Tanlac Restores Coffeyville Woman Strength and Health
Mrs. Minnie Lee Gilreath of Coffeyville Kansas visits her daughter in Denver Colorado and reports Tanlac has relieved her stomach and liver issues stopped headaches improved sleep and rheumatism and helped her gain eleven pounds after five bottles. She praises the remedy and recommends Tanlac to others. There is a Tanlac dealer in your town.
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Tanlac
Minnie Lee Gilreath
Coffeyville
Kansas
Shermen Street
Denver
Colorado
Adv
His Narrow Escape
A fragment from Stray Stories recounts a tale of a near miss in the woods and a joking exchange about a proposal heard by the wind. The ad mentions Red Cross Bag Blue detergent sold at grocers and an exchange about dining with the Browns noting professionally raised vegetables.
Women It Is Magic Lift Corns With Freezone
A Cincinnati man discovered freezone a tiny bottle sold by druggists. Apply a few drops to a corn or callus then lift it off with no pain. It dries instantly and shrivels the tissue without irritating surrounding skin. Works on hard soft or toe between toes. If unavailable ask the druggist to order it.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Drill Sergeant Urges Sharp Bayonet Practice
The drill sergeant yells at a frightened recruit to stop tickling the dummy and put snap into his work. He compares bayonet practice to spearing a sausage on a cold morning when appetite is strong.
At the Dance
Two youths describe sore feet after a dance with a playful exchange about their discomfort and shared experience of aching heels.
True hero brings a friend home to dinner on washday
The quotation likens a true hero to a man who shares hospitality with a friend at home during washday. It emphasizes simple acts of kindness and domestic duty as heroic. The line reflects social virtue and everyday virtue in community life.
Watering Stock In Summer Requires Abundant Water
The article urges farmers to provide ample fresh water as streams and springs dry in summer. It explains cattle and herd needs rise in heat due to digestion and cooling, stressing reliable water via deep wells and wind or gasoline pumps to keep troughs full.
Colt Attention In Summer Instructs Kansas Agr College
Dr C W McCamp bell of Kansas State Agricultural College urges keeping the colt in a cool dark stall during the day if the mare works. For weeks, bring the mare to the barn mid forenoon and mid afternoon, allow the colt to suckle at night, and offer crushed oats with bran or a corn bran linseed meal ration. Ensure access to clean water and hay. If pasture fetters, provide a creek and grain access.
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C. W. McCampbell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Fender protects piglets from sow crushing in hog barns
A simple two by four fender, placed about eight inches from the floor, shields newborn piglets in hog houses. It is widely used by corn belt hog raisers and reportedly effective in most cases, preventing piglets from being crushed when sows lie down.
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Corn Belt
Orange Judd Farmer
World stock shortage drives sustained high price outlook
The article notes a global lack of livestock supports current price levels and foresees no quick change until supply normalizes after the war. It also cites a 10 percent import duty on stock, meats, hides and wool intended to shield domestic shipments from cheaper overseas labor.
England's Cast-iron Herdwick Sheep Described
A Shepherd's Journal writer calls the Herdwick England's cast iron sheep famed for mutton and thick soft fleeces. The breed endures hardships and exposures of inclement climate better than most sheep.
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The
Shepherd’s Journal
England
Apple Crop to Drive Home Consumption Campaign Aid
The Food Administration plans a nationwide consumer campaign to boost apple eating and storage this autumn through spring next year. With an expected 190 million bushels, prices should be fair for quality fruit, and packing standards are being tightened to prevent market instability while aiding wartime food needs.
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Sam
Food Administration
United States
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Colorado
New York
Department of Agriculture
Stockholm Campaign Rewards Rats Across City
Stockholm authorities offer 20 cents for each dead rat to curb the rat plague and stock a corpse utilization establishment. Fat is boiled from bodies and remains turned into poultry food. South Sweden has long used cadavers from animals and skimming fat from sewer waste.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Man Offers Ten Dollars To Run Away With Maid
A husband learns that a man from the top flat, who practices a flute at night, has fallen in love with their maid and tries to persuade her to elope with him. The husband vows to offer ten dollars to encourage the maid to run away. Ad promotes Red Cross Bag Blue for laundry whitening.
Woman describes domestic violence in Jefferson Market Court
A complainant testifies that her husband battered her, slamming her right eye and then striking the left after she called him a loafer. She says she loves him and wants a warning. The magistrate quips that love seems in the complainant’s eyes.
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Jefferson Market
New York Times
Change the Name Coal Has-bin
A woman orders a name change for the coal bin after finding it empty. The reply laments its uselessness in emergencies. The humorous exchange ends with the planned rename coal has-bin to reflect its empty state.
Vindictive chap and the man who smiles and forgets
A compact reflective line contrasts two temperaments. The vindictive man dwells on grievance while the other can laugh it off and move on, suggesting that resilience and humor reduce personal bitterness.
Couple receives garments with differing looks
A wife complains her dress materials have no body in the fabric while her husband unpacks his parcel and finds ample spirit and good quality for future emergencies, reflecting contrasting reactions to purchases.
Ventilating system plan questioned by draftsman
A reader quips about who designed the building's ventilation while a stocky dialogue evokes daily life. The passage mixes reflections on happiness and a newsboy interruption during a smoker gathering over a mistaken card call. It notes a Holland bulb export figure for 1916.
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