Marine Eye Remedy Murine Ad Aids Weary Eyes
An old ad page promotes Murine eye remedies with claims of soothing eye pain and treating red weary watery eyes. It includes product items such as Murine Dye Remedy liquid and Murine Eye Salve, priced at 25c to 1.00, plus free eye advice by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago. It also features exhortations about preparation and a Lex. quotation about moral balance.
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Druggista
Murine Hye Remedy Co
Chicago
The Only Way to Win Her for My Own
A humorous dialogue features a summer girl joking she is engaged to seven suitors while a boy corrects a Sunday school teacher. The tale blends flirtation with biblical quotation as the class debates Elijah's fate and the idea of translation from Hebrew.
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Elijah
Political Pastry Debate Draws Witty Exchange
A playful classroom exchange features Teacher-Now and Willie debating fractions. Willie prefers one third over two sixths, arguing that a sixth cut would waste more juice, prompting the teacher’s sarcastic remark about his choice.
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Willie
The Weeds Return and a Rank Birthday Gift
Harker laments election bets while recounting a fortune from cigars. He sold ten boxes to a tobacconist for a dollar after the rank haul. His wife then bought the boxes as a birthday present, unaware of the bargain.
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Harker
Questioning Vera and the cross word idea
A short dialogue shows Vera asking what transatlantic means and her mother avoiding questions. Vera links trans to cross and imagines a cross parent, prompting a practical bedtime warning. The exchange captures wordplay and a child’s curiosity.
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Vera
Vero
Corn Rot Remedy: Rotate Crops to Banished Corn Rot
Farmers in the corn belt suffer ear rot from diplodia zeae fungus. To prevent infection remove infected ears at husking, burn stalks, and avoid corn following corn for at least two years. Rotate fields to break the cycle, especially if winds carry spores from infected plots.
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Great
Corn Belt
Husking Out the Corn Crop by George K Brown
The article describes efficient methods for field husking and storing corn and fodder. It outlines using a basement floor for early storage, a wagon with a box rack to gather shocks, and a twine supply setup from a kerosene can to tie bundles. The focus is on finishing harvest quickly to prevent weather-related loss.
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George K. Brown
Simple gate catch device shown in cut
The article presents a straightforward gate catch. A quarter-inch fron rod, fifteen inches long, is shaped with five inches turned down on one end and 1% inches on the other, secured by two staples. The short turn rests against the post to fit over a block nailed to the gate post.
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J. W. Goodrich
Plan to Prevent Runaways by Petersens Twin Tongue
Chas K Petersen explains a homemade doubletree tongue with an iron loop and neck yoke to control runaway horses. Constructed from timber, 10 feet long, with a 3/4 inch iron loop and drilled holes, designed to keep single trees off heels and prevent accidents.
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Chas. K. Petersen
Buckwheat as a Green Manure Crop
Buckwheat thrives on poor soil and grows rapidly. It smothers weeds, cleans land, and decays quickly when plowed under. The crop shows few insect or fungus troubles and starts fast, preventing weed establishment.
Improving Varieties in Neighbor Gardens
Improving varieties in neighbors gardens yields better fruits and vegetables. Many improved varieties outperform the old ones, offering superior taste and resilience for home growers.
Pasture and Farm Maintenance Guidance
An old style farming guide emphasizes fence upkeep and timely tasks for pasture health. It covers weed control, winter protection, seed-bed prep for wheat, snail and slug control, stray nails to prevent lockjaw, and identifying mature potatoes by vine size while stressing careful fertilizer placement and the value of a well tended yard.
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Quick Restoration
An advertisement warns kidney trouble can lead to serious diseases and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure. A testimonial from John Perry of Columbus Texas describes rapid health improvement after using the pills, with a endorsement to remember the Dean's name. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo for 60 cents a box.
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Bright
Dean
John &. Perry
Columbus
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ethel and Ernest Joke About Horse Runaway
A humorous dialogue where Ethel asks about a horse running away with her companion. Ernest replies he might do the same if given a chance, signaling playful mutual exaggeration. The hidden punchline hinges on the imagined escapade.
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Ethel
Ernest
Baby’s Skin Torture Ends With Cuticura Cure
John Leason of Atchison Kansas recounts a seven week old infant with severe eczema misdiagnosed for months. After trying doctors the child’s face head and hands healed following Cuticura Remedies, with a year and a half no relapse.
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Atchison
Cuticura
John Leason
Atchison St
Atchison, Kan
Traveler Intervenes as Woman Abandons Boy Carriage
A traveler aboard a railway car at a wayside station finds the sole occupants are an elderly woman and her about twelve year old son. At ticket collection the mother, lacking a ticket for the boy, asks the traveler to carry him below. The man suggests hiding the boy under the seat. the woman cries that it is as sharp as death, yet claims there are already two beneath the suit.
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Helen
Carrie
Bue Gested
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Cure and Oath
An old Toledo ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure curing catarrh with a $100 reward per case. Frank J. Cheney signs the sworn statement December 6 1486 and mentions F J Duzany Co. Also pitches Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The text weaves in a miscellaneous quote about water causing sickness and a proverb on life’s burden.
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Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleabon
HIS RUBBERS HAD VANISHED
The Kansas City Star notes benches in Union depot waiting rooms are repurposed as storage by midnight cleaners. A traveler recalls leaving eight dollars’ worth of rubbers and questions city methods after the rooms are cleaned out repeatedly since January.
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Union Depot
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Ozarks
Red Cap
Sonny
Pleasant Place to Prosper in Kuhn Tract California
To the editor we seek readers eager to secure a fruit dairy or poultry farm in the Kuhn Irrigated tract of the Sacramento Valley at half true value Best water right in state Low maintenance cost. Roads drainage and water right included in price Ten months growing season Ten tons alfalfa per acre Splendid dairy conditions with earnings from $100 monthly or more Oranges lemons grapes figs English walnuts and many other fruits nuts vegetables and flowers Gardens year round Healthful living. Land selling fast. Write H L Hollister Co Chicago or 845 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pa
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Kuhn
Sacramento Valley
California
H. L. Hollister & Co
la Salle St
Chicago
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg
Why He Wouldn't Hurry In Church Ride
A church party rides to service late. The old pastor tells them not to fret as audiences wait. He recalls a condemned man who says people can wait since nothing happens until he arrives.
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Christian Herald
Flirting With Fashion Shapes Fall Millinery Trade
The Millinery Trade Review notes fall shoppers flirt with fashion causing uncertainty in accepting distributor and consumer offerings. Buying was minimized amid confidence ebb, beyond prosperity or adversity. Fashion alone drives the millinery business.
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Millinery Trade Review
Dr Martel’s Female Pills Offer Quick Permanent Relief
An old advertisement proclaims seventeen years as the standard for a female remedy. It touts a scientifically prepared pill for women’s ailments, claimed to yield quick, permanent results. Sold at all drug stores with the doctor and professor characters as part of a theatrical coalitions note.
Castoria warning and vintage punchline snippets flash by
A jumble of early 20th century ad copy and quips appears, urging mothers to inspect Castoria bottles and noting its long use. The text also includes a string of cartoonish dialogue lines about religion, speeding, heroes, and generosity from various titled bits like Police Justice and Tit-Bits.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
A Galena reader recounts illness and sleepless nights from a tumor scare and cites Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a low-cost remedy. The letter asserts the product cures female ailments including irregularities backache and indigestion and offers free, benevolent advice from Mrs. Pinusta Lyn.
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Galena
Lydiam
Pinusta Lyn
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