It is Better to Lend Than to Borrow Proverb
A concise moral advising lending over borrowing and offering help without inviting trouble. The saying emphasizes prudent finance and supportive action, suggesting assisting others rather than taking on debt or risk.
Tanlac Keeps Him Fit Says McGraw
Wm A McGraw of Tampa Florida credits Tanlac with keeping him in excellent health for four years. He says a few doses whenever feeling run down restores strength and has prevented a relapse. He notes laxatives harmed him and that Tanlac is kept on hand. Tanlac sold by all good druggists. Insanity Said to Microbes reports an Edinburgh doctor's view after over two decades studying fanatics that microbes may cause many forms of insanity.
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Tanlac
Wm. A. McGraw
Beach Place
Tampa
Fla
Alwys
Edinburgh
Fletcher
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp Root Reformulated Ad
A long advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine praised by druggists. It claims the product strengthens organs helps nature do their work and recommends taking it or requesting a sample by sending ten cents. It ends with a student joke about the word totom.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Cattle Feeders Show Small Losses in Corn Belt Study
United States Department of Agriculture summarized results from five corn belt states showing an average loss of 20.87 dollars per steer but profits in many droves due to careful feeding. Rations varied by state from corn and alfalfa to corn protein meal and silage. Some cattle were finished on grass, and farm feed costs were offset by value of roughage fed.
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United States Department
Corn Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Tinois
Indiana
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Beef Production in the Corn Belt Report Summary
The text discusses potential profits and losses in cattle feeding versus crop farming. It notes that home grown feeds can lower costs enough to offset losses, but market glut risk deters feeders from switching to crops. USDA and state colleges studied feed quantities, labor, and fat cattle production with reports available from the Agriculture Department and cooperating colleges.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Nebraska
Iowa
Illnois
Indiana
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
State Agricultural Colleges Co-Operating
Farwers
Corn Belt
Essential to Control Lice and Stock Management Tips
Practical farming notes stress thorough cleanliness and nutritious feeding for cattle and calves. It covers preparing calves for beef on grain, a grain mix of oats bran and corn, worm prevention in swine, early docking and gelding of lambs, dusting cattle lice with sulphur and sabadilla, and the value of understanding feeding, breeding, housing, judging, and marketing for stock success.
Mr and Mrs Great-Crested Flycatcher Discuss Qualities
A playful dialogue bout the Great-Crested Flycatchers describes their plumage, nest habits with snake skins, and fierce defense of nesting sites. The birds are depicted as similar in appearance and character, sharing bold, quarrelsome traits and a humorous, breathy voice that fascinates their mate.
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Daddy
Of Another Race and Other Vignettes
A collage of comic scenes and dialogue reveals social contrasts and prejudices as a housemaid Hester confronts a revealing remark about her employer, while a separate exchange mocks theatrical claims in Italy and a baby care ad promotes Cuticura products.
Allen's Pooti Ease Foot Care Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Pooti Ease to prevent blisters reduce sore spots and ease pain from new shoes. It claims relief of corns and bunions and promises feet without aches.
Mark Twain’s Honest Debt Payoff and Strict Conscience
Gamaliel Bradford portrays Mark Twain as rigorously honest in later years, repaying publisher debts and maintaining a Presbyterian conscience that bounds him to avoid any hint of impropriety. He is described as punctual and self denying in money matters, even in trivial situations like games. The piece contrasts his public image with his strict personal ethics.
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Mark Twain
Twain
Gamaliel Bradford
Spanish Onions and the English Flower Quiz
A teacher asks children to name the English national flower and the French fleur de lis. Silence met the Spanish question until a voice shouts onions. In another note a father learns his son gained a punchline about Sam Snoggs. A short item notes camels living to about a hundred years.
Hanging Cloud the Chippewa Maiden Who Scaled Enemies
Hanging Cloud, a Chippewa warrior from northern Wisconsin, earned three eagle plumes by killing three Sioux enemies during a ambush on her party. Her father Na-nong ga-bee was slain. she feigned death, reclaimed his rifle, and killed two more. She later married a white man near Rice Lake.
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Hanging Cloud
Na-nongga-bee
Lake
Wisconsin
Rice Lake
Taft Quips On Great Men And Talkative Folk
Chief Justice Taft at a dinner remarks that great men are usually taciturn. He cites Edison, Ford, and Lincoln as examples of strong silent figures. A Mark Twain anecdote follows, contrasting talkative people with such quiet prowess.
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Taft
Edison
Henry Ford
Lincoln
Mr. Taft
Mark Twain
Gabriell
Mark
Apple mix up ends with lunch twist in London An swers
Bill and coworkers argue over an apple's variety with each asserting different names Coxs Orange Pippin Beauty of Kent Dutch Mignon. The exchange ends with the bite revealing the fruit was Bill’s lunch, prompting a note on free speech and strong opinions.
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Bul Symes
Bill —Cox
Cox
Kent
Bill
London
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