Rub-No-More promotes cleaning power for home use
The advertisement touts Rub-No-More products as suds free dirt removers for clothes and surfaces. It claims the soap cleans dishes sinks and toilets and even sweetens milk cracks while killing germs and not needing hot water. The ad lists Carbo Naptha Soap at five cents and credits The Rub-No-More Co. of Ft Wayne Indiana.
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Rub-No-More Co
Ft.Wayne, Ind
Standard Oil Co
Chicago
Ill
Indiana Corporation
Getting Round It
Lincoln Steffens spoke at Cooper Union in New York recalling a quip from a child labor millionaire’s wife about living by the sweat of the brow. The anecdote ends with a punch line about opening a stand to sell handkerchiefs.
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Lincoln Steffens
Cooper Union
New York
George
Taking No Chances in Street Encounter
Doctor Bigbill greets a former patient, Mr. Brown, on the street. Brown asks if it costs anything to tell the doctor, prompting a cautious exchange about charges.
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Doctor Bigbill
He Was Right Money Won't Buy Happiness
Detroit Free Press quotes a line about money not buying happiness and notes some pretentious men fall short, landing with a dull and sickening ker-chug. The brief reflects a sharp, sardonic tone about wealth and status.
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Detroit Free Press
Cow testing app reveals profits from feed via milk returns
Dickinson county farmers formed a cow testing group with Kansas Agricultural College help. Of 134 cows tracked, average returns were $2.75 per $1 feed, with extremes from 65 cents to $3.59. The five worst averaged a loss and the five best averaged $101.28 profit. Overall average profit was $62.31 per cow.
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Dickinson County
Kansas Agricultural College
Proper Attention to Cows and Calves in Milking Practice
The article urges milking cows three times daily to prevent painful overfull udders and improve milk quality. It warns against fear and punishment and advocates kindness, plus allowing calves outside during dry weather and shelter from sun and rain at night.
Attention to Cows Turns Dairymen into Businessmen
The piece urges dairy operators to treat dairying as a business. By tracking feed costs and product value for each cow, profits rise through better feeding and efficient milking. It argues many keep cows by habit rather than profitability and that individual attention reduces wasted effort.
Forget-Me-Not Letters Span A Decade
A tor toise-shell glasses wearer recalls a longlost sweetheart who sends him a birthday letter each year for ten years. He notes the messages persist in sentiment though dated differently every year, as a testament to one enduring memory and a quirk in timing.
Psoriasis Cure Ad From Camp McCoy Soldier
Walter Mahony of Troop H, 6th U. S. Cavalry at Camp McCoy Wisconsin describes a two year psoriatic condition covering limbs. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment he reports complete cure in three months following a sample and two boxes.
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6Th
U. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Texas Zouaves Recall Gaines Mill Surrender Comic
A Fifth Texas veteran recalls at Gaines Mill in 1862 when two Union regiments surrendered their swords to Colonel Upton who dropped his frying pan sword stand. Big John Ferris blocks escape as Upton yells for his men to let them go, declaring they would rather fight than feed them.
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Gaines Mill
Fifth
Texas
Upton
Big John” Ferris
Company B
John Ferris
Tam
Big John
The Fingerless Kind in Atlantic City Boardwalk Banter
Lillian Russell tours Atlantic City noting many slashed skirts on the Boardwalk. A girl jokes about a new dress while Russell and companions chat. A passerby quips about a tense romance with Miss Wombat as a subplot. A proverb about a soft head and a brick closes the snippet.
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Lillian Russell
Atlantic City
Miss Russell
Woman Recalls Relief From Displacing Pain With Compound
Philadelphia tied to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound claims relief from displacement and backache after six bottles. Providence woman also endorses its help for bearing down and fatigue, urging publication of her name. The ad cites many women reporting cures and urges others to try the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Harry Fiisher
Juniata Street
Providence
Abril Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R. L
Regularity in Dairy Practice Emphasized for Milk Yield
The article stresses the importance of regular milking and feeding times in dairying. It notes cows expect feed and milking at set times and that following a consistent plan improves milk output and herd performance.
Silos Prove Beneficial Across Farms This Season
The article notes that proven steels in silos have served as a great benefit each year and are expected to continue doing so. It highlights this season as an object lesson in favor of silos on every farm where stock is kept.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eisengraeber
St. Paul
Minn
E. J. Dennis
St. Louis
S. A. Buchanen
Philadelphia
J. E. Simpson
Chicago
Ill
R. E. Eskildson
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
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