Cascarets Offer a Bowel Cleanse Ad Offer
A 10 cent Cascarets box promises to cleanse and regulate stomach and liver, remove sour food and foul gases, and flush out waste. The ad claims no g r iping or sickness and asserts relief from headaches biliousness indigestion and constipation.
Humor in Love Confirms Witty Exchange Between Couple
A playful husband tells his wife she is homely yet loved as much as if she were pretty. She retorts that she loves him just as well as if he had good sense, delivering a sharp quip in return.
Minister's Confession Boosts DODD'S Kidney Pills
Rev. W. H. Warner of Myersville Maryland reports severe back pain sciatica neuralgia cramps and nervous dizziness. He attributes his recovery to DODD'S Kidney Pills stating the medicine saved his life and restored him to perfect health.
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W. H. Warner
Myersville
Dodd
Rev. Warner
New Meter Proposes Coal Consumption Meter
A new coal meter, modeled on water and gas meters, measures coal use in factory boiler rooms by counting the flow of broken coal through a chute turning an enclosed vane. Inventor notes potential wider use for grain and reports the coal application as entirely successful.
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Child Laxative
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, interior cleanser for children and adults. It claims relief from feverish, irritable, upset stomachs and explains how a teaspoonful can expel foul waste and undigested food within hours.
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California
Sing Sing Electrocution Report Sparks Current Events Note
A new copy desk editor asks for a head to fit an electrocution story at Sing Sing. An assistant suggests using a Current Events label while the alleged funny column editor weighs in.
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Sing Sing
Quinine Sales Ad Claims Safe Tonics and Laxative Effect
The ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as harmless to nerves and stomach, claims a single product named Bromo Quinine with B W Groves signature on each box, and notes its role as an integral part of the modern locomotive with a seven ton cast steel side frame.
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B. W. Groves
Anuric Cures Backache and Rheumatism Patent Ad
A 10 cent offer promotes Anuric claimed to cure backache lumbago and rheumatism by Dr W M Pierce of New York. A public auditorium seating 4200 is planned to be built in Louisville.
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W. M. Pierce
N. Y
Louisville
Evening Frocks Inspire Smart Sewing for Young Girls
The article urges stylish night wear for girls, encouraging mothers to fund materials and guide sewing lessons. It describes a pictured evening dress with a taffeta underskirt, net overdress, square necked bodice, lace trim, and satin ribbon with net accents. It highlights patterns from major companies and notes new satin ribbon and net designs with frills and net sleeves.
Three Hats Show Distinct Classes of Millinery
Three hats illustrate sports wear, traveling and afternoon wear classifications. The left hat in oyster white silk with a crepe weave features colored disks and a long quill. the black satin and straw braid turban demonstrates versatile color with a satin curling quill. the turquoise satin covering hat displays leaves and apples as a refined afternoon gem.
Pontine Coats Dress Southland Train Wearers
Guba Girne 7 Guba Girne 7 Pontine coats appear on Southland trains as traveling wraps. Many coats have glossy waxed outer surfaces with silk or satin linings, and fur-bordered pontine options are popular for warmth and water resistance. A standout coat features ripples, a crossed sash girdle, and beaver trim at the cuffs and collar.
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Southland
Pontine
Black Silk Jersey Kilts for Sport Blouses
Separate skirts of black silk jersey knife plaited are very popular for wear with sports blouses, especially if the blouses be of a brillant hue.
Electrolytic Silver Cleaning Method Endorsed by Washington Office
The Washington home economics office reports a cheap electrolytic method for cleaning silver from USDA Bulletin 449. Use a quart of water with a teaspoon each of baking soda and salt, boil in a dish, add aluminum or zinc, submerge tarnished silver, rinse and dry. Zinc is less durable. method preserves metal but leaves satin finish.
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Office of Home Economics
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Clara Glidden
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Silver Cake Recipe From a Vintage Kitchen
A detailed old recipe instructs beating egg whites stiff with sugar and butter, folding in cream or milk, flour sifted with baking powder and salt, then coconut added. Frost with a cream frosting of powdered sugar, butter, and cream to spread.
