A Sweet Young Thing Outwits a Nosey Passenger
An amused anecdote from the New York Sun describes a woman who handles a man reading over her shoulder on a train. She uses a clever note to reveal that Dot ended her engagement to Terry, prompting the nosy man to switch seats in embarrassment.
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Dot
Terry
Dearie
New York Sun
Bayer Aspirin Warning Card Safety Notice
Warning to consumers to look for Bayer on the package or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians. States aspirin has been proven safe for twenty one years and lists uses for colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and general pain. Candy tin boxes of twelve Bayer tablets cost a few cents. larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Bolshevik Quip Upsets Atheist Visitor at Vicar’s
A cantankerous visitor in London tells a vicar he is an atheist. The vicar asks about the Ten Commandments as a guide, the man sharply denies them. The vicar dismisses the man and orders the servant to escort him out of the hall.
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Stnys
London Morning Post
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Bleach Ad
A vintage laundry promotion urges using Red Cross Ball Blue to make dresses dazzle. Claims value in washing with the product, available at all good grocers for five cents.
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Baby
Oh Doctor I am Suffering So Much I Want to Die
A quotation from the American Legion Weekly captures a grim exchange between a patient and physician highlighting despair and the insistence on seeking help. The stark dialogue underscores mental anguish and the call for immediate medical attention.
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American Legion Weekly
Place and Phrase Sparks Horse Joke in Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a humor line about a horse named Niagara being hard to harness. The short quip showcases local newspaper wit and a playful exchange about naming and steadiness in horses.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Forests and timber supply in the United States
A U S Department of Agriculture analysis warns timber depletion has advanced with three fifths of primeval forests gone and 61 percent remaining west of the Great Plains. It urges reforestation, keeping idle land productive, and public aid to landowners to grow timber to meet future demand.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Col
W. B. Greeley
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Greeley
Different Ways for Girl to Make Money in Rural Family Life
The piece urges city and country girls to earn their own money through appropriate work, from offices and stores to poultry, milk, and gardens. It emphasizes parental support, home demonstration agents, and extension programs to foster semi independence and prevent rural decline.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Warning Against Just-as-good Remedies For Babies
A persuasive appeal condemns replacing Fletcher's Castoria with unknown remedies. The speaker urges mothers to trust the familiar remedy used for over thirty years, arguing it supports population and infant care and condemns attempts to switch to newer products.
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Fletcher
Arkansas girls contest grows tomatoes for profit
In an Arkansas club contest, Annet Large on the Moat Valley route near Hot Springs produced 1,4 0 pounds of tomatoes on a tenth of an acre at $31.4 cost with $109 net. Fannie, Ada Rosamond, and Ruby Waddell also grew thousands of pounds with varying costs and net returns, showing different profit results.
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Arkansas
Moat Valley
Hot Springs
Fannie
Ada Rosamond
Ruby Waddell
Bonnerville
Hens in Gooseberry Patch Use of Hens for Pest Control
A short note on the fruit worm affecting gooseberries notes hand picking as the primary control. It suggests turning hens into the patch after picking to help clear worms from under the plant debris and praises poultry fruit farming synergy when managed properly.
Interesting History Hurrah Turned Embarrassing
A student in a Chicago Tribune anecdote swapped in a storybook during ancient history class. Reading aloud, the line The lights The boat is sinking drew a roar as the class realized the mishap and laughed at the interrupted historical moment.
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Chicago Tribune
Live stock fly repellent formula warned against strong mix
A livestock fly repellent mix with fish oil pine tar pennyroyal and kerosene is given. It warns against making a too strong preparation as it may shed hair. The guidance notes the mixture works briefly when lightly applied and suggests horses and milk cows benefit from preparation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lunatics Discuss Dream Machine Inmates Jest
An Irish asylum scene has two inmates debating a dream about a rapid flying contrivance. One imagined flying to Australia in sixty minutes, the other to Melbourne in sixty seconds. They claim to travel by going right through the earth, prompting one to call the other a Dhuthering idiot.
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Australia
Melbourne
Independence What is independence rating onions without care
The note plays with the idea of independence as a concept while offering a quirky line about rating onions without concern for public reputation. It reads like a playful, abstract quote.
Raising Fowls to Fight Grasshoppers in the West
A newspaper note proposes farmers in grasshopper infested regions to raise turkeys and guinea fowl to control insects as an alternative to poisoning. The author suggests buying renting or importing such birds to combat pests naturally.
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