Horse Disease Stirs Widespread Farm Anxiety
The horse disease known as blind or sleepy staggers fuels losses across Nebraska Kansas Virginia and Ohio. Authorities debate its cause from parasites to mold poisoning with corn ears. Kansas College of Agriculture pursues a vaccine at its Field Station with over two thousand horses treated. Nebraska reports losses surpassing two hundred thousand dollars.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Virginia
Ohio
Kansas College of Agriculture
Boys Make Money From Trapping on the Farm
The piece notes trapping offers farm boys a chance to study nature and earn money as fur bearing animals are plentiful. It states the season starts in November in much of the central United States, earlier in the north and later in the south. It urges trapping only after real cold weather for prime pelts and shares Indiana experience that prime pelts appear after cold snaps.
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United States
Indiana
Euphemia Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy for Health
Evelyn Adelia Stewart of Euphemia Ohio describes years of monthly pains and illness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes 18 years of good health with no doctor visits and a career as maternity nurse and sewer. She urges others to seek special advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Euphemia
Ohio
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn Adelia Stewart
Which Was Abused The Man of the Horse Which Balked
A truck gardener beats an old horse that balks on a steep hill. A woman warns him, a college man defends his mother and punches the farmer, resulting in arrest and a 20 dollar fine and thirty days in jail. The old horse remains balky and the family suffers. The piece ends with a grim reflection on human savagery.
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Farm and Fireside
Delabor
Stille
West Bath notes busy winter with illness and ice checks
Henry Healey returns to Brookline after weeks in town. West Bath Grange met with no special work. Ice harvests slow. grass and straw berry concerns rise as mild winter limits snow. Movements include visits, travel to Portland and New York, and local socials at Meadowbrook hall and Bruns wick.
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Henry P. Healey
Brookline
Mass
West Bath
Topsham
Grange
Wylie
Hiram Brown
Henry Rose
Campbell's Pond
Pomona Grange
Brunswick
J. M. Lemont
Charles Lemont
Waldo
Ruth Everett
Danville
Elmer Craig
Fred W. Brown
New Meadows
Portland
J. C. Rideout
Ll. Bo Neiley
Bath
Odie Remington
New York
H. S. Hanson
England
Australia
Miram Brown
Miami
Fla
Butler
Malden
Henry R. Rich
New York State
Hudson
Maine
Independent
Houghton Ice Pond
A. E. Rich
C. A. Peaslee
Lucy Chase
Woolwich
How to preserve eggs by paraffin coating
Household department suggests dipping fresh eggs in hot paraffin to seal pores, cooling, wrapping in waxed paper, and storing airtight in a cool place. Maintains several months of storage and requires careful handling to avoid cracking the coating. Also notes uncertainty about Maine and Hudson ice crops this year.
Bath Market Shows Quiet Winter For Farmers And Wagons
The Bath market reports a quiet season with little frost and no snow hindering work. Farmers fear a short sledding season, with grass seed sown and wood and ice ample. Prices for potatoes bees cabbage onions beets carrots and meat vary, and Baybridge rebuilding is hoped to improve market access.
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Bath
Bangor
Aroostook
Maine
the Independent
Leaks on the Farm Highlight Waste and Poor Practices
The piece deplores farm waste from leaky fences and exposed machinery. It urges better herd management, feeding, and shelter to double farm profits, then pivots to a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure, touting its constitutional approach and a money offer for failed cases.
True L F Medicine Relief for Sick Headache
An advertisement touts Atwood's True L. F. Medicine as a universal remedy for sick headaches and stomach pains. Endorsed by Mrs. Gee and Mrs. W. D. Sargent of Skowhegan, Me, it promises prompt relief and urges regular use. Regular size costs 38 5 cents at all dealers in Portland, Me.
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Atwood
Williams Pink Pills for Nervous Exhaustion Ad
An advertisement urges readers with shaky nerves, pale complexion, and fatigue to take Dr Williams Pink Pills. It claims the pills build up and purify blood, nourish the nervous system, provide strength without stimulation, and contain no opiates or harmful drugs.
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Dr. Williams
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