Ostrich Logic and a Blood Purifying Cure Claim
The text warns against hidden dangers and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier. It recounts a testimonial from Mrs. James R. Moss of New London NC detailing chronic throat issues, swelling, and recovery after using the medicine, Pellets, and Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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Golden Medical
James R. Moss
New London
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Gallen
Dr. Sage
Pr. Pierce
Millions for Roads in Pennsylvania Aided Construction Plan
The Sproul good roads bill allocates 6.5 million dollars in Pennsylvania to create a state highway department. A commissioner with a $38,500 salary will oversee two thirds state and one sixth county and township funding, with aid distributed by county road mileage over six years. The article notes the broader push for national and state road improvements as essential internal projects and cites Professor Pupin’s road-building efforts in Norfolk as exemplary.
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United States
Texas
Pennsylvania
Keystone Stake
Sproul Good Roads
Union
Pupin
M. I. Pupin
Columbia College
Norfolk
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Sweet Potatoes Planting Methods End Back Breaking Work
A historical guide promotes improved sweet potato planting to reduce labor. It covers deep soil breaking, laying rows, using vegetable matter as mulch, and slips planted eighteen inches apart. It warns against soaking soil, explains simple insertion with a forked stick, and emphasizes vine health over rampant growth. It also notes minimal manure needs and a specific fertilizer formula. It ends with barbed wire handling tips from an American Agriculturist correspondent.
Device for Handling Barbed Wire Demonstrated
A simple barbed wire handling device is described using hardwood broom handles. The short C-D segment is two feet long, E E measures twenty inches, and the C-D handle may be nailed, while E-1 should be removable to pass through the wire spool. The invention enables easy wire guidance over ground. Irrigation projects include five sites approved by the secretary and geological survey under the irrigation act. Locations include Sweetwater Dam Wyoming, Gunnison Tunnel Colorado, Truckee and Carson rivers Nevada, Milk River and St Mary's Lake Montana, and Tonto Creek Arizona. Additional notes mention Sea Island cotton in the West Indies and farming guidance on feeding dairy cows and tomatoes.
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Hitchcock
Sweetwater Dam
Wyo
Gunnison Tunnel
Colo
Truckee
Carson Rivers
Nevada
Milk River
St. Mary's Lake
Montana
Tonto Creek
Arizona
Iowa Homestead
West Indies
Cuticura Remedies Promised For Baby Skin Troubles
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as fast relief for infants children and adults from itching burning and skin eruptions. It claims worldwide popularity and universal use with baths washes and emollients to cleanse scalp prevent dandruff and soothe irritations.
Question on Mississippi Flow and Earth Gravity Explained
A youth’s copy presents an explanation of why the Mississippi River flows southward despite Earth’s oblateness. It covers gravitation, plumb lines, and density variations beneath the surface, noting small deflections affect navigation and mapmaking and hinting at broader Earth measurements.
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Waiter
Mississippi
Ens and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Selonow
Ufon
Ancient Medicines from Our Ancestors Ancurious remedies and beliefs
A historical note catalogs folk cures once thought potent. Entries mention hanging a walter over a bed to ease headaches, dried moss on a skull, blood of a black cat smeared on skin, gallows red chips on a string, and spiders used as remedies. The text cites Dr Stivell Turner and other writers noting cautious belief and practical experimentation.
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Listier
Matthleles
Aldrovandins
John Bell
Mercatus
Not a Judge Whimsy at Law Court Sparks Repartee
A witty courtroom exchange features a witness and judge. The judge questions the witness about tasting whisky and discerning its quality. The witness grins, admitting uncertainty and noting he is not a judge.
Brief Yet Stirring Courtship Inheritance of Duel and Love
Elise Marcel defies strict church rules to dance with Henry Soulard. A duel with Jean Gaspard ensues, Henry wounded, and Elise and Henry become betrothed despite her mother's fury. The priest absolves, and Elise reunites with Henry at the Marcel plantation after a healing journey.
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Elise
Gove
Kenry Soulard
Henry
Cme
Mme
Marcel
Treary Soulard
Sin
Jean Gaspard
M. Gaspard
Theury
Gaspard
Tenry
Lim
Father de Bleek
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Greatest of All Physicians Edward E Phelps Born in Connecticut
The article profiles Prof Edward E Phelps M D LL D noting his Connecticut birth and Yale graduation. It details early career at Nerocat University and Dartmouth College and his succession to a leading professorship. It highlights his world famous discovery Taine's Celery Compound as a cure for nervous system ills and impure blood, endearing him to the world.
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Edward E. Phelps
Connecticut
Yale
Nerocat University
Dartmouth College
Japanese Maples Add Midseason Color to Lawns
Japanese maples provide mass color on lawns from late spring to fall. Notable varieties include Acer polymorphum atropurpureum and dissectum atropurpureum with dark red foliage, plus green leaved forms like A ampelosilobum and A cristatum. They transplant easily. fall or early spring planting is advised to meet demand. A shaded or mulched site helps though full sun can work with cool roots.
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Joseph Meehan
Maynard Plum and bedding plants in season notes
Bedding plants listed include geraniums such as La Pilot and Mme Thibaud with color notes for scarlet pink light pink and white varieties. crotons and begonias described for summer beds. A new plum from Luther Burbank called Maynard is praised for vigor and early heavy bearing with large dark purplish red fruit and juicy flesh. Pruning Gingko advised for bushiness in early summer. Notes on strawberries currants grapes muskine Japan plums raspberries and a schoolhouse quote on a mother's mind.
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G. Till
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Salleroi
Philadelphia
Florence Vaughan
Golden Border
Egandale
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Mrs. Baird
Maynard
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Japan
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Professor Price
Texas
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Katsuma
Wickson
London
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