Dairy Profits Big in Western Canada Markets
A 1918 Alberta Department of Agriculture report highlights booming dairy profits in Western Canada with rising butter and cheese production. Alberta totals show 9.1 million pounds of creamery butter and record bull sales in Edmonton Calgary and Manitoba reflect strong demand. Government supervision and growing creameries signal Western Canada moving toward a leading continental dairy position. Immigrant settlement expands as favorable land, climate, and schools attract settlers.
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Western Canada
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Lacombe
Manitoba
Carman
Sakatchewan
Western
O.b
Fragmentary ad copy with mixed claims and quotes
A fragmentary newspaper snippet combines literary quotes from Florida Times-Union with multiple advertisements for Cuticura skin care products and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The ad tone is promotional and personal health oriented, mentioning pricing and implied consumer benefits.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Said to Avoid Surgery
Mrs A W Brazer of Black River Falls Wisconsin credits Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing her organic trouble and side pain, saving her from an operation after best Eau Claire doctors recommended one. The letter promotes the root and herb remedy as a household word from coast to coast and urges other women with inflammation ulcers displacement backache nervousness irregularities or the blues to try it and write for advice to Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Brack River Falls
Wis
Lydia
Pinkham
Eau Claire
A. W. Brazer
Black River Falla
Mrs. Brazer
Ocean
Lydia Pinkham Eedicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Not Rich Enough to Be Happy on a Mortgage Farm
A discouraged farmer tells a city man that happiness on a farm depends on covering mortgage interest. A lighthearted aside notes the comfort of clean laundry from Red Cross Ball Blue. The piece ends with a wry observation about aging, wisdom, and affordable dentistry.
Cultural practices to control corn root aphid
United States Department of Agriculture outlines soil and field methods to curb corn root aphid. Recommends deep plowing, multiple diskings, fall versus spring plowing, and early fall diskings to disrupt ant nests and aphid life cycles. Also describes repellent treatments using tansy, asafetida, sassafras oil, anise, kerosene, and lemon oil with fertilizer to deter ants and aphids.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountains
South Atlantic
Better Hog Cholera Serum Smudge Saves Potato Crop
A Hardin County Ohio farm bureau member used a smoky straw smudge to shield a 20 acre potato field from frost on September 21. Ten tons of wet straw burned at 102 spots produced heavy smoke that kept the field green into October while surrounding foliage suffered from the frost.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Ohio
Proper soil for tomatoes advice from state department
Good tomato land lies between extremes and suits corn or cotton. Land enriched with heavy manure the prior year tends to yield especially good tomatoes, according to U S Department guidance.
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United Stated Department of Agriculture
Bordeaux mixture limits insect injury not effective alone
To prevent insect injury add arsenate of lead at two pounds per fifty gallons to Bordeaux for a 260 gallon tank. Exercise great care in making and applying Bordeaux and avoid spraying during damp foggy or rainy periods to prevent leaf burn and russeting. substitute sulphur solution when conditions are unfavorable.
Household hints and frugal craft ideas for home living
A dated collection of household tips covers cleaning methods for rugs and wallpaper, cake and treat ideas for children's parties, and simple decorative serving tricks. Advice includes using animal crackers with syrup for cakes, a three-doll butter mold, a household planning note, and a basic home cleaner recipe with flour and kerosene. The text ends with a classical quote about love.
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Eleanor
Desserts Based On Light Cream Pot and Orange Gelatin
A cooked custard or chocolate filling complements a light cream pot dessert. Recipes include Chocolate Junket with milk, sugar, chocolate, junket, vanilla. Orange Cream with heavy cream, gelatin, orange juice and rind. and Apple Triffe with apple sauce, gelatin, whipped cream, nutmeg.
Fats In the Body and a Window Shade Patent Mention
A fragment describes fats as stored energy and protective padding under the skin muscles and around organs. It also notes a window shade with a patented mechanism by a Oregon inventor, mentioning a pulley or control device.
Judge of probate Funnies and April Quips Highlight Oddities
A mash of quips and jokes from Chicago News features a probate judge exchange, a gag about executioner wits, and seasonal jokes about April. A captioned gag runs with a farmer’s lines about weather and a note that thrashing may not separate a boy from his widonta.
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Chicago News
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil claims to slow aging via kidney health
An old era advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil as a standard home remedy to relieve aging related weaknesses. It promises revitalized life, vigor, and prevention of renewed illness by cleansing kidneys and digestive organs. It urges readers to demand the original brand and box packaging.
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Meidal Haarlem
Haarlem
Sizas
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