Old Ladies Enjoy A Violinist Vaudeville At Vancouver Home
Miss Alicia Radford and Miss Lockwood bring a youthfully lively program to a Vancouver seniors home. Despite initial apathy, Hiawatha and ragtime draw cheers, tears, and a revived mood as residents, some bedbound, tap feet and hum along. The encore lines end with fond gratitude for a rare treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia Radford
Holy City
Jerusalem
Il Trovatore
Anna Fanning
Miss Radford
Vancouver
Guy Little
Hiawatha
Hhapoityy
Rufus Rastus
Sheep Feeding and Shelter Practices for Harsh Weather
A correspondent describes wintering sheep with rain and snow protection, feeding regimes, and shelter design. It covers yard feeding when frost drives sheep indoors, use of clover hay, silage or corn fodder, oats and occasional shelled corn, and the importance of proper care to avoid condemning the breed.
Making butter on the farm for profit
The article outlines two essentials for successful farm butter making. It stresses abundant pure cold water and proper shop setup with a spring, stone floor, and insulated walls. It warns that many fail by rushing product quality, advises proper churn handling, precise temperature control, and delaying sales until quality is consistent. It also notes considerations for packaging and customer preferences, including commission differences.
Building a good barn pays off in long run
A Farmers' Review article argues that investing in durable barn construction yields lower annual depreciation. Build for 50 to 100 years with sound materials, plans, and labor to keep yearly costs under two percent, avoiding rapid deterioration that reduces farm value if the property is sold.
CATTLE AS A SIDE ISSUE PROBABLE LARGER PROFITS
The piece argues cattle as a side issue can yield higher profits than cattle raised traditionally. It notes calves can be fed at little or no cost if pasturage is underused. It cites corn stalks, rough grasses, surplus pasture, silage, and woodlands as wasteful opportunities. Under such conditions, growers let calves mature into beeves and view profits from beef as favorable.
Crate For Catching HoGs for Slaughter Pens
A simple crate built from common lumber serves to catch and handle hogs. Posts use 2x2, slats 1x4, bottom and lower sides inch boards. Dimensions about five to six feet long, two and a quarter feet high, one and a half feet wide. Bolts at corners and lever joints. Hog runs in from back, man catches as heads peek through lever slats. Lever operation releases hogs outside. doubles as transport crate for one or two hogs. Worth about $25 to us, could be built quickly for little cost on a rainy day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witler
Sheep Return to Farm as Efficient Forage Animal
The article argues there is no danger to anyone as sheep are moved back to farms. It claims sheep profit from grass weeds seeds roots and hay without milking or grinding. It notes turnips should be trimmed and suggests this proves better farming lowers labor costs.
Runaway device requires 48 inch strap and rings
A description notes a strong 48 inch strap with stout rings at both ends is needed to construct the runaway device shown in the accompanying illustration. The snippet highlights the hardware components without detailing construction or usage.
Clover for Swine Pasture and Feeding Advice
A farmer in the Orange Judd Yaymer advocates clover pasture with June sTaSS and rape, noting pigs benefit from liberty and mixed feeding. Pigs forage in an orchard with fallen apples, receive corn and skim milk twice daily, avoid stock foods, and are supplied with ashes salt water and shade. Fasten hogs on old corn, market timing may yield high prices. avoid old hard corn unless well soaked. overfeeding corn weakens pigs and sows.
How Strap In Put In Prairie Varmer Illustration
A description explains a harness method where a strap sits atop the bridle, passes through bridle rings, and attaches to the rings on the strap. When the horse starts to run the bit is drawn up, making it easier to control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Companying
Prairia Varmer
Milk Utensil Cleaning Instructions
The text prescribes rinsing milk utensils with cold or lukewarm water, then washing thoroughly with hot water and a cleaning preparation other than laundry soap or inferior washing powder, such as soda, followed by rinsing with clean water and sterilizing by exposure for at least ten minutes to store a team or boiling water.
What Is White Lead and How to Test It
A concise explanation of white lead as a paint material, how it is produced, and how adulteration occurs. It describes the blow-pipe test to prove purity, notes the National Lead Company guarantees, and offers free testing materials and a booklet upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
National Lead Company
Woodridge Building
New York
Strenuous Method of Saving Life in Desperate Descent
Two officers hunting wolves on Dry Mountain in central Servia lost their way in dense fog. After 14 hours one man collapsed in the snow and drifted toward unconsciousness. His partner bound him, placed him upright, and rolled him down the mountain. The roller reached safety at the bottom and was found exhausted by a peasant an hour later. The man who rolled him survived with injuries from rocks. the other officer remained unharmed and is hospitalized for his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whatley
Miss Radford
Jim Mewlett
Miss Lockwood
Alicia Radford
Yale
Servia
Origin of the Elevator In Central Europe 1760s
The elevator traces to Central Europe with a 1760s shaft based system mentioned in a letter by Napoleon I to Archduchess Marie Louise. He recalls using the flying chair at Schoenbrunn, a red silk furnished square room suspended by ropes and counterweights.
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Europe
Napoleon I
Maria Louise
Schoenbrunn
Vienna
Maria Theresa
Seance Test Leads to Dismissive Drugstore Offer
A clairvoyant clings to spirits during a seance as a skeptical suitor begs for Amy. The druggist refuses the match, citing a promise to his partner, yet suggests offering a different daughter to satisfy the suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Smething
Grape-Nuts Food Promoted for Elderly Wellbeing
An old age health appeal touts Grape-Nuts as ideal for seniors, noting its whole wheat and barley composition and diastase conversion of starch. Testimonials claim improved digestion, regularity, mental clarity, and strength into advanced age, with endorsements of Postum beverages and the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lum
Postum Co
Battle Cresk, Mich
Wellyilie
Remarkable 98-Year-Old Man Credits Kidney Pills
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace Street New Jersey, after forty years of kidney trouble and nightly awakenings, reports complete relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. He previously suffered back pains and heavy kidney secretions. The advertisement claims the pills cure and cost 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Company Buffalo New York. The second fragment features a mother and child dialogue about Herr Schmidt and a sneezing incident.
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Shepard Kollock
Wallace
Bank
N. J
Kollock
Dean
Foster Milburn
Deep Eczema Remedy Promises Lasting Cure
A Newark Delaware resident recounts seven years of hand eczema and failure with many remedies. After two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one Cuticura Soap cake, his hands were cured, allowing him to lay a slate pencil across a redacted hand. Reported March 28 1907 by W H Dean.
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Cuthura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Mar
Frozen Lambs and the Cold Resilience of Sheep
The dialogue notes sheep as hardy against winter, often surviving weeks buried in snow. It contrasts domestic resilience with a quip about Wall Street, suggesting sheep endure cold while markets face pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jill
Wall Street
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall claiming restored health and motherhood after use. The sales pitch invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
Weat Union
D. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Lydia EB
Pinkham
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