Freckles Myth and Telegraphic Voice Advances
An ad touts a freckle remedy claiming double strength Othine removes freckles with a money back guarantee. It also describes a telegraph sender operated by voice instead of a key, using a diaphragm to modulate air vibrations to create dots and dashes. A note explains proper hay curing to reduce evaporation and maintain quality, with a prompt for a free bulletin from Emerson-Brantingham.
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America
Agricultural Extension Department
Emerson-Brantingham Imp. Co
Rockford, Il
Adv
Press censor roles and public ire in Baltimore days
A Baltimore American quip jokes that a press censor incenses everyone, capturing a climate of criticism and tension around censorship practices in the era. The brief remark underscores contentious media control and public reaction nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad From 1916
An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a highly effective kidney remedy. Druggist L A Richardson reports a dramatic recovery case from spring prior, urging readers to try the product. Include a 10 cent sample request and note regular bottle sizes and distribution. A brief farmer joke about mining stock closes the clipping.
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St. Louis
L. A. Richardson
Marine
Illinois
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamtn
N. Y
Norfolk farmer declares bankruptcy with assets zero
A Norfolk county Virginia farmer recently filed for bankruptcy listing liabilities of 38618 dollars and assets of zero. The filing shows no remaining assets to cover the debts. The note highlights the harsh outcome for the local agrarian individual amid financial distress.
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Norfolk County
Virginia
Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy Claims Public Benefit
An advertorial touts Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy as a safe, herbal treatment for diabetes. It cites personal testimonials from users like James Platt and asserts the product corrects impaired nutrition, with claims of long trial history and availability through druggists. The piece urges readers to request a free sample from Warner's Base Remedies Co. in Rochester, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webner
Warner
James Platt
Nat'l
Omelet Varieties and Techniques from Early Cookbook
A compact guide outlines multiple omelet styles including spinach, peach, orange, mushroom, and asparagus. It covers beating eggs, adding water, browning almonds, folding tips, and serving with sauces. A Browning quote closes the piece, emphasizing contentment with one’s gifts.
Seasonal Dishes Featured For Warmer Weather
A household menu features Lima Bean Salad Creole Rice Scotch Gingerbread and Rice Cups. The Lima Bean Salad uses tender beans onions capers green pepper olives malt paprika olive oil and vinegar garnished with pickled beef and parsley. Creole Rice blends peppers onion ham and rice with broth tomatoes salt and butter. Scotch Gingerbread mixes flour sugar soda baking powder cinnamon mace or nutmeg with raisins ginger almonds molasses and eggs baked as a sheet. Rice Cups present a custard base with rice eggs sugar vanilla and cream molded and filled with peaches then crowned with whipped cream.
Feeding mash for fattening and laying ducks on farms
A farm duck mash blends cornmeal wheat shorts cottonseed meal ground lime rock and sharp gravel with salt and water or sour milk to a crumbly moist feed. On large farms 10 percent greens or vegetables are added. provide a shallow water trough for nasal cleansing and offer two feedings plus a noon meal of water and whole corn.
Squabs raised for market and shipping factors
Squabs should be graded by size and quality to avoid low prices for small or dark birds. Packing uses cracked ice and paper between layers. express rates affect profit, especially for small shipments. A week is the market window, so a large flock supports steady supply. Breeder output ranges from one to eleven pairs per year, averaging six to seven. prices peak in cold weather as breeding slows in winter.
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Express
Ada
Manitoba
Saskachewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Treat Cholera in Turkeys
A historical notice outlines disease control for cholera in turkeys with steps to isolate symptomatic birds, disinfect housing, administer creolin and corrosive sublimate, feed lightly, euthanize severely affected birds, burn litter, spray with disinfectants, and plow runs to prevent spread.
Industry. Girl Sews While Soldiers Watch In Detroit
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes a young wholesome girl entering a car door and taking a seat, then waking knitting needles from a handbag and sewing for three miles without lifting her eyes. She is praised for old fashioned industry and the scene draws attention from soldiers nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Freezone promises corn relief with a drop
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a new remedy to lift corns and calluses. Applied to the corn it supposedly removes root and all, dries instantly, and leaves surrounding skin unharmed. A small bottle is inexpensive and may be stocked by local druggists upon request.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Financial flurry explained by a boy and father
A boy asks what a financial flurry means. His father replies it is when a bill collector comes to the door and the mother cannot find her purse.
Cure skin troubles with Cuticura emolients
Heal itching skins with fast acting, safe creams that prevent minor skin troubles from becoming serious when used daily. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Silent partner in marriage questioned by a man
A man questions a silent partner in marriage with a quip that a husband is silent when his wife is present, reflecting a humorous, old style dialogue about marital dynamics.
Canal Zone Pioneers Form Service Society
In 1904 hundreds of Americans went to Panama for the Canal Zone takeover. fewer than fifty remain. The 1904 cohort including some nurses formed the Society of the Incas and hold a May 4 banquet each year. On the thirteen anniversary they passed a resolution offering their services to the government anywhere in the zone, the United States, France or beyond.
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Canal Zone
Panama
Isthmus
Society of the Incas
United States
France
Notable Dialogue Snippet on Widows in Gossip Tone
A clipped exchange reveals flirtatious banter about widowhood and attractiveness. The fragment hints at social attitudes toward widows and romantic interest, with a playful chorus about remarriage and public perception.
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