Growing Roots to Strengthen Levees System in New Design
A New York inventor John Patten proposes live willow embankments to prevent washouts by rapid root growth. Trees planted in curved patterns terraced on levees could confine water and prevent breaks, with a canal atop for power to boats and trolleys. The method aims for gradual soil filling and safer flood protection. The Plants of the World notes Italian botanist P A Saccardo lists 173706 known plant species with many groups underestimated.
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John Patten
New York City
Chicago Daily News
P. A. Saccardo
Saccardo
Attractive Suburban Home Elevations and Floor Plans
Modern inexpensive suburban home with brick walls and cement floor. Full-house cellar with steam boiler. Front porch spans the house, large reception hall and parlor with open fireplace and beveled plate mirror. Library and dining room with cypress and oak finishes, kitchen and pantry, multiple bedrooms, sewing room, bath, and modern fixtures.
Convincing Proof Kidney Pills Endorsed by Riggler
Capt Alfred G Rigler of Hos Company No 4 Canton Ohio describes long kidney trouble backache and urinary weakness. After trying many remedies he found relief with Doan's Kidney Pills gaining strong endorsement and a free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The Worm Turned. He jokes about bow legs and engagement.
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Alfred G. Rigler
Hos Company No. 4
Canton
Ohio
Dean
Doan
Rigler
United States
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Suiart
Uncertain where to find something nice in oil for dining room
A stout smiling woman asks a floorwalker in a western department store for an oil item for the dining room. The floorwalker hesitates and asks if she means a painting or something in the cardiac liner, as reported by the Boston Christian Register.
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the Inquirer
Boston Christian Register
The Art of Putting Things Raises Curious Witty Misfires
A clipping notes humorous misstatements from an English author on awkward phrasing. A East End curate befriends mechanics and jokes about a photographer and a registrar mix up. The lampoon depicts a carpenter and a laborer delivering mistaken or morbid affirmations in casual dialogue.
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East End
Public Need and Prisons in a Juxtapositional Quip
The Kansas City Journal jokes about the nation needing more and bigger prisons, contrasting penny tenchures with million dollar tenchures. It mocks the notion by layering dialectal humor to critique incarceration policy and funding priorities.
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Yaas
Ned
Kansas City Journal
North Coast Limited to Run Through Winter Service
The Northern Pacific Railway announces continued operation of the North Coast Limited, an all‑around transcontinental train between St. Paul and Portland with modern amenities. Two daily through trains connect St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Fargo Butte Spokane Seattle Tacoma and Portland, plus the Burlington Special between Kansas City and Seattle.
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Northern Pacific Railway
North Coast Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Burlington
Kansas City
Billings
Gen
Icket
Minn
Peruna praised by Catholic Sisters and doctors in letters
Letters from Catholic Sisters and Congr Meekison in Napoleon Ohio endorse Peruna for throat catarrh and lingering sinus issues. Dr Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, claims widespread patient relief and offers free literature. The Praised medicine, said to curb long standing ailments, is encouraged for readers to write for ad mits and information.
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Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Medicine Co
Colmbus
Congran Meekison
Napoleon
Colum
David Meekison
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbua
Taking a Chances in a Quotable Era
A scrambled collection of newspaper quips from Washington Star and Philadelphia Bulletin. It contrasts light social banter about walking rides in cars with sharp witticisms on fashion and sentiment. The fragment hints at humor and social observation typical of early 20th century press.
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Washington Star
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Oran
Hale
Pike
Chicago Journal
Robbins
Norwich
Mulhall
Sioux City
Putnam
Caustoraia
Fia Lyeu
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Cal
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New York, N. Y
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia Bulletin
Lone Star State
Janes Barker
Gen Pass
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Fown
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