The Quickest Cough Cure Pinex Promotion
A vintage advertisement extols Pinex as a fast effective cough remedy mixed with sugar syrup to yield a pint. It claims instant relief for deep coughs including croup and whooping cough, notes benefits for hoarseness and throat trouble, and promotes a money back guarantee with a certificate inside each package. The ad lists The Pinex Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana as the distributor.
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U. S
Canada
Pinex
Pinex Co
Main St
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Botanical Bad Mnage
A fragment describes wistful sentiment toward a missing loved one with a playful exclamation urging to spruce up. The tone implies a lighthearted or humorous verse note in a historical newspaper snippet.
Question for Question and the English Butler
Mr Comrox plans to discharge his butler after a long exchange about deference and humor. He argues paying well should earn laughter, but the English butler replies with a witty retort about ordering first, leaving the man perplexed by the banter.
Which is the west end of a boy
A sharp newsroom prank reveals a reporter asking about a burned boy in the West End. The subsequent note mocks the phrase with a wry linguistic comeback about which is the west end of a boy. The anecdote reflects newsroom culture and propriety.
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Willie Brown
West End
Ladies’ Home Journal
Resigned man seeks explanation on property transfer
A sick man tells his lawyer he wishes to explain again about willing his proper ty. The attorney reassures him to leave it to him. The man, weak and resigned, concedes he might as well, believing he will receive it anyway.
A Mighty Good Sort of Neighbor to Have
San Bernardino County woman credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength after fever and nervous prostration following childbirth. She reports weight gain from 95 to 113 pounds in two months and notes her 4 year old’s eczema improved on the diet.
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San Bernardino Co
Cal
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pligs
Bumas
Possibilities of Calf Are Determined by Feed and Care
Agricultural guidance by D. H. Otis from Wisconsin outlines calf rearing, stressing milk regimens from colostrum to skim milk, gradual shift to skim feeding, pasteurized skim-milk safety, and cost efficiency. It covers grain mixes, timing for weaning, hay quality, and pasture use to prevent scours and promote healthy growth.
Pure-bred stock proves most profitable for farmers
Nearly every farmer keeps dogs and finds them worth their feed. Pure breed collies beagles fox terriers and similar dogs not only pay for their keep but add to the farm purse. With careful management a 25 to 50 percent profit increase is achievable.
Eggs and Exercise for Winter Hen Laying
The piece advises giving cold weather laying hens plenty of exercise. If confinement is needed, use a deep straw litter with grain fed in straw to encourage scratching. Allow daytime access to barns and stables to boost activity, harvest wasted feed, and keep fowls dry and warm for health and production. Nighttime shutdown is easy.
New Rake Patented for Weeding Gardens
A new hand implement has been patented featuring a small triangular hoe mounted on the rake crossbar for easy weed clearance in gardens and flower beds.
Fat Geese Demand and Fatting Guidelines
W F Purdue notes fat geese fetch strong prices in fall and year round. Do not use old stock. focus on breeding birds. Fatten gradually in clean, darkened yards with corn meal wheat bran middlings beef scraps and milk. Feed three times daily, avoid green food, provide water and grit, and fast 24 hours before slaughter. Goslings fatten best at 8 to 10 weeks, shed after 12 weeks, and should range on grass beforehand.
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W. F. Purdue
Dry Shelter for Sheep
Farmers urged to provide dry shelter for sheep to keep fleece and feet dry. Adequate dry quarters prevent disaster in wet weather and help carry the flock through the season with fewer losses.
Feeding Mare With Colt
A reader asks if a nursing mare carrying a vigorous colt can be expected to perform a full day’s work without additional feeding. Advice notes the mare’s higher energy needs during lactation and colthood demands, suggesting extra forage and supplementary feeds as appropriate.
The Girl Who Knits Afghan Pattern and Finish
A simple rest knitting project on a couch or bed uses Germantown white wool with a color accent. The striped afghan features open-work and closed lengthwise bands, with a seven-stitch shell edge crochet in blue for finishing.
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Germantown
Novelty Place Cards Use Dressed Paper Dolls and Floral Motifs
Attractive place cards resemble satin dressed paper dolls with bouquets and veils standing on oblong supports. Ideas include groom figures for girls, chiffon bags with orange blossoms and ribbon, and tablespreads of rose petals to shower the couple. Simple painted cards use orange blossoms with tiny charms.
Motor Petticoats Warm Modern Petticoat Lauded
A new motor wear petticoat is described as practical and warm and compact. It is made of smooth kid that fits over the hips and comes in white or pale shades with trim options including buttonholed and scalloped edges or satin hem. The article notes existing leather costumes coats and hats and welcomes the new petticoat as suitable warm wear.
Proper care for bought hair and root grown wigs
The article advises constant care for hairpieces and root grown crowns. It outlines brushing with a rubber-backed brush on a towel, using non greasy brilliantine, frequent brushing, washing with thick soapsuds, drying between chamois, air drying, and occasional gasoline washes. It warns against ammonia or borax and cautions about tangling when stored.
Dainty Boudoir Sack From Silk and Dresden Rib
A Christmas worker pattern shows a dainty boudoir sack made from thin India silk. It features pink and blue Dresden rib bon stripes, a square shape with a central neck opening, a front slash, ribbon edging, and underarm gathers to form loose sleeves.
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Dresden
The Wrong Envelope tale from Nuts and Chestnuts
Lionel A Tollemache recalls a humorous misdelivered exchange in Nuts and Chestnuts. A missionary receives two letters one from Archbishop Tait inviting him to dine and another from a religious society secretary inviting preaching. He mixes the envelopes and faces a zany mix up at Lambeth with witty replies.
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Lionel A. Tollemache
England
Tait
Lambeth
High Seas
London
Cuticura Ad Promises Skin and Hair Benefits
An old advertisement urges readers to prevent skin and hair suffering through Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It argues neglect is criminal and promises improvement in complexion hands and hair, noting affordable prices and a postal sample offer with a 32 page booklet.
By Way of Excuse on Youngleigh’s singular ideas
A Purported defense quotes Youngleigh proposing moral objections to profiting from others’ collected experiences. The exchange notes his view that it is mean to profit from the toil and expense others endured to gather knowledge. The remark frames a critique of commercial reuse of research.
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D. H. Otis
Wisconsin
Vogue
Tye
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peerarlitre
Chas, Pilling
Clifford Block
Grand Forks
W. Dak
Carter
Carters Vee
International Scheel Peoples Game 122
Chicago
U.S.A
Piso
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