Garden Pests and Remedies by Plant Type From A to Watermelon
Practical table lists insect and disease controls for vegetables including fowls as traps for asparagus beetle, Bordeaux spray for many fungi, arsenate of lead, lime, tobacco decoctions, and soil treatments. Entries cover beans beets cabbage celery cucumber eggplant lettuce melon onion pea potato radish squash sweet potato tomato turnip and watermelon with timing and methods for each issue.
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Bordeaux
Barnyard Manure Value and Waste in Stable Practices
The article explains that fresh animal excrement is most valuable as manure when leaving the animal, but loses value after fixation, fermentation, and mixing with litter. It notes ammonia formation binds with humic acids, creating insoluble compounds less available to plants, with losses from urine and nitrogen. It also warns about ducks on land needing deep drinking vessels to prevent eye irritation and death.
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Advertise Safety and Energy
An Arkansas promotional piece touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a gentle safe cure for liver stomach and bowel troubles. The ad claims quick energy benefits with a 25 cent box and invites free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Arkansas.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Hot Springs, Ark
Bishop and Pilgrim Pride Echo in New England Tale
A western bishop recalls an East Coast convention hosted by a long, honorable New England family. The family touts Pilgrim lineage, while the bishop humbly accepts. At home, his wife questions their claimed Pilgrim ancestors, joking that she can smell the Mayflower among them.
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New England
New York Evening Post
Cuticura Cure Featured In Mrs Poss Letter
Mrs Charles Poss of Bolton Georgia credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing her son of a milk crust condition and a later ulcerated sore behind the ear. She praises the products and notes global sale with a 1912 date in the testimonial. Upton Sinclair comment follows about millionaire malefactors escaping punishment.
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Bolton
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
The Lunatic’s Relatives Faithfulness Discussed by Official
The superintendent cites statistics on lunatics relatives. A faithful visitor is most often a sister or a persistently visiting relative who brings items for the patient. Husbands and wives may abandon, while a sister seldom stops visiting until death, regardless of the patient’s behavior.
Tetterine Cures Eczema Says Mrs Thompson in Georgia
Ground from the cause of noookworm cured and sweet sleep returned with Tetterine a remedy for eczema tetter ground itch erysipelas dandruff and all skin diseases Mrs Thomas Thompson of Clarksville Ga reports fifteen years of torment ending with relief after trying the treatment offered by J T Shuptrine Savannah Ga Doctors and sales by mail also advertised Thousands testify similarly
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Mra
Thomas Thompson
Clarksville
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Tuberculosis Legislation and Funds Across States in 1913
A 1913 survey by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes 41 states in session with 30 enacting TB laws and 34 considering prevention bills. Over 5 million dollars funded treatment and prevention, mainly sanatoria. 39 sanatoria exist in 31 states, with Connecticut Massachusetts and Pennsylvania each housing multiple. Delaware uniquely funds a state sanatorium for Black TB patients. Congress faces nearly 1 million dollars for federal and DC TB facilities.
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National Association For the
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Congress
United States Public Health
Army
Navy
District of Columbia
Bond's Liver Pills Merit Claims Ad
Real Merit has made Bond's Liver Pills a household word through the South. We have spared time and money to perfect Bond's Pills for headaches biliousness constipation malaria and similar ills. Merit was our object not cheapness. The success of Bond's Pills is due to merit, not claims of curing everything.
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Bond
Adv
Sibyl Summergirl Highlighted In Fin de Siecle Set
In a witty exchange a character declares Sibyl Summergirl the fin de siecle darling of the group. The scene notes her daring habit of exiting a hammock without preannouncing a distant object to attract a man’s gaze.
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Sibyl
Sibyl Summergirl
Vitalitas and other old advertisements and quotes
An assortment of vintage ad blurbs including Vitalitas curing indigestion and other ailments sold by Vital Remedies Co. in Houston Texas. Also a George Eliot quote about women and a claim about Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh and a Monte Carlo profit figure of five million dollars per year.
