Cyclone Refuge: A Safe Cellar Idea from Kansas
An Orange Judd Farmer piece explains building a cyclone safety cellar under a house. It describes a table shaped shelter in the southwest corner using oak planks and heavy posts, with side protections, fort-like framing, and stored tools for quick access during spring and summer storms.
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Orange Judd
Timely road improvement views widen tire debate
A Progressive Farmer excerpt argues for wider wheels and road grading to reduce damage from narrow-tired wagons. It cites French practice with four to ten inch tires as a road maintaining model and notes adoption could ease the nation’s road problem. It also covers Canadian peach export plans and farm efficiency tips.
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France
Butter Making Hints From Ohio Farmer
Advice on sanitary dairy practice and butter production. Keep clean milk rooms and utensils, strain milk promptly, skim regularly, and maintain about 60 degrees Fahrenheit for mixing and churning. Use proper color and salt handling, then work butter to proper consistency for packing.
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Ohio
Open barnyard shelter proves useful year round
An open shelter beside the barnyard offers all season protection for farm animals. Cows stay dry at night, sheep can be fed in winter, and a farm team can shelter from showers. The shed is inexpensive and valuable for year round barnyard operations.
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N. Y. Tribune
Calf Sale Ban Aimed at Veal Elimination and Stock Improvement
A proposal to ban selling calves under three months old would end veal and push farmers to breed more, as calves would be fed to three months to maximize calf value. It would make scrub bait ineffective and shift advantage to rats. Many calves are sold at three days old and are unfit for human food. Proper feeding before calving and cleansing after calving helps prevent milk fever in cows.
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T. M. Roberts
Senator Sullivan Endorses Peruna Cure In Letter
U S Senator from Mississippi W V Sullivan writes to Dr Hartman at Oxford praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh. He reports personal improvement after trial and urges others to use Peruna, claiming it has no substitutes and offering a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, C.
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W. V. Sullivan
U. S
Mississippi
United States
Hartman
Oxford
Miss
SRF
Peru-nae
W.V. Sullivan
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Quiet Poker Tales and City Jests in Old Chicago
A collage of humorous vignettes from a Chicago Chronicle routine. A shy poker player Dan Daly and a telephoned tailor prompt a string of comic exchanges. A Waldorf Astoria visit, domestic quips, and punchy newspaper quips follow, ending with a noirish Evening Convulsion note.
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Dan Daly
Telehone
Chicago Chronicle
Steen
Daly
Mr. Daly
Aoice
Mr. Taylor
Violet Florida Waters Shines In Camille Debut
From the Daily Grind reports in 1899 Violet Florida Waters impressed as a gifted amateur in the Histrian club revival of Camille predicting a famous stage career. A 1900 review, however, condemns her performance as flawed and accuses her of lacking training and artistry.
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Daily Grind
Indianapolis
Violet Florida Waters
Histrian Club
Camille
Plagalong
Muss Waters
Grain-O: A coffee alternative for sound sleep
Advertisement touts Grain-O as a non stimulating beverage that nourishes and aids sleep while resembling coffee in taste. It promotes peace for nervous or young people and children and urges readers to try Grain-O at grocers, priced 15 and 25 cents. The page also notes courtroom quips about the Bronx River and a character named Mrs. Grogin-Pat.
Bind er twine special offer and odd ads from 1900s notices
A collage of classifieds and quips. The ad copy invites mail order binder twine from Sears Roebuck with Chicago origin notes and price quotes. The page also includes joke lines, medicine pitches from Lane’s Family Medicine and Beeman’s Gum, and testimonials about Kemp’s Balsam and Piso’s Cure.
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Manila
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised By Clara Kopp
Clara Kopp of Rockport Indiana writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her four year struggle with back and body aches irregular menstruation and nervousness. She urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s advice noting her own health improvement and the remedies’ value based on experience.
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Clara Kopp
Mrs. Pinkham
Clraraa Kopp
Rockport
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
CoLaBra Kopp
Rockport, Ind
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers 100 Dollar Reward
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises strength-building, and pledges 100 dollars for any uncured case, with testimonials available and Druggists selling at 75 cents.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
The Elasticity of Our Currency Sarcasm in a Financial Piece
A biting quotation from the New York Press rails at fiscal strain while a separate ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises a pharmacist’s refund if the cure fails, priced at 25 cents.
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N. Y. Press
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