Trotting News From 1891 and Race Track Innovations
Lola Grimes aged 16 rode Riley B. to a 2.194 trotting record at Terre Haute on August 28 1891. Wanetah Grimes 14 drove Areh White in 2.182 at Lima Ohio on October 16 180. Reports cover track designs. swimming tanks for horse recovery. Palatka’s sale price. and Russian trotting weights and records.
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Lola Grimes
Riley B
Terre Haute
Wanetah Grimes
Lima
Ohio
Gee Grimes
Sedal
A. Mo
The Great Trees Two Sequoia Varieties Rise In California
The sequoia gigantea and sequoia sempervirens share traits from the legendary sequoiah chief who created an ancient alphabet. Sempervirens grows along the coast from Santa Cruz to Humboldt County, forming vast groves and circular entourages of younger trees around mature trunks. The giant trees are famed for towering trunks and cathedral-like groups, with cones maturing after about four years.
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Santa Cruz Mountains
California
Humboldt Redwood
New York Tribune
German Syrup Helps Bloomingdale Druggist Against Asthma
William McKeekan a Bloomingdale Michigan druggist says after fifteen years in the business and many remedies, Boschee's German Syrup eased his asthma. He reports relief during the day and restful sleep at night after using the syrup for several months.
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William McKeekan
Bloomingdale, Mich
Boschee
Club life grows in American cities with unions expanding
The article notes American clubs becoming permanent and flourishing in cities like New York with the Union Club housing about fifteen thousand members in a large building. It contrasts this with London landmarks such as the Constitutional and National Liberal clubs, known for their vast dining rooms and capacities.
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New York
Union Club
Northumberland Avenue
London
Whitehall Place
Russian Eaters and Their Vodki Tea Customs
The article notes Russians eat roughly every two hours due to climate and custom. It describes vodka as a fiery colorless spirit from potatoes and rye, often flavored with vanilla or orange. Vodka and tea accompany social and business gatherings in czarist courts.
Watches Shrank After Fusee Invention Across Eras
The piece notes how watch sizes varied in the sixteenth century and contrasts early models with later eighteenth century fob watches. It explains that fusee development reduced power variation from the main spring, enabling smaller, more portable timepieces.
English Manufacturer Finds Patented Bandage Pattern on Mummy
An English maker inspecting mummy bandages discovers the thread arrangement matches a pattern he patented months earlier, suggesting he had anticipated the design as his own invention.
Widow Plumduff’s Personal Property Holdings Noted
Plumduff asks about the widow’s assets. Ketchum confirms she owns substantial personal property, not real estate. He notes she has six children, with Tid- hits.
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Ketchum
California Leads Nation in Honey Production
California produces more honey than any other state, highlighting its dominance in apiculture and sweet commodity output across the United States.
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California
State
Alabastine’s Difference From Kalsomines in Home Walls
A clear Q and A explaining Alabastine as a durable cement based wall coating that hardens with age, unlike traditional kalsomines made from inert powders. addresses safety, sanitary testing, wallpaper concerns, and the range of work possible from simple tinting to elaborate decorating. Also instructs contacting the Alabastine Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a free instruction book and stencil designs.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Population Counts and Local Tips From Past Notices
Japan's population listed as 41,000,000 on 18,600,000 acres. A Wilmington reader praises Bradverotine for headaches. Beecham's Pills advertised as fast relief. San Francisco's Palace Hotel claimed as the largest. Prune tree planting noted at Kimble ranch near Hanford, California.
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Japan
Ear Deafness Cure Claim and California Oranges Note
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and offers a $100 reward for catarrh deafness cures with Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It explains catarrh as mucus surface inflammation and notes the first California oranges were grown in Santa Barbara in 1822.
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Hall
F. J. Cusaey & Co
Toledo
Druggists, Inc
California
Santa Barbara
Superior Wisconsin Poised To Overtake In Growth
New York Daily notes Superior Wisconsin may rapidly rise from a small town to a booming metropolis. It shipped vast volumes of coal grain flour wool and merchandise second only to Chicago among lake cities, aided by low freight rates and its position at Lake Superior’s western end.
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New York Daily
Superior
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Iittl Superior
Chicago
Lake Cities
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Suprior
American Steel Barge Company
Incu Fe Iron and Steel
Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Great Chain of Lakes
California
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Free trial bottle of NERVE RESTORER promoted by Dr Kline
Advertisement touts Dr Kline 931 Arch St Philadelphia offering a free treatise and a $2 trial bottle of a nerve restorer claimed to stop fits after first day. An odd claim in a periodical piece. California is described as the only rain producing state in the Union. U13
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Krurer
Kline
Arch St
Phila
California
The
Union
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Offer Gentle Liver Relief
An advertising pitch praises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as small vegetable pills that safely ease sick headaches bilious symptoms and digestive woes. It claims mild regulation of the system with a guaranteed satisfaction or money back and positions the product as the original La Liver Pills.
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Dr. Pierce
Cuide to Health and Etiquette
A brief items column lists Cuide to Health and Etiquette hosted by Lyan and Masa. The note names Cuide to Health and Etiquette as a program or event with unclear details due to fragmented text.
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Cuide
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Pfrotters and Pacers
Chicopee
Mass
J. 8. McElwain
Palatka
George Wilkes
Jessie Pepper
Frederick Olett
Abel
Arion
Sir Walter
Aberdeen
Kentucky
Dr. Herr
Walter Herr
J. Holmes & Son
Holmdel
Monmouth County
N. J
Sir Walter, Jr
Bates
Watertown
Boston
Lady Suffolk
Suffolk County
Long Island
Leonard W. Lawrence
Babylon
Lady Victory
Black Hawk
Pelham
Trustee
Gray Eagle
Lady Sutton
Mac
Bridgeport
Tuli
Ely’ S
Ely
Laos
Warren St. S
P. W. Ziegler & CO
T. Butzgerald
Washington, D.C
M. A. Murry
Wilmington
Del
Kimble Ranch
Hanford
William Spencer
Kilmer
Wm. Spencer, Co
50Th Indiana Infantry
Elkhart
Ind
Swamp Root
WPS
Svarihc
Joan W. Worris
Washington
Venesian Fureau “Wrain
Atty Since
Loaber
Keystone MF
Sterling, Tl
Pierce Well Excavator Co
Hartman
C. Hartman Meg. CO
Beaver Fails
Eastern Sales Agency
Rs Street
New
Diay
Civil Service Gazette
Ames Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
Tai
Abules
Safy
Ss. Lo
W. Baker & Cous
Ons Tn
Beiing
Gracera
Dr. Baker &Co
Dorchester
Bes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Ccom
Lyan
Masa
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