Chemist Predicts Color Changing Fashion for Women
At the International Congress of Applied Chemistry in London Gia como Ciamician predicts future women will wear colors that harmonize with surroundings. Phototropic colors would change with light intensity, allowing dresses to brighten from dark to light automatically, potentially affecting men's wear as well.
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London
Giacomo Ciamician
Climbing Up and Down in Art and Wealth
Arthur Stringer laments low regard for poets in America comparing it with industrial titans like Rockefeller and Carnegie. A farmer’s wife serves pie to a tramp who, after eating, chats with her and recounts starting as a poet.
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America
Arthur Stringer
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Happiness Depends on the Cook and Deli, Says Judge
In New York a judge says happiness depends on the cook in one view and on the delicatessen shop in another. The remark frames a light, urban take on everyday satisfaction linked to food sources.
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New York
Howard
Poor Excuse to Miss Water Wagon Seat Sparks Lively Exchange
A man offers a weak reason for not joining the water wagon, saying the crowd prevented him from getting a seat while another man prompts with the question. The exchange captures a light moment over a crowded event.
Rub My Time Will Cure Rheumatism Ad Preview
Rub my typist item promises cure for rheumatism and all aches including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores burns. Antiseptic anodyne priced 25 cents. Washington population last year rose by 361.
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Washington
Argentina calls for mule supplies for medical use
A fragment notes Argentina seeks mules for supply lines and medical use. It adds a terse proverb about self mastery implying social rejection.
Handsome Is as Handsome Does In Street Talk
A witty courtroom exchange features Crabshaw arguing about appearances while Judge notes misjudging a woman. The dialogue reflects social judgment and colorful banter on character.
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Sanford
Crabshaw
Castoria warning on counterfeits and siganture checks
The notice urges mothers to verify Castoria wrappers show Charles H. Fletcher's black signature and red signature on both sides after opening. It warns of counterfeit medicinal products targeting children and stresses mother's vigilance since children rely on mothers for safe medicines.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
Breaking the Ice at the Opera Dinner Incident
A young man implores Miss Imogene to soften her reactiveness, mocking her icy behavior by invoking science about an iceberg. The judge notes she wore an evening gown and suggests more tact would help in the social clash.
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Imogene
Unique Brit author novel features American girl
A British author writes a distinctive novel introducing an American girl who speaks very fair English, highlighting the cross cultural character and linguistic ease in dialogue.
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Promoted for Wounds
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a remedy for man and beast. It claims relief from wounds burns sores and many skin and hoof ailments with numerous listed uses for humans and animals and guarantees from druggists.
Notable 1910s Health Legislation and Animal Care Note
The article highlights new laws on tuberculosis registration in Colorado and subsidies for local hospitals in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It also mentions acts for county hospitals in Indiana and state tuberculosis prevention bureaus in Ohio and California. It notes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh and dehorning cattle using light applications to stop bleeding without a hot frog.
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Colorado
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
California
Hanford
Ady
Ragman Tips for Bottles at Seakerm’s Next Door
A brief exchange where a Ragman asks for old bottles and a woman suggests trying Mr Seakerm's, noting his wife is returning from the seashore tomorrow.
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Mr. Seakerm
Quinine and Iron General Tonic Promises Health Boost
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic advertises a tasteless blend of quinine and iron to fight malaria fever and debility. It claims to strengthen the system for both adults and children, purify blood, and act as an appetite stimulant. Also promotes Laxative Brom Quinine and guarantees by the druggist. Cures a cold in one day.
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Grove
E. W. Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
Upton Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
Vitalitas
Nature
Vital Remedies CO
Houston
Tex
George Eliot
Casino
Monte Carlo
Argentina
Miedeit
Elampea
Elizabeth Ann
Inchea
Optus ET
Phoebe Primm
Kaisiaai
Ptons
Peden Iron & Steel CO
Ban Antonio
BRICE
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