Delmonico Cream Bet Potatoes Recipe
Two Delmonico potato methods divide and soak potatoes. White sauce seasoned with onion juice or celery salt is prepared, folded into the hot potatoes, and baked in an agate pan until tender and lightly bound. The dish should not brown and may be kept warm on a grate if needed.
Fried Parsley as Meat Garnish from the Boston Globe
The article describes frying parsley to garnish meat. Heat fat until a bluish smoke rises, remove from fire, let cool, add parsley, fry until fat stops sizzling. Lift out, drain, and serve while the parsley stays a bright green. Avoid overfrying to prevent browning.
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Boston Globe
Cream Sauce and Batter Mixture for Dessert Bake
A recipe lists sauce ingredients of sugar water butter and lemon and a batter of sugar water butter baking powder and flour. Combine sauce in a granite pan with lemon juice and rind, let dissolve, pour batter over, and bake in a medium oven. The dish is good hot or cold.
Steamed Suet Pudding and Bed Spring Protection Tips
Steamed Suet Pudding recipe uses suet salt soda cream of tartar molasses milk flour raisins currants citron lemon extract nutmeg and yields a hot pudding after four hours steaming with hard sauce. Bed springs are protected by an unbleached muslin or ticking cover with corner tapes to prevent rust and allow weekly washing.
Kitchen Bags for Embroiderer Shower Ideas
A note describes bags for corks string and paper with suggestions for the embroiderer to contribute to a kitchen or hen party shower. The tone mimics a vintage guide card promoting practical gift items.
Sudan grass as forage crop for the farm
The Farmers Bulletin No 605 describes Sudan grass as an annual hay plant related to sorghums. It grows 3 to 5 feet tall in broadcast sowing and 6 to 9 feet in rows, with awned hulls and broad leaves. It thrives in warm climates, tolerates many soils, and yields up to two cuttings a year in favorable regions. mixed with legumes yields range 1 to 3.5 tons per acre.
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United States Department of Agriculture Farmers
United States
Sudan
Middle
Atlantic States
Maryland Experiment Station
Johnson Grass
Timothy Hilly
One Breed of Hens Is Best Farm Plan
Farmers gain efficiency by keeping a single poultry breed to allow uniform eggs and meat, reducing housing needs and feed costs. The article notes uniform products fetch higher prices and describes dairy cow rations for different weights, stressing balanced feed and silage over poor hay.
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Best Farm
Rations for Cows in Winter Season
Feeding cows in winter hinges on size, milk output, and feed type. Larger cows need more feed than smaller ones, and producing 30 pounds of milk requires notably more feed than 15 pounds, though not necessarily double. Some feeds are richer in milk-producing materials than others.
Sucking Cows Aids Nose Ring to Stop Nuisance
Sucking cows are a nuisance but a bull ring with smaller rings in the nose can curb the habit. It stops the sucking yet does not hinder eating.
Is It Too Much Routine
Writer laments that few readers are familiar with Bible pages and quotes, noting Bible knowledge fades despite Sunday schools and lessons. He argues rote instruction fails to create lasting understanding and contrasts with lingering appreciation of Shakespeare and other classics. He cites fatigue in study and asks why required texts pass without impact.
Oil from Fruit Stone Kernels in Germany
Germany moves to ease oil and fat shortages by extracting oil from fruit stone kernels such as plum and cherry pits. Kernels are separated by calcium chloride solution and oil is pressed. Hydrocyanic acid traces in peach kernels pose a danger, but special methods reduce levels to negligible amounts.
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Germany
Wall flower at a ball stands out for bread baking
A recent social note highlights a wall flower at a ball who is noted as the only girl present with bread baking skills. The remark emphasizes her unique talent amid the event's attendees.
Mexico City Faces High Death Rates Amid Elevation
Mexico City sits around fifteen feet above sea level and reports a high death rate, highlighting health and environmental challenges for the metropolis.
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Mexico City
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