Grand Trunk Adds New Dining Cars To Route
Grand Trunk Railway adds two dining cars between Suspension Bridge and Chicago with heavy plate glass, leather and Wilton trimmings. The new cars feature heated hot water coils, Acme lighting, and bronze fittings as part of a deluxe through service. Also notes travel excursions and schedules across North America, including agents and routes.
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Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Railway
America
Suspension Bridge
Chicago
Alabma
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Indiaa ‘Territory
Idaho
Ousis
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Jinnsula
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Minnitoba
New Mexico
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Cal
Oregon
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington
W. DP. Duppe
AG. P. &J. Agt
How To Pull Posts From Old Fences
A brief, practical note describes pulling posts using a long chain and a wooden block instead of brute force. The method involves guiding a team and carefully securing the chain to lever posts from the ground.
Pulling Posts on a Wagon Line in a Farmer Tale
In a rough tale from George Veltit of Otay Farmer, a wagon rolls past four posts. The team leans right then left, bucking a few feet, chains around the axle and a 2 by 6 used to lift the post. The line tightens as the wagon lifts the post, the team starts, and the job finishes as the wagon pulls away with its load of posts.
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Wlin
Tell Prostrate
Wishtone
Filo
George
Veltit
Ohty Farmer
Sugar for Soldiers Tests Sugar in Army Rations
A Metz meeting of the lous Army Sirgeans society heard Dr Leitensdorfer discuss sugar as new food for soldiers. Tests compared ten weak and ten strong men, tracking weight pulse and respiration before, during, and after exercise. Results favored 50 to 60 grammes daily, improving endurance and reducing effort during work. The French Agricultural Society urged higher sugar intake in rations and the War Minister ordered field experiments to assess profits.
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Metz
Leitensdorfer
Lous Army Sirgeans Society
Mielee Turer
Cath Josep
Fron
Signe
Agricultural Society of France
M.S. Letard
Corps Comanders
Beauty in Poultry Breeding Sparks Interest Among Youth
The article notes that external appearance matters less than color variety and overall form in Teale’s poultry. It argues that young people, inspired by poultry beauty, can become involved with farming and potentially gain value from their interest, per Farmers' Review.
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Farmers’ Review
Italianizing Bees Offers Fall Queen Deals
The National Rural notes fall is prime for Italianizing bees with queens at half price and requeening over aging colonies. Early fall queen releases boost spring stock, while warm weather lets young queens lay. if issues arise, old queens can be saved until a new one is ready. Frame hives simplify locating the queen for replacement.
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Seuzou
Thrifty Fall Chicks Hatchlings Fail to Flourish
Report on testing 390 chicks shows September brood underperforming compared with late hatched birds. Authors attribute issues to seed quality and crowded feeds, noting chicks crowded at boards during feedings. A trial coop run used lath frames restricts entry and exit for hatchlings, while mothers struggle to reach their young.
Coop for Feeding Chickens Story
A description of a chicken coop feeding setup where a yard fence run holds a cracked corn dish reachable by larger chickens. The smaller birds quickly learned to slip between slats to feed, staying safe from the dominant flock. After snowfall the run moved into henhouses with wider gaps to allow the half grown brood to move and access the food continuously.
Bud the Seedlings Teach Budding for Orchard Fruit
A National Stockman note explains waking on the farm may reveal young trees from previous hay seeds. Budding can yield good fruit if done carefully with 1 to 3 buds per shoot and spacing. For smaller stems, graft near ground. larger diameters favor top budding.
Unclear poultry care notes from raspy draft
Fragmented text discusses chick feeding and brooder behavior, mentions grain in brooder, troughs, and early feeding habits. Difficult to extract coherent events or names, but centers on chick rearing and feeding practices amid garbled phrases and misspellings.
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Rome
Vince Mikes
Ariel
Fragmented Text From Historical Notice
The readable lines describe an injured worker and cautious handling during a winter training or exercise. It mentions the need for careful support at the shoulders and the risk of injury from heavy presses. The fragment references surgical or medical care and a controlled environment to avoid further harm.
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Asuther
Char
Household hints promote Red Cross laundry starch offer
A vintage advertisement urges housewives to use Red Cross laundry starch to keep fabrics glossy and stiff. It promotes free gifts including two packages of starch and two children’s Shakespeare pictures, highlighting the product as a grand introduction by J.C. Hubinger.
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Ald
Starc
Red Cross
J.C. Hubinger
Dancing Dia Crow and Wheel of Life Toys Profits
A historical note on toy inventors and profits sketches Roller skate creator earning about $1,000,000 while other toys like Dancing Dia Crow and Wheel of Life yield substantial annual income. Mentions rich inventors and high wages for novelty items.
Dewey Celebration and Trust Jokes in Tribune
A fragmentary satirical note reflects on the Dewey celebrations praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a meritorious remedy for digestion and related ailments. The piece includes caricatures of trusts and microbes in a Chicago Tribune humor style, mentioning fever jokes and scientific quips.
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Hostettet
Lael
Ecinnec
Shopping Offers and Humorous Snippets From Chicago Ad Page
A Chicago ad page features shopping mail order pitches from The John M. Smyth Co. urging readers to request a mammoth catalogue with home and farm goods, plus a ten cent prepaid postage offer and monthly price lists. The piece weaves in light humor, short anecdotes, and various health and product ads including Grain-O coffee substitute, Allen’s Foot Ease, and Hodgson’s remedies, all styled as a bustling early city newspaper feature.
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John M. Smyth Co
Chicago
Chcago
Weir Mammoth
W. Madison St
Women Avoid Operations From Mrs Pinkham Advice
A letter from Sarah J Granas details years of female health issues including kidney and womb troubles and a large tumor. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she reports improvement and believes she is cured, noting doctors doubted recovery. The notice urges women to seek early advice and to contact Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
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Mass
Sarah J. Granas
Sheridanville
Dean
Mas. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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