Nervous trouble relief claimed by New York woman
West Danby resident Mrs Dewrrr Smvousauen says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her lifelong nervous trouble and helped her four daughters. She notes sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches as female derangement signs improved by the remedy and urges others to use it. The ad describes the product as a tonic from native roots and herbs and cites forty years of use. A separate note jokes about alimony and a Home Guard reference amid service context.
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West Danby
N. Y
Tycha E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Cuticura relief and jokes from a page
An advertisement promises instant itch relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin troubles. A postal offer for free samples is included. A humorous dialogue about a farmer's wife and a lighthearted remark about women in dark halls appear, followed by a trivia note that sixty five members of congress have been newspaper men.
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Cuthurs
Dept
Boston
Andy
Congress
Squabs Return Profit for Breeders in Pigeon Farming
The article weighs best flock size for squab production arguing 40 pairs as ideal with 50 sq ft per loft and six ft high. It covers costs from $1 to $1.50 per pair yearly, feed, water, grit, shell, charcoal, and marketing timing. It notes squabs reach market readiness at 8 to 9 weeks, proper killing, grading, packing for shipping, and the importance of avoiding idleness and roof overhangs.
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Aquab
Care of Milk Before Cool
Contaminating bacteria thrive in warm milk, so milk must be cooled immediately after milking. Cover the milking can and pall while milking, keep vessels clean, and store milk away from odors. Quick cooling with ice helps, but without ice cooling remains difficult. lower temperatures reduce bacterial growth.
Little Helps Around Farm For Better Living On The Land
Advice-filled note covers practical farm improvements. Improve drainage with pond lining, convert useless swamps into ponds, plow stony ground to plant hickory trees, create dry solid paths, use coal oil to control hog lice, install a self-opening gate, build a split-leg drag, and compare costs of equipment to wages. Suggest starting with two to three acres of alfalfa as a cautious trial.
Get Rid of Deformed Birds for Market Size
Instructions urge rapid handling of deformed chicks once market size is reached. Detect crooked backs, unequal hip height, crooked toes, long beaks, springy combs, and off-colored eyes or feathers by hand. Mark the birds with red leg bands or wing paint to sort early, then pen, fatten, and sell promptly while keeping them lice free.
Estimating Wire for Fences in Field Setup
Estimating fence wire uses one pound per rod as a rough guide. Spool weights vary from 80 to 125 pounds for catch-weight spools, averaging about 95 pounds, while harbed or mighty rod spools are 80 rods long. Net weights are marked, and farmers should use a wire stretcher for easy, satisfactory work.
Robey Recalls Cricket Quandary at Lord's
The comedian George Robey recounts an off day in cricket when asked to play after being short of players. He fielded poorly with two dropped catches and a duck, prompting a captain to doubt his ability. Robey replied with majesty that the captain asked if he would play, not if he could.
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George Rotey
Lord's
Robey
George Robey
Pearson's Weekly
One Glance Wan Enough by Charley Towne Judge Tale
Charley Towne the magazine editor and poet agreed to judge a prize-story contest. He received a vast envelope of manuscripts filled with purple ink in a feminine hand. He resigned, then forgot the story title, though the opening line remained in memory: The day the ball was to be that night dawned auspiciously.
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Charley Towne
Wisdom of an Oracle from Owen County Kentucky
A Kentucky politician recalls as a boy in Owen County a local oracle who sat on a chair by a stone front along the main street to answer questions. A farmer asks how to rid his fields of sassa frack sprouts and the oracle, after forty five years of study, advises packing up and moving away to leave the sprouts behind.
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Kentucky
Owen County
Blue Grass
NASA
RUNDOWN QUIP ABOUT ORATORY AND HOME LIFE
The New York World column jokes about college oratory and marriage reducing incentive to pay for talent. It notes revenge soured by pursed actions and mentions Aleppo employing 8,000 rope makers, reflecting a miscellany of social satire and distant labor figures.
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New York World
A Sailors Lunch and Odd Quips in Pearsons Weekly
A humorous excerpt showcases voyage privations with a modest lunch of beef wine and an egg from the bubvarks and porthole. A Massachusetts witness in a supreme court session threads jokes about knitting and stockings while a ledger of quick wits fires back with arched responses and a note on Bible placements as clever fire escapes.
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Pearson's Weekly
Trenchers in Shakespeare and public misdeeds noted
A humorous, clipped column critiques readers on Shakespearean trenchers and public morals. It contrasts literal trenchers with invisible writing and praises Sir Francis Elliot, noting his influence as a British minister to Greece and calling him a great original. The piece lampoons misappropriation by widows and orphans steered toward 10 percent gifts to the “invisible Seat.”
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Sir Francis Elliot
Greece
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