Scientific farming and rock phosphate prove fertile soil value
The article advocates scientific farming, citing 1907 experiments where rock phosphate with manure increased profits, with four-fifths of phosphate remaining in soil. It urges visit to fields like Galesburg and Rockford, notes on crop yields, and emphasizes soil health, education, and loyalty to soil as national duty.
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the -University
Galesburg Experiment Field
Rockford
Galesburg
phos_ phorus
Tennessee
Thorne
Ohio
Hopkins
Illinois
Tuberculosis Under Control At Watertown Hospital
Tuberculosis is presented as controlled at Watertown state hospital with sunlit glass house treatment and outdoor fresh air camps. Patients, kept unheated indoors except for warm bedding, improve rapidly through diet and exercise, with Dr Shoop’s Cough Remedy advertised as a safe, opioid free relief.
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State Insane Hospital
Watertown
W. E. Taylor
Hospital Fair Grounds
Mississippi
Tuition Hike at Sheffield Schools Spurs Alignment with Nearby Highs
Sheffield Times reports the Sheffield Board of Education raised tuition across grades to 15 dollars for lower grades and 4 dollars per year for eighth grade and high school students, citing higher operating costs and fair sharing for non residents, with Princeton at 40 and Tiskliwa at 21. Dr Shoop Restorative is advertised as a cure for stomach heart and kidney issues, claiming to strengthen nerves leading to organs, sold by dealers.
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Board of Education
Shefield
Princeton
Tiskliwa
Sheffield Times
Hinggard
Carson
Advertising trick prompts postal complaint in Washington
A Washington postal complaint cites a striking misdirected letter to a man’s daughter in law. The note describes a harmful ad read by the wife and urges caution to avoid similar shocks. The piece touts a candy cold cure with four claimed advantages and nationwide药 sale by all dealers.
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Washington
All Deslers
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
An advertisement claims the product helps women with periodic headaches backache faint spells and pelvic discomfort. It emphasizes a non alcoholic formula that strengthens the system and pelvic organs while noting it cannot cure tumors but may prevent them with timely use. Letters to the Buffalo New York World’s Dispensary Medical Association are invited and confidential.
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Vic Catgerh
Pierce
Adress World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo
Aress
Rave
Illinois corn acreage declines with state yield
Illinois reports 213,388,621 bushels of corn this year worth about 121.2 million dollars at Dec 1 prices, down seven percent from last year. The state shows 7,295,000 acres harvested and wheat sowing down 18 percent due to dry weather, with regional acreages and crop conditions noted.
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Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Northern
Central Illinois
Southern Illinois
Centralinois
Dangerous Operation Warning for Apppendix Removal
A sensational claim touts a dangerous operation as the removal of the appendix by a scr geon. Advertises Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle alternative for constipation headache bilousness and malaria offered at 25 cents at Wrights Drug Store.
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Dr King
Wright's
New Source for Paper Pulp From Crop Stalks Boosts Supply
The U S Department of Agriculture reports progress on using crop stalks as a substitute for wood pulp. Early tests show partial success but indicate coppered stalks could cut paper costs and improve supply, turning leftover stalks into a valuable farm by product.
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Meny
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Wwe
Wasalogtop Austoruively
Tou Newspaper
Wan
Simple Mix Promised To Cure Rheumatism By Quack Formula
An old advertisement touts a shake mix with Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargone and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. It claims relief from rheumatism and kidney ulcers after doses, urging readers to prepare and use the recipe for home relief. It warns of rheumatism’s dangers and promotes regular use.
Wanted the Painkiller and the Shocking Spanking Tale
The piece recounts two-year-old Ruland’s injuries followed by soothing lotion applied to the hurt part after a fall. It notes his first spanking, described as mysterious to him, ending with his longing for the familiar bottle and repeating plea for “Botty botty give Wyland botty twick.”
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Ruland
Tallbhart
Corrected Time Table Trains Eastbound Listings
Corrected time table notes train names and routes eastbound. It lists No 2 Kansas City to California Express 12 172m No 63 Shakape press and No 84 freight accommodation on Sundays with various local and daily services including Omaha Elyer and Des Moines Local. The fragment shows schedules and train identifiers with limited readable details.
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Kansas City
Cali
Ye Shakape F Press
St. Paul Express
Mt No
Omaha
Ayan
Des Moines
Seaas
Expres
Squam
California
Kansas Cy
Eexpress
Upm
Minneapolis
Ye Paul
Express and Mail
Omaha Flyer
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Henry Waterman
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Harry E. Brown
Geneseo Illinois
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Bert Howl
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B Coffman
Davenport
Henry County
Calvert Pipe
Sonmouth
Farmers National Bank
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Stewart
Watertown Hospital
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Dr. Shoop
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Chicago
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