Practical farming tips on feed, housing, and thrift for Georgia farmers
An array of guidance on livestock care, poultry management, and crop practices urges regular feeding, clean water, and prudent debt. It stresses hard work, diversified crops, and improved facilities, noting Georgia's agricultural high schools and state aid as steps toward prosperous farming.
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Georgia
State College of Agriculture
Seed Company Ad Promotes Rare Farm Seeds
An old advertisement extols Moravian Barley and Speltz cereals for hogs and cattle in Oak Montana Ida Cole areas, touts Salter’s Billion Dollar Grass Teosinte yielding 80 tons per acre, and mentions Emperor William Oat prodigy. It asks readers to cut out and mail 17 with stamps to John A Sulver Seed Co. La Crosse Wis for a big catalog and farm seed samples.
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Oak
Mont
Ida
Cole
Salter
John A. Sulver Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
KO & W
Kiss as the language of Joyo in a parlor quip
A humorous exchange quoted from Harvard Lampoon notes that a kiss is the language of Joyo. A young man and a maid debate communication in a parlor scene. The satire links marriage motive to wealth and reason.
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Harvard Lampoon
Castoria and Garfield Lea Adverts Urge Parents In 30 Year Claim
An old advertisement urges Metherc care with Castoria for infants and children, noting it has Use For Over 30 Years and the familiar warning The Kind You Have Always Fought. It promotes Garfield Lea as a herb laxative and blood purifier with a promised improvement in a week.
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Garfield Lea
A Fragmented Local Column on Charity and Ads
A stray excerpt shows Uncle Hosea reluctant to donate to missions, a deacon urging generosity, and six of his sons becoming preachers. The piece weaves in old-time product ads for pies, medicines, and children’s syrup, ending with a proverb about new brooms.
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Hovey
Deacon Iregaide
Hosea
Commissioner Smith Fights Standard Oil Defense
The piece reviews Commissioner Smith’s rebuttal to President Moffett of Standard Oil of Indiana defending rates for oil shipments. It argues the commissioner's points are weak and questions tariff filing practices leading to a large fine against Standard Oil, while noting broader critiques of the government campaign against trusts.
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Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
Moffett
Whiting
East St. Louis
Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Oller
Nataly de Administration
Smith
Commissioner of Corporations
Chicago & Eastern Fitneis
Dalton
Chicago & Eastern Illngis
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois
Ank
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago & Eastern Huttors
Dolroy
Chicago & Eastern
East St. Lois
Dolton
Charpell
Varvey
Winds Central
Blue Island
Rock Island
Nde Ly
Grand Jury
Standard Oil
President Moffett
Landis
Ute Grand Jury
Standard OH Company
Indiana
Trafic Department
Tra
Allen
Judge Landis
Marietta
Henry Deninrest Lloyd
Commonwealth
Tarbell
Standard
United States
Bar of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Kenesaw Landis
Fateful mix of ads and odd phrases from a vintage page
The fragmentary text mixes a Minneapolis fur and gun shop reference with dubious slogans and medical claims. It mentions PAZO OINTMENT cures itching and prodradine, and includes a stray line about law and flattery, plus a brief unsigned motto about duty by B. Pusey.
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Mace
Dec
Wang
New York State
Gornell Agricultural College
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
Cornell Experiment Station
Trent
Boyes
Brown
Samuel Longfellow
ER. W. S. Ueed
Maurer
Winslow
W.ld Ae
Reese
Douslannarae
Price
Eyrdee
Defiance
N. U
Omaha
Babeiltwie
Tee Eckton
Mina
Commissioner Smith
The
Standard Oil Co
Raihway World
W. Wide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
B. Pusey
Tve
Spohr Medical CO
Stscisis Sce
Goshen, Ind
U. A
Bettie Arp
Menlo
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicina Co
Chattanooga
Rand Sell