Spider Farm in Chattanooga Harnesses Insect Web Power
In Chattanooga, Er Reyber runs a bottling works on Cowart Street where about 3000 spiders live in a large room. He praises the spiders for waging war on flies and cockroaches and keeping their webs around machinery and windows. Spiders lie dormant in nests during winter and reopen in May to help control pests, making the creatures almost indispensable to his business.
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Chattanooga
Ersyver
Enter
Cowart Street
Te Reybet
F Jr
Reyber
Electricity In Gardening Lets Lettuce Gain With Light
Arlington Mass grower W W Lawson reports five day gains per crop using electric light and earns enough from one crop to cover the season's lighting costs. Cornell's Dr Bailey notes glass roofs modify light effects and warns naked light harms young plants. five hours per night at twelve feet speeds maturity by a week or more but injures seedlings.
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W. W. Lawson
Arlington
Mass
Bailey
Cornell University
Two Strange Friends In A London Barnyard
A wanderer observes a lamb outside a barnyard frightened by a shaggy dog chained nearby. The lamb seeks protection by the dog as the two share a curious proximity with faces seen side by side. The scene ends with the dog’s anger fading and the pair appearing oddly allied.
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London Spectator
Discovery of Civil War flags of Twenty second Michigan found
After a 30 year search period researchers report locating battle flags of the Twenty second Michigan. Found from 1863 the last day of the battle at Chickamauga the flags disappeared for years before resurfacing in a Washington collection among Confederate banners.
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Michigan
Health warning on baking powders urges Royal brand
A health article denounces indiscriminate use of baking powders containing caustic acids and alkalis. It praises cream of tartar and soda based Royal Baking Powder as pure and safe, noting Dr. Edson endorses its exclusive use for wholesome leavening and warns against cheap powders with harmful additives.
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Edson
Commissioner of Health of
New York
Doctor of Hygiene
Royal
Speed of Electricity In Conductors
The speed of electricity through a conducting wire is effectively instantaneous. Observers using delicate instruments have measured rates not less than 114000 miles per second, with some readings reaching 240000 miles.
Figs Syrup Ad Praises Nature’s Gentle Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as the simplest gentle remedy. It also offers a caution to discern true friends who will reveal themselves.
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The
California Fig Syrup Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Warranty Offer
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure permanently cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any case not cured and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, with druggists carrying the product.
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Hall
Henee
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Household brush care and stove cleaning tips from American Agriculturist
The American Agriculturist urges buyers to choose high quality brushes with hair wired into the back to resist water. Cheap glued hair brushes fail with moisture. Even stove brushes should be top quality with a short handle to reach every nook. Clean stove ovens daily with a thorough dust brush.
How to Keep a Mattress Fresh and Clean
Mrs. E. H. Cooper offers a method to protect a mattress from wear and darkening. Use a sheet or strong muslin larger than the mattress with corner tapes and corner straps sewed to the sheet. Lace the strings through the corner straps and tie, allowing easy turning. brush away dust before turning for lasting freshness.
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E. H. Cooper
American Agriculturist
The Staff of Life and Bread Making Rules
The article outlines bread making essentials from flour to oven timing. It emphasizes soft yellow flour, tasteless pure water, and kneading cadence. It notes differences between hand mix and dough machines, plus oven placement and baking times for large and small loaves.
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New York World
Culinary tips from a bygone kitchen notebook
A collection of old recipe snippets detailing Baked Corn Bread with cream and soda, Baked Bananas in sugar, Fricaseed Eggs with stock and gravy, Pineapple Shredded served with ice chest aging, Saratoga Cream Hashed Potatoes prepared with cream and Jersey milk, and method notes on chopping potatoes to the size of a pea.
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Saratoga
Malaria Cure Claims and Other Ad Claims
An old advertisement spread promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a cure for malaria and general debility, claiming energy, nerve tone, and appetite. It also touts Beecham's Pills for digestion, urges readers to seek work with Ref Johnson & Co., and notes a note on ancient Zanzibar discoveries along with generic tonics for nursing mothers and women.
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Gry Eral
Spider Farm
Hood
Mr. Shumway
S. Shumway
Webster
Hoop
Hood's
Staff OF Life
Ref. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Zanzibar
Africa
B. Janac Thomason
Dse
Beecham
Cupid
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
J. F. Smith & Co
Greenwich St
William McKeekan
Bloomingdale
Mich
Boschee
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Baxter
Ilen
Nawuerly
Vigoros
W. Blacknall
Kriteensa, SN
B. PF. Johnson & Co
Southlith
Richmond, We
Philadelphia
Dr. Kilmer &m
Binghamton
SN. Y
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Woméiert
Lherty
BE. GB. Morgans
Langhorne, Pa
Dr. Kilmer
Saea
Tovelkie Iuate
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Ringhaenton, N
Testimontals
Lome
Thos
P. Frost
Heston
Warren Street
Hamill- Pines
Boston
Pilgrim Sprine Beg
Webster’s
Trnabrged
Proitivhet
Werriam CO
Smixerint
Mase
Thomson
Judson L. Thomson
Waltham. AS
Eppard
Ucom
Xcel
A Ees
Isaac A. Sheppard
Balt
Wes
Billousne Meadache
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Ron
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