Liberty Butter Merger promising instant butter production
An advertisement touts the Liberty Butter Merger which supposedly turns one pint of milk into one pound of butter in three minutes. The device claims to yield 1 to 4 pounds of butter, selling for $1.50 and promising profits of 60 cents per pound. Also promotes Chandice & Chandlee patent attorneys offering invention consulting and patent services from Washington, D. C.
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Liberty Manufacturing Company
Jenifer
Washington, D. C
United States
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Silent Sufferer Bermingham Age Thoral
Fragmentary dialogue portrays a lending man and his wife amid marital tension. The exchange suggests infidelity rumors and wife’s wary presence near a firebox area. Read as a dated sensational snippet from a Bermingham publication.
Soft Clear Skins Promoted With Cuticura Soap
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for cleansing skin and warns of pimples. It instructs to smear pimples with Cuticura Ointment and offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Box ton. Available from druggists and nail soap 26 ointment 25 and 60-Adv.
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Boxton
Cause of It Lady Visitor Crook Convict in Love
A brief item from the San Francisco Chronicle recounts a convict claiming love troubles drove him to crime, presented in a terse dialogue excerpt between a lady visitor and the inmate.
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San Francisco
Garfiel d Ten in Nature s laxative and blood purifier
In the objector role a man with limited crumblities can trick attention. Garfield Ten promises relief from constipation and related ailments with laxative and purifying effects. Adv.
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Garfield
Bronze Turkey Dominates as Popular Breeding Stock
The Bronze turkey is the largest domesticated variety weighing up to 36 pounds, with hens around 20 pounds, and is the most commonly bred turkey for both pleasure and profit. Other varieties include Narragansett, White Holland, Black *Buff, Slate, and Bourbon Red. Breeding stock quality drives profitability, with older, healthier hens yielding better results.
Farmers urged to raise more chickens and eggs
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the message argues that increasing poultry production will supply meat for armies and improve food security. Chickens can be fed with waste, control orchard pests, and require minimal labor, enabling women and children to manage much of the work to win the war effort.
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Canada
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Western
Western Canada
Department OF Labor
United States Department of Agriculture
Little Details of Spring for the Poultryman
With spring arriving fowls spend more time outdoors and the poultryman should set things briskly to rights. Clean out houses drainfeet whitewash fences mend yards rake spade sow rye or oats paint brooders coops and colony houses to bet in shape.
Woman's Work Boost by Tantac Tonic Claim
Mrs May Hull of Des Moines says Tantac restores strength after throat and nerve distress caused by catarrh. She reports clearer speech, restored appetite, and easier housework in a ten room home. Tantac claimed to be a bark and berry tonic processed to treat stomach kidney liver and catarrh. Sold by local druggists or obtainable via wholesale houses.
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Mallad Pre
Mother Gray Co
la Roy
N.Y
Mother Gray
May Hull
Sixth Street
Des Moines
Ady
Joke setup in court sparks misnaming mix up
In Louisville, a lawyer begins a joke about Mike and Pat but a judge corrects the punch line clarifying the parties. The banter unfolds as Louieville Courier-Journal notes the courtroom Oration with a playful misnaming exchange between Mike and Fat.
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Targe
Mike
Pat
Fat
Louieville
Lemon Lotion Whitening Skin With Lemons And Orchard White
A vintage adv promotes lemon juice as a skin whitener and blemish remover. By mixing two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white, strained to remove pulp, a quarter pint lotion is made to daily massage over face neck arms and hands. The ad touts long freshness and softening effects.
Gossip Over The Match That Could Help Or Hinder
In the exchange, Grace-I argues love matters less than Miss Homely's wealth influencing marriage prospects. Gussie-I questions whether he would pursue her without the money, reflecting motives tied to fortune and social ties.
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Grace
Freckles cure and other items ad in brief
An old advertisement notes Ethine double strength promises to erase freckles with nightly and morning application. Also mentions a patent for threading a weeded implement, a claim about Congress and a stomach remedy, and American apples priced at $5.50 a barrel in Averpoct.
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Hricceanaions
MFG. CO
Easton
Do Not Frighten Chickens in Quiet Farm Parcel
A caretaker warns against frightening poultry as frightened birds refuse to lay and may harm the flock. He urges keeping dogs and strangers away to avoid disturbing the chickens and undermine their well being.
Advantages of Sour Milk for Turkeys Health
Sour milk feeding has been found advantageous for keeping turkeys healthy and boosting the activity of the organism causing blackhead. Proper feeding and care to avoid overfeeding are emphasized.
Odd Lot of Shakespeare Puzzles From Courier Journal Ad
An odd lot of Shakespearean plays is posed with garbled titles and humorous misreadings. The item juxtaposes a playful section header with a Louisville Courier-Journal gag and a joke about restoring body organs using Garfield Tea and Dr. Pierce's Pellets ads. It ends with a quip about government control of the ice crop.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a political jab
A jagged line of exchange mentions a boy with a hatchet and a fear he will never become president. The speaker jokes about chopping down a silverica cherry tree and cutting up golg sticks, implying a quip on ambition and politics.
Castoria's Enduring Brand Marks Eight Decades of Trust
An old advertisement recalls Fletcher's Castoria as a famous remedy for infants and children. It touts the product’s signature and more than 80 years of use, highlighting a historical context of maternal trust in medicine. The fragment references Minnesota in 1917 and a figure about wheat production at 50,000,000 bushels.
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Fletcher
Minnésota
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