Martian Canals Misread And A Boston Magic Trick
A fragment from a New York interview with Prof Percival Lowell argues Martian canals are lines not literal features, while a Boston tale recounts an amateur magician reading letters under a rug as a maid serves refreshments. The piece shifts to anecdotes about editors, love, and Postum coffee testimonies, concluding with a school teacher praising Postum for reducing nervousness and improving mood.
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Percival Lowell
New York
Panama Canals
Boston
Boscon
Use of lime-sulphur preparations for spraying
Ww. Scott reports lime-sulphur sprays as a less injurious alternative to Bordeaux mix for apples. Trials show smoother, better colored fruit with lime-sulphur and minimal foliage injury. a 1% gallon commercial solution diluted in water is suggested as a promising strength to avoid russeting and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. Scott
Bureau OF Plant Industry
U. Dept. OF Agriculture
York
Ben Davis
Virginia
Prune Trees and Shrubs in Street Planting
Advice against slashing unskilled trimming of city street trees. Do not prune evergreens in fall, cut back secondary growth on vigorous vines, and shorten rose stems by one third to one half. Promote straight, healthy trees with a central leader and high heads to resist wind damage.
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Severas
Pont Ons
Essentials of Good Farming by Samuel Knapp
A compact excerpt outlines ten farming basics from seed bed preparation to record keeping. It emphasizes deep, well drained seed beds, high quality seed, appropriate spacing, intensive tillage, humus via legumes and manures, crop rotation with cover crops, efficient horsepower, full use of farm waste and idle lands, self-sufficiency in food production, and meticulous accounting of farm products. It also cites H. B. Fullerton of the Long Island station noting wood ashes and manure improved potato quality and yield compared to a high grade fertilizer which reduced flavor.
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Samuel Knapp
H. B. Fullerton
Long Island Experiment ‘Station
Paint the Stubs of All Large Limbs and Peeled Spots
Fragmentary lines describe painting stubs of large limbs and peeling spots during a period of distress. The terse lines suggest a cautionary or ritual act linked to heartache and healing, with sparse imagery and a somber mood throughout.
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Morriston Woman
A MorristonArkansas resident Mrs Joseph Cross reports months of back pain swelling headaches and dizziness eased after taking Doans Kidney Pills. She says six doctors offered no relief before the cure and urges others to remember the name Doans. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Joseph Cross
Church St
Morriston
Ark
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Baby's scalp healed by Cuticura remedies after eczema tale
A three month old girl suffered severe scalp eczema with constant itching and scales. After trying doctors, a Cuticura regimen using Soap Ointment and Resolvent led to rapid improvement, scale loss, hair regrowth, and lasting health. Suggested by J. Fish and Ella M. Fish of Mt. Vernon Kentucky October 12, 1909.
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J. Fish
Ella M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Resinol Ointment Sample Notice Promises Cure
A woman from Hacker Valley West Virginia praises Resinol Ointment for eczema on her daughter’s face and sends money for a sample. She offers to tell friends of the product while the irate wife complains to a photographer that her husband resembles a baboon, but the photographer defends the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma B. McConkey
Hacker Valley
W. Va
Success for seventy years in record of Patakiler
Fragmented note lists remedies for diarrhea and dysentery, mentions Perry Duvis Ate lin and Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with prices and stamp requirements. Ends with a remark about an expert accountant balancing books and steady work.
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Patakiler
Perry Duvis
Atelin
Winslow
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Bevere
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Yees
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Carter
At, Paul
Maddam Road
H. S. Fairchild
ST. Paul
Minn
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Sree
Western Canada
Deneen
Illinois
Renge Dereon
Tllinois
Weon Dataa
Ata
Boskatch
Aorko Yoste
Janfla
Manitoba
Paratt Lane
E.t.holmag
Jackson
Paul
W.v.bannett
Bee
Omaha
Nab
Uae
Noarest You
National Live Stock Com. Co
Kunsog City
St. Joseph
Mo. S
Neb
Earth
Norehorn
Tanda
Tees
Hvanaton
Ower
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