Women 40 to 50 Benefit From Pinkham’s Compound
St Paul Minnesota ads claim women between forty five and fifty five experience relief from hot flashes nervousness headaches and a sense of suffocation through Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. The text promotes a free private text book on ailments peculiar to women and notes the product is made from roots and herbs with no narcotics.
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St. Paul
Minn
E. Pinkham
Artha Hooker
Eye Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynnassachusetts
Mah Jong as described by an English writer
The Boston Transcript quotes an English writer likening mah jong to a mix of dominoes bridge poker with a splash of Jesus. The writer recalls punging cheeing and a hand with two green locks three one bamboos and an east wind, and says the game is fascinating and invites a repeat after the first dose wears off.
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Mah Jong
Limehouse
Boston Transcript
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Gentle Laxative for Children
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to constipated or feverish children. It claims the product sweetens the stomach, starts the liver and bowels, and contains no narcotics. Consumers are advised to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions.
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Colle
California
Size Did Not Matter on the Golf Round
A Life magazine blurb notes a doctor crossing a field with a small black caddie who asks for shoes. The doctor asks his size and the caddie admits he never bought shoes, saying he can either fit in them or not, highlighting a humorous misfit based on size.
Begin Tonight Cleansing Your System with Liver Pill Ad
Cleansing your system of poisonous waste bile and undigested particles with one Bond's Liver Pill at bedtime. Promises to start the liver clean out the bowels and avoid summer complaints in a mild and efficient manner. Advertisement.
Misconstrued Request for Hundred Dollar Check
A quip contrasts asking for a one hundred dollar check with the question of where the money is. The joke underscores that money is essential to start a business and can halt progress without it.
Evaporation of Fruits Standardization Drafted by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture releases Bulletin 1141 on fruit evaporation. It outlines types of evaporators, labor saving machinery, and methods for preparing and drying fruit. It notes the need for standardization and suggests community drying plants for surplus produce. It invites inquiries to Washington, D. C.
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United States Department Agriculture
Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Campaign Among Farmers for Cream Improvement
A. J. McGuire of the University of Minnesota urges creameries to educate patrons on cream quality. He cites losses from poor butter grades and advocates delivering cream at least twice weekly and improving farm care and cleanliness to ensure pure sweet cream and stable prices.
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A. J. McGuire
Agricultural Extension Division
University of Minnesota
McGuire
Straw Not Recognized as Valuable Cow Feed
Oat straw is not generally recognized as valuable dairy cow feed yet in moderate amounts every two or three days cows will eat it with relish. If fed exclusively as roughage, they will push it over the manger and become thin.
Plan Outlined to Kill Rats in Chicken House
Government free bulletin No. 1302 titled How to Get Rid of Rats is promoted as a solution for protecting poultry. The notice claims that remedies in the bulletin can kill a family of rats in one night and warns that two or three rats can wipe out dozens of chickens within hours.
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Owl Chemical Works
Terre Haute
Ind
Excessive Corn Feed Harms Cattle Milk Output
The article warns that feeding cows excessive corn creates narrow rations that favor flesh over milk, reducing dairy yield and potentially harming herd nutrition.
Sprayed Potatoes Show Great Increase in Yield
Reports from 400 demonstrations show sprayed potatoes yield 74 bushels more per acre. Disease free seed adds 69 bushels per acre.
FFW Fall Fashions Show Pannier Influence In Debutantes’ Wardrobe
Debutantes face wardrobe choices as autumn approaches with party dresses adapting pannier silhouettes and long lines. Crepe marocain blouses with leather trims clash with taffeta gowns featuring pannier skirts and embroidered flowers. Paris influence grows in blouses, leather trims, and oriental stitchery while leather trims spread to hats and parasols.
Much Improvement of Kentucky Live Stock
State led effort shows rapid progress in Kentucky live stock improvement through the Live Stock Improvement association formed with the State College of Agriculture and the Louisville Live Stock Exchange. Wayland Rhoads reports surge in pure bred sire use after ten day Better Sires Better Stock campaign in Union County rises from 73 to 270 participants with emblem recognition for enrollees.
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Unt
Ieee
Kentucky
State College of Agriculture
Louisville Livestock Exchange
United States Department of Agriculture
Wayland Rhoads
Department
Union County
Raspberries Face Diseases and Poor Planting Conditions
The red raspberry and blackcap are prone to several diseases that can hinder yields, but healthy plantings can remain profitable for years. Poor site choice, drainage issues, and sandy, humus-poor soils often cause failures, while well-cared-for plants in good locations can endure for a decade or more.
Care for Cane Fruits After Harvest in Berry Patches
After harvesting blackberries raspberries or loganberries remove and burn old vines to stop diseases. Burn any suspicious plants in patches. Continue summer pruning on young canes guiding laterals. Pinch back canes when two to three feet tall and trim laterals in spring if needed.
More Nectarines Should Be Grown in Orchards
The New York agricultural experiment station urges expanding nectarine cultivation. It recommends the Hunter variety, described as large vigorous hardy and productive. The fruit is large handsome in color and high quality. It could suit home orchards and offer small scale commercial potential.
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Strawberry Blossoms Two Kinds Perfect and Imperfect
Strawberry blossoms come in two kinds: perfect staminate or male and imperfect pistillate or female. Some varieties carry both, while others have only one kind. Pollen from perfect blossoms fertilizes both types to enable fruit. imperfect blossoms cannot set fruit without pollen from perfect blossoms.
Fight on Insects and Diseases in Summer
Summer is the time to begin to look after the borers. The paradichloro benzine has established itself as an efficient control for borers in peach and plum orchards. If this same substance may be of some benefit in controlling root insects on strawberries and possibly the woolly aphis on the apple, it will prove to be a great boon to a new class of growers.
Praise Too Faint Splits Over Singers Claim
The prima donna rebukes a press agent who called her the greatest singer alive. She insists the agent should claim she is the greatest that ever lived, stating the praise is insufficient.
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Prima Donna
Teething Relief With Teethina Ad Claims Easy Teething Cure
A mother from Mobile Alabama endorses Teethina for teething pain. She reports her baby cut teeth at four months and cried until Teethina soothed inflamed gums and calmed distress. The ad urges mothers to use Teethina through teething and offers a free Baby Book with purchase through Moffett Laboratories Columbus Georgia.
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Charles H. Partain
Shell Road
Mobile
Ala
Moffett Laboratories
Columbus
Moffett
There are Women Who Cannot Help Making Eyes Quote
A brief literary quip from ElizabethRobins on eyes and charm, cited as a line from Time Is Whispering. The remark notes women’s gaze as natural as possessing eyes, inviting reflection on social perception and femininity.
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Elizabeth Robins
Making the Farms Popular
Indianapolis News notes a push to boost farm appeal by creating more country clubs and identifying solutions for farm use, signaling a regional plan to reshape rural recreation and land use.
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Indianapolis News
How About Ulysses? Professor Who Was Homer
An inquiry questions the identity of the poet behind Homer and ponders the link between classical epic figures and modern fame as a student explores literary history.
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Ulysses
Homer
Dumbell
Babe Ruth
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