California Syrup of Figs Adopts Children
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children with feverish, constipated symptoms. It promises gentle cleansing of the stomach and bowels in hours, touts taste, and warns to buy only from the California Fig Syrup Company with proper bottle labeling. It also notes counterfeit avoidance.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Astoria
Fletcher
Proven Swamp-Root Aids Weak Kidneys
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims quick kidney relief from an herbal formula, urges trials, and offers a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York with a newspaper mention.
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Kilmer
Theas
Kjimer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Natural Proving in a Grim Uruguayan Brick Era
A fragmentary dialogue mashes with a fact about Uruguay urban housing, noting that most buildings there are brick with a cement plaster finish. The terse exchange hints at mortality, while the real estate detail grounds the scene in the country’s brick faced urban fabric.
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Uruguay
Contagious Roup in Poultry Aids and Cures
An Agricultural Service advisory outlines symptoms and preventive steps for roup in chickens. Isolation of new birds, clean dry housing, occasional disinfection, and water treated with permanganate are advised, with culling advised for severe outbreaks to prevent wider spread.
Prevention for sick birds through protection and hygiene
Prevention is best says USDA specialists. Treatment of sick birds takes time and patience and may allow contagion to persist after apparent recovery. Keep poultry houses draft free and enforce measures to prevent contagion of all kinds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Distinguishing troup from diphtheria by oral signs
Distinction rests on absence of thick false membranes in the nostrils mouth and throat. There may be a yellowish deposit on the mouth and throat walls which is easily broken up and removed.
Box for Duet Bath Keeps Hens Healthy and Profitable
Box for Duet Bath provides a partly dusted box with road dust or wood ashes to allow hens a dust bath for exercise and mite control. Promotes uniform purebred poultry, which boosts product uniformity and profits with proper marketing and consistent care.
Profit-Producing Period for Hens Noted in Guide
The guide states a hen’s peak profit occurs in the first two years and advises disposal after the second year unless she is an exceptional breeder. It also recommends feeding mash in the morning and scratch grain in the evening.
Danderine Promise: Hair Renewal After Dandruff Cure
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a quick cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims within ten minutes hair becomes fuller with damp stray strands, and after weeks usage, new, downy growth appears across the scalp. The copy urges trials at drug stores, promising lustrous, abundant hair.
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Knowlton
Concert and Quip Echo Frat Girl Banter
Fragmentary lines from a concert scene mix playful banter about being single and a flirtatious claim. A stray scientific aside notes coal burning releases 800000 cubic feet of air per ton, followed by a cryptic line about China and telephony. The overall piece reads as a mosaic of random quotes and observations with no clear narrative.
Stray Stories excerpt echoes school and mischief
A fragmented reminiscence in which a girl avoids a burning deck and a mother disciplines in class, followed by a humorous home exchange about an alibi. The Birmingham Age-Herald fragment hints at social wit and everyday misunderstandings through dialog between Mrs Jagsby and Mr Jagsby.
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Trude
Jagsby
Boas
Birmingham Age-Herald
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clear Skin Daily Use
Have a Clear Skin. Make Cuticura Soap your everyday toilet soaps and assist now and then by touches of Cuticura Ointment to soften, soothe and heal. Yor free samples address Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. At druggists and by mail, Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
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Dept. X
Boston
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Swift & Company
Deg Addrean
Nike Boe
Bonitelle
Entonic Remedy Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Book of the Marine Eye
Emeady Co
Sald Gap Johmson
Rumpus
Kunsia City
Lyase
Lydia E
Versatone Needle CO
Republic Hs. Cor
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Adams Streets
Ghigago
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