Scabice-Body a Mass of Sores and Recovery Tale
A New York City woman was treated for severe skin sores from scratching along with incipient paresis and rheumatism after exposure. After seven weeks with poor progress, Cure products from Cuticura led to rapid improvement and a return to work in five weeks. Background quotes note various humorous items and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dmiasion
Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York, N. Y
Mar
Trap nests reveal true egg production in hens
The agricultural epigram argues trap nests help identify which hens lay well and which are poor, noting that good layers may look unimpressive and that trap nests reveal egg eaters and guilty birds. Frequent nest visits improve tameness but require constant attention, making them less suitable for lazy poultrymen.
Farmers Prosperity and Practical Farm Improvements
Agricultural sections extol rising wealth seen at state fairs across Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with record rural attendance and higher spending. Separate notes describe ice house design hired man rights and a self opening sliding door mechanism for barns.
Fruit wrapping machine introduced in California
A fruit wrapping machine in California operates automatically with minimal attention. It uses rubber cups to hold stems, prints from a roll, and a clutch stops the process if clogged. A counting device records wrapped fruit. capacity is stated as six good wrappers.
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California
Humorous Rural Notes From A West Voyage
A returning traveler shares a story of a mother sheep uplifting a stranded lamb, praising the animal’s gratitude. A Missouri feud over a dozen eggs forecasts killings, while demand for firearms grows at hardware stores. Farmers in Pennsylvania explore orchards for apple production. Indiana suggests sunflowers flavor eggs, and seeds planted around the garden ward off miasma while yielding large heads of seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahches
Missouri
Farming guidance on crop choices and hay measurement
The text advises removing insect infested canes and diseases, applying lime to cabbage crop soil, avoiding plowing under soybeans or cowpeas for fertilizer, favoring barnyard manure, and growing clover before turning sod. It cautions specialists over constant experimentation and gives a method to estimate hay tonnage from stack dimensions with specific division rules based on drying time.
Famous Four Excuses Spark Late-Night Tales
A Chicago Tribune feature recalls the Famous Four as men who, after late nights with friends, craft famous excuses and successfully slip away. The jest names Jonah Ulysses Rip Van Winkle and Robinson Crusoe as prime examples, echoed by Judge in a witty aside.
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Jonah
Ulysses
Rip van Winkle
Robinson Crusoce
Remarkable Kidney Pill Testimony From Murray Woman
Mrs A J Davie of Murray Kentucky reports kidney trouble with dizziness back pain and grip attacks. She says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved every symptom in three weeks and claims no kidney trouble remains. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. J. Davie
Murray
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mermaid Reflects on Evolutionary Penalty
A mermaid admires her reflection and laments nature’s penalty for ancestral attempts to abolish hips. The aside underscores the folly of meddling with evolution and highlights the dangers of altering natural processes.
Recalled Tales and Oddities in a Fractured Ledger
A collage of stray lines includes a thanks note about a clock, a driver’s cautionary plea, a joke about a porpoise and a dogfish, and references to baby syrup and a white clothes care ad. Readable items sketch humorous and domestic vignettes from a crowded page.
Castoria and the Kin You Have Always Bank Bears The Signature
Fragmented dialogue notes a skeptical speaker about Castoria and a family scene. A questioning mother asks a youth about baptism as a sign of belonging while a man jokes about expensive medical advice. The tone mimics a conversational gossip column.
Interchangeable heel promises longer lasting shoes
A device from Australia offers an interchangeable heel that locks to a heel pad with pins, enabling quick replacement of worn heels to keep shoes flat and in good shape. The invention aims to reduce limp-causing wear and lessen chiropody needs.
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Australia
Leprosy Not Contagious Says Army Doctor In Philippines
Lieutenant Charles E. MacDonald reports from Samar Island that elders in Mastlog barrio describe leprosy as noncontagious and not highly infectious. They link onset to a 30 year past famine when fish and clams were sole food, and note crowded huts and sanitation conditions with few younger cases.
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Samar
P. I
Mastlog
Dolores River
Jonathan Hutchison
Crabapple Jelly and Pickled Cucumber Mix From Old Recipe
A historic recipe notes one gallon peeled sliced cucumbers mixed with salt stood three hours then drained and combined with three onions and seeds pressed into jars with half pint olive oil and cold cider vinegar. Vanilla beans add flavor to crabapple jelly. Green peppers stuffed with cheese are parboiled then filled and fried.
Household Tips for Cleaning and Maintenance
Practical hints cover food prep like frying cold cereals and serving with gravy, silver care using oil and whiting, ammonia for nickel shine, and polishes from alcohol and whiting. Stain removal includes camphor for glass, vinegar with black lead for stoves, and permanganate potash floor stains. Includes tips on polishing fish pans and keeping honey protected from light.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promoted By Cleveland Ad Copy
An advertisement asserts Hall’s Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease, with a $100 reward for proof of failure and emphasizes internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces. It also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and references a humorous exchange from Life Magazine via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Hall
Perry Ear Nahaelias
List Aetres
F. J. Cheney
Telego
Tebe Hall
It Was Short Lived Engagement From Seaside Court
The exchange recalls Kit Skimmerborn who got engaged to a seaside acquaintance. The man pressed for marriage after three days. By season’s end she married him. The Washington Herald notes a planned abroad trip and a pompadour itinerary as travel style.
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Kit Skimmerborn
Pompadour
Washington Herald
Not a Miracle Just Plain Cause and Effect
A letter-like testimonial extols Postum as a cure for coffee induced illness. A 70 year old man reports debilitating spells from coffee ceasing after eight months on Postum, improved sleep and health, and endorses the product from Battle Creek, Mich.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women's ailments. It cites millions of letters from satisfied users stored at the Pinkham Laboratory and claims the remedy can spare surgical operations, being made from roots and herbs and free of drugs.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia &. Pinkham
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le Roy
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Guarem
Aower
T. Felix Gouraud
Gouraud
United 5
Canadas
Europe
T. Hopkins
Greet Dones Street
New York
First National CT. & Mail
ORDES
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Ana. Worson
Broadway
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Cal
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Lexington
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Practical Farm Notes
London
Aways Bank
George
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Sid
Tee Bate
Milkins
Piffer
Utine
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Andia E. Pinkham
Wldouglas
W. x. Degen
Anas
Spock
Paxton Toilet CO
Mass
Paxtine
Jones Meene
MB Mercer Gs
Jerney Otty
Tarasa
Bichon
Westen
Eterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Montana
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Andrican Forwarding CO
Madison St
Lit
Ellicott Square
Buffale
Tex
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