Notable Musicians and Scientists Highlighted Across Prepired Roles
Josef Hofmann appears as a clever electrician dedicating spare time to science. Prof. Angelo Heilprin researches Mont Pelee and drafts a new edition of a world gazetteer. Dr. Richard Strauss receives a $500 honorarium for conducting his own works. Mrs. Luke earns a tribute for a hymn. A Free debtless restoration is planned for Fulwood chapel on August 19. John K. Blaine, Harvard music chair, retires at 66 after long service. Sarasate clings to talismanic Guarnerius model. Paderewski’s hair sparks public fashion talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Hofmann
Angelo Heilprin
Mont Pelee
Richard Strauss
Luke
Fulwood Congregational
Staplebay
England
John K. Blaine
Harvard
Department of Music
Sarasate
Guarnerius
Paganini
Mme. Paderewski
London
New York
Bill of Flag Lore
The article surveys flag origins and symbols from Spain Aragon, the Macedonian insurgents red and black banner, the Turks after 1453, the Swiss cross adopted in 1339, Peter the Great allegedly reversing the Dutch tricolor, and the Dutch Orange tradition evolving to red. It traces how colors and devices reflect history and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Aragon
Constantinople
Mohammed II
Peter the Great
William
Prince of Orange
House of Orange
Netherlands
Misquoted Proverb Parade of Mixed Up Sayings
A string of twisted proverbs mixes well known lines with altered wording. The speaker lists altered maxims about luck, names, birds, and temperance, then ends with a skeptical line about courage and wealth. The list reads like humorous misstatements of traditional wisdom.
Postum Food Coffee Restores Health Says Rome Matron
A Rome New Mexico matron writes that coffee worsened dizziness weakness and stomach trouble. She switched to Postum Food Coffee and reports improved appetite blood vigor and nervous stability. She credits Postum from Battle Creek Michigan with her recovery and recommends the product and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
N. X
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
House apiaries and queen loss debate in Missouri report
S A Niver in the Bee-Keepers Review discusses winter losses and queen loss in house apiaries. He notes mating 50 queens last winter with no more losses than outdoor setups and describes painting hive ends, moving end hives in spring, and sun exposure for cleansing flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Niver
Bee-Keepers’ Review
Missouri
Gleanings In
Bee Culture
F. A. Salisbury
Monstrous Toulouse Goose in Nevada Iowa Exhibits
The Toulouse goose owned by Harry Pinkham of Nevada Iowa towers over two feet tall and lays an egg about the size of a carafe. Exhibited at livestock shows, the bird’s weight crippled its web feet, prompting rubber shoes for ice walking. One egg yielded 14 custard pies for a boarding house keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pinkham
Nevada
Lameness in Sheep and Foot Care Remedies
This article explains lameness in lambs from damp pasture and mothers, detailing hoof pare, dressing, and caustic treatments. It prescribes antiseptics and tonics like muriate of antimony creosote mixtures, sulfuric compounds, and coal tar blends, plus a dry pasture and a medicated ointment recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Forage Crops Improve Hog Health And Profit
A Midland Farmer excerpt highlights forage crops for hogs including clover cowpeas soybeans sweet potatoes and Spanish peanuts noting hogs thrive on forage and can harvest it themselves. A South Carolina trial compared Spanish peanuts sweet potatoes cowpeas and corn showing feed-to-pork ratios and per acre costs under simple economics of pork at 50 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Winkler
South Carolina Experiment Station
Three-Horse Evener Sketch For Farm Implements
A sketch shows a three-horse evener for wagon and disk harrow. It describes making a six inch hole in the tongue and adding a hammer strap with two holes to align with the tongue. Strap iron links the two foot and three foot eveners and notes using four horses on a disk harrow if available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
St. Louis Republic
Mr M Gives Anonymous $1000 For Widows Home
Four or five ladies visit Mr M in his Chicago office to solicit a subscription for a home for aged and indigent widows. He generously writes a check for 1000 dollars but asks to remain anonymous, pleasing the visitors as they admire his charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.m
Chicago Journal
Miracle cure for Mrs Wilson from sugar diabetes
Moravia New York July 17 Special. Mrs Benj Wilson weighed 200 pounds four years ago and dwindled to 130 pounds due to sugar diabetes She credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with a swift improvement her husband says five boxes cured her This remedy is claimed to treat kidney diseases Bright s disease and rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Benj. Wilson
Dodd
Bright
Harder to walk ten miles than wash a day says old saying
A quip notes walking ten miles is harder than a day's washing though no woman calls washing physical culture. The remark reflects humorous views on labor and fitness and contrasts physical tasks with modern phrases.
Legal victory for Allen Olmsted owner of Foot-Ease
Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York inventor and proprietor of Foot-Ease defeats rivals in New York Supreme Court. Court grants injunction and costs restraining competitors from making or selling a powder resembling Foot-Ease in form or design. Ends theft of advertising and brand value by imitators and pirates of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mr. Olmsted
Supreme Court of
New York State
Allen
United States
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Blues Sufferer
In a testimonial from Louisville Kentucky Rosa Adams describes extreme blues, nervousness and lassitude eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored health and buoyancy after trying the remedy and invites others with female disorders to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
Pinkham
The Barn and Pasture
The best drivers talk much to their animals. Aluminum horseshoes have been tested by the Russian army and proved satisfactory, saving horses feet more than iron shoes. Sea air makes plants grow with thicker leaves. artificial salting yields similar leaves. Good ventilation clean bedding and light are essential in cow stables. Dusty bedding and dusty feed seed germs causing taints and defects.
Cuticura Soap Endorsed by Medical Professionals Worldwide
Physicians nurses pharmacists and chemists worldwide endorse Cuticura Soap for its delicate emollient antiseptic and cleansing properties. Derived from Cuticura the great Skin Cure the soap with pure cleansing ingredients and flower odors preserves purifies beautifies skin for all toilet and bath uses. Two soaps in one at one price available as Medicina and Toilet Soap for 25c. Potter Drug and Chemical Corp sole proprietor Boston praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Dru
Chem. Corp
Boston
Bree
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Red Ants
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Lado Starr Fewkrgreez
Lleets
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Carters
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Fitzgerald & CO
Box K
Washington, D.G
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Bears
Castoria
ANY
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Mull’s
Mull
Mull’s Grape Tonic
Ava
Rock Island
Chicago
United Typothetae of America
Monadnock Block
Ohio
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Cincinnate, G
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