Spahn's Distemper Cure and Various Slogans in Announced Ads
Ad copy touts Spahn's Distemper Cure with over 500 000 bottles sold last year at 0.50 or 1.00, seeks agents, and offers a free book from Spohn Med Co Goshen Ind. Also features varied marketing lines about WRIGLEY'S Spearmint, Allen's Lung Halsa, PAZO OINTMENT for Piles, and other assorted oddities including trade in hides and furs from N W Hide & Fur Co Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spahn
Spohn Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
Practical plan for convenient sheep rack described
A Michigan Farmer writer explains Eckford township Calhoun county sheep racks used on Herman Mahrle’s farm. The 90 foot barn racks run along each side with central drive space for cleaners, featuring open manger ends to feed alleys and movable gates that lift and drop to feed grain and hay to lambs while preventing contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckford
Calhoun County
Herman Mahrle
Michigan
Modern Farmer Seeks Best Use of Bulletins and Station Workers
W Milton Kelley argues farmers should read station bulletins and communicate with station workers to improve farming. He notes differences between educated and uneducated farmers and urges personal effort to study and apply expert findings for better cattle, crops, and management.
Selecting a Boar by Proven Breeding Standards
The Swineherd argues that boar selection is crucial regardless of sow numbers. He notes many pure bred hogs exist, making scrub boars unnecessary. Pure bred sires offer more predictable offspring quality, ideally selected where the boar was raised.
Kentucky blue grass crowned king of pasture grasses
Among permanent pastures dominated by a single grass blue grass ranks first in palatability and sustaining power. Kentucky blue grass is now the most widely distributed, and in favorable localities three acres can maintain a steer nearing maturity for seven months each year.
Draft on the Doubletree Explains Harness Lever Arm Effects
A rancher’s diagram study shows how pull depends on clevis and draw pin positions. In a straight line leverage is equal for all horses. When clevis pins are behind the draw pin the ahead horse can have a longer lever arm, pulling less, while the behind horse pulls more. When clevis pins are ahead the ahead horse has a shorter lever arm and pulls more than the behind horse.
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertise Cure for Weak Kidneys
An advertising notice claims Dean's Kidney Pills restore kidney function and relieve rheumatic pains backache and urinary disorders. Rev Abram Weaver former editor of the Baptist Herald testifies of recovery after a fall damaged his kidneys. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 50 cents a box.
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Dean
Abram Weaver
Georgetown
Tex
Baptist Herald
Jackson
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Innocent Victim Dialogue Sparks Vocab Debate
A blunt speaker proclaims honesty by calling a spade a spade. Miss Cayenne counters that blunt talk mirrors a broader tendency corrupting vocabularies among parrots in the public discourse.
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Miss Cayenne
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Endorsements
One hundred dollars reward for an unresolved catarrh case. F J Cheney & Co Toledo endorsed by Walding Kinnan and Marvin confirming honesty and solvency. Internal cure claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Orm
Bringing Up A Baby In A Go Cart Not An Automobile
A humor piece notes a child is raised by overprotective methods. The dialogue contrasts a nurse taking the baby out in a go cart with rather than an automobile. It satirizes mollycoddling parenting practices.
Wealthy in name only, Emerson on true riches
The quote contrasts outer wealth with inner need, stating that even the very rich, by true measure, would be found impoverished and in want. Emerson argues that genuine fortune lies beyond material possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams, Hoyt & CO
Rochester
Emerson
Passing the Superlative and Eye Salve Ad Snippet
A collage of quotes and ads mentions Dr J H Rindlaub in Fargo and Pettit's Eye Salve first sold in 1807. It promotes Wrigley’s Spearmint, and Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen with quirky editorials on manners and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Waterman
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Leigh Hunt
Allen
Florida Times-Union
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Dodds
Neha
Eens
Etre Akter
Spearnmnin
Paterts
W. Milton Kelley
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Jagsby
Wrigley
Annie Co. Lynch
Mia
Winslow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cresson
Ella E. Askey
Baird
Sarah Leighton, Baird
the Northern Shoe Co
Duluth, Minn
Aaker
Business
Fargo
Grand Forks
H. H. Asker
Fargec
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Golden Medical Discovery
Nature
Chas. Pilling
Wrigley’s
Aes Ike
Mc Ceavicet Thompson
Eye
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