Remarkable Recovery Claims From Favorite Prescription
An advertisement by the People’s Christian Association promotes Emma Weller’s Favorite Prescription. It cites a woman’s cure after seven weeks of use, condemns substitutes, and warns against pill habit while praising the product’s century-long record of cures. The notice urges readers to avoid inferior remedies and to trust the Buffalo sellers.
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Patra
Sally Dutien
Yaiclana
Worco
Proprietors
Buffalo
Kansas City Rail Timetable Snapshot From Era
A fragmented railroad timetable lists routes on the Banta Fe and other lines with daily and Sunday schedules. It includes Kansas City Expresses, Topeka and Arkansas City services, California Limited, New California Fast Mail, and various locals with departure times and special notes on through passenger service and limited carryings. The garbled text preserves names like Kansas City, Topeka, Arkansas City, and Chicago Express, hinting at early 20th century railroad operations.
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Banta FE Traine
Manses City
Wangaatty
Chicago
Zansas City
Kansas City
BotAtlantic Erprewa
Po J & EO
Mangas City
Arkansas City Xpress
California Limited
Gety
Topeka Caprea
New California Fast Mail
Nott Mangas
Terea Baprene Devty Ihn
Lawbesor Bhabuh Arhives
Lil Paasenger
Turn of a Valve Provides Instant Gas Stove Use
In the text a gas stove user adjusts two valves to control fire strength from slow to rapid. Turning the valve a little yields slow flame, more opens to moderate, and full on creates a quick fire. The guide notes shutting off to stop the flame.
Advertisers notice urges advance payment for ads
The notice warns advertisers that all advertising must be prepaid and that no charge records will be shown unless payment is made in advance. It explains delivery baste and requests subscribers deduct from their bills for papers not delivered, asking readers to help secure reliable service.
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Mlez
Avery Trea Mothac
Bradfield Regulator Co
Br Bano
Surface Drainage and Farm Water Management
The article discusses surface drainage as a key factor in crop management. It explains how rainfall runs off, the role of underdrains, and the use of land beds, furrows, and terraces to prevent water damage. It contrasts hillside terracing with flat lands to avoid waterlogging and gullying, emphasizing surface ditches to intercept overflow.
Home Made Subsoiler Plow From Wagon Tire Elements
A compact guide outlines constructing a serviceable subsoller using wagon tire scraps for uprights and a steel front bar. It explains mounting, spacing, and sharpening to break firm soil, with notes on tempering and rod stirrups. Also included are offhand health and patent remedies line items.
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Bedac
Farmland Parasites curb Hessian Fly threat
A Missouri Experiment Station bulletin led by Prof. J. M. Stedman stresses the vital role of parasitic insects in controlling the Hessian fly. The work of these parasites dramatically reduces the pest population, with estimates that they destroy about half of the fly each year.
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Missouri Experiment Station
J. M. Stedman
Hessian Fly Parasite Illustrations Aid Cultivators
The article discusses parasitic insects affecting Hessian flies, noting that a portion of the pests are destroyed by natural predators and climate each year. It emphasizes the difficulty in distinguishing parasites from the Hessian fly and advocates visual illustrations to help farmers recognize and separate them for better control.
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Seth Phetoat
Cutting Potato Seed Preparation Guide
Reading and slicing seed potatoes for planting with tips on cutting size and two to three eyes. Guidance covers handling, drying, and storage before planting, noting risks of improper cuts and the need for clean tools.
Electric Bliters Claim Cure for Digestive Ailments
An old ad claims a tonic from Al Barber & Son’s drug store provides relief for biliousness indigestion and related disorders. It touts quick relief, urging readers not to brood on symptoms and to try the product for a supposed health boost.
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Thian
al Barber & Sou
Prine Soo
Four Hundred Babies at Vincent’s Asylum Sheltered
Sister Julia praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and whooping cough used without opiates. The notice mentions the nfact Asylum in Chicago caring for nearly 400 babies and urges asking for Foley’s product with no substitutions, sold by Barber & Son.
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Vincent's
Caxo
Cameleas
Julia
Foley
Barber & Son
Closely-Penned Fowls and the Value of Green Grass
An Indiana farm writer argues against tight penning of fowls noting they lose access to greens and natural forage. A woman kept White Rocks in a small yard and later doubled birds seeking eggs, destroying the grass and leaving the flock mud ridden and neglected. The tale ends with the lesson that looks and grass matter for poultry happiness.
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Indiana
Sali
Leeane
Hen Coop and Run For Spring Liberty and Protection
A coop design described as an A shaped run the width and height of the coop provides protection and space for hens and chicks. The back is boarded tightly with part of the front open to allow liberty in early spring, adaptable to any length.
Depth of Frames Guides Bee Frame Choices
The article compares movable frame hive depths and styles. It discusses divisible brood chambers versus single chamber hives, urged consistency in equipment, and notes that local conditions and whether honey is harvested as comb or extracted influence depth choice.
Durable hive stand and farm tips from 1900s notice
An old advertisement offers a durable hive stand using drain tiles and bricks to raise hives off the ground, plus cheap assembly tips. It also promotes Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and notes observation cars on the Wabash line between Kansas City and St Louis with service to New York fast mail train No. 6.
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Kansas Cityz
Louis
New York
Travel tips urge Wabash and Colorado Midland routes
The notice promotes the Wabash line for fastest routes to St Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo with through service to New York and Boston. It also advertises Hagerman Pass steel engraving from Colorado Midland and urges travel via Colorado Midland to enjoy the Rockies with colonist rates March 1 to May 15.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Hagerman Pass
Rocky Mountains
The
Colorado Midland
C. H. Spears
Denver
California
Colcado
Mexican Dishes Add Spice to February Tables
Readable excerpts describe Mexican soups and a sev en cravings for seasoned dishes. Instructions cover Cheors Jean beef soup, sopa do apros rice, and a sepley meat foundation, plus a testimonial praising Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and lung diseases with prices.
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Mexico
Pes
Alice
Sepley
Kidney Cure Ad Claims Patient Recovery
An advertisement recounts A. B. Bass of Morgantown Indiana being awakened to urinate ten to twelve times nightly with backache, then allegedly cured by Foley's Kidney Cure which strengthens the kidneys and restores health, as presented by Barber & Son.
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Foley
Bright
A. B. Bass
Morgantown
Ind
Futey
Barber &Son
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