Promiscuous Pickings
Agricultural tips cover floor choice for poultry houses, calf rearing, milk feeding, and fowl health. Advice includes dirt floors, insect powders, and careful milking. alfalfa over sweet clover. potash to fowl drink. kerosene treatments with ventilation. goose and duck eye care. nose rings for bulls. grafting orchards. whey value. heifer handling. turkey nest earth bases. and farm dog germ concerns.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Towa
The Sparrow Hawk and Salt for Cows in One Piece
The article describes the American sparrow hawk or insect hawk noting its hover hunting behavior and preferred nesting spots. It also gives cow salt guidelines advising about 2 ounces per 1000 pounds of live weight daily and practical feeding practices.
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Edgar 8. Jones
Grazing and Sloan's Liniment Adv
Grazing advice for horses suggests large turnout after grain and roughage for tonic benefits. Sloan's Liniment promises rapid relief for rheumatism joints muscles and related pains with a money back satisfaction claim.
Has Her Troubles Enticing Eight Guests With Six Knives and Napkins
A society item notes a woman faced with entertaining eight guests using an equipment of six knives and six forks and six napkins highlighting the weight of household responsibility. References Kansas City Journal and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertisement and a tip about vaseline on corks for glue bottles.
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Kansas City Journal
Dr Kings New Discovery for Child Cough Remedy
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Discovery as a fast acting cough remedy for children. It claims soothing antiseptic benefits and guaranteed relief from any length or severity of cough. Also mentions using a blackboard eraser to clean a kitchen stove daily.
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Dr. King
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey for Whooping Cough Relief
Popular remedy claims to ease coughing by loosening mucus and soothing the throat and lungs. Marketed for families with children, the product promises quick relief and reduced coughing spells with Pine Forest benefits. Sold at druggists for 25 cents. Electric bitters a sprig tonic.
Nature's Balloon Swellfish Shapes Sea Balloons
The swellfish, a southern Atlantic species, is noted for yellow bands and a unique defense. When chased it ingests air to swell near spherical form, rises to the surface and is blown along by the wind. A pin prick collapses the air-filled body instantly.
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Atlantic
Wheat on hand totals 318 million bushels in 1919 outlook
Farmers hold 153 million bushels. March 1 visible supply near 50 million. grain expert cites 115 million in elevators. Aggregate 318 million, while domestic need may run about 200 million. Argentine and Indian stocks back supply, but no surplus to push prices down.
Spreading the Scriptures from Bible Society Milestones
The British and Foreign Bible Society has published since its 1004 foundation over 253 million copies of the Scriptures in various languages and forms. More than 88 million of these editions have been in English.
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British and Foreign Bible Society
Aluminum shoe soles claim damp-proof longevity
An early note highlights aluminum soles for shoes used in wet work areas. The article says the aluminum soles last longer than standard shoes and resist dampness, with a reader letter praising relief from rheumatism using Chamberlain's Liniment and noting available bottle sizes at Engbretson's Pharmacy.
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Elmer Hatch
Peru
Ind
Chamberlain
Engbretson
Allen's Foot-Ease Sold to Frontline Troops
Over 100000 packages of Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder are in use by German and Allied troops at the front to ease feet and aid walking. Free samples offered from Olmsted LeRoy New York. Also notes jokes and household tips on digestion and coloring frosting with beet juice.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Stomach Trouble Cured and Easy Money Ads
A column promotes Cham berlain's Tablets as a stomach remedy with a testimonial from Mrs HG Cleveland of Arnold Pa. Adv mentions Engbretson's Pharmacy. Other notices tout sponge for silk dresses using potato water and Barker's Ant septic for odor. Local ads list sellers John G Schimming and R A Engbretson with pricing.
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Wm. M. Thompson
Battle Creek, Mich
Engbretson
Adv
HG. Cleveland
Arnold, Pa
Chamberlain
Engbertson
Allen's Foot Ease Ad and Odd Proverb Snap
A vintage ad features Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired feet with a humorous rural quip about a barefoot worker punning on pain. The page also presents a Barker remedy for coughs colds and rheumatism and a quip about gas plant workers.
Barker's Antiseptic for Baby Bath Ad
An advertisement urges mothers to use Barker's Antiseptic for baby's bath to destroy odor. It promotes sale by John G Schimming and R A Engbretson and notes Burdock Blood Bitters for digestion and health at drug stores. Price listed at $1.00.
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John
Barker
John G.schimming
R. A. Engbretson
Adv
John G. Schimming
America
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Dr. Pierce
Dean
M. Coverdell
Farm & Fireside
Sloan's
Sloan
J. Horotf
Elida
Ohio
Ruth
Nature’s Balloon
Annie
Fannie
Judge
Nora
Dora
Emerson
Ingvoldstad & CO
Decorah
Fanor
E. L. Beard & Son
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
C. P. Wilson
A. R. Corey
Perdinand
Stallic
Ferdinand
Lawa Department of Agriculture
F. L. Beard & Son
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