John M Smyth Company Mail Order Catalogue Champion
A historical portrait of the John M Smyth Company growth from a small local supplier to a national wholesale catalog house. It describes their 20th century color illustrated catalogue, the move to direct to consumer sales, and the efficiency gained by eliminating middlemen and travel costs. References include banks and express companies in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Smyth
United States
Tony
Exress
Chicago
Tomato Growing Can Be Most Profitable For Gardners
The American Agriculturist notes tomato growing yields 250 to 500 bushels per acre under normal conditions and suggests surplus for canning and wind, with refuse fed to poultry. Stone and Canads Victor are prime varieties. Plant beds are prepared with ashes, trellising follows when plants reach about a foot high, and avoid overwatering to prevent blight.
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Gardner
Stone
Homegrown remedies from L H Calloway for health
The Illinois Horticultural Society address favors vegetable cures as safer alternatives to physicians' prescriptions. Honey celery turnips onions lettuce spinach ironless tonics carrots asparagus cranberries lemons blackberries tomatoes apples and other fruits ease insomnia digestion coughs colds dyspepsia kidney issues and fever thirst. The guide promotes natural foods over calomel and laxatives for various ailments and urges eating these items to improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Calloway
Illinois Horticultural Society
National Rural
Emulsions and Roads Boost Rural Life and Value
The piece shares a practical method for making an oil water emulsion from soap and kerosene, noting it yields a thick, butterlike mixture. It also argues good roads increase farm habitation value by improving transport, reducing wear, aiding mail delivery, and supporting education and sociability.
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Charles Sumner
Oil Treated Roads Could Cut Costs and Dust
A Cleveland Cycling Gazette report describes a cheap road improvement method using crude oil to treat graded dirt roads. It claims a mile of 25 foot width can be done for under $300, producing dry, dustless surfaces that resist mud and wear. Supervisors are urged to experiment on different soils to verify longevity and effectiveness.
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Cleveland Cycling Gazette
Washing the udders for uncontaminated milk
The Farmers' Voice advocates udder washing before milking to prevent contamination and improve dairy quality. It suggests using milk-warm water and towels, discards the first milk drawn as bacteria from the teat, and notes cleaner cows yield higher prices in well-to-do kitchens.
Winter Garden Supports and Dehorning Advice
Readers share practical winter plant supports using knocked out bottom of grocery boxes for tomatoes roses and shrubs to protect young growth until sturdy. A second note discusses dehorning calves by paring the horn with a knife or lye before attachment, favoring the knife for smoother healing and suggesting about one month old as ideal.
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NY Tribune
J. J. McKinney
National Stockman
Acetylene Lighting Gains Wide Popularity And Safety
An article describes artificial sunlight from calcium carbide and acetylene, its safe simple generators, cost reductions, and suitability where gas or electric lighting is unavailable. It highlights plants that convert carbide and water into gas for multiple burners and notes growing adoption despite early safety concerns. Also includes brief anecdotes and a drug ad for Allen's Foot-Ease.
Health ad claims for daily bowel movement remedy
A Chicago Dispatch fragment presents a health ad claiming daily bowel movements protect health. It mentions effects on the liver and kidneys and lists prices of 25 and 650c, with a note about honesty of a crooked man.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
A promotional piece touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh with a claim of one hundred dollar for any cure failure. It notes internal use, testimonials, and distribution by Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a humorous quotation from Puck referencing temptation and Kentucky governance.
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BLOC
Siop
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Grain-O as a coffee substitute for sleep and health
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a non stimulating, nourishing coffee substitute that promotes sleep and is suitable for nervous persons, youth, and children. It imitates coffee in look and taste and is sold by grocers. Included are various testimonial blurbs and fashioning claims from newspapers of record.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Letters from two women recount successful pregnancies and deliveries after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. One mother thanks the remedy for a healthy baby boy after previous childlessness, while another (Mars. Many Lane) praises relief from bowel pain headaches backache and White discharge and credits the medicine with a smooth pregnancy and a baby girl.
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Prrawau
Lydia
Pinkhem
Movpa
Fiskie
Loscos
Gratefer
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mars
Many Lane, Coytee, Tenn
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