Maize Propaganda Reaches Europe for German Army Rations
The Washington Star reports Col. C. J. Murphy promotes U S corn to Europe as a cheaper bulk food. Germany increases corn grinding plants and imports from the United States. Corn bread and meal are showcased to Reichstag members as part of a broader plan to diversify rations, save rye, and possibly feed China in a future trade push.
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Department of Agriculture
China
Germany
C. J. Murphy
Berlin
Hamburg
Stettin
Dresden
Tranover
Biberstein
Baltic Sea
United States
America
Magdeburg
Murphy
Reichstag
South
James River
Virginia
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Col. Murphy
Washington Star
Inhuman Occupation at Paris Gingerbread Fair
A Paris gingerbread fair draws attention to a brutal practice where beggar farmers in Spain recruit crippled children to become cul de latte. The article describes the cruel binding, the scale of trafficking, and the profits for traders, noting past French bans and ongoing cross-border exploitation.
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Fauborg St. Antoine
Place de la Nation
Paris
Spain
Telosa
France
Italy
Belgium
New York Tribune
Popular Science Notes on Sunflower Use and Smoke Control
Notes discuss sunflower cultivation in Southern Russia for tasteless oil and cattle feed with fuel byproducts. Electricity heating costs are explored, showing a flat iron and frying pan could run cheaply, while a smoke duct system proposes venting soot through a city to a condensing station for cleaner air and fuel reuse.
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Scexflower O.p
Russia
Queen Elizabeths Mead Recipe From Old Texts
A fragment from a historical note describes mead as a sweet honey drink once offered as a cure and mentions Elizabeth I as a mead drinker. It recounts a preserved royal recipe with herbs and honey, detailing heating, mixing, and cooling steps to produce the beverage.
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England
Manchester Quarterly
Elizabeth
Fashionable Sealing Wax and Note Paper Trends in Paris
Late Paris reports sealing wax gains popularity with color meanings for proposals mourning friendship or love and business. Corresponding note paper in shades and flower patterns appears, mourning paper is black with silver edging, silver ink, and matching lined envelopes.
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Paris
Beecham's Pills Touted for Quick Nervous Ailment Relief
Advertisement claims Beecham's Pills rapidly cure sick headache chills loss of appetite and nervous trembling sensations at a price of twenty three and a half cents per box.
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Beecham
Electricity Powers Cotton Ginning in Georgia
Georgia farmers adopt electric power for cotton gins boosting productivity. The move integrates new equipment and utility access to rural mills, signaling modernization of processing and potential economic benefits for local growers.
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Georgia
Bradycrotine touted as headache cure by resident
Wm Sprague Smith of Providence R I writes that Bradycrotine always cures a headache. The ad notes the drug is available from all druggists for fifty cents.
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Wm. Sprague Smith
Providence, R. Y
Strawberry Salt Classic? A Curious Kitchen Tip
A playful note suggests salt can enhance sweetness in strawberries the way it does with melons. The tip contrasts savory salt use with fruit flavor and invites readers to test the idea at home.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonials
Fion's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. W-TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, WaLpine, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, C. Hail's Cavarri Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7dec. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Oregon Farm Irrigation Facilities Reach 3150
Of 25 885 farms surveyed in Oregon, 3 150 are provided with irrigation facilities.
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Oregon
The Sein Reef Lighthouse Triumphs Over the Sea
A rock off Sein Island near Normandy proved a perilous site for a lighthouse. From 1866 workers bored holes in a submerged rock and ferried tools by boat during rare landings. By 1875 the foundation rose eight feet above high water and the tower reached ninety two feet, proving human ingenuity against kindling seas.
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Isle of
Sein
France
Dangerous Waves Preserve Farallon Moutpiece Narrative
The text describes a fixed mouthpiece on a dangerous wave cave that emits a warning whistle heard eight miles away, ceasing briefly at low tide. It notes Farallones hosting rabbits descended from a managed population, with overpopulation and die-off due to food shortage and disease. It adds Matinicus Rock lighthouse kept by a single family, with storms erasing surrounding structures and livestock.
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Farallones
San Francisco
Matinicus Rock
Maine
Punishment for Slanderers in Old Poland
A historic Polish law punished slander by forcing the offender to walk on all fours through town streets, escorted by the beadle, marking the offender as unworthy of manhood.
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Kingdom of
Poland
Spain's Vineyards Produce 540 Million Gallons of Wine
Estimated last year total wine yield in Spain reaches 540 million gallons across the country's vineyards. The figure reflects national production, with data attributed to agricultural authorities and regional wine sectors.
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Spain
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Scrofula
Advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifying strength restorer and flesh builder for scrofula and related lung and throat ailments. Claims it can cure consumption if taken early and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to benefit.
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Pierce
Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure For Longstanding Cases
Advertisers claim Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy will permanently cure even the worst catarrh cases after use. The note promises rapid relief and urges sufferers to try the remedy with a $500 guarantee if not cured.
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Dr. Sage
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Johnson
Othe
Grig
Cy Traver
Tult
Park Place
N.Y
Thatcher
Dutcher’s
Fred'k Dutcher Drug CO
Al&ans, VT
Gener
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H. UM
Green & Sons
Atlanta
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Badake
Wnemmy
Revere
Oui
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Washington S
Boston
Mass
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Ormonde Cycle CO
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