Ventilator shaft for farm dairy barns proposed
Richard H Mitchell discusses improving barn ventilation to cope with winter dairy needs. He cites moisture and heat retention issues, favors a shaft that draws air from below and vents at the ridge, with a side shutter controlled by ropes to adjust draft. The idea adapts Kansas State experiments to pass air through a main barn and loft to the ridge ventilator.
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Kansas
Richard H Mitchell
Country Gentleman
Crimson clover gains acceptance as northern cover crop
W E Andrews of Brookdale Fruit Farm argues crimson clover, once seen as experimental in the north, is a viable cover crop. He cites its nitrogen contribution and soil humus, noting July or August sowing in corn or potatoes and using northern seed adapted to cold climates.
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Ohio
Michigan
van Buren County
Mich
W. IE. Andrews
Brookdale Fruit Farm
Practical notes on gardening and stable design
Practical Partner advises on transplanting control for blackberries and raspberries with roots just below the surface. California salivary navel orange late ripening extends season. Snyder blackberry favored in northwest. Taylor's prolific hardy but less so. Evergreens transplantable. spring best. Stable floors should be block paved behind cows. platform height and slope details from Prof H Snyder Minnesota Experiment Station.
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California
William Saunders
Northwest
Middle States
Prof. H. Snyder
Innesota Experiment Station
Summer Houses Brighten Rural Life and Family Comfort
The writer recalls growing up near gardens with lattice summer houses, vine-clad retreats, and central tables for meals and reading. He contrasts simple comforts with urban pursuits and urges using inexpensive summer houses to boost children’s pleasure and appreciation of home. The article notes English hawthorn borers and Wisconsin agricultural stats, including $9.2 million in implements and a $4.2 million boot and shoe industry.
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Wisconsin
Dider Warns About Hat in House Hair Loss
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Daily News features Mrs Naggs asking Dider about hats indoors and hair loss. Mr Naggs concedes preferring hair loss over wearing a hat.
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Dider
Grain-O Grain Beverage Promises Gentle Coffee Substitute
An advertisement touts a new coffee substitute called Grain-O made from pure grains. It claims to suit delicate stomachs and be easier on digestion, with prices of 15 and 25 cents per package. The copy encourages Fry it and asks readers to request Grain-O. It concludes with a Franklin quote about self-reliance.
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Promises Daily Bowel Movement Health
An old Chicago Daily News blurb touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement and gentle liver and kidney action to promote health. It lists cures for headaches and other ailments with prices of 25 and 50 cents and notes the astronomer as a space reporter.
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Lane
Chicago Daily News
Cough Remedies and Quack Signals in Early 1900s Ads
A collage of promotional snippets touts Kemp's Balsam and Beeman's Pepsin Gum as universal cures. It also cites Piso's Cure and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with marketer confident claims and money-back guarantees. Miscellaneous one liners mix humor and moral quips from various papers.
Market roundup across cities shows mixed live stock and grain prices
Notes from New York to Cincinnati on March 12 report steady wheat and corn, varying hog and cattle bids, and modest lamb values. Prices cited include No. 2 red wheat at 79c in New York, winter wheat patents at 3.80 to 4.10, and Cincinnati hogs at 4.45 to 5.85.
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New York
Cleveland
Wbest Creamery
York State
Toledo
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Grain-O advertised as coffee substitute drink
An old Grain-O advertisement urges readers to try the new grain based beverage as a coffee substitute. It claims Grain-O offers the rich color of mocha or java but is made from pure grains and gentle on delicate stomachs. Available in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
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Trey Grnala
Java
Busy Man Confronts Pushy Insurance Agent
In the Philadelphia Press brief a hurried man tells an insurance agent he is not ready to talk. The agent responds that he will do the talking, pushing into the office despite the owner’s protests.
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Philadelphia Press
Cascarets Endorsement Drives Record Sales Across Markets
The Sterling Remedy Cascarets gain universal praise as five year sales soar from one box to over 6,000,000, aided by persistent newspaper advertising. Drugstores report rising demand and offer 10c 25c and 50c boxes, with 50c covering a month’s treatment. Suitable for liver or bowel trouble.
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Sterlinu Edy CO
New Lark
Chicago
Special Low Rate Colonist Tickets to California via Southern Pacific
February 12 and every Tuesday through April 30 offer discounted colonist fares to California on Southern Pacific routes. From Chicago $30, from St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans $27.50, from Omaha and Kansas City $25.00, with corresponding east and north rates. For details contact G Neimyer Chicago. Connor Cincinnati. G G Herring Pittsburgh. L E Townsley St Louis. Cary Kansas City.
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E Southern Pacific
Ogden
California
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Omaha
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Company
G. Neimyer
S. P. Co
Clark St
Til
Connor
C. A
P. Co
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Ohio
G. G. Herring
G. A
Park Bidg
Pittsburg
Force of Habit in a Quixotic Suitor Dialog
A brief humorous exchange shows a would be suitor asking to pay addresses to the youngest daughter. The druggist responds that she is already engaged but offers a second daughter as equally good, highlighting comic social awkwardness in a Somerville setting.
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Somerville Journal
Speltz Seed Claims and Health Office Exchange
Speltz seed boasts recorded yields with testimonials from Adam Herwebe of Iowa and I Tu Rogers of Castlemore Canada claiming high bushel yields. Salzer Seed Co advertises Speltz. health office vaccination gag follows with a joke, then ads for Kemp's Balsam and Hoxsie’s Croup Cure.
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Adam Herwebe
Iowa
John A. Salzer
Salzer
Charley and Mrs Torking debate empire and principles
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mrs. Torking chides Charley for abandoning old precepts amid imperial spectacle. She recalls his sleep talk promising to seek another fix to feel right, referencing past trouble with George NT. and questioning recycled pomp.
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Foter
Poulitikas
Charley
Mrs. Torking
George NT
Washington Star
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure allegedly reaches the blood and mucous surfaces, presented as a reputable prescription from a top physician. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, Toledo company ads include testimonials and family pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Palmer's Lotion Promotion Moves from Chicago to Preston
Druggist Thomas Li Cone relocated his business from Chicago to Preston Missouri and promotes Palmer's Lotion as a cure for any external skin disease. He notes familiarity with the product from Chicago and urges readers to obtain samples from Solon Palmer in New York.
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Thomas Li. Cone
Chicago
Ilinois
Preston
Missouri
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New_York
Excursion Fares Offered by Chicago Milwaukee & St Dank Railway
The railroad announces first and third Tuesday round trip excursions from Chicago and Milwaukee to many Western and Northwestern states at about one fare. Prospective travelers are urged to inspect land prospects in South and North Dakota and other areas with affordable farmland. For rates routes and land prices contact F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago. Hypatia Roland dialogue appears as a quotation.
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Ywomestelkers Gucuraton
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Dank Railway
Keta
Chicago
Milwaukee
South Dakota
North Dakota
F. A. Miller
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Roslyn
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Chicago Journal
Hoxsie
Theodore
Harriet
Boston Transcript
Fecepe
Samuel Pitcher
Resholla
Fac Simile Signature of
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Castoria
the Centaur Company
Hypatia
Roland
Browns
Cecil
Miss Roland
St. Jacobs Oil
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Atchison
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H. Kurrz
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