Mayor Bennett Defies Boss Horrigan in Borough Bill Stand
Alwyn Bennett resists Richard Horrigan's pressure over the Borough Street Railway bill. Bennett warns the boss he will sign only if the measure benefits the public, calling the bill crooked despite Horrigan’s threats. He cites long term transfers and city property risks and asserts his own conscience will guide the decision.
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Alwyn
Bennett
Cynthia
Goodby
Dallas
Horrigan
Phelan
Jim Phelan
Wad Morrigan
France
Ubhat Stair
Dick Horrigan
Borough Street Railway
Bill
Richard Horrigan
Heelers
White House
Borough Street Railway Company
City hall graft fight ends with veto of borough bill
In a tense confrontation Alderman Horrigan presses reformer Bennett while a controversial borough franchise bill threatens to let a powerful investor reap benefits. Bennett vows to expose bribery and vetoes the measure, despite threats to Miss Wainwright and her family finances.
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Florrigan
Miss Wainwright
Wainwright
Hints for Farmers Feeding Pigs and Ration Advice
A summary of pig feeding guidance from A Selle and George McKerrow with rations for young pigs and sows. Details cover slop compositions using oilmeal, shorts, corn meal, middlings, bran, and ground oats, and advise grinding or cooking vegetables. Advice notes stage-based adjustments in percentages and feeding frequency.
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George,McKerrow
Sussex
Wis
J. W. Ingham
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Grain For Hogs Ration Study Warns Against Pure Corn
A Missouri station reports tests on feeding oilmeal and corn versus corn alone for hogs. It warns that while corn alone may boost gains, it is highly heating and can propagate disease if germs reach the herd. The piece stresses health and thrift as equally vital.
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Missouri
Creamery Installations and Causes of Failure
The department of agriculture reports that many creameries failed due to too few cows with 400+ needed, while some co operatives struggled from poor organization and high building costs. It offers guidance on proper creamery and cheese factory setup, including organization plans and equipment layouts.
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Department of Agriculture
How to Address Ropy Milk Suspicions in Cattle
The article advises first ensuring absolute cleanliness of milk vessels and surroundings. It recommends cleaning and whitewashing stables with lime water and 5 percent carbolic acid, inspecting drinking water for stagnation, and giving the cow two drams of bisulphate of soda daily. If water is pure, this may suffice.
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Atlanta Constitution
Orchard Health Mirrors Field Crop Treatment Advise
The text compares orchards to field crops noting borer infested or poorly managed land yields poor fruit. It argues land not cultivated or fertilized or pruned will underperform, while scientifically treated soil and trees produce abundant wholesome fruit. The analogy extends to vegetables, fruits, and animals.
Treatment For Pear Scab And Rug Care Guidance
First spray after buds burst before petals open, second after petals fall, third about ten days later. For one tree mix copper sulphate and lime with water. scale up for many trees. Oriental rugs should be laid on soft padding to extend life, not on hard floors.
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Drake
Freckle Remedies From Lemon and Benzoin
A household guidance piece recommends lemon juice as a strong freckle remover and suggests diluting with water if needed. It also praises benzoin mixed in water as an effective treatment, applied for ten minutes morning and night, with careful use to avoid eye exposure.
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Iit
Yeast Test For Freshness In Baking Practices
The housekeeper uses a simple yeast test to judge freshness. Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in warm water, add yeast, and set aside one to two minutes for active yeast to rise. If fresh yeast, it will float to the surface and form a foam within about ten minutes.
Study Your Cook Stove For Better Regulation
The article urges careful stove management to prevent overheating. It notes cooks waste fuel by building roaring fires and using water or salt tins, oven doors, or open vents to guard baking. Proper control would keep kitchens cooler and save coal yearly.
Shutter Attachment Lets Openings Hold Any Position
A New Jersey inventor shows a shutter attachment that fixes a shutter at any position. A horizontal rod at the bottom carries a movable spring clamp connected to a pivoted arm on a window sill knob. Pressing the clamp loosens it and sliding along the rod sets the shutter.
Household hints on cleaning velveteen and flannel
The article suggests washing old velveteen to polish like chamois leather and washing new flannel in clean cold water for a day or two, then washing in warm water with soap to remove oils. It notes that velveteen washed this way does not harden or shrink.
Cough Sirup Recipe From Generations Old Home Remedy
An old fashioned cough sirup made of equal parts honey olive oil lemon juice and sweet water is recommended. Mix well and take half a teaspoonful to a teaspoonful as cough symptoms trouble. This home remedy is said to give excellent results.
Care of Food Storage and Containers
Do not store food long in paper bags. Bags are made from rag pulp and may carry contamination. Use good tins or earthenware or glass jars with well fitting lids for best preservation.
Cement for Kitchenware Repair
A simple homemade cement repairs enamel ware pots and panes with holes or chips. Mix equal parts soft putty coal ashes and table salt, pack into the hole, heat on stove with water until hard. The cement adheres strongly and matches the enamel strength.
Cleaning Marble Basins With Baking Soda Oil Mix
Cleaning marble basins and porcelain tubs can be hard. Apply kerosene oil and a small amount of baking soda or place baking soda on an oil saturated cloth and wipe. The dirt will disappear almost as if by magic.
Carey Ohio Man Praises Doan's Kidney Pills
An Ohio resident cites relief from chronic kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills from The New Pharmacy. He describes irregular kidney action and related pains but reports significant improvement and recommends the remedy highly. The ad notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co as US agents.
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Pesya
Carey
Doan
Foster,Milburn Co
Buffalo
WN. Y
United States
Dyan’s
Man With Jaunty Air Provokes Distrust, Bluff Suspected
A terse assessment notes that a man with a jaunty air inspires distrust. The observer suggests he appears to be bluffing, signaling caution in dealings or judgment of character.
Testimonial for Foley’s Orthoo Laxative from Tennessee user
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee reports Foley's Orthoo Laxative relieves chronic constipation. He calls it a thorough practical remedy and adds a conscientious reference to its effectiveness. J D Ewing endorses the statement.
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W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
Foley
J D. Ewing
Theatrical Manager Seeks A Good Show
Mrs. S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes she suffered kidney disease and could not stand. She says Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her completely after failing others. J D Ewing endorses the medicine as a total success.
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S.L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Foley
J. D. Ewing
Pain Relief Ad Echoes Early 1900s Marketing Tone
An advertising fragment touts Dr. Thomas Eelectric Oil as a swift remedy for earache toothache burns and throat pain promising relief within minutes to hours. The passage shifts to a motivational line urging action after prayer and a call to hustle.
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Thomas
Dean's Regulats Claim Easy Bowels Health Effect
An ad asserts Dean's Regulats prevent constipation with mild action of the bowels without griping. It advises asking a Gruggist for them at 25 cents. A separate line notes a man who yells loudly rarely wins an argument.
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Dean
Night Cure advertised for weak women and Ward Ner?
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Night Cure suppositories claiming direct relief for weaknesses and offers a free booklet Book No.4 For Women sent by mail from Racine Wisconsin. It notes sales through J D Hwing and invites confidential questions. Thebes could deploy 1 000 000 soldiers and 2 000 chariots via its hundred gates with 10 000 fighters and 200 chariots per gate.
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Thebes
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