Doct ors Fail to Help Her in Pound Wis Ad
A Pound Wisconsin woman, Mrs Herman Ste th, reports relief after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Unifier for fourteen years of dyspepsia and female troubles. The ad extols the remedy for displacement, inflammation, ulcers, fibroids, irregularities, pains, backache, and nervous exhaustion, urging women to seek counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pound
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herman Steth
A Perilous Duty and Humorous Vignettes
A humorous Harper's Weekly fragment contrasts an eminent physician apologizing for overfeeding influential patients with light banter about romance in a Venetian garden. A dry physician’s tactful challenge and a playful exchange about moonlit ambiance highlight social satire of manners and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Harper's Weekly
Metaphor Resented in Formal Exchange
Colonel Stilwell questions an officer about calling an orator's remarks moonshine. The critic concedes but notes the attempt at praise goes too far, preferring stronger, mountain product comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
A Fine Night-Cap Sleep Aid Promoted by Postum Ad
An Allegheny Pennsylvania man touts Grape-Nuts with hot milk as the finest night cap claiming rapid health recovery from acute indigestion and sleeplessness. He cites weight gain, restored work ability, and ongoing use, urging others to inquire about the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilville
Boys' State Judging Contest at the State Fair Grounds
The boys judging contest held September 5 1911 at the state fair grounds drew 16 to 19 year olds who had not studied agriculture or won prior state fair premiums. Winners earned four Purdue University scholarships with prizes of 100 75 50 and 25 dollars for judging classes of draft geldings Angus bulls Holstein heifers Poland China sows and Hampshire rams plus corn and wheat exhibits. First P R Bausman second John A Craft third George W Wall and fourth Veil R Clouse scored top marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Thompson
Marion
M. H. Overton
Martinsville
Loyal Rector
Fillmore
P. R. Bausman
Dayton
E. G. Brown
John A. Craft
Kingsbury
Gilbert A. Schwank
West Point
Edward Frazee
Glenwood
George W. Vail
McCordsville
Guy Johnson
Summitville
Byron Traster
Fairmount
Ver Clouse
Hope
Ind
State Board of Agriculture
Purdue University School of Agriculture
Poland
China
Hampshire
George W. Wall
Veil R. Clouse
C. QO. Thompson
H. E. Allen
C. QO. Cromer
Purdue University School of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Purdue School of Agriculture
The Poultry Hopper Then And Now In Feeding Practice
The poultry feed hopper serves as a dry mash receptacle with flow control and rat cut offs. Experiments and stations have endorsed hoppers as labor-saving and widely known, though no model is perfect. Hoppers reduce feeding labor, prevent waste, and allow fowl access, though mixing wet mash raises disease risk and requires cleaning. Practical feeders use multiple hoppers for grain and dry mash, aiding balanced rations and better chick growth.
Plan to Install Concrete Floor in Cow Stable
A plan outlines laying a concrete floor in the cow stable with steps for preparation, mixing, pouring, and curing. It notes goals of improved sanitation, easier cleaning, and durable flooring for livestock. No dates or locations are provided in the text.
Lucien Wheeler: The man behind Taft’s travel show
Lucien Wheeler known as Jack to railroad officials and police chiefs is the executive who plans presidential trips. He wires every rail connection and social function to ensure smooth journeys. Born in Iowa, Wheeler has 12 years in secret service, six guarding presidents, and has logged about 100,000 miles ahead of Taft’s own travel.
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Lucien Wheeler
Jack
United States
President Taft
Taft
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Secret Service
McKinley
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Duke of Sutherland Plans English Style Colonization in Canada
The Duke of Sutherland, Britain’s great territorial magnate, eyes colonizing Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia with English and Scottish tenant farming. He has 1.5 million acres in the UK and aims to transplant hardy tenantry to new world virgin lands with Canadian government support. His wife, a renowned philanthropist, once studied life in New York incognito to apply lessons at home.
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Great Britain
Duke of Sutherland
New World
England
Memorial
Canadian Northwest
Scotland
County of Sutherland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Whitechapel
New York
First French Canadian judge seats on Massachusetts bench
Hugo A. Dubuque, born in Cavignac Quebec in 1857 and long a Fall River lawyer, was appointed by Governor Foss as Plymouth County’s new superior court judge. He took the bench at the fall term opening in Plymouth Mass, part of three new judges added to ease the congested docket. Dubuque graduated from Boston University Law in 1877 and in 1907 served as a Massachusetts delegate to the National Tax conference in Columbus. He authored a 1890 article on judges as constitutional advisers later cited by judges and in encyclopedias.
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Old Bay
Hugo A. Dubuque
Plymouth County
Plymouth
Mass
Fall River
Foss
Cavsignac
Quebec
Canada
Darrow Heads Defense for McNamara Clients
Clarence S Darrow of Chicago leads seven AFL lawyers defending John J McNamara secretary treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Leo M Rappaport selected six noted attorneys including Darrow who works pro bono for labor causes though he received a 360000 retaining fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
American Federation of Labor
Leo M. Rappaport
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Clarence 58. Darrow
Darrow
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Stunenberg
Idaho
McNamara
Munyon Preaches Hope Philosophy and Cure Faith
Munyon reports vast growth of the Hope Cult with over half a million members nationwide. He claims millions cured by his medicines, says true cure lies in hopeful faith, and offers free medical advice from Munyon's Philadelphia laboratories with personal letters invited to Prof. J M Munyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Munyon
Hope Cult
Munyon
United States
Philadelphia
Jefferson Sts
Phila
J. M. Munyon
Two of a Kind in a Dicey Daily Bluff
A witty exchange exposes a husband using the office boy to whisper endearments while the wife remains unaware, busy with bridge. The husband excuses his secrecy by noting she is preoccupied with the game and left the cook to answer the phone.
Cole’s Carbolisaire Skin Remedy Ad
An advertising notice claims Cole’s Carbolisaire relieves and cures burning itching and torturing skin diseases from childhood memories to a man’s aging perspective. It promises instant pain relief from burns no scarring and offers free samples by J W Cole & Co Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Henri Millar Remedy Co
So. E. St
Tacoma,Waab
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
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Wright Medicine CO
Peru
Venice
J. D. Harper
Purdue University Agricultural Extension
A. G. Phillips
Purdue Experiment Station
Fletcher
Uston
Kove
PRHB
Tex. White
Clinton Publishing House
Indians Avenue
Wright Medicine Ce
Pera
Lad
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