Aristocratic Order of Prague Canonesses and Abbeys
The article details Prague secular canonesses founded by Empress Maria Theresa. Members must prove noble lineage, may marry, and live in royal palaces with access to carriages, theater boxes, and medical care. Abbessships have included Marie Antoinette and the Spanish queen regent. The community seats in Prague’s Hradčany palace with reception rooms, portraits, and a royal mausoleum nearby.
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Prague
Europe
Maria Theresa
Hradgchin
Hach
Marie Theresa
Count Taaffe
Waldburga
Clementina Taaffe
Columbus
Columabus
Theaterlike First Baptist Church in Columbus with Comfort Focus
The First Baptist Church in Columbus features theater style comfort for both sexes with a lobby, check room, dining kitchen, bicycle parlor, ample lounges, and wheeled access. Broad Street temple uses blue sandstone and a red tile roof with a 40 voice choir and a proscenium arch.
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Broad Street
State Capitol
Chicago Democrat
Cleaning Nid and Chamois Gloves at Home
Smooth kid gloves clean easily at home with soap and water. For chamois gloves add a drop of ammonia to a basin of water and soft soap, rinse, and dry on a dummy hand or sun dry on cloth. Wash gasoline with care, wipe with flannel, air thoroughly, and sprinkle sachet powder to remove odor.
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Chicago Daily News
Onion Medicine Claims From The Onion
The piece argues that onions act as a universal remedy. It states a whole onion eaten at night cures a cold by morning and that mashed onion juice makes a strong ointment for inflammation and hoarseness. It also claims strong onion vapors dull the senses and induce sleep like an opium property.
Japanese Women Divers Drawn to Coastal Regions
Over a hundred Japanese women pursuing the profession of divers gather along the coast. The scene centers on groups of women preparing to harvest marine resources and navigate customs surrounding the fisherfolk community.
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Alon
Eee
Decree Denies Reopening Alimony Case After Husband’s Gain
The common pleas court rules Isabela Andress cannot reopen her 1890 alimony case against A H Andress. A 1890 settlement, judged fair then, binds the parties and precludes new inquiries, even as the husband’s finances improved. The decision cites contract fairness standards in divorce settlements. Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Common Pleas Court
Isabela Andress
A. H. Andress
Cincinnati Enquirer
Round stave silo praised for mobility and cheap build
The round stave silo is recommended for easy, cheap construction and quick relocation. It tolerates frost with minimal weather protection, dries timber well, and a completed silo can be moved in an hour. Example from Cayuga Lake indicates good silage quality despite extreme cold.
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Cayuga Lake
Tompkins County
N.Y
Rosendale
Cornell University
Ithaca
L. A. Clinton
New Yorker
Chinese Women Barred from Border Town in Asia
A border region settlement near the Balkan border is described as the only town in the world inhabited exclusively by men. Chinese women are forbidden from living there or entering Mongolia, and all residents are traders.
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Mainatchin
Russia
Great Wall
Balkan
Mongolia
Elephants Serve as Infant Nurses in Siam
Siamese women entrust their children to elephants who gently cradle them in their trunks and bear them to safety when danger arises, the wary beasts guiding the infants to safety on their broad backs.
Government Roads Bill Aims for 5.6 Million Aid
Representative Graham and Senator Pen rose introduced bills to appropriate 5,600,060 dollars for building public roads in all states. Funds would be allocated by state mileage under the Agriculture Department and reserved for permanent roads. The League of American Wheelmen backs the measure, hoping to improve muddy paths into grand highways over time.
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Graham
House of Representatives
Penrose
Senate
United States
Department of Agriculture
League of American Wheelmen
Congress
Make Your Farm Home More Homelike This Spring
Fred Grundy urges planting easily grown shrubs and hardy climbers like Halleana and Monthly Fragrant honeysuckles to brighten farm homes. He notes many houses lack climbing roses and honeysuckles and argues such greenery boosts cheer and homelikeness by about half when added this spring.
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Sahara
Fred Grundy
Dairying Herd Standards Emphasize Individual Recognition
The guidance emphasizes that from the bull to the latest calf every member of the herd should be recognized as an individual. This approach underlines the value of distinct identities within dairy operations and aligns with best practices for management and record keeping.
