Breaking up a farm in Rhodesia many miles wide
A guide to selecting and clearing a Rhodesian farm of thousands of acres. It covers trek routes, water, soil types, stump removal, ploughing with oxen or mules, and early hut and stable construction. It notes costs, seasonal rains, and the potential for irrigation and meat ranching prospects.
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Manly Foy
Donga
Rhodesia
Aso
Enda
Dreams Protect Sleep by Imagined Journeys
The article explains that dreams serve to protect sleep by reframing disturbances that threaten rest. It argues science now sees dreams as a natural mechanism that adapts inner excitement to a coherent scene, such as a snowy landscape, allowing the sleeper to continue undisturbed.
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St. Nicholas
Why the Country is Deserted
A Universalist Leader article argues rural schools push youngsters toward city life by teaching city oriented curricula. It cites teachers misunderstanding rural life and warns government action targets this emigration trend.
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Unatl
Passing of the Parlor and the Rise of the Living Room
The piece notes the shift from formal parlors to living rooms in homes. Parlor use was for special occasions with rigid, unused furniture, while living rooms now feature comfortable chairs and a ready space for daily life. Replacing drawing rooms, the living room embodies a homelike, practical home trend.
Orchids at Home for Window Sill Growers
Orchids can be grown at home with minimal effort using a soap box glass top as a makeshift hothouse. Place the box in sunlight and water sparingly since the glass top speeds evaporation. In winter heat the setup with a simple electric wire if the house is lit by electricity.
Education, Maude Returns From Girton
The fragment hints at Maude's return from Girton College and a request to her mother for a small silver argenteous thimble. The dialogue suggests a Victorian tone with precise vanity in asking for a diminutive item.
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Maude
Girton
Bhewaa
Dairy Show Promises Practical Help for Midwest Farmers
The article describes a ten day dairy education show starting October 24 at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. It emphasizes practical demonstrations on production at low cost, sanitary methods, breeding and feeding, and better marketing, with national authorities and exhibitors sharing expertise to reduce foreign dairy imports and boost domestic dairy farming.
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America
Middl West
International Amphitheater
Chicago
Adv
Big Crop Yarns Are Ripe From Secretary Wilson Remarks
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson notes record crops of 1912 and tells a joke about a farmer asking to borrow a cross-cut saw to cut a watermelon for his dray. The neighbor replies that the saw is stuck in a cantaloupe, a humorous aside amid farming progress talk.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Smith
Jones
Doctor Enagorsen Children's Remedy Ad
Dr D R Rothrock of New Berlin Pa endorses Kopp's Baby's Friend as best remedy for teething troubles wind colic and diarrhoea. Available in 10 25 and 60 cent sizes from druggists or direct from Kappn Baby's Friend Co York Pa free samples at local druggists.
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Enagorsen
D. R. Rothrock
New Berlin
Kopp
Kapp’n Baby's Friend Co
York
Berliners Increase Spending and Decrease Savings
Berliners are described as freer spenders and less frugal, with city savings bank depostors shrinking by 8 080 in the last year while deposits rose only 95 000, a third of the interest paid. Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children teething priced at 85c per bottle.
Pat’s Hint and Odd Ad Copy From a Town Page
Ad fragment suggests rustic banter about beverages and cleanliness. It hints at a blueing product named Red Croce Ball Blue used to whiten fabrics, with stray phrases about neighborly interest and a questionable claim on curing itching skin and diseases. The text is fragmented and includes nonstandard spellings and punctuation.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted by grateful users
Letters from women like Mrs Henry Leiseberg and Mrs G B Whittington praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments after doctors failed. The Pinkham Company in Lynn Mass says thousands of letters prove the product's benefits and offers confidential advice from women.
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Elgin
Til
Lydia _E. Pinkham
Henry Leiseberg
Adams St
Kearneysville
W. Va
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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