From Misery to Health Doans Kidney Pills Praise
A Kansas City club woman Nellie Davis writes of a quick cure for kidney troubles after a cold. She suffered back pains headaches and malaise. A few boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills made her well. She recommends the remedy and provides address and price details.
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Kansas City
Doan
Nellie Davis
Michigan Ave
Society Leacher and Club
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Railways Report Span Global Lines and Growth Trends
The article surveys world rail developments from Argentina to Peru. It notes German and Prussian gains, German railway exhibits at St Louis, new track construction, population and output growth in the south, and bold projects like the Orogo line from Callao to Cerro de Pasco. It highlights high altitudes reached and broad export activity in iron, motors, and tramways.
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Buinness
St. Louis Fair
Germany
India
South Africa
Egypt
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Cairo
Pyramide
Callao
Cerro
Pasco
Sierras
Andes
Building Foo To Bring the Babies Around
Colorado mother recounts feeding her 15 month old son Grape-Nuts and milk after pneumonia brain fever and convulsions. He grew strong quickly on the product and later a daughter followed a similar path. The letter, from Fostum Co Battle Creek Michigan, urges Grape-Nuts for nourishment and brain nerve strength with the Road to Wellville booklet included.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Farmer Designs Wheel Hoe From Bicycle Wheel
A Pacific slope farmer outlines a do it yourself wheel hoe plan for the Farmers Tribune. The design uses an old bicycle wheel two 6 foot two by two inch lumber handles two cross pieces and iron bracing salvaged from a buggy tire.
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Pacific Slope
Farmers’ Tribune
Serviceable wheel hoe for low cost garden work
A DIY wheel hoe design uses a sharpened horizontal blade as the hoe. Adjustable handle width, blade downwards, cross pieces sized for 20 inch grip, blade widths 10 12 and 16 inches, wheel from bicycle priced 25 cents, lumber scavenged, bolt axle, braces 16 inches, fired sharpening ensures weeds are removed, praised for dust mulch use in gardens.
Making Strawberry Beds and Hotbeds for Farm Use
Tips on creating long lasting strawberry beds with minimal care and high yields. Proper spacing keeps fruit large and easy to pick and extends bed life. Also instructions for building a fall hotbed with manure filled frame and proper topsoil cover. A pest control tip suggests moth balls deter horse insects and cucumber beetles.
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New York
Asparagus Profits Drive New Jersey Farms
Profits from asparagus in New Jersey outpace corn and wheat as farmers invest $45 per acre in stable manure and other fertilizers. Experiments show manure yields $500 to $640 per acre, with 25 to 30 cuttings per year from a 300 bed. Proper soil prep, planting, and seasonal manure sustain the crop.
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New Jersey
Clinton M. Shultz
Farmers’ Voice
New Strawberry Culture Via Barrel Grown Plants
The illustration shows using tight ironbound barrels with most hoops removed and holes in staves for strawberry planting. Plants set in holes and soil filled to the top yield over half a bushel per barrel. No mulch or cultivation needed, berries stay clean and easy to pick. A central tile distributes water evenly from top to bottom with ample supply.
Plants That Sleep at Night and Responsive Pea Weeds
The mimosa folds its leaves and droops at night after absorbing air carbon in day. A widespread east of the Rockies weed called partridge pea closes its leaves when cut, though less touch sensitive than mimosa.
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Rocky Mountains
How to store sweet potatoes for winter
Dig before frost then dry and store. Line a barrel or box with paper and alternate layers of sweet potatoes and paper, four deep, until full. Keep in a dry warm place not below freezing, ideally 40 to 70 degrees, to enjoy harvest plenty later.
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Charles B. Williams
Maiden Lady Shocks City Guards Undressing Clash
An elderly Philadelphia woman reports a boardwalk scandal at Atlantic City where bathhouse overcrowding led to public undressing. Police were urged to arrest those removing clothing, though the actors wore bathing suits underneath.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
Red Dog Dress Suit Fascination Becomes Local Sensation
A tale from Red Dog California describes Tom Hyde the town marshal wearing a full dress suit constantly to draw crowds. He claims the outfit lets him draw both his gang from his pockets without hindrance and sparks talk in the community. A London pedlar once sold a Stradivarius for 25 shillings, later auctioned for 700 pounds. The Japanese alphabet is named after its first three letters i ro ha.
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Cal
Alien Kelly
Hunter
New York Times
Tom Hyde
Sacramento
Red Dog
Bittercreek
Haverly
Tom
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
testimonial letters from Mrs Dean Mus Povgnan of Buffalo New York and Mrs Oran Stooxe of Dalton Massachusetts credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing female troubles kidney disease and hysteria after years of illness One letter notes complete recovery energy and restored health after twelve bottles plus Liver Pills and Sanative Wash Also an invitation to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham referencing Lynn Massachusetts
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Weisslitz
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rey
Bright
Tor
Oran Stooxe
Dalton
Mass
Shy Leap Year Maid in a Witty Exchange
A playful scene unfolds as a boastful youth proclaims himself a mechanical genius while an innocent girl questions the term. The dialogue highlights marital judgment and the comic notion that a wife’s assessment may surpass a husband’s.
Cruel Blow. Did she return your affection
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a cruel blow in social life with a sharp exchange about affection and a nonchalant reply. The fragment hints at a jokey suspicion of romantic reciprocity, reflecting the paper’s light commentary tone.
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Detroit Free Press
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J. L. Martwell
Farmers’ Review
NEW Strawberry Culture
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Jack the Pointer
Chicago Journal
Chicago Daily Jews
Kehoe
Bane
Berard
SEARS
Hoebuge % & GO
Chicago
Craemer
Taare
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