Spanish steel roadway in Valencia reduces repair costs
In Valencia Spain Consul Washington reports a seven year use of a steel roadway between Valencia and Grao. Traffic averages 3200 vehicles daily and repairs cost 35000 pesetas annually under flint stone. Steel rails cut repair costs to about 2500 pesetas yearly. Cost per kilometer 44100 pesetas total 60950 for 3.2 km. Rails show minimal wear and horses can pass beside rails. Valencia plans similar roads to save money.
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Department of State
Washington
Valencia
Spain
Grao
Belgium
Barcelona
Vilbao
Cooperation Pays With Marl Road Building By Local Farmers
A Michigan Letter in Orange Judd Farmer describes farmers joining to haul marl and lay road bed to improve sandy roads. Over five years about a mile of marl and gravel has been added through volunteer labor and pledged funds, showing how cooperative effort can overcome a town's lack of funds and produce a hard, durable road.
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Michigan
Orange Judd
Perfect implement for digging up quack grass roots
The article notes no perfect tool exists for removing weeds like quack grass and Canada thistles, but the illustrated implement works well on plowed ground. The head (a) is described as part of the device.
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Orange Judd
Mail Order House growth and new farm implement shown in illustration
The article describes a weed removing device called VaR, its six by six construction and steel teeth. It also highlights the John M. Smyth Company of Chicago expanding from a small operation to a nationwide wholesale catalogue with color illustrations and low prices.
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John M. Smyth Company
Chicago
United States
Ourneys Ut
Hico Arwy
NELPA
C. O. Bs
U. S
M. Bay Tie Co
W. Madison St
Ill
The Setting of Potatoes In Deep Planting
The author argues depth of seed potato planting matters for yield. He notes deeper plantings increase digging effort and that level cultivation prevents sunburn. Shallow planting tends to causes issues, while deep planting regulates growth and tuber development.
Smallpox Peril Linked to Moldy Wall Paper Practices
The article warns that smallpox spreads from moldy and rotting wall paper layers sealed with flour paste. It urges replacing such walls with Alabastine rock-base cement, claimed to disinfect and restore rooms without washing or scraping, insisting on safety, cost, and lasting beauty.
Our Nation's Wealth and iron as strength
A dated ad styled piece extols iron as the nation’s true wealth while praising Hosteller's Stomach Bitters for digestive ills. Interleaved is a short comic snippet from the Troy Times about Dr Brown and Miss Peppery joking about studying tonsils after a singing night.
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Skreecher
Dr. Brown
Peppery
Troy Times
Grain-O Coffee Substitute Ad Featuring Health Claims
A vintage advertisement promotes Grain-O as a non stimulating coffee substitute that nourishes and aids sleep. It claims to look and taste like coffee and suits nervous people and children. The copy urges readers to buy from grocers at 15 and 25 cents and includes a political quip from Puck.
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease advertised nationwide
The notice offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S Olmstead Leroy N Y. It claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swollen and aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes It also states it cures corns and bunions and is sold by all druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
Weak Women Made Happy by Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Letters from Mrs Mary Lang of Coytee Tennessee recount a recovery from bowels headaches backaches fatigue and whites after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She claims it helped her avoid miscarriage and aided her successful pregnancy and a baby girl.
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Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Lang
Coytee, Tenn
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First Baptist Sanctuary
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Santa Fe
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California Tourist Service
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
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la Crosse
Salzer
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Salzer Seed CO
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Guerwley
Impancdescent Light Company
Security Building
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Minn
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A. J. Broughton
T. O Currie
Stevens Point
M. V. McInnes
Merrill
Detroit
D. L. Caven
Ohio
James Grieve
Saginaw
Mich
N. Bartholomew
5Th Street
Des Moines
Iowa
E. T Holmes
America
OHS
A. Slzer Seed CO
Es Crosse
FAY Manilla
Camden
H.h.green
Box D
Atlanta, Ga
Bordo Mfg. Co
Rhinelander, Wis
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Syracuse
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