Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Endorsed by Women
A Durand Wisconsin resident, a mother of fourteen, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief during the Change of Life and overall health improvement. A Blackstone Massachusetts woman also attributes relief from age related troubles after using the remedy. The notice urges middle aged women to heed symptoms and consider the product.
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Durand
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Ripeway
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Pierre Cournoyer
Saved Daylight 40 Years Monson Maine
The piece notes Monson Maine kept clocks an hour ahead for decades after a 40 year old plan. It recalls a worker benefit idea to gain daylight by shifting hours, and a local quip about berry prices at a summer resort.
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Monson
Maine
Charity at the door and a husband’s mush room test
A traveler asks for food and a woman replies she will verify the mushrooms his host gathered are safe to eat. She plans to bring him a dish to test. The exchange frames a simple act of charity and caution over foraged food.
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Wayfarer
Long Arm of the Curate Causes Gossip at Night
The item reports that She-Gertie accuses a curate of putting his arm around her three times. The spectacle notes a scandalous situation and labels the curate as a bounder with an exaggerated claim.
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Gertie
Market Geese Feeding Methods From USDA Replies
Farmers from New York to Kansas describe fattening goslings with cornmeal and beef scraps, mixing grains with water for crumbling feed, and offering green food, grit, and ample water. Practices vary by region, from confinement and three daily meals to grazing alfalfa and hog pasture fattening.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Vincent B. Couch
Moravia
N. Y
F. D. Fowler
Carlinville
B. F. Hislop
Milford
M. B. Caldwell
Broughton
Kan
Control of Chicken Mites In Poultry Pens
The article explains how chicken mites weaken flocks by feeding at night, hiding in perches and cracks, and rapidly multiplying in hot weather. It advises keeping pens clean, spraying with kerosene or whitewash, and notes mites are tiny and turn red after feeding.
Ventilation in Summer Protects Brood Chicks
During the hot season brood and roosting coops must be kept very open to allow airflow. Poor ventilation causes chicks to overheat at night, hindering growth and reducing vitality and profitability.
Clever German barbed wire upgrade using iron corkscrew posts
The Atlantic Monthly describes a German improvement in wire defenses using soft iron corkscrew posts. Barbed wire is tied into loops on the rod, which can be unscrewed and replaced, making the wire bend but still protecting the parapet after shell hits.
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Atlantic Monthly
Edward Morlne
Catchy Creams Promise Clear Skin and Scalp Health
Fragrant, super creamy emollients claim to keep skin fresh and clear, scalp free of dandruff crusts and scales, and hands soft. Suitable for nursery and toilet use, advertised as economical. Free mail sample with a Book, Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Shock absorber for pedestrians appeals to inventor
A quip depicts an inventor touting a pedestrian crossing shock absorber as a new device amid a joke about car accidents. The dialogue contrasts a “big red car” owner and the inventor who claims a novel wearable safety gear will meet high demand among the wealthy.
Too True in a Humorous Exchange About Shopping
A wife begs John to give her money for shopping, complaining that charge accounts at three stores won’t yield what she wants. He questions the need, highlighting the futility of relying on store lines of credit.
Role Was Forced on Daddy
Dowagers and chaperons whisper at Meta as she spends the evening with a much older, wealthy widower. On a balcony he asks for her hand in marriage, while she admits she hopes to be liked like a father. He reveals he married her son last night.
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Meta
Cherry Pie Mishap Startled Town Street Scene
A Youngstown Telegram note describes a shopper or passerby struck by a car near a shop. The injured man carried a cherry pie which mashed under one arm, causing initial fears he was killed before relief arrived.
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Youngstown Telegram
Part of the Fun
A cheeky exchange notes that most people would not attend a baseball game if they could not offer unsolicited advice to players and the umpire. The quip frames fans as temptation to critique from the stands.
Restful Painter Seeks Hired Man Portrait
An artist compliments the farmer's hired man as a picturesque figure and offers to paint him. The farmer cautions that market demand for still life pitchers may be scarce, joking about the subject’s market value.
Forgetful German Woman Corrects Bank Check
A comely German woman handed a savings bank check payable to Gretchen H Schmidt. She had indorsed it Gretchen Schmidt. The teller asked her to correct the mistake and she blushed, then added her age as twenty three.
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Gretchen H. Schmidt
Gretchen Schmidt
Fisherman’s Day Off Prompt Sparks Quick Quip
A light quip centers on planning a day off for fishing. The speaker improvises an excuse while debating whether the activity qualifies as work. The exchange hints at humor about labor and leisure without further details.
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