Texas Panhandle Farm Land Offers Aim to Attract Settlers
Rock Island Lines advertises fertile Texas land along its routes for settlement by farmers. It cites a Groom Texas farmer with 600 acres in wheat yielding 15,000 bushels at about $1 per bushel, and notes profits from stock raising and dairying. Homeseeker tickets are sold on the first and third Tuesdays monthly.
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Texas
Rock Island
J. C. Eshle
Groom
L. M. Allen
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Station
Chicago
Cure That Was Permanent
A farmer convinced he had cattle plague after cattle losses seeks cures across several doctors. An old practitioner agrees and prescribes a remedy. The farmer follows instructions and learns the formula: shoot him in the backyard according to law, revealing a grim misreading of the epidemic.
Soap and Ointment Promise Quick Healing for Eczemas
An advertisement touts Cuticura emollients for cleansing and soothing skin, claiming relief, rest, and speedy healing for eczemas and rashes in all ages. Offers free samples by mail via postcard to Boston Department XY. Sold widely.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Soldiers Speak of War and the Question of Children
A socialist, Zeni Peshkoff, recalls a night battle as soldiers reveal the unreality of killing. One asks about children, and a fighter says he has none and would rather be deserted than see his son in war. The piece notes soldiers’ wish for no more children while war continues.
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Zeni Peshkoff
Leutenant
New Republic
Care of an Infant Prompts Neighbor to Help
A little girl requests Mrs. Brown to watch the baby while her mother, busy writing a paper on infant care, completes her task for the Mothers club meeting tomorrow afternoon.
Grape Nuts Saves Life in Typhoid Recovery Story
A Kansas woman shares a letter about her six year old niece who contracted typhoid after moving to Ohio. After doctors gave up, she began eating Grape Nuts and quickly recovered, regaining strength and vitality. The Postum Company cites the letter as evidence of the product’s benefits.
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Kansas
Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Hair Ornaments for Evening Wear Headpieces and designs of the hour
A study of decorative hair ornaments shows bands supporting standing centerpiece motifs using spangles rhinestones pearls and rhinestones. Designs feature jet quins tassels marabou feathers caps of pearl beads and latticework with rhinestones, pearls, and ribbons.
A Home Made Form for Women Who Sew at Home
A craft note explains making a well fitted lining with careful stitching and hooks. It advises staying neck with tape to prevent stretching and using a feather pillow as a form to fill the lining for draping and pinning without fatigue.
Fashion's Stage Sees New Neckpieces And Wristlets
A modern set of blue and green chenille braids with black fur border introduces a chic trend in neckpieces and wristlets. The complete outfit converts plain waist or coat suits into dressier looks and makes ideal Christmas gifts with bright ribbons and satin linings.
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Dave
Pleasing Gown Described With Silver Roses and Velvet Ribbon
A tea gown in soft black brocade features a short trained skirt with a front petticoat, a three quarter length coat of black mousseline de soie, and a lace frounce edged with silver roses. The design highlights a pansy purple velvet ribbon embroidered in silver draping the waist and front.
Quiet resolve to seek beauty and contentment
A reflective vow to praise worthy things, overlook flaws, and find contentment as others progress. The speaker commits to searching for hidden beauties that elude cynics and to dropping resentment when rivals advance.
Holiday Dishes: Old Fashioned Stuffings and Oyster Cocktail
A nostalgic guide to holiday dining with Oyster Cocktail and several stuffing recipes. Chestnut stuffing blends roasted chestnuts with butter lemon rind ham and eggs. Celery stuffing mixes onions celery apples and nutmeg with stock. Prune stuffing uses prunes rice bread crumbs poultry seasonings and cayenne. Potato stuffing for fowl combines giblets mashed potatoes butter milk bread crumbs eggs and sage.
