Goin the whole way questioned by grocer with sixpence
A passenger with a green necktie is asked about his life and finances during a cross-examination. He describes himself as a wholesale grocer inherited from his father, married with five children, living in a rented semi detached house, and owning a bank book valued at £500. The exchange touches on ancestry and education as the man is pressed for details. The piece closes with a note on Sand eels burying themselves in mud.
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London
Barn Plan for Forty Cows and Double Horse Stalls
Plan details a hillside L shaped barn for forty cows with double horse stalls and a bull pen. Two silos allow silage to slide to the main floor. Features include a nine foot basement, cement floor, extensive drainage, cisterns, and drinking bowls fed from a single shutoff. Estimated cost 1200 to 1500 dollars.
The Cost of Making Butter and Creamery Relations
A discussion on butter production and creamery ethics highlights the farmer’s leverage. It argues the creamery should be managed on sound principles, aligning interests of farmers who deliver milk and cream with owners. Mutual cooperation boosts profits and sustains the local dairy industry.
Farming Notes And Winter Help From The American Cultivator
The article discusses winter labor for farmers and the value of hiring extra help even at low wages, noting older men may prefer farm work for boarding. It cites a farmer’s view that extra hands can yield long term returns through land and building improvements. It then offers poultry house placement advice from American Poultry Journal, recommending high dry ground, north and west tree protection, shade trees, and root mulch to keep ground cool. It concludes with a note from Sheep Breeder on breed suitability for specific places like marshes.
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Ciry
S. W. Chambers
Jobo M. Wise
American Poultry Journal
Trade Mark Trial Bottle Free Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Advertisement offers a free trial bottle of 6 drops to test Swanson Rheumatic Cure for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and ills list. Claims 8 drops prevent and cure and lists diseases including gout dyspepsia backache fever liver kidney trouble insomnia and more. States large bottles 300 doses for $1 prepaid by mail or express and seeks agents from 160 Lake Street Chicago Illinois.
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Chicago
The Military Salute Through the Fifteenth Century
A compact note traces the military salute to the early fifteenth century with a cited illustration in Speculum Humanae Salvationis showing Abraham saluting Melchisedek. It mentions medieval armor, guard-like postures, and a ritual refreshment scene, framed by a London Chronicle reference.
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Abraham 3
London Chronicle
Too Many Principles In The City On Sommer Sundays
A wry tale of a husband who flouts his wife s faith by going to Sunday papers and a Manhattan Beach trip, while she rails against Principles. The quarrel over Sabbath reform ends with the husband leaving home despite his spouse s objections.
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Amon
Manhattan Beach
Varpet
Scaring Snakes in West Africa
A traveler recounts African methods to deter snakes along the coast south of Liberia. Native practice uses garlic oil on soles to repel various vipers and constrictors, plus a rattling rod to frighten snakes, yielding safer passage through swampy regions abundant with serpents.
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West Africa
Africa
Republic of Liberia
Howe
Health elixirs and railway tales in column mix
An eclectic page features a patent medicine pitch for Cascar e ts and a grand claim about catarrh cures, along with boilerplate from Hall's Catarrh Cure promising $100 for a cure. It also mentions Great Britain locomotive counts and values, and ends with a snippet of a dialogue about religion and singing.
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Great Britain
Ereland
Sto
Ratines
London and Northwestern
Change of Life Cure Promises From Pinkham’s Medicine
Letters from Monclova Ohio describe women with womb ulcers and galloping symptoms finding relief after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Reports claim long illness, recovery, and renewed strength, with multiple testimonials praising the remedy's effect during change of life.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Charlotte Johnson
Monclova
Ohio
Orrs Jouxsox
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Pinkham
That Haughty Nemennour Quip Sparks Vanity Talk
A Chicago Record quip mocks fashion and vanity, noting that good blood and training yield lofty aura while a girl can acquire it quickly in a ribbon department. The exchange highlights social pretensions and rapid fashion inflections.
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Chicago
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Ecatarrh
Doug Sorethroat
Gen. Longstreet
Ie Croup Hoaness
Dodd
Dodds Medicine CQ
Buffalo
Carter
Pesyer
EE Uey Net
Feed Alley
Theodore H. McCain
Monroe
Wash
Warmers’ Journal
Bolow
Foster
Stumys
KON
W. L. Douglas
W. L
Weevekoth
Wear
Eell
Ely
REE Bros
Warren SL
Dr.Bull
Kida Drug. Co
Bigin
Howard
Baker
Wholesale and Letall Ruggiat
Sioux City
Iowa
Aoney
Acme Mfg. Co
Kapsas City
Atlantic Ocean
Grove
John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Putnam
Drugglars
Hall
Cileney & CO
Toledo
Ethel
Sasi Miko
New ‘York
Bears
Castoria
Rewanr
National City Bank of Lynn
Lydia EK
Pin
Libby
New England
Boston
Libby, McNeme & Libby Chicago
UUW
Livex City News
Paper Union
Ron U
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