Loss of appetite cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mr William Browne of Lincoln Street describes spring 1902 illness with poor appetite nervous tremors cold sweats and stomach trouble. He took Dr Williams Pink Pills and after one box his symptoms disappeared and appetite returned. The ad claims the pills cure anemia indigestion and nervous disorders by building new blood and are free from opiates.
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William Browne
Lincoln Street
J. Joseph
Browne
National Biscuit Co
You
Mr. Thompson
Peoria
Dr. Dill
St. Louis
Hedrick
Kansas City
Mull
Alcoba
Chicago
Crow
McCurdy
Troy
Ohio
A Little Variety From Odd Facts and Figures
A compilation of curiosities includes a note that France produced 76 ships totaling 123 600 tons last year while Italy built 16 ships totaling 68 662 tons. A Colorado farmer reportedly raised 57 360 pounds of cabbage per acre. Romaine Daurignac, sibling of a famed French swindler, wrote a novel and wove baskets in prison. A small vessel named Rat tler for the Ganges carries bullion with a strong room for native tea plantations.
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France
Italy
Greely
Colo
Romaine Daurignac
Mme
Humbert
Ganges
India
Hooghly
NOTES ON NATIONALITIES AND RITES READ IN BRIEF
The piece notes Russian peerage inheritance where a baron’s sons and grandsons share the title. It describes funeral cloth colors for the deceased and contrasts black as unused. It adds Eskimo wrestling as a pastime, noting a strength oriented test where opponents aim to straighten each other’s arm while seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Coffee blamed for stomach pains and led to Postum cure
A reader recounts weekly severe indigestion after coffee in 1901. After stopping coffee and starting Postum from Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan, symptoms vanished and health improved. The ad urges reading The Road to Velville in each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Velville
A Practical Farm Truck From Simple Ground Itself
A practical farm truck is described using nearby trees and cheap materials to build a light flat-bed wagon for field work. The design uses four large gum wheels, axle boxes from baking powder boxes, and a tree framework with simple bolts and pipes for strength, offering a low-cost means to move fruit, spread manure, and mulch crops without damaging delicate ground.
All About the Farm and a Hen on Vacation
A rural meditation on farming life urges care for poultry health and patience. It warns against pride and brooding over unchangeable troubles while describing storage practices like water glass eggs and the idea of eggs becoming omelet during hens rest.
Farming Popular Among All Occupations
Statistical calculations by a reliable authority show more than twice as many people work in agriculture as in any other occupation.
Rescuing an Orchard from Neglect and Waste
The Farmers' Voice suggests reviving failing orchards by plowing sod, sowing rye, pasturing with hogs, then recultivating and pruning. This method restores soil, promotes tree growth, and can turn poor or abandoned plantings into profitable orchards. Varieties remained strong, making revival feasible for many farms.
Windmill Power Converts Movement to Ground Tools
A Farm and Home diagram shows a windmill powered device converting vertical motion to horizontal motion to run a grindstone bone cutter and feed grinder. Key parts include iron or steel wheel and shaft, iron pitman, and a heavy iron axle bar braced to pump at the platform.
Treating Pear Blight Method in Pear Orchards
Prof Waite describes pear blight control used in the east. The process cuts out infected limbs each fall and at blossoming time, with knife disinfection and wound sterilization. The approach halts spread but has not eradicated the disease, limiting success to small territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Return of Wild Pigeons After Long Absence
A Philadelphia Record correspondent reports wild turtle doves being legally hunted again after years of prohibition. He recalls Kistler's Valley once hosted vast wild pigeon roosts, with hundreds killed for food and sportless slaughter. Old residents remember the fatal roost disappearances and a prophecy linking dove shooting to pigeon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kistler’s Valley
Philadelphia Record
Lehigh County
Rabbit skin blankets from Canadian Indians
The Post recalls sleeping under thin rabbit skin blankets from Canada. Light warm coverings woven from peltry strips, white with brown shading, priced at 12 dollars. White hairs shed, so silk on both sides is recommended for long use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Bavarian Widow Leaves $2 Million To Tenor Vincenzo Jirpo
A Milan long resident Bavarian widow bequeaths her entire $2,000,000 fortune to the tenor Vincenzo Jirpo in recognition of the happiness his singing brought her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Vincenzo Jirpo
Insanity Rise Among Negroes Cited by Picayune
The New Orleans Picayune notes a rise in alleged insanity among Black people since slavery ended. It argues the altered condition contributes to mental disorder and claims the cause operates with power and is appalling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Mary Aims for Chickens in Barn Incubator Experiment
A farmer trials raising chicks with an incubator in his barn. Neighbors take interest and Mary, the daughter, is asked if she has any hatchlings yet. She replies plans are underway with the phrase We’re makin’ some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Lippincott’s
Lucky Clerk Wins Big From Wealthy Client Will
In Portsmouth an office clerk to a solicitor received a fortune from a wealthy woman client who offered 16 000 down or in her will. He chose the cash option and collected by check the following day in a stroke of luck recorded by the local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Eng
Mull's Grape Tonic Promises Cures for Constipation Sickness
An advertisement touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a universal cure for constipation and stomach troubles. It cites numerous testimonials from patients and doctors, claims thousands cured, offers a free bottle and instructions, and urges immediate order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull's
Mull's Grape Tonic Co
Third Aves
Rock Island
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Knox and Fulton Co
W.W. Vose
Londos Mills
Ill
A. Young
New Jersey
Journal
Eas
Brockton
Mass
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W. L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglas Strong
Moon
L.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kemp
Balsam
Boston
NEW York CO
Tuc R. Paxton Company
Nashville, Chattanooga
W. A. Fuller
Anthony Murphy
Ringgold
Western & Atlantic
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Nashville
Chattanooga
R’y
Tennessee
America
Cts
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