Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
An elderly woman from Durand Wisconsin and a woman from Blackstone Massachusetts report relief from menopausal symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges middle aged women to heed warning symptoms and consider the remedy as many have found safety through the change of life.
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Durand
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Ripaway
Wie
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Pierre Coournoyer
Box 239
Saved Daylight Forty Years in Monson Maine
Monson Maine residents recall a 40 year old daylight saving plan noted by Youths Companion. The town set clocks ahead to gain daylight but did not change work hours, leaving Monson's clocks one hour ahead of other Maine towns for decades.
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Monson
Maine
Too True Carding a Comforting Punch Line
A comic exchange shows a woman pleading for money for shopping while her partner points out she already has charge accounts at three stores. He jokes that the best item remains elusive at the store tied to their accounts.
Minnesota Farmers Spend 20 Million on New Buildings
Minnesota farmers have invested roughly 20 million dollars over four years to construct and upgrade farm buildings. The figure covers barns dairies and storage facilities as agricultural modernization continues. Investments focused on improving capacity efficiency and dairy housing.
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Minnesota
Strawberry beds should be thinned and renovated for better fruit
As soon as picking ends, mow and rake straw berry beds remove dead leaves burn them and thin crowded center rows. Cultivate with a hoe apply well rotted barnyard manure and water. If rows are matted plow center leaving young plants to form a new row. Old plants have dark roots while young are lighter and crowns darkened on old plants.
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E. P
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Prevent Potato Blight With Bordeaux Sprays
To curb potato blight spray Bordeaux mixture starting when plants are six inches high. Reapply every ten days to two weeks as leaves emerge. Dissolve six pounds copper sulfate in 25 gallons water and six pounds lime in 25 gallons, strain, then mix and spray. Do not store unused mix between applications.
Getting Profit From Bees
An instructional notice from the Missouri College of Agriculture urges beekeepers to expand or start apiaries. It promotes buying bees by the pound with Italian queens, acquiring swarms, renovating neglected stands, and sharing hives with neighbors. It also advises purchasing strong colonies in straight combs and obtaining nuclei from reliable suppliers to build up productive colonies.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
Troubles of melon grower
Melon growers face anthracnose which blights leaves and spots fruit with pink centers on water soaked sunken lesions. The fungus attacks cucumbers cantaloupes and squashes and spreads in warm wet weather. Prevention relies on home made Bordeaux spray and timely applications before maturation.
Dehorning Calves Early to Prevent Horn Growth
The article advises early dehorning of calves to prevent horn growth and reduce injury to cows. It recommends using caustic potash on the horn buttons within four to five days of birth, rubbing until slight skin bleeding or a blister forms, creating a dent in the skull so no horns develop.
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Dirry
Hermit by the wayside shrine costs little to live
A hermit calling himself the incarnation of Fudosnama leases a coop near the botanical gardens for 2.25 monthly. He keeps a paper window shrine lit by fire and says he has fasted 30 years and eaten only laurel leaves, potatoes, salt, and water. He claims to perform miraculous cures.
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Fudosnama
Botanical Gardens
Purity and Beauty Emolients Ad From Boston Mail Offer
Fragrant creamy emollients promise fresh skin clear of dandruff crusts and scales, soft white hands, and suitability for nursery use. Free sample by mail with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
What She Had Forgotten
A comely German woman at a savings bank tried to deposit a check made out to Gretchen H. Schmidt. The teller reminded her to add the age, and she blushed, correcting the indorsement by writing “Age twenty-three” after realizing the omission.
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Gretchen H. Schmidt
Gretchen Schmidt
Charity Encounter on a Hungry Roadside Stop
A weary traveler asks for food, and a polite woman at a house offers a dish of mushrooms. She aims to verify they are safe to eat, noting her husband gathered them that morning and intends only edible varieties for the guest.
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Indy
Wayfarer
Visitor from Kansas Threatens Lawsuit Over Closed Eden Musee
A Kansas uncle angered by the Eden Musee closure reportedly threatened to sue the railroad company to refund his ticket price. No further details available.
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Kansas
Eden Musee
Creamery Grade All Cream
The American farmer should insist on creamery grading for cream. Higher grades remove poor quality, enabling better butter. Good butter commands high prices, so top cream prices motivate better dairy cattle and careful dairy production studies.
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L. G. Rinkle
Value of Goat Recognized in Agriculture and Forestry
Goats once considered jokes are now valued for meat milk and fiber. Goat milk health benefits and kid meat taste gain recognition while silky haired varieties graze wastelands. Forestry service uses goats to clear dense brush on reserves enabling growth and renewal.
Fungous Disease of Beans Anthracnose
Anthracnose is a fungous disease affecting wax and green beans. It starts as purplish spots that enlarge into dark lesions with a light brown ring and pink spore centers. The fungus can reach seeds. seed selection is key for control, plus spraying with Bordeaux mixture, crop rotation, and burning infected plants.
Glide Saves Themselves With Descent Flight
Report describes expert aviators gliding after motor failure to travel about four miles during a descent of a mile.
Lighting system advice for farm homes and barns
Good lighting for house and barn enhances appeal and convenience on farms. Troubles arise from ignorance or negligence. Modern equipment like high efficiency lamps boosts small scale farming, with wider adoption seen in coming years.
How Aviators Get Messages in Flight Helmets
Aviation pioneers equip helmets with wireless telephones built into ear flaps to receive messages. The invention aims to improve communication for pilots during flight and may influence future cockpit gear and safety protocols.
War bride paintings fetch high prices at gallery
A visitor compliments a collector on his paintings while the dealer admits profits from war brides are substantial. He notes some pitchers cost more than the frames around them, highlighting inflated values in the collection.
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W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
New York
America
Brockton
Mass
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