Field of Blood near Jerusalem described with tombs and ruins
A historic account depicts the Aceldama or Field of Blood outside Jerusalem’s walls in the Valley of Hinnom. It notes potter’s field purchase with Judas’s thirty pieces, Crusader ruins, subterranean tombs, and the tomb of a warrior monk linked to Richard the Lion Heart.
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Walls
Jerusalem
Hinnom
Judas
Holy City
Richard Lion Heart
England
Holy Land
Potter’s Field
Aceddama
Hill of Evil Council
Caiaphas
Jesus
Save Money for Farmers From Woodpeckers
A rural argument cites woodpeckers as valuable farm allies. A redheaded pair in a cottonwood near an orchard fed young for hours, delivering worms and saving apples. If birds worked ten hours daily, one nest could be worth about $210 in three weeks, arguing farmers should not kill woodpeckers.
Novel Coin Method For Detecting Pleurisy
P Lereboullet describes a diagnostic technique in the Paris Medical Journal using coins placed on the back while listening with one ear. A healthy lung yields a distant dull sound, but an affected lung with solid tissue produces a clear silvery ring from coins.
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P. Lereboullet
Paris
Sulphur Deposits Highlight Lorca Area in Murcia
In Murcia province Spain several sulphur deposits exist with La Burata de Lorca noted as a major site near Lorca. The bed runs about ten kilometers long and one to two kilometers wide.
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Murcia
Spain
la Burata de Lorca
Lorca
Veritable Germ-Hun: Fly Control Urged By Experts
An article urges aggressive fly control, calling the fly a veritable germ hunter. It promotes formalin as a safe aid, proper window screening, fly papers, traps, and manure management to reduce breeding sites and future generations of house flies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Costly Foods Are Not Always Best
The value of food items does not always match price. A costly cut of beef need not be more nourishing than a cheaper one, though it may taste better or be easier to cook. Proper cooking and seasoning can make inexpensive meats more appealing and nutritious than costly ones poorly prepared. Seasonal fruits and vegetables cost more out of season but are not more nutritious.
Barley Becomes Wheat Substitute in Bread Making
Government tested recipe promotes barley as a bread making substitute for wheat. Uses barley meal with oats and sugar to make hot breads and biscuits. Baked in a sheet, barley bake yields a shortcake like loaf.
John Henry Liked Variety in a Moonlit Exchange
In a Philadelphia Evening Telegraph excerpt Edythe May asks John Henry why he loves her more when she changes. John Henry replies that each kiss feels like kissing another girl, under a vine veranda with moonlight and a respectful Wallace H. White of Maine referenced in the anecdote.
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Wallace H. White
Maine
Edythe May
John Henry
John
Paladeliia Evening Telegraph
Pimply Faces Promoted with CuticurnOintment and Soap
An advertisement touts Cuticurn Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads and Cuticurn Soap to wash off in five minutes. Free samples offered from Cuticurn Dept X Boston. Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. Not That Way. Mayme says she likes to feed her mind not by devouring serials.
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Cuticurn
Dept. X
Boston
Mayme
My Dear Woman and the Homemade Soap
A fragment quotes a greeting about washing habits with one woman replying she uses a good homemade soap. The exchange highlights domestic routines and resourcefulness in a historical setting.
Husband Saves Wife Ad Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham
A Pittsburgh reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of weakness causing backache and headaches after her husband bought three bottles. The testimonial urges other women with similar complaints to try the remedy and notes the company offers advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E
Jas. Rongeere
Knapp St. N
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