Raising Poultry for Eggs at Maine Station
The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station releases Bulletin 192 summarizing 23 years of breeding trials on Barred Plymouth Rock hens. It reviews failed earlier selection by trap nests, effects of artificial incubation and inbreeding, and introduces a five year plan for pedigreed selection to fix high egg production lines in the station flock, noting visible improvements.
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Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Plymouth Rock
Trough for Turkeys Aids Feeding on Mixed Poultry Farms
A compact V shaped trough elevated on supports lets turkeys reach feed while chickens stay off. A flat board enclosure above the trough blocks fowls from pecking at the edge, reducing waste and enabling fattening among other poultry.
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P. C. Gross
Ohio
Breeding and egg production tips from agricultural notes
Poultry guidance discusses Indian Runner ducks, hens, and the impact of feed and housing on egg size and laying rate. It notes feather use for duck eggs, turkey rearing, and the importance of fresh air and exercise for hens. Also remarks on mistaken beliefs about human centrality.
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Turkey
Arnica Salve Ad Featured for Pimples to Bruises
An old printed ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as quick relief for pimples boils scratches sprains bruises and cuts. The copy says it heals boils and abraded skin and is sold for 29 cents.
Texas Wonder advertises cure for kidney bladder ailments
Texas Wonder promises to remove gravel and bladder irregularities in men and women, treats rheumatism and weak back, regulates bladder in children, and offers mail order if no local druggist carries it. Dr Eli W Hall based in St Louis lists testimonials and druggists sell the remedy.
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Texas
Oliver St
St Louis
Johnson City Chartery Court Case Notice
Chas. O. Darden et al. file a bill in Johnson City Tennessee against Nellie White and Carrie Winter non residents. They must appear by the first Monday of May 1912 to defend or the bill will be confessed. Notice published for four weeks in The Comet. April 4, 1911. W. Cass Clerk and Master. Miller and Barlow solicitors.
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Clara Brownlow
Mra
An Hacker
A. N. Hacker
Henry Brownlow
W.G. Brownlow
Johnson City
Tenn
Jhon Bradshaw
J. B. Worley
Plains
Tennessee
Joan
P.Q. Miller
P. Q. Miller
Vermilye & Power
State of
Jyation
Penen
Darden Et al
Charcery Court
White
Nellie White
Carrie Winter
Tron
Jengle Darden
Comet
Tennessean
Advertising Success and Its Reasons by Toledo Ad Club
Hyron W. Orr urged efficient advertising and staff effort to maximize profits. He cited a New York store opening that used 10,000 advance ads and 100,000 booklets, with no prices in ads, focusing on store policy and goods, drawing large crowds. Orr’s approach included early interviews with buyers, targeted publicity, and a colored Herald page for the opening.
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Hyron W. Orr
Toledo Ad Club
Ort
New York
Orr
Ita
Orm
Herald
Advertising drives success for merchants in season
Experience shows prosperity in mercantile enterprise depends on advertising in the best papers during the right season. Merchants may survive without it, but only barely. A prosperous merchant is one who aids his business through liberal advertising.
Attention Grabbers and Ad Strategy From a Psychology View
A Philadelphia Record commentary cites an authority on advertising psychology. It outlines four attention tactics including stimulus intensity, intrinsic interest, sensory accommodation, and anticipatory ideational preparation. The piece urges advertisers to target widely circulated papers read by intelligent buyers.
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Current
Ture
Philadelphia Record
Cats Wanted for Rat Patrol at Commission House
In Muskogee Oklahoma a feed and commission house advertised for cats to guard stock. The ad sought strongest, bravest felines, offering ten cents each. By midday 786 cats had arrived, the front door padlocked as the staff departed. Peace With Honor urges respecting foreign unions and national ideals.
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Tms
Muskogee
Okla
Cate
Commission House
Kings New Life Pill Ad Peddles Ills and Fear
An early 20th century advertisement fragment touts Kings New Life Pill as a cure all for liver and kidney issues. The copy pushes fear of failure and promising quick improvement, typical of patent medicine rhetoric from the era.
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H.C. Millers
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Richmond, Va
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Knoxville
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Philadelphia
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Clinchfield
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Ferry Johnson
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Altapass
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Speer
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