Golden Wake Promises Western Canada Prosperity Ahead
James Whitcomb Riley sketches a hopeful view as war ends, urging settlers to move to Western Canada. The piece notes agricultural progress, limited industry, and a coming boom in farming, dairying, sugar refineries, canneries, mining, lumbering, and railways, driven by new settlers and urban development. The ad ends with a quip on universal brotherhood.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Great West
Prairie
Western
A Lady of Distinction Uses Cuticura For Skin
Prof. G. F. Swiggert of Pittsburgh urges schools to train pupils for future foreign trade service. An ad note suggests Cuticura Soap and hot water cleanse pores, then Cuticura Talcum Powder for clear, sweet, healthy skin as a sign of distinction.
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G. F. Swiggert
Pittsburgh
Plain yet elegant wartime spring frocks gain favor in designs
The article notes a shift to land-sewn simple designs for spring and summer frocks as wartime leisure returns. It highlights American-made sheer fabrics like volles and georgette-like weaves, priced higher in stores but possible for home sewers, with hand-tucked detailing and black velvet ribbon girdles adorned by crochet buttons.
Simple and Alluring Lingerie Blouses Hit Shops
A travel through shops reveals smutty style in lingerie blouses with colors like larkspur azure and pale coral. Descriptions highlight border frills, filet lace edgings, eyelet work, and back-fastening models in round square or V necks with long sleeves and plain high collars.
Diphtheria Alarm and Indiana Rural Notes Across Towns
Indiana items report alarming diphtheria cases in Goshen and growing wheat healthily in Aurora. Pork and tobacco markets rise in Laporte and Madison with prices and losses detailed. Studebaker plans plant expansion in South Bend to 16 000 workers by 1920. Petersburg notes early spring birds and fishing. tobacco shipments and hog cholera figures cited for Lafayette and surrounding counties.
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Goshen
Laporte
A. F. Pinn
Plymouth
Doctor Linn
Aurora
Dearborn
Clarence C. Madison
Connersvile
Oliver Flant
Countty Road
Fayette County
Shelbyvile
Moral Township
Brookville
Franklis
Defiance
Lake Erie-Lake Michigan- Miami Deeper Waterways Association
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Petersburg
White River
Robins
Tallywrenceburg
Sebastian J. Eisenshanks
Harry RB. Heniger
Lous Mr. Schusterman
New York City
Madison
Will Bruner
Snook & Co
A. R. Krakine
Studebaker Corporation
Cow Testing Associations Boost Dairy Profit per Cow
United States Department of Agriculture notes 5,587 cows in 40 cow-testing associations averaged 247 pounds of butterfat per cow annually, far above the national average of 160 pounds. The study shows income over feed costs of $47 for these cows, more than double the $23 for 160 pounds, highlighting benefits of association work and breeding in improving efficiency and profitability.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Collective Bull Ownership Opens Door to Pure-Bred Stock
Farmers can share ownership of valuable bulls through a bull association. A single member may buy a scrub bull for 50 dollars, but five farmers pooling 50 dollars each can own a 250 dollar pure-bred bull. This cooperative approach lowers the barrier to high quality livestock.
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Bull Association
Feeding Grain to Dairy Cows for High-Milk Production
A. C. Baer of Oklahoma A and M College explains that dairy cows can be sustained on silage and alfalfa hay with grain. For cows yielding 20 pounds or more daily, feed one pound of grain mixture per five pounds of milk. Grain Mix No. 1 combines grain chop and bran with cottonseed meal. Grain Mix No. 2 uses ground kafir and oats with cottonseed meal.
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A. C. Baer
Department of Dairying
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Dairy Barn Ventilation and Watering Systems
The text advises ample barn ventilation and a well drained concrete floor. It stresses clean conditions with a strong water supply and pressure. It notes stanchion tying aids comfort and cleanliness and mentions automatic watering devices and self-sealing water cups.
California Syrup of Figs Advised for Sick Children
A historical advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipated or ill children. It claims a coated tongue signals need for cleansing and promises gentle relief within hours without gripeing. It warns to insist on the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Worth Wishing For
A divorce lawyer notes the conflict over dividing family belongings. The criminal barrister recalls a dispute about a rubber plant involved in the case, which employs 5,008 workers.
Papes Diapepsin Advertising Claim for Quick Digestion Relief
An advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, inexpensive remedy for stomach distress. It claims instant relief from indigestion pain, gas, acidity, heartburn, flatulence and dyspepsia after taking a tablet, with low cost at drug stores.
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Pape
His Choice of Work and idle living dialogue
A dialogue exchange contrasts desires for work and wealth. She asks if a life of idleness would satisfy, he replies he wants enough money to stay busy spending it. The quotation from the Boston Transcript captures a lighthearted view of work, money, and fulfillment.
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Boston Transcript
Influenza Epidemic Said to Weaken Kidneys
Doctors nationwide report influenza epidemics causing distressing symptoms and backache linked to kidney strain. Patients often suffer fatigue and a run down condition as the illness runs its course.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Maea Eames
Laks, Boveri
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