Poultry as a Profitable Farm Industry
The article argues poultry farming is a viable farm income source, comparing it with cows. It notes that thirty hens cost as much as one cow, fit on a quarter acre, and require much less feed. It cites a creamery figure of $18.67 net per four cows versus about $2.50 per hen, urging greater emphasis on poultry to improve rural profitability and attract steady labor.
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Fayte
France
Paris
Tagoux
Austria
Spain
Tidy
Beypt
Mediterranean
Michigan Farmer diagram of a ten year horse stall
A Michigan Farmer correspondent details a practical stall design for kicking horses. The design includes a 26 by 40 barn, east and west doors, good light, ventilation, and a feeding manger. The stall uses feed straw for bedding and notes horses stay healthy and perform well with grass and dry feed.
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Michigan
Manger
Comparative Size of Ben and Farm Yard Waste Discussed
The article discusses agricultural economics from a Montreal Herald snippet, estimating Ben and herd sizes, eggs paying costs, and ten times original value for profits if no other factors intervene. It notes barnyard manure depth, fertilizer value, and the importance of manure handling through a cement floor and a manure cellar for improving fertilizer value and reducing fumes. It also references farm work hours and labor expectations in a field context.
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Montreal Herald
Grass and grain feeding for hogs and crop disease notes
A collection of farm notes discusses hog fattening through grass and grain ratios to maximize pork yield, plus methods to increase digestive capacity. It covers orchard blights and their spread via spores, noting the lack of effective sprays and advising removal of affected tissue. Also mentions pea lice on vines and peacock issues with brooder chickens, plus strawberry rust control with Bordeaux mixture and soil care recommendations.
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Texas Farm
Runeh
Haunted Apple Tree Legend From Douglass Tennessee
In Douglass Mississippi a tale from Samuel Kingdon’s Ladies' Home Journal describes a haunted apple tree linked to a peddler’s murder. Local fear spread, the orchard owner fled, and passersby claimed the specter stretched its arm and cried aloud, influencing the road’s path. Apples beneath the tree allegedly bear red streaks from skin to core.
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Douglass
Maas
Samuel 8
Kingdon
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Girl And Her Vocation Opinion Piece
A reprint discusses Margant EL Sinester's Ladies Home Journal essay urging every girl to learn a useful art or profession. It emphasizes developing shifting power and steadiness to persevere through discouragement, with belief in herself and in God guiding a breadwinning path.
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Margant EL Sinester
Ladies ® Home Journal
Study on Severe Anger Reactions in About Two Thousand Cases
G Stanley Pall compiled data from roughly two thousand cases to analyze severe anger reactions. The report notes varied causes, often trivial, with pallor in 27 percent, violent heartbeats, and several deaths from rupture. Symptoms included strange throat sensations, dizziness, tearing, copious saliva, and foaming at the mouth. Animal cries, oaths, and threats were common. in infants, choking sounds occurred, and in injured adults, the throat could lock and speech become difficult.
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G. Stanley Pall
Inguy Ooises
Mamma Had ta Evptitn Little Dorothy Observant Child
An elderly church worker visits Dorothy and a family scene unfolds with playful missteps and local color. Dorothy excels in quick retorts while adults scramble to entertain the caller. Tarnima interjects to clarify a culinary mishap near the kitchen.
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Dorothy
Tural
Cleveland Phin
Queen Victoria’s Caderstudy and Bis marck’s Family Name
A historical note compares a painter’s daughter Blanche Sully who resembled Queen Victoria and sat for her portrait, later visiting America with presents. It explains Bismarck’s surname origin tied to a Brandenburg fortress and a defensive march along the Biese river, warning that imagined dangers invite real ones.
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Queen Victoria
Miss Blanche Sully
America
Campaign Badges Demand Outstrips Supply for Collectors
A Washington Star report quotes a leading dealer saying campaign badge collecting surges at campaign openings. He notes few complete sets exist, mostly in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Louisville, with many states like Indiana housing rich state badge collections for clubs museums and unions.
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Washington
Tove
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Louisville
Grant
Oxlatenes
Telh
Union Leaenes
Indiana
Union
Elaha
Washington Star
Cooling Water Without Ice in Nicaragua
An odd note describes cooling water in a hot Nicaraguan village using a porous earthenware jar dampened on the outside and hung to heat exchange. It likens the process to Indian clubs in endurance, with a laborious, improvised method and regional color, referencing Santa Rosa on the Mexican Central and a casual observer’s field notes.
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Nicaragua
Satraerion
Calora
Mexico
Santa Rosa
New Orleans
Times-a
Turned His Head by Afro and Storm News Duo
A fragmentary Chicago News item shows Mrs Tempest and Mrs Storm debating a baffling medical remark about a brain condition and an automobile bite on the tongue, hinting at a surreal or misheard quotation within a chaotic dialogue.
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Storm
Sergeant Captures Robbers to Win His One Girl
A Chicago Chronicle tale recalls a Harrison Street sergeant who, in a hot Michigan Avenue chase, saved his sweetheart from a speeding carriage by leaping into the street and forcing surrender of two armed robbers. He later married her, celebrating the bravery that won her.
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Michigan Avenue
Jith Street
Jim
Pest
Sagan
Dag Barry
Hor
Terbeare
Chicago Chronicle
The Causes of Cancer in Historical Perspective
A historical article explores cancer causes and dubious cures, noting that cancer remains difficult to treat and discussing French claims of a cure. It mentions trees and snails in nutrition, Swiss cantons breeding delicacies, and various European dietary beliefs, alongside English magistrates and appointment practices in Newcastle Chronicle.
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Casey
Cnad
Butus
Virginia Bine Law Echoes Early Colonial Restrictions
A fragment from colonial Virginia outlines severe blue laws: death penalties for impiety against the Christian faith and strict church attendance. It mandates twice daily prayer and attendance during working days, with corporal punishment for omissions and a six month gallows sentence for repeated offenses.
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Virginia
New Fingland
Colony of
Plymouth Hock
Patie
Guye
Aims Of Kopjes In South Africa From Eroded Rock Formations
The article describes kopjes as remnants of eroded sandstone and ironstone left after long erosion. It notes tropical weather washes away earth leaving large blocks, some granite on Table Mountain slopes, and that kopjes serve as fortifications with many such formations spread across South Africa.
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South Africa
Table Mountain
Beer
Best for the Bowels Charlton Cascarets Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a natural bowel remedy that cures various ailments from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels. It claims quick, painless relief with 10 cent starts and warns against imitations, noting genuine boxes stamped with C G.
Fragmented Historical Snippet From Philadelphia Record
Fragments show a mix of dialogue about Zeke and a grizzly encounter, with ads for medicines like Native Bromo Quinine and various witty phrases. The text is garbled, featuring partial quotes and misreads, yet hints at a crime or incident discussion and unrelated notices.
Kidney Troubles of Women and Mrs Pinkham Remedies
Letters from Miss Enya Frederick of Troy Ohio describe long term kidney and bladder distress and a yellow muddy complexion. She reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound per directions and praises the improvement in health and spirits.
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Frederick
Troy
Chin
Pisgnas
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