A Real Finish Mortgage on New Home Quip
A light exchange highlights the joke about finishing a new house and taking on a mortgage. The remark features a homeowner and a witty punchline about the cost of completing a home.
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
8
Diamond Dye Promises New Color for Any Fabric
An advertisement touts Diamonds Dyes as a guaranteed way to revive faded clothing. The copy claims the product can color wool, silk, linen, cotton and blends, from coats to stockings, with a dyeing direction book and a color card to match materials.
Whistles Signal Flour Town's Big Plans
A&A traveler visits a small country town and wakes to many whistles. The hotel keeper explains the town's flour mill is a booming factory, with whistles installed to simulate future factories in a joke about growth and industry.
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A&a
Loudon
Miswritten voter plea sparks stray pet poster idea
A quirky local complaint about a poster request leads to a suggestion to pair a dog with a shepherd for a tribute. The fragment hints at a community concern about adopting or naming pets linked to a shepherd dog.
Reference gossip and old ad quips headline a garbled clipping
A fragmented Florida Times Union snippet links conversational barbs to classified ads. It mentions Garfield Tea for digestion, Advv Economy shoes being resoled, and Roman Eye Balsam as a nightly remedy, all in a jumbled ad-like notice.
Time Fully Taken Up By Food Craving Beguiles Neighbor
A stout wanderer knocks for a meal, the housewife rebukes him for idleness. He insists he is busy wandering from house to house trying to eat, leaving him with no time to work, and his nerve carries him through the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearin
Remedies for Butter Defects Improve U S Dairy Inspections
United States Department of Agriculture butter inspectors note defects such as old cream flavor wavy appearance excessive salt and taint in butter. They inform shippers of low scores and urge use of churn numbers to separate churnings for accurate pricing. Without churn numbers buyers must sample and discount entire lots due to variation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Waste steam heat in dairy plants cuts fuel use
USDA advises dairy factories to reuse exhaust steam for pasteurizing milk and sterilizing equipment. With fuel costs high this winter, using waste steam can save energy and money. Free guidance is available from the Agriculture Department in Washington DC.
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Alludry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Brainy Man Uses Odd Clothing Mix to Weather Cold
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript features a man claiming to wear two different coats to “average out” the warmth. The dialogue asks if he is suitably dressed and reveals a plan to balance heat with a heavy suit and a medium one.
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Boston Transcript
Salts for Backache and Kidney Relief
An old remedy advises Jad Salts to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease backache. It claims meat overworks kidneys, causing cloudy urine and rheumatic pains, recommending four ounces in water daily for a few days and noting the drink is a safe, pleasant lithia-water. An aside mentions marriage perks.
Ely's Cream Balm for instant relief from cold and catarrh
The ad touts Ely's Cream Balm as relief for stuffed noses from colds and catarrh. A small bottle is applied in the nostrils to soothe swollen membranes and clear air passages, promising instant comfort and nighttime breathing.
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Ely
Recipe for Gray Hair Correction Elixir
A home remedy mixes Bay Rum Barbe Compound glycerine and water to darken gray hair gradually. Apply twice weekly until desired shade. mix at home or have a druggist prepare it. It won’t color scalp, leaves hair soft and glossy, and doesn’t rub off. Nine women elected to Danish congress.
Composite snippets on mining power, medicines, and quips
A collage of historic ad lines and quotes includes a South African mine reference using car weight to generate power, an old Hall’s Catarrh Medicine pitch, a fish trust remark in Europe, a Birmingham Age-Herald exchange, Garfield Tea laxative promo, and a husband wife quip about honesty.
Value of a Bull as Breeder and Its Daughters
The article argues that a bull's value in the advanced registry cannot rely on daughter count alone. It stresses that high average production across all daughters is the true measure, which requires observing over four years to accurately assess a bull's breeding value.
CARE FOR CREAM SEPARATOR PRACTICES
Instructions encourage thorough washing and sterilizing the cream separator after each use. It notes that milk or cream particles left in the separator can act as a starter for souring the cream, promoting better dairy hygiene.
Essentials for Cows Comfort in Warm Stables
The article urges that cows perform better when not confined closely and given ample exercise. It emphasizes warm stable areas, fresh air, and clean water as essential needs for healthier livestock.
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