Coming Out Party for Baby Chickens at Wood Shed
A playful scene shows Mildred and family hosting a coming out party for forty-one yellow baby chicks. The event features fun mischief, a woodhouse incubator, and a kitchen lunch of egg salad and chicken sandwiches as each guest takes home a fluffy chick in a cotton box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Lawrence
Mamma
Betty
Beth
Honey Bunch
Fridinma
Lem
Honey Buck
Wormn
Van the terrier and the elevated stairs adventure
A little terrier named Van climbs the stairs to the elevated station to follow people. He escapes onto a platform, dodges a moving "monster," is caught by a worker, and ends up in a police pen before being returned home. The tale, from The Outlook, ends with Van vowing to avoid the stairs again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Van
Lke van
Americans Show Cheese Taste Flaws and Fortunes
A diner at a fashionable hotel mocks American cheese then discovers the Camembert he praises is local, highlighting that Stilton Gorgonzola Brie Parmesan Rochefort and Limburger can be produced in New York state. The piece notes pasture and water factors allow domestic dairies to rival foreign cheeses and that Roquefort costs per pound to ripen and land on shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caver
Epicures
Dark Egg Laying and Turkey Market Advice
The article discusses dark egg color variability among poultry breeds and advises against crossbreeding to create uniform dark eggs. It covers turkey market timing and pricing for holiday demand, plus practical winter Cleaning up for winter by cleaning roosts and kennels, kerosene emulsion, and whitewashing the poultry house.
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Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Awful experience ends with miraculous recovery claim
Sam Murray a Grand Trunk brakeman from Ravenhurst suffered paralysis and blood poisoning after a hand injury. Four doctors swore he could not recover yet he regained health after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. The tale notes insurability again and mentions Tar macadam paving and a Sunday disturbance, all tied to obscure 1792 divers incident details.
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Sam Murray
Ravenhurst
Samuel Murray
Grand Trunk Railway
G. T R
Brotherhood of
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Murray
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Meztown Children Across Seas in Mexico Observed
A narrator notes Mexican children resemble those in the United States yet attract attention with unfamiliar looks and words. They are quiet and curious, rarely loud, and show cultural differences such as observing a Sept 16 fireworks scene instead of American July 4 celebrations.
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Meztown
Medora
Williams Bays
Mexico
United States
Puppy accident at the pier prompts warning from mother
A sad incident involved a litter of puppies whose mother instructed them to stay home but they wandered to the pier. The event highlights dangers near the waterfront and the need for supervision.
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Anna R. Henderson
Bess
Beets and Factories Lift Land Values and Profits
Professor Roberts of Cornell notes beet factory sites raise nearby land values due to cultivation and fertilizer returns. A letter from Harvey Bedell of Rome N Y reports Norfolk Nebraska sugar beets yielded 7,614,000 pounds in 1897 from 86,000 tons at $4 per ton for 12 percent sugar. Bedell says $4 2 per ton is top value and $5 per ton was a gold mine during bounty days.
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Roberts
Cornell
The
Buffalo News
Harvey 8
Bedell
Rome
Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Corn Chemists Claim New Rubber From Corn Oil Process
Five chemists at the Glucosa Sugar Refining Company report a discovery turning refined corn oil into vulcanized rubber. They claim the process yields superior, more durable rubber to rival South American sources, promising lower costs and a stronger tire material for bicycles.
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Glucosa Sugar Refining Company
Glucose Company
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Sweet Pea Odor Fly Repellent Ad
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure claims with Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle and sold by druggists. It includes endorsements from Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo druggists and notes the product treats blood and mucous surfaces. The second item claims sweet pea odor repels flies, placing it as a room deodorizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Weraté Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Holesale
Pruning Lessons From an Orchard Expert
The article argues pruning should be careful and informed with owner involvement preferred over hired pruners. It warns against leaving long stubs and ragged cuts and notes healing begins quickly when cuts are made near the limb, while September wounds may resist decay due to wood ripening and drier conditions.
Foley's Honey and Tar Restores Voice for Hoarseness
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Ind claims one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his whispering voice after months. The remedy is widely used by speakers and singers. The piece notes Wildbad in Württemberg may have water facilities capable of 1 200 quarts daily per person.
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Benj. Ingerson
Hutton
Ind
Foley
J. Moogh
Swartz & Fleck
Wildbad
Wurttemberg
Doctors praise Foley's Honey and Tar for pneumonia
Dr J C Bishop of Agnew Michigan says the remedy helped in three severe pneumonia cases. H J Moogh of Swartz Fleck reports survivors of the Light Brigade sent a telegram to the queen. The ad claims Foley's Kidney Cure comforts those told their kidney disease is incurable. Route and Southern Ry advertises 103 miles to Florida and the West Indies
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J. C. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swartz & Fleck
Light Brigade
London
H. J. Moogk
Burrell's offers finest canned goods at 110 Stephenson St
CA Bears the Signature of G TORT. The Kind You Have Always Bought pillithu ¢ Are you tired of poor canned vegetables and fruits Try a can of something choice A full line of the finest at Burrell's 110 Stephenson St and win.
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Burrell’s
Stephenson St
Travel pamphlet advertises Queen and Crescent Limited routes
A brief railroad offer from Cincinnati to New Orleans or Jacksonville via the Queen and Crescent Limited, with a 64 hour through trip to Havana. The pamphlet states 16 colored map plates showing Spanish possessions and their principal cities, postage paid at 18 cents, and is sent to J. Morton in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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New Orleans
Jacksonville
Queen & Cresent Limited
Cincinnati
Spanis
J. Morton
Cedar Rapids
California
Chicago
Gentral
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Go
Limited
Pacific Coast
Sanger Limited
Southern Pacific
Dixie Flyer
Florida
St. Louis
Illinois Central R. Rd
Louisville
Kansas City
Havana
Southern Resorta
Southern Railway
A. Barev
Louisville, Ky
J. C. Bram
N. W
Adams St
Ill
W. H. Taynor
Fall Hatching Advice Versus May Hatch Profits
A discussion urges fall hatching of birds while noting that in this latitude May hatches offer better profit except for broilers. The author attributes losses in large flocks to insufficient labor and stresses that large flocks require substantial ongoing work.
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Domingo Andarada
Marikena
Brazil
Domingo
Gamanivert
Aberdash
Scotland
H. J. Moogh Swartz
Royal George
Oregon
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Bport
Speck
Master Lew
Wren
Flo
Van’s
Forsale
John Erfert
IWM
Cleme Freeport, LL
Galena St
Freeport
Queen & Crescent
R'y
Indias
Weuw Lol
War Atlas
99C
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Rowle Fica
Califo
Ted
SDAY
Suirlington
Denver
Kid Grande
Ealt Lake
Particware
T. A. Grady
Clark Street
Chern
S&s
Marine CO
Masoaic Temple
Chilago
Murine CO
Minic Temple
Atkins
Hag
Emmert
Wanners
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