Thatcham Women Turn Tiny Farm Into Profit Power
A Berkshire woman demonstrates intensive farming on two acres using stable manure and zinc field protection to yield three crops a year. From France and England, the method relies on small capital, self‑performed labor, and clever lease terms enabling soil reuse after harvest.
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Old Dame Nature
Thatcham
England
Rockefeller funds hospital contracts in Peking and Shanghai costs
Rockefeller Foundation lets contracts for hospitals in Peking with Shanghai cost about 3,000,000 dollars. Spanish cotton experiments in Morocco show best results with Louisiana seed. One fifth of railroad coal consumed by locomotives. Pulverized peat fuels Swedish railways. Celluloid-like plastic for roofing and glass. Europe adopts new automotive and glass materials. Swedish is main commerce language, but English German and French are understood in business. Dental parlors in Rio show US equipment dominance.
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Peking
Shanghai
Rockefeller Foundation
Morocco
Louisiana
Europe
Sweden
Rio de Janeiro
United ‘States
Happiness Depends More on Inner Self Than Outer World
A reflective note contrasts happiness with external conditions, asserting that inner mindset shapes fulfillment more than material surroundings. The aphorism emphasizes self-control and outlook as the key to lasting joy.
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Lubbock
Items of Interest Princess Mary and Dublin Police Pay Claim
Princess Mary, daughter of King George and Queen Mary, serves as colonel in chief of the Royal Scouts. The Dublin metropolitan police request parity with the London police on rate of pay. An inventor has designed a device to keep wallets and eyeglass cases from slipping from baskets.
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Mary
King George
Queen Mary
England
Royal Scouts
Dublin
Ireland
London Police
Grain crops feed France and a Fort Dodge school plan
Director Bliss reports that grain gains by farmers in Town during the war would supply every French person with a daily pound of provisions for a year. Fort Dodge business leaders urge locating the new $600000 high school at town edge to force six mile walks and link schooling to fitness.
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Bliss
France
Fort Dodge
College of
Aindustrial
A. B. Funk
Tabor
William Hoffman
International Harvester Company
Europe
Zurich
Switzerland
Charles City
Alexander Houck
Independence
Iowa
New York
Frank €. Burnett
Knoxville
John
England
Black Hawk County
Ruth Stanley
Yorktown
M. FI. Healy
Seth Thomas
Hamilton County
Sammie
Glen Lawson
Norwich
Maron County
Clarinda
Gulf
Monroe County
Fraser
G. B. Hancock
Bedford
Il Health
M. A. Sawyer
Osage
South Bend
Ind
Rippey
Marion County
J. W. Wright
T. G. Gilson
Knoxville Journal
R. B. Cook
Winthrop
Chicago
A. E. Johnson
Graettinger
Laverne
Story County Farme Bureau
McGregor
Jacob Hoss
Waterloo
Ditcher
Cedar Falls
United States
Beaune
Harry H. Bells
Teachers' College
W. L. Schuletter
C. W. Stones
George ‘Willard
When I found I was fast I quit the phrase
A French officer misrenders English saying he was fast in many senses and gives up on the saying The first shall be first The piece also notes a neighborhood club with a single rule to serve refreshments at each meeting in a humorous aside
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Supreme Law
Back Like a Board Your Kidneys Remedy Ad
An old advertisement urges quick relief for back pain by using Gold Medal Haarlem oil capsules. It touts kidney disease signals, urges readers to visit a druggist, and promotes three box sizes with the Gold Medal label. It claims two hundred years of efficacy and availability everywhere.
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Haarlem
Ady
Too Much of a Good Thing
A quoted exchange shows a boy and mother discussing discipline and obedience. The mother insists she told him to stay where she can reach him, while the boy expresses fear he crossed the line and might be punished. The fragment hints at a domestic scene with tension over control.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Systemic Cure
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective internally for catarrh by purifying blood and acting on mucous surfaces. Claims cure through bloodstream action and constitutional factors. Mentions Cheney & Co as proprietors and testimonials available.
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Hall
Rugietetc
Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
On Being Cheerful and Spreading Joy
Quotations from Lydia Maria Child urging individuals to share cheerfulness with others. The note emphasizes that a positive demeanor refreshes both giver and receiver and invites deliberate effort to convey happiness.
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Lydia Maria Child
Girl Not Troubled by Jas Ohigs
A brief cultural note records a girl who shows little concern for Jas Ohigs or his affairs, reflecting a calm social attitude without conflict or reaction.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Highlighted
The excerpt praises Dr. Pierce of Buffalo for his Favorite Prescription a temperance medicine claiming to restore color vitality and nervous health in women through root and herb formula available in liquid and tablet forms. It notes the doctor’s extensive experience treating women and asserts relief from feminine disorders across ages.
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Perha
Dr. Pierce
America
Dr Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
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