Healthier Stronger Girl in Oregon Factory Tale
Julia Schmidt, a worker in a canning plant in Silverton Oregon, faced long strenuous shifts and lingering weakness. After trying Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health and strength and recommends it to other factory workers and friends. Address: 113 Willow St Silverton Oregon.
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Oregon
America
Julia Schmidt
Lydia B. Pinkham
Willow St
Silverton
Miss Schmidt
Castoria Promises Relief For Infants And Children
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria used for over 30 years to relieve constipation, flatulence, wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to regulate stomach and bowels and aid natural sleep without opiates, bearing the genuine signature.
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Fletcher
Rhino Deer in Yosemite Captivates Valley Visitors
In Yosemite National Park a deer nicknamed Old Horny displayed a rhino like horn through its upper jaw, drawing crowds as it roamed homes for tidbits. Visitors noted the creature allowed petting until the horn was touched, then the deer shed its antlers and vanished.
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Yosemite Valley
National Park
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Advertisement Promote Dual Use
Advertisement claims Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills relieve bloated feeling and distressed breathing from indigestion and function as both a medicine and a purgative, presenting a dual effect timeworn in patent medicine style.
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Wright
Oldtime Clocks That Are Now Curiosities
The article notes early English pendulum clocks, including Fremantel’s 1622 English clock, a small four by ten inch gift from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, and surviving Act of Parliament clocks made when Pitt taxed watches. Buckingham Palace houses a Lapine clock shaped as a negress head with hours in one eye and minutes in the other.
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England
Fremantel
Henry
Buckingham Palace
Lapine
Topeka speech echoes anti-divorce plea by Mrs Wood
The Anti-Divorce League president Mrs Margaret L Wood urged couples to imitate single people in pleasing one another during a Topeka address. She cited a bricklayer's wife courtroom remark about signs of a husband’s changing behavior.
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Margaret L. Wood
Anti-Divorce League
Topeka
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Maud Chooses Marriage Over Stenography Career
A humorous exchange notes Maud opted to wed rather than become a stenographer. The quip suggests she prefers married life to the effort of learning to operate a typewriter. The joke portrays Maud as lazy and confident she can manage a husband more easily than a keyboard.
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Maud
The Sins Of The Dad In Law Romance
Hal Pickens pursues mountaineer Jane Crenshaw amid counterfeit money crimes. A planned sheriff stint fails, revealing Jane’s father behind the scheme. Jane intervenes to end the fraud and the lovers reconcile, affirming individuals over ancestry.
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Jane Crenshaw
Mountains
Hal Pickens
Pickenses
Jane
Hal
Hai
Crenshaw
Pickens
Harold
Bill
Planes to Fight Locust Plague in Luzon
Planes will combat the locust plague in southern Luzon Philippines this year. The farm bureau expects air spraying over fields to be more decisive than prior methods. Two Bureau planes equipped from Manila to Bohol province will spearhead the campaign with pilots trained by Agriculture Department.
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Luzon
Philippines
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Manila
Bohol
Department of Agriculture
Longevity of Goldfish Noted by Insurance Experts
Life underwriters estimate a goldfish can live from fifteen to twenty years with proper environment and diet of ants eggs and vermicelli. The carp family is renowned for longevity with ponds at Chantilly once owned by Prince de Conde said to be centuries old.
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Chateau de Chantilly
France
Prince de Conde
Scottish Gentry Revered for Clan Leadership Power
The Scottish people formed clans led by notable men and the landed gentry held political influence, elevating their class above English counterparts. The Scottish landed gentry are among the nations most proud of their history and social status.
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Scotland
England
The Well Tempered Man
Henry Knight Miller compares human temper to steel in Psychology Magazine, noting that a person’s value and use hinge on the temper’s perfection. The metaphor underscores discipline, resilience, and constructive potential within character development.
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Henry Knight Miller
Psychology Magazine
Best Time to Pick Apples for Storage
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1448 D outlines how with storage type, variety, and climate, the ideal harvest time varies. It covers storage scald susceptibility, red color development, fruit size, drop tendency, and notes wide regional differences among varieties such as Arkansas Black Baldwin Ben Davis Delicious Esopus Spitzenberg Gano Black Ben Grimes Golden Jonathan King David McIntosh Northern Spy Rome Beauty Stark Winesap Yellow Newtown.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Delicious
Spitzenberg
Ben
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
McIntosh
Stark
Weeds in Orchards for Useful Cover Crop
New York State College findings show weeds can serve as an effective cover crop for orchards, offering soil humus and nitrogen benefits when cultivation is halted early. They can perform nearly as well as millet, buckwheat, or soybeans, though effects on tree growth may require long periods to appear on well balanced soils.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Poultry Yard Ideal for Growing Strawberry Crop
The article advises poultry yards as ideal for strawberries, noting odor does not imply lime. Lime should be used only when needed for other crops, as soil acidity favors strawberries. Poultry manure provides nitrogen and nutrients, allowing good berry crops with proper deep soil preparation before setting plants.
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R. E. Loree
Michigan
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Yee Ay
Castoria
Hanginry
Doc Fly
Peterman
Peterman’s
Penman Senmuc-Nue
Dad-In
D. J. Walsh
Orgtard
Sete
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