Plans and design of est dwelling by Dennis and Gassmeyer
Plans and designs by Dennis and Gassmeyer architects describe a handsome unique home adaptable for about four thousand dollars in most locations. The text details cellar construction of stone, coal bins, hot air furnace, full stone piers, hemlock framework, tongued and grooved siding, and slate-like finishes. Interior features include patent plaster walls, ash and whitewood trim, quartered oak staircase, modern sanitary plumbing, antique copper hardware, cherry mantels, and fireplaces of molded brick with wood mantels.
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Dennis & Gassmeyer
Broadway
New York
North Carolina
New Form of Door in Nature Revealed by Ancient Inventions
A fragment notes a door like mechanism in nature and mentions early human doors and trap door spiders as contrasting examples. It hints at further discussion of swinging hinges and natural engineering.
New Triangular Door Invented by Belgian Inventor
Belgian inventor Joseph Henri Dierickx introduces a door built of two triangular leaves that close on a diagonal line from the lower corner to the opposite upper corner. When opened the leaves swing into the ceiling partitions, leaving an unobstructed passage and requiring only light effort to move due to counterbalancing.
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Joseph Henri Dierickx
Fat men should swim for obesity control
An editorial in Modern Medicine advocates fat men swimming one to two hours daily to reduce body fat. It notes the benefits of exercise and cold seawater, which increase tissue consumption, and urges a rational diet by cutting starch and sugar to aid weight loss.
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Battle Creek
Pumping Gravel by Pipe in Indiana Roads
Popular Mechanics describes a novel gravel pumping method in Indiana using a six inch pump powered by a 15 horsepower engine. Three men operate the plant, which lifts over 100 yards of gravel daily and aims to ease river-bed gravel shortages for road construction.
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Indiana
Neglected Fruits New Varieties Enter New York Markets
The Sun notes exotic fruits appearing in New York markets. Prickly pears, a large pine cone fruit, figs for jams, lingon from Sweden, and elderberries attract niche buyers. Huckleberries and local waste from peaches and watermelons inspire jams, jellies, and preserves, showing frugal use of scraps.
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New York
Superfluous Mathematics and Naval Vessel Weight Trick
A tale credits an inventor with solving a vessel capacity problem by weighing the ship full and empty on a scale after hiring many engineers. The article then notes warfoot soldier burdens, listing weights for czarist, French, British, German, Swiss, Austrian, and Italian troops.
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Engineering News
Between Friends and a Shifting Compliment
Fragmentary line reads a boastful exchange about prettiness and payment for ammunition last year. The speech hints at a shifting relationship and a reference to a character named Alice, with a casual, colloquial tone typical of a Strar Stories fragment.
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Kittle
Paul
Bessie
Alice
Strar
Smith Never Dissented in Tall Tales of Smith and Buffalo
Brooklyn Eagle transcript recalls a Treasury secretary story where Lee Shaw and Montana Senator Carter discuss a man named Smith known for agreement. The tale involves a buffalo up a tree and the claim Smith would know they like grapes, highlighting Smith’s alleged lack of dissent and humor.
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Lee Shaw
Tom” Carter
Montana
Brooklyn Eagle
Smith
Bristening
Clerical Catastrophe and Odd Observations in Daily Life
A Providence observer recalls a jostling incident in a Boston subway where a woman complains she never boarded and a puzzled official probes boarding details. The report weaves in quirky lines about a man aloft a tree and a caller praising Dodd's Kidney Pills, with scattered notes on health and a Kansas City Journal aside.
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Boston
Providence
Pascy
Cuticura Remedies Ad Promotes Health and Education
The ad promotes Cuticura pills soap and ointment as a complete five minute treatment for skin hair and blood issues. It notes a $1.00 set and claims cure with a single set. It also advertises The Four Track News for students with liberal subscription terms. The message ends with a quote about a practical politician.
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Illustrated Monthly
George H. Daniels
Splendid Passenger Service on Mickel Plate Road
The service highlights attentive colored porters on both 1st and 2nd class, with special care for ladies traveling alone or with children. Dining and parlor cars are featured with no excess fares. Trains depart from Ta Salle Street Station Chicago. for tickets and rates contact T. and General Agent 111 Adams Bt Chicago.
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Mickel Plate Road
Ta Salle Street Station
Chicago
Adams Bt
Wise and Witty Sayings From the Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader collection ponders wit and caution in daily life. It contrasts prudent restraint with bold assertions about truth and character, noting friendships from biblical times and the folly of chasing fame for profit.
Keep at It: Bright Resolve Through Adversity
A motivational piece urges perseverance in tasks with unflinching energy. It cites patience through dark times, the saying joy comes in the morning, and recalls a mother’s struggle to inspire resilience for her children.
Nervous mothers blamed for child troubles amid remedies claim
A lengthy excerpt warns that a mother with fragile nerves disrupts her children and herself. It extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best cure for nervous prostration and irregularities, citing letters of praise from women and urging readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Chester Curry
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Baratoga Street
East
Boston
Mass
Piakham
Pas
Charles
F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar ‘Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Aera
Addemup
Leo
San Francisco
K. KR. EK
Dodd
Kansas City Journal
Atlanta Journal
Philadelphia Inquirer
David
Jonathan
Eril
Ferdy
Cleveland
Ife
Chase Brown
Mrs
Repeating Arms CO
NEW Eaves
Price
FLW
Diemer
H.D
Apringhela
Eadaghe
Carters
Blicher
Tower
A.a. Tower CO
U.S A
Toronto
Camas
Woodward & CO
Grain Commission
Bulota
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