Texan farmer nets 225 bushels sweet potatoes per acre
S G Maddox of Weatherford Texas reports a 225 bushel per acre yield on a small plot. He dug forty-five bushels from under one fifth acre with each hill yielding several large potatoes. He also notes cotton yields including a 540 pound bale from 1410 pounds and a 490 pound bale from 1310 pounds of seed.
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S. G. Maddox
Weatherford
Texas
New York Herald
Maddox
Mr. Maddox
Grover
J. M. Phillips
Harvard appoints young Fish to lead football team
Harvard selects Hamilton Fish III as captain, a 20-year-old son of Hamilton Fish Jr and namesake of the U S assistant treasurer. At 6 feet 3 and 198 pounds he steps into a leadership role after Captain Burr’s injury, with Boston papers predicting a great season.
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Glasgow
Lamyeth
London
New York
America
Panama Canal
Royal Photographic Society of England
United States
Turkey
Bosphorus
Harvard
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Boston
Burr
Woman Plans Small Purchases Instead of Big Spend
A fragment suggests a woman adopts a frugal habit of buying small amounts on two separate occasions rather than spending a dime in one go. The text contains garbled phrases about dieting and a love affair, reflecting incomplete readable content.
Asbestos in Wyoming Seen as a New Energy Resource
Wyoming resident A. Nimiun tells the Washington Herald that large asbestos veins in Natrona County Gaspar Mountain could propel a new era in U S mineral resources. He notes demand rising, fiber quality on par with Canada, and uses in skyscrapers and electric cars. surveys push development.
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United States
A. Nimiun
Wyoming
Washington Herald
Nimiun Yat
Natrona County
North America
Mr. Nimiun
Canada
Gaspar Mountain
United States Geological Survey
State Geological Survey of
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease’s blood and mucous surfaces. It claims nonquack origin, a physician-backed formula, and offers testimonials. Also mentions Allen’s Foot-Kase for shoe comfort and a humorous sports cartoon caption.
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Hall
F. J. Cueney & CO
Toledo
Yall
Retrospective and Odd Bits From a Busy Day
A collage of quotes and ads from a Chicago Tribune page includes holiday rail fare details, jokes, home remedies, and a Bishop Brooks anecdote. It features Nickel Plate Road ticket sales, Pazo Ointment claims, and Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething.
Start the New Year Right with Cascarets Health Ad
A vintage ad urges readers to cleanse inside bodies after holiday overindulgence. It promotes Cascarets vegetable tablets to “act like exercise” for the bowels and digestion, claiming nightly use cleans and disinfects the digestive canal. The piece offers a gold plated bonbon box giveaway in exchange for stamps and directs readers to Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New Yorks
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Ohio
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Southern Pacific Electric
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G. P. A. Omaha
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Geta
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