Up-to-Date Hints On Soil Fertility And Cattle Feeding
Charles A. Mooers argues Tennessee soils need farm manures and rotation with cowpeas or clover to restore fertility. mineral fertilizers alone are inefficient. R. M. Allen urges beef on every farm, noting scale, marketing, and education in cattle feeding. Albert Pogler emphasizes raising own stock and prudent full-feeding versus grass finishing for best profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Mooers
Tennessee Agricultural College
Tennessee
R. M. Allen
Albert Pogler
Horticultural observations on apple and peach markets
Large apple and peach markets face rising prices due to foreign demand. Ramsdell's Sweet apples vary by region in success. Peaches show higher profits at 20 cents per basket, prompting calls to stop marketing inferior fruit. Thinning and better packing improve Chicago market quality. U.S. agriculture press and groups push honest packing and standard labeling. Illinois Pure Food Commission sets dairy product rules, labeling, and fat content requirements.
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England
Chicago
Iilinois Pure Food Commission
Illinois Horticultural Society seeks apple exhibit for Buffalo 1901
The Illinois State Horticultural Society plans a large apple exhibit at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo 1901. It requests growers and organizations to contribute carefully selected fruit from this season, packed and stored for display, with proper credit to each grower and locality. The commission will pay freight and storage, aiming for one hundred barrels, preferably single varieties, shipped in proper season to cold storage.
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Horticultural Society
Illinois
Paris
Iite
Buffalo
Commission
L. R. Bryant
Princeton
From Their Point of View. First Ape And Some Apes Have Devel
A brief comic exchange cites evolution satire with a jab at humans by apes. The line ends with a quip about some apes escaping, attributed to Puck.
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Puck
New Ocean Greyhound Sets Record for Passenger Capacity
The famed Deutschland, cost 3 332 000, displacement 23 200 tons, offers accommodation for 1 057 passengers and has established a new record. Also notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as fifty years of cures for constipation indigestion and biliousness and mentions a private revenue stamp on the bottle.
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Ocean Greyhound
Not the Conventional Woman in a City Bank Scene
A Chicago Tribune anecdote depicts a bank cashier confronted by a smirking woman who denies acquaintance yet reveals the red headed neighbor persona. She chides Henry about funding a home with scant resources and demands cash, prompting the cashier to hand over the money with a cough.
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Henry
Chicago Tribune
Best for the Bowels from CAS CARETS
The ad promotes CAS CARETS as a natural bowel remedy for all ailments from headaches to cancer. It claims quick, easy relief without gripe or pain, urging a 10 cent start and warning against imitations of the metal box tablets stamped with C. C. C.
Personal column query on a newspaper spine
A humorous poet in the paresis ward mutters about miss rhyming with kiss and kisses with Mrs, then leaves after a handclasp. The Exchange notes his luxurious lifestyle as the cause of madness, raising questions about the personal column’s role as a newspaper’s spine.
Quiet and Not Fatiguing Fox Hunt Exchange
A Cleveland Plain Dealer micro exchange plays on wit between Miss Wimple and Mr. Tootles. He jokes he never joined a fox hunt, preferring a quiet, nonfatiguing thrill. The humor centers on their playful banter about moving pictures.
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Mr. Tootles
Miss Wimple
Inevah
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Discoveries Of The Century Promote Swanson's 5S Drops
An old advertisement touts Swanson's 5S Drops as a universal cure for rheumatism and many ailments. It claims instant relief and disease prevention, lists broad nervous and organ benefits, and offers 800 dose bottles for $1.00 with a 25 cent trial bottle. Agents sought for new territories.
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Swanson
Annals of Medicine
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Ill
Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti and the Amat Philanthropist
A fragmented colorful dialog mocks self help and charity ventures as a physician narrator notes a danger of anger. A city hospital visit features music for patients with a quivering line about returning home. A moral quip on friendship contrasts with malice denying lunar fullness.
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City Hospital
Boston Transcript
A Trick of the Trade in Indian Tours
Theatrical companies touring India use a sneaky ruse to cut salaries by convincing town leaders to supply two local actors to fill leading roles. A week before arrival in Allahabad an influential official receives a polite note claiming two leading actors are ill and asking for local replacements to ensure a crowded house. The tactic relies on the authority of the resident or citizen with dramatic talent.
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India
A’s
Allahabad
W. L
Che
W. L. Douglas Shoce
Douglas Ca
New Oklahoma Colony Aims to House Thousands
A fresh colony to furnish homes for thousands is being organized in Oklahoma Territory by the Georgis Colony founders. Backed by Mr. P. H. Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, Indiana, the project offers free information on obtaining homes and seeks good farmers.
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Oklahoma Territory
Georgis Colony
P. H. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Indiana
Sailor Captains Peculiar Predicament Told By Reporter
A feature note recounts Captain Yardarm of the schooner Blue Blazes marooned off Florida after a Friday night gale. The tempest washed away the wake of the vessel and the night watch roused the sleeping crew at dawn, illustrating seafaring life.
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Marine Note
Yardarm
Blue Blazes
Florida
Night Watch
Baltimore American
Present Day Husband and Wife Scene
A couple quarrels over a bicycle incident with the wife claiming no injury while the husband demands to confront the other rider. The exchange ends with a sharp remark about the near collision as a cure advert follows referencing Piso's Cure for Consumption. Date noted as Feb 17 1900 from Ocean Grove New Jersey.
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N. W. Samoa
Ocean Grove
N. J
Got Him Guensing
An elderly friend asks if greeting a husband with kind words on late returns helps. The young woman confirms, saying it works. he now stays home more, puzzling over the cause. Indianapolis Press
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Guensing
Indianapolis Press
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad and Teething Rumble
An assortment of vintage phrases appears including an ad for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief and gum softness. The passage also includes social notes about daily life, small talk and humorous quips from various papers, plus a few product mentions and old-time dialogue snippets.
Ex-Congressman Praises Peruna for Catarrh Cure
Ex-Congressman A T Goodwyn of Alabama reports using two bottles of Peruna and feeling better within a week after prolonged catarrh. The letter praises the remedy as a national cure, urges readers to obtain a free booklet from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio, and frames catarrh as a widespread, stubborn disease.
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A. T. Goodwyn
Alabama
Veruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Goodwyn
Hartman
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