Actress' Kind Ret Revives Hopeful Mother of Ten
A Detroit reader describes how Dr Williams Pink Pills helped her cure consumption like illness in the family. The mother of ten recounts improvement after starting the pills, noting rapid flesh gain and restored health. She praises the medicine for blood and nerve strength and urges others to try it.
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Evening News
Detroit
Mich
Lin Tansey
Paar Street
Mehigan
Aart Ok
Williams
Neighbors and Nonsense in a Quaker Tale and Health Ads
The passage blends a five year neighbor complaint tale with a Quaker elder’s advice on moving and matching living, followed by an ad thread promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure and a quick humor captions section. It reflects late 19th or early 20th century reading material with mixed editorial snippets and service pitches.
Letter to Women Endorsing Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Smith of Philadelphia states Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nine year illness after costly doctor visits and medicines. She notes previous inability to walk and praises the remedy as a blessing to women.
Harmony with Surroundings in Lawn Terrace Design
The article argues against double terraces on slopes and favors a gently sloping or curved turf plan over high angular steps. It warns that steep, banked terraces resemble monuments and distract from landscape harmony. Favor rounded forms with shrub accents for dramatic, natural transitions.
Potato Cultivation Seeds and Soil Care Emphasized
An article stresses careful seed selection and crop rotation for potatoes, urging rich well drained ground, avoidance of wet soil, and avoiding coarse manure. It notes frequent overplanting and advocates buying new seed periodically, plus closer rows for better yields. It also includes notes on storing plants and apple trees, and Minnesota road funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Henry
Great Road Victory in California County Bond Passed
In Sacramento County California voters approved a 75000 bond to build a 20 mile macadam road from Sacramento to Folsom after a broad campaign. The committee split the city into districts, used 150 willing workers, and mailed polling place instructions and rosters to supporters to ensure turnout.
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California
Sacramento County
Cal
Sacramento
Folsom
Willit
Pineapple Quince Shown As Novel Fruit In New York
At the American Institute fair in New York Luther Burbank's pineapple quince was exhibited directly from California. First public showing, four inches wide, waxen yellow skin, tomato like smooth surface, mild flavor and edible raw. Burbank claims it cooks tender in three minutes and notes strong productivity and healthy trees though not yet for sale. Also mentions stone sleds or snowsleds as winter haulage aids improving over stone boats.
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New York
Luther Burbank
California
Burbank
Orange Judd
Vine Trellises for Easy First-Year Grapes
Many people avoid planting grapes fearing trellis costs. In year one a small stake suffices to train a single shoot, and year two or three vines may yield fruit. Set posts six feet apart with a five foot height, stretch wires as supports but let them loosen in cold to prevent breakage.
Road conditions prompt critique of Oneida county highways
The Rome Citizen urges residents to test the county roads by horseback, noting mud up to the knees on routes into the city. It cites a driver whose horse repeatedly sinks in mud, asserting the roads, including a toll road, are in awful condition and demand attention.
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Oneida
Rome
N. Y
Water remedies and travel ads amid scattered notices
Fragmentary 19th century collage mentions stomach bitters to cure malaria and biliousness, sleep trains and routes through Nashville and St Louis, immigration services, and several medical testimonials. It references Dr Kline nerve restorer, Cocoaine hair product, and Piso’s Cure for consumption. Various snippets appear: ads for rail reservations, pamphlets on immigration funds, and humor quotations. The piece reads as a pasted page of notices, ads, and brief items with no single story.
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Holt
Nashville
Jacksonville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
Tifton
St. Louis
Charleston
Augusta
Hill
Marquette
Chicago
J. H. Mittler
Nasville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
J. B. Killebrew
Chamber of Commerce
Enn
How baldness begins and cures offered by Dr Ayer’s Hair Vigor
The ad explains baldness starts with neglect and dandruff, then hair loss. It cites Alderman J. Green of Spencer Iowa praising Hair Vigor for stopping fall and restoring color and offers a free 100 page book on hair care. The J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts backs the claim.
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J. Green
Spencer, Tows
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Buffalo
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Pearson’s Weekly
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