Baking Powder Pure Food Health Motto Appears
A brief, promotional line extols pure food and health as essential to economy, linking health to reliable nourishment and the value of wholesome food.
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Dr. Price
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
5
How to Grow the Best Sweet Peas in Winter Planting
Martha Smalley explains winter and February plantings for earliest sweet peas, emphasizing deep trenches with manure, cold-resilient seedlings, and heavy staking. She notes long blooming, high yields, and market potential for cut flowers, with practical care and spacing tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Henderson
Blanch Ferry
Special Offer for Subscriptions From Des Moines Papers
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register and Leader
Kansas City Weekly Star
Woman’s World Magazine
Day's Magazine
Enly
Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
Waste and Wonder of Artesian Water in Iowa
Public health column warns artesian wells cause typhoid when sewage enters via open joints or contaminated structures. It cites Glenwood Fort Dodge Cedar Falls and other towns, notes corrosion of pipes, and warns against wasteful use of abundant artesian flows like the Jumbo well at Belle Plaine. It calls for sanitary supervision and legislative conservation to preserve future water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Webster City
Ft. Dodge
Bremer
Benton
Tama
Poweshiek
Hancock
Wright, Greene
Story
Carroll
Belle Plaine
Eagle Grove
Ames
Lanesboro
Iowa
Boone
Keokuk
California
Helpful Household Hints for Everyday Tasks
A compendium of domestic tips covers laundering tecniques for ironing holders and a wrist tied clothes-pin bag, plus stain removal with oxalic acid, bread dough warming methods, and using buttermilk to aid cream. It also offers pudding prep, cream separator tips, canned goods storage, furs cleaning, collar protectors, vinegar cruet cleaning, and pine needles in hens nests. A London-area woman raises Eskimo dogs for Arctic expeditions.
Methods for Removing Stains From Cloths
The guide lists stain removal steps for grease dry paint varnish and many others. It covers washable and unwashable fabrics with solvents as well as natural methods for grass and mildew stains and suggests temperatures hot or cold water depending on the stain type. It also cautions solvents are inflammable and notes specific agents for ink and acid stains.
Not in His Lifetime Sun Lecture Delivers Distant Warnings
A famed scientist warned that the sun will gradually lose heat and exhaust in about 70 million years, threatening life on Earth. An audience member interrupted, mishearing the timeline as 7 million, prompting a relieved reaction from the speaker.
Why Girls Quit School
A discussion on why girls in early teens abandon schooling and how parental influence, health, home responsibilities, and social pressures affect their education. It notes loss of regular attendance, health issues, and self consciousness over clothing as factors.
Creamed Chicken and Oysters on Toast
Melt butter and flour, blend, gradually add milk and boil then season. Add cubed boiled chicken and oysters, cook until plump, pour over buttered toast squares, and garnish with celery and toast points.
Dr King New Discovery touted for coughs and colds
Dr King New Discovery praised by J R Wells of Floydada Texas for curing a severe cough and cold and claims a 15 pound gain. The First National Bank of Cherokee reports deposits over 950 000 loans 831 000 cash on hand nearly 216 000 and total footing 1 119 551 36. Burdock Blood Bitters recommended for stronger digestion and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. R. Wells
Floydada
Texas
First National Bank of
Cherokee
Wm. A. Sanford
Comptroller of Currency
Towa
D.D.D. Skin Cure Claim Promises Fast Relief
Advertises D.D.D. soap and a wintergreen thymus based wash for cezematous skin diseases. Claims to wash out germs with a 60 cent bottle offering instant relief and a positive pay guarantee. Promotes EB. J. Parman as local druggist in Decorah.
Symptoms of Consumption and Vinol Endorsement
An Evansville citizen states he recovered from five months of pulmonary trouble after using Vinol. He reports improved appetite and digestion, clearing cough, and credits Vinol with saving his life. The testimonial offers a money back guarantee if Vinol does not help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Vinci
E. J. Parman
Decorah
Iowa
Lyman Brown
Murray St
New York, N.Y
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The
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Public Health Column
J. W. Kime
M. D
London
Castoria
Chicken
Sloan
Etsie Manthey
Talman Ave
Chicago
Ill
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
EB. J. Parman
Drugwist
Dro State
Richelieu
Evers
Tracy & Hanson
OR. B. A
Bright
Stockdale
B. A. Stockdale
Utica
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