Christmas Candies and Marzipan Craft Ideas
A home craft piece describes making Christmas candies including using a candy thermometer for precise temperatures and coloring sugar. It explains marzipan preparation with sugar water, almonds, and egg white, then shaping into fruit and vegetable forms with colored batches.
Not So Serious Rules Cut Hugging in Clinches
The playful exchange jokes about this year’s rules banning hugs in clinches. It suggests the changes affect prize fights and leads to a relieved reaction about the dancing question being unrelated. The tone mirrors a lighthearted sports or comic aside.
No Doctor Recommendation Found in Two Honest Replies
The text presents a dialogue asking for a physician recommendation. Two individuals respond with a caution that both no longer recommend doctors and a servant girl is mentioned. The header and context imply a quirky, old fashioned exchange about selecting a physician.
Unsuccessful Teaching
A fragment quotes a student muttering that experience is the best education while noting repeated illnesses and a jokey complaint about spelling words from the dictionary. The tone hints at a classroom miscue or humorous aside.
Those Sheep Dogs and Shepherds Crooks Clash
A fragment contrasts dogs stealing chickens for masters with a jab at shepherds. The dialogue hints at a rural feud over poultry and loyalty, framing a neighborly dispute as a public misdeed.
Exceeding Its Income Manila Runs Annual Deficit
Manila faces a yearly budget gap as expenses exceed revenues by a growing margin. Officials warn persistent deficits threaten services and future financial stability, urging reforms and tighter control of expenditures to restore balance.
House Plants by Lima Rose
A guide to potting soil mixes for different house plants and tips on watering light and propagation. It details soil formulas for geraniums ferns begonias palms and roses, uses home compost and liquid manure, watering techniques and how to propagate foliage plants in a practical home setting.
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Lima Rose
How to Grow Primroses by Bessie L Putnam
Instructions for propagating primroses from seeds in May or June, using finely sifted moldy soil, light covering, and careful moisture control. Seedlings appear in 3 weeks to a month, then dust with tobacco and sulphur to deter fungus and insects. Ensure soil stays moist but not wet for healthy growth.
Garden notes on bulb planting and forcing schedules
Plant hardy bulbs in workable ground and keep rows straight to show care. Water canna lilies generously. store potted roses violets deutzias dicentras and daisies for winter forcing in a cellar or cold pit. Acclimate plants slowly to warm rooms and avoid rapid forcing or early con servatory exposure.
Creating a Cold Pit for Winter Planting in a Garden
A cold pit two feet deep in a dry garden spot can be covered with glass sash three by six feet. Build sides from cement or brick, leave a one foot rear and nine inches front step, and slope end walls to support the sash. Add coal ashes at the bottom, pot the plants, ventilate when possible, and insulate with straw or carpet. Water sparingly through winter after thorough watering at potting.
Baker Horse Halts Parade as Officer Declines
A London Mail tale recalls Sir Ian Hamilton reviewing a local corps. An officer rode a horse famed for a bakery background. A bystander shouted Baker prompting the horse to stop. The officer then quipped Not today, thank you and the procession moved on.
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Ian Hamilton
London Mail
Grove's General Tonic
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic advertised as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Price five cents would be twenty five cents?
Too Speedy for a Guaranty Joy Rider Dialogue
A patrol encounter highlights a debate over constitutional rights and speed limits as a constable questions liberty and happiness at 90 miles per hour. The rural road scene underscores tensions between personal freedom and public safety.
Wanted Butternut Meats Payment Offered in Omaha
Wanted butternut meats from this year's crop five to ten pounds more or less. Will pay 75 cents per pound. Ceo A Josign Omaha Nebraska. Adv.
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Josign
Omaha
Neb
Ady and Medical Ads Blend In Morning Page
An assortment of short phrases from a 19th century page includes a personal line from Ady about speaking honestly to Henry, a claim for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills, and a Red Cross Ball Blue endorsement. The mix also notes yesterday becoming reality and tomorrow a vision, with a remark about sun on exhibition not being original.
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Dr. Pierce
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