Healthful living and farm notes cover sly scams and seeds
An array of short items covers clean living water as best drink, critique of frauds exposed by postal authorities, practical farming tips on ensilage storage and poultry distance from hens, forest policy by the Supreme Court, chick development vs brooding, Illinois corn yield aims of 200 bushels per acre, grafting guidance for fruit trees, and stock vigor advice from nurserymen.
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Sangamon County
Illinois
Inquiring Widow Seeks Herb Gathering for Profit
A Valley Falls widow asks about making income by gathering medicinal herbs. The piece summarizes curing and drying burdock roots and horehound leaves, with guidance from Farmers' Bulletin No 188 and prices: burdock root 3 to 8 cents per pound, burdock seed 5 to 10 cents, horehound leaves 3 to 5 cents per pound.
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HERG
Valley Falls
Kan
Office of Public Documents
Washington
Burdock
Benefits of Tile Drainage by C G Elliott
Drainage expert C G Elliott details advantages of tiling soils for dryland farming. Benefits include soil retention of surface soil, thorough incorporation of nutrients, improved root growth, earlier spring planting, drought mitigation, and conversion of stubborn soils to workable beds.
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C. G. Elliott
Department of Agriculture
Fighting Quack Grass Direc tions for Field Clean Up
Readers with quack grass should let grass bloom, cut for hay, then plow deep and disk to form a seed bed. Remove surface roots by burning, seed heavily to rye or millet, and turn the cover crop as green manure. Rain aids growth. repeat dishings in wet falls and a final plowing before freeze up to finish.
The Nail That Revealed a Crime in London Tit-Bits
A tale recounts Dr John Donne acting as a detective in a churchyard case. He finds a headless nail within a skull indicating murder. He questions witnesses and exposes the widow who confessed and was executed, per London Tit Bits.
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John Donne
James I
Sherlock Holmes
London
Art of juggling as recreation for the sedentary or bedridden
An American Medicine article extols juggling as a valuable diversion for bedridden or sedentary persons. It notes juggling trains nervous poise, aids brain and spinal function, and can prevent mild paralysis through rapid hand movements while warning against dissipation such as beer and cigarettes.
Doctor’s patient talk unsettles shy girl on a ride
A doctor recalls meeting a timid girl in a sparsely settled district. He offered a ride home and tried conversation, but she stayed quiet until weeks later she told her mother she thought doctors charged by talking, so she kept silent during the ride.
Longfellow notes minister's Progress sermon and quotation
In Longfellow's journal he recalls attending a church where the minister spoke on Progress and quoted half of the Psalm of Life. He was flattered to be praised but later overheard a lady at Prescott's remark that no one knew where the quotations came from.
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Longfellow
Prescott’s
No Comeback Car Pitch Ends in a Sale Refusal
In a Harper's Weekly dialogue a car salesman promises the best in the market with no come backs. Customer Mr Jug gins counters that he wants a model with return attachments. The exchange ends with a firm rejection of the deal.
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Juggings
Juggins
Harper’s Weekly
Domestic Economy. Husband Excuse
Wife explains she cooks more than needed to economize by using leftovers, a quip from the Toledo Blade reflecting frugal domestic practices.
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Toledo Blade
You Have Money and Brains in The Multimillionaire Quote
A New York Times snippet mocks a so called multimillionaire, noting he has more wealth than brains. The remark questions value of intellect versus wealth.
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Gotros
New York Times
Lititz Organization Meeting Times and Halls
A record of local groups with meeting days and venues in Rudy's Hall and other sites. Listings include Lititz Castle No 19 A O K of M C Lititz Lodge No 23 K of P Lititz Lodge No 1 IOOF Garfield Castle No 76 K GEK Morning Star Temple No 70 Ladies of the G B Washington Camp No 06 PO of A Stevens Post No B17 G A R Lititz Springs Council No 19 U A M Lititz Borough Council Lititz School Board Lititz Hose Company 1 Warwick School Board Lidts Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company and more with weekly biweekly schedules and times.
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Lititz Castle
M.C
Rudy's Hall
Litiz Lodge
K. of P
Lititz Lodge
Rudy's
Ts . M. Garfield Castle
K. G. EK
Rudy’s Hall
Morning Star Temple
G. B
Washington Camp
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Stevens Post
Lititz Hose Company
Council Chamber
Reoma
W. CT. U
the Loyal Temperance Legion
Court Lititz
F. of A
Trolley Road Schedules for Lancaster Lititz and Manheim
Bus timetables list daily departures from Lancaster Lititz and Manheim with start times at 5 A.M. and hourly service through the day varying on Saturdays busy days and Sundays. Multiple routes show first cars at specific times and half hour intervals with additional late-evening services and special weekend frequencies.
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Lancaster
Lititz
Isaves Lancaster
Bear Long We Are Bound to Satisfy Our Customers
We promise high grade goods and maintain a large stock of coal by grade lumber slate wall plaster calcium plaster and pewter sand.
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Victor
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Decker and
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Jansse
J. B. Young & Son
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Litita
R. Keller Beye
Coal & Lumber
Slate & Sait
Griffith and Boyd
Bear & Long Lititz
NLD
Fichthorn
Stora
Row- Rudy’s Meatman's Bakery
Allentown
C. H. Kreider’s Hardware
Main St
Spruce Villa
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Brubaker Proprietor
Elave
Kote
Sturgis
Aaron G. Hershey
D. Frank Lime
King St
Regennas & Sons
C. Fred Regennas & Sons
Lititz, PA
Andrew
Lane
Warwick
Lancaster County
Samuel L. Lane
Cameron . Lane
Harry E H. Lane
Buch & Hassler
Ind
W. S. Buch
Ss. C, Hassler, Auct
Lancaster's Best Jewelry Store
Zook’s
Took’s New Jewelry Store
N. Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Hershey, Leaman & Va
PENNA
Hershey & Gibbel Conveyancers Scriveners
Realstate and
Lewis N. Moyer
P. D
Main Street
Building & Gen
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Uae
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Msneils Eae Tal Pau
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