel Harris
State Federation of Labor
Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Henry C. Potter
Bryan
James B. Eustis
France
Porto Rico State Status Debate Faces Public Leaders
Public men weigh action on Porto Rico's status as nearly a million residents on a foreign tongue confront annexation. The piece notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable malaria remedy, claiming it drives poisons from the system and builds resistance to future attacks.
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Porto Rico
Comic Punchline Sparks Sudden Breakup
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a man who quotes a remark about how a small event alters life. He explains that until 30 days ago a young lady sought his attentions and marriage looked likely, but after an event on the avenue she began avoiding him.
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Detroit Free Press
Kemp's Balsam Remedy Promoted for Grippe
A remedy recommended for grippe sufferers is Kemp's Balsam, suited for throat and lung diseases. Buy a bottle now and keep it on hand to prevent pneumonia by keeping the cough loose. Sold by all druggists.
Rumor Denied in Mrs Olive It Domestic Row
Neighbor gossip about alleged beating by husband is dismissed. Mrs Poplar clarifies no truth to the claim, noting attempts to strike during a dispute but no injuries occurred. The mention of playing the St. Louis nine last season provides context on social circles.
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Olive
Poplar
St. Louis Nine
Chicago Evening News
Grain-O Coffee Substitute Ad Promises Restful Sleep
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a non stimulating beverage that nourishes and cheers without spoiling sleep. It claims Grain-O looks and tastes like coffee and suits nervous persons, youths, and children. Available from grocers in 15 and 25 cent packages.
Impolite Gift Etiquette Quips From Jewelers Weekly
A witty exchange notes that giving jewelry to an unengaged girl is rude, prompting the retort by Mr Strong that such gifts would come from all the other girls. The quip reflects social norms and humor in jewelry trade circles.
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Miss Worth
Mr. Strong
Salzer Seed Co offers coffee seeds and chicory samples
Advertisement for Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes German Coffee Berry and Java Coffee seeds with prices 1b and 15c per package. It urges sending 5c for any package or 30c for all three plus a free catalogue.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
There Won't Be Any New Leaves Until Spring
A brief Chicago Post quotation frames a seasonal pause in transformation as a man admits he cannot turn over a new leaf this year, while a companion notes spring as the catalyst.
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John
Chicago Post
Trains Run Daily to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth
Com plete trains with Sleeping Dining and Cafe Parlor Cars depart Chicago daily via Wisconsin Central Lines serving St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Complete information available from nearest ticket agent Jas C. Pond Gen Pass Agent Milwaukee Wis.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Central
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Jas. C. Pond
Milwaukee
Wis
Hobson Hero of the Countless Generation
Literary reference from the Indianapolis Journal notes Hobson as a heroic figure in a playful verse about a future teacher. The line elevates Hobson as a symbolic hero in a poem praising imagination and progress.
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Hobson
Merry Smack
Indianapolis Journal
Digestive Aids and Health Potions Price 25 and 50c
A historical health remedy notes daily bowel movements as essential to health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from headaches. The product is offered at prices of 25 and 50 cents.
Poets and Rejected Poems Echo In Somerville Journal
A poems and domestic banter snippet shows a poet fearing poverty and his wife suggesting he read his rejected verses on the doorstep. The exchange underscores creative struggle and humor in a local paper excerpt.
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Somerville Journal
Cough Remedies and Patented Oils Featured in Ads
A collage of midwestern ads touts Kemp’s Balsam for coughing with free samples and small bottle prices, Piso’s Cure for Consumption testimonials, St Jacobs Oil claimed to cure neuralgia soreness stiffness and rheumatism, plus miscellaneous quips from Ram’s Horn and Chicago Daily News.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Promoted
Advertised remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is claimed to cure a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The pitch offers one hundred dollars for any failure and urges sending for circulars and testimonials. Sold by druggists with Hall's Family Pills recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Th. Hall
Polished wood and lived truths in civic life
A Cleveland Leader quotation contrasts surface polish with true character. It argues that honest fault finding without action is vanity, looks fade with age, and lasting success comes from steady effort and strategy rather than hollow beneficence. True charity is love for others.
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Cleveland
Louisville Air Line Inaugurates Seasonal Sleeping Car Route
The Louisville Air Line launches a season long sleeping car service to Jacksonville Florida in collaboration with the Southern Railway Queen and Crescent Route and Florida and Central Peninsular railroad. It passes through Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta Macon offering travel to Asheville North Carolina as a year round Florida resort area. Correspondence and information are provided by R A Campbell General Passenger Agent St Louis Missouri.
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Louisville Air Line
Jacksonville
Flay
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Florida and Central Peninsular Railroad
Luisville
Lexington
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
Florida
Asheville
N. C
R.A. Campbelly
St. Louis
Woman’s blues blamed on diseased generation organs
A medical warning that women’s melancholy signals illness not mood. It endorses Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, promising thorough advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass. and cites a testimonial from Mrs. F. S. Bennett in Kansas.
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Urs
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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