Waiting for the End of the War After the War Canada Growth
A Western Canada bank manager urges postwar settlement and farm investment. He cites crops, high grain prices, and wartime generosity to Canada, arguing conscription and taxes are unfounded anxieties and land values will rise after the war. The narrator confirms official denials and endorses migration to western provinces.
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West
Canada
Red Cross
Hardihood
Flanders
United States
Documenta
Qanese
Toowan
Kidney flushing remedy advert claims to flush kidneys
An advertisement touts Jad Salts as a kidney flush using lithia from grape and lemon acids. It argues meat causes uric acid buildup leading to back pain and many illnesses, recommending four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water to stimulate kidneys and purify blood.
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Sava
Cascarets Promote Quick Relief for Headache and Liver Toxins
An advertisement promises a 10 cent Cascaret box to relieve bilious headaches, dizziness, coated tongue, foul breath, and sour stomach by cleansing the stomach, liver, and bowels. It claims the pills work overnight, clearing the head and regulating waste, with further remark about a mean man who delays hair removal on Saturday night.
Fragmented ad copy about remedies and patent medicines
Readable phrases describe a crude promotional note for a remedy and cosmetics. It mentions a brand or product, a list of steps, and cautions about burns. It references men who invest and stock features in a vague way.
Simple Directions On Pruning Trees
Simple directions on winter pruning for apples, pears, and plums outline the aims of pruning to improve light, air, and form while avoiding overcrowding. It covers tool choice, cut angles, bark protection, pruning targets for young trees, spur formation on fruiting trees, cordon shaping, and differences in pruning plum trees versus apples and pears especially concerning gumming and seasonal timing.
How to Eradicate Injurous Insect in Orchard Crops
Wintering adult plum curculio emerges as buds swell in spring and feeds on young foliage. Treat with strong arsenate spray as the poison is effective only then. Females lay eggs in crescent cuts on fruit. larvae emerge in 7-10 days, pupate in soil after about two weeks. Control via intensive cultivation and jarring methods where labor is cheap.
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J. G. Sanders
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Duckling Feed Advice From Old Text Hint
The fragment suggests caution about feeding ducks with certain feeds and emphasizes cooking if feeds are used, noting ducks typically do not consume enough to justify grinding dry crate feed. It mentions whole wheat cracked corn and commercial chick feeds as examples.
Effective Pruning in Fruit Orchards
The Nebraska College of Agriculture advises pruning during winter months when growth slows. Cut off all dead wood and burn it, remove cross branches, and thin tops so sun reaches all parts daily. Do not remove small crooked branches, which are fruit spares. Disinfect wounds and tools to prevent disease and avoid leaving stubs.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
In Favor of Feeding Livestock to Preserve Soil Fertility
An old agrarian note argues that selling corn and oats drains soil fertility. It claims every bushel loses value when sold, while feeding livestock returns fertility through improved farm productivity. The piece urges farmers to keep cattle in feed to maintain soil health and prosperous markets despite poor crop years.
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Hva
Remedies and tips from old advertisements
A collage of product pitches and public notices includes hair removal by oil, eye remedies for aging looks, a Marine Eye Remedy Co. catalog offering an Eye Book, and weather proverbs about umbrellas. Ads promote Hanford’s Balsam for back pain, Ady rubs, and a kidney bladder tonic called Anuric with testimonials from Mrs. Melinda Emillor praising Dr. Pierce’s cure.
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W. J. White
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Farmara
Hamford
Paloe Tee Esata
Theo Ola Etter Bo Sager
Thte Centaur Company
ENEW
York
Castoria
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
H.W. Grovh
Hanford
Ady
Dr. Pierce
Carter
Acta
Absorbine, JR
W.F. Young
P.D. F
Temple St
Springlald
Mass
Frat Plagartion
Dhoe
McLain Orthopedic Sanitarium
Aubert Avenue
St. Louis
F. i
Newitt Sib Gt
Dee Moines, la
Congden Governiwndy & Pent
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