Italian Farm Life and Feudal Remnants Across Europe
A travel observer notes Italians used as field laborers with little farm housing, observes feudal traces in Italy and Switzerland, and contrasts farm life with American ideals. He warns against urban farming and collective tenancy spreading from Europe to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Old Country
Italy
Sicily
Sorrento
Lake District
Naples
Bologna
Venice
Switzer
Engi
Taly
Florence
Das
Field
Mr. Carr
Mara
America
England
Europe
Maintaining Soil Fertility Through Fertilizers and Legumes
A discussion on soil fertility emphasizes preserving available plant food to sustain crop yields. It notes that weather, rainfall, and nutrient supply govern productivity, with legumes fixing nitrogen while phosphoric acid and potash require external sources. Case data show losses and the Ohio station reports an 11 year average $8.50 per acre gain in value against $4.50 annual cost, yielding net $4 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Women Grow Younger Promises Hair Growth Cure
Phrisia Sage promotes Elxin-Hamrick Drug Company hair growth and dandruff cure. Claims promise instant scalp relief and non greasy formula. Advertisement touts rejuvenating effects and pleasant combing with a bargain price per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phrisia
America
Elxin-Hamrick
Paris- Sage
Elam-Hamrick Co
Becents
Ottie
Ants Target Flies in Philippines Kill Larvae by Venom
Capt. Percy L. Jones of the Army Medical Corps notes ants in the Philippines attack fly larvae, biting to paralyze them and carrying off pupae. The ants, not found in the United States, may aid sanitation and also destroy bed bugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy L. Jones
Army Medical Corps
Philippines
United States
Capt. Jones
Deep Breathing Heats Body After Cold Exposure
The method involves taking long breaths with the mouth closed and repeating them to generate warmth. It speeds heart rate and circulates blood, producing heat and claimed protection against colds and other ailments when begun promptly.
Advertising Pressure Foreshadows a Store’s Strained Growth
A critic notes that a store cannot outpace its advertising, likening the situation to a train whose engine cannot push beyond its limits. The remark highlights the risk of overestimating promotional reach without solid capacity.
Chronic Ulcers and Bad Blood Heal Through Purified Blood
An advertisement from The Swift Specific Co in Atlanta promotes S S S as a blood purifier that cures chronic ulcers by cleansing the bloodstream. It claims impurities hinder healing, and restoring purity allows sores to close naturally. The notice offers a book on sores and medical advice free upon request.
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S.S.S
Nature
SWIFT
Atlanta
New Breed of Hens Buttercups Rival Reds in Egg Yield
A sea captain and James Dumaresq helped develop the Buttercups, a new hen breed with the distinctive cup shaped comb. They reportedly lay up to 300 eggs per year, are nonsitters, mature early, and produce large white eggs. The birds are viable for foraging, docile, and valued for egg production though smaller in roast value.
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Rhode Island
Indiana Farmer
Sicily
James Dumaresq
Cleveland
Dumaresq
Italy
The Versatile Farmer
The article describes the farmer as an all round man with a roofless workshop distant from towns. He serves as bricklayer carpenter plumber butcher sheep herder swineherd hunter veterinary surgeon dentist well driller bacteriologist entomologist meteorologist horticulturist agriculturist pomologist and at times minister tinsmith watchmaker lawyer and undertaker.
Hauling Services Advertises Rapid Team and Wagons
Felephone No. 72 and get Watson to do your hauling. Plenty of teams wagons drays and men. Everything in this line handled with dispatch and care. Jy8-tt.
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Felephone
Watson
United Daughters of the Confederacy event in Jacksonville
The General John A H Forney chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was hosted by Miss Ida Carson at The Cedars. Members read papers on authors of Confederate romance and Father Ryan, with plans for future meetings and a Mobile delegate election.
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Jacksonville
John A H. Forney
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Ida Carson
Charles D. Martin
Bert Stevenson
Virginia Clay-Clapton
Nettie Brice
Father Ryan
Mary Goodlett
Lindsey
Carson
Cary Caldwell
Gadsden
Maude Bellinger
Anniston
Carl Lay
Madame Sherry
Routes Listed for Anniston Calera Birmingham
No. 81 Anniston to Calera No. 84 Anniston to Birmingham No. 82 Calera to Anniston No. 86 Calera to Birmingham No. 85 Birmingham to Calera No. 83 Birmingham to Anniston
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Anniston
Calera
Birmingham
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I Et
I Farmers’ Department of the Star
of Life
Wi W. Chamberlin
Country Gentleman
Gpi Iist
Speralty Patents
ALA Aifteen
Patent & Trademark Cal
PAE
Buttercups
Rhode Island Reds
John Deere
Wm. J. Oliver
Chattanooga
Cater - Kilby Hardware CO
News of Jacksonville
United Daughters
the Cedars
Miss Goodlett
Union
Southern
Rome
Selma
Ala
Wilton
Louisville
Nashville
R. ¥. Roth
Montgomery, Ala
Post Office
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