Woman’s cure tale from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Dover, Del. woman says the Vegetable Compound relieved cramps faint spells and daily pain. After one dose she felt significantly better and says she can work longer and stay awake later. She recommends the product to others and notes three neighbors have started using it. Mrs. Samuel Murphy, 219 in St., Delaware.
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Dover
Del
Newbor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Samuel Murphy
Delaware
Dough-Driven Cleaning and Cake Making Banter
A light kitchen exchange shows a cook praising clean hands after dough work while a companion notes their past roughness before starting the dough for a cake. The dialogue highlights domestic humor and domestic labor.
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Maggie
California Fig Syrup Advertisement for Children
An old advertisement promotes genuine California Fig Syrup for sick babies and children. It claims the syrup relieves constipation without narcotics, sweetens the stomach, and stimulates liver and bowels without griping, urging readers to ask druggists by name to avoid counterfeits.
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California
Conversation Between Father and Henry Reveals Strain
In a terse exchange, Henry describes how his words affected his father who nearly fell apart under the pressure. The dialogue hints at underlying tension and emotional strain within the family dynamic.
Pape's Cold Compound Promoted As Safe Relief
Advertisement touts taking two tablets every three hours for a three dose cure. Claims first dose relieves, second and third dissolve the cold. Marketed as pleasant and safe with no quinine or opiates. Priced at thirty five cents with druggist guarantee.
Bond's Liver Pill Advertisement Promises Health Boost
Advertisement urges taking one Bond's Liver Pill at bedtime to cleanse liver and bowels of poisons and germs at the first sign of colds fevers sore throat headaches and neuralgia claiming prevention of serious illnesses with a 25 cent price at drug stores. The closing line adds a proverb about knowing hearts and heads.
Cloth coverings resist mild frosts say USDA report
A USDA report explains that heavy cloth coverings placed over garden plants conserve ground heat and reduce radiation losses, keeping covered plants above freezing as long as coverings go on early. Tin cans and metal lids are discouraged due to high heat conductance and radiation.
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United States Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Vitamins Essential for Laying Hens in Winter
University of Idaho poultry farm experiments show green seeds in hen rations crucial for winter laying. Fat soluble vitamin A from cod liver oil caused illness and deaths, while oil supplementation prevented mortality but not recommended. alfalfa peas spinach and related greens provide the vitamin for flock health.
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University of Idaho Poultry Farm
Essential Winter Feeds for Average Hen Flock
Poultry keepers rely mainly on grain feeds in winter though green foods beef scraps milk by products and minerals are often omitted or underfed. Oyster shell prepared grit and charcoal stay available for mineral needs. Cabbage beets mangles and sprouted oats provide greens. raw potatoes and other vegetables help. Beef scraps supply animal protein and milk by products offer good returns when affordable.
Vigorous Gobbler Will Care for Fifteen Hens
A practical note says a single mating by a vigorous turkey gobbler fertilizes eggs for one laying period, about fifteen hens. If hens stop laying a second service is needed. When scarce, transferring the gobbler between neighboring farms can reduce trouble rather than moving hens.
Most Effective Ration to Increase Egg Yield
The Ohio experiment station found the best feed mix for laying hens uses mash, ground corn six parts, bran eight parts, meat-scrap six parts by weight. A scratch ration of shelled or cracked corn is fed so grain consumed doubles mash. This reduced feed cost per dozen eggs by over twenty percent and raised egg production by more than fifty percent.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Frontier Courts on the Frontier of the Middle West
A 1923 account contrasts frontier justice with modern courts noting improvised sessions in log cabins and taverns. Judges and juries displayed limited legal knowledge yet designed humorous and stark exchanges, including a hanging sentence set for four weeks with almanac checks.
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Middle West
John Reynolds
Illinois
John
Green
Indian Creek
Mr. Green
Clerk
Turney
Paul Bunyan The Only American Myth Hero
Feature essay extolling Paul Bunyan as Americas premier mythic lumberjack. Describes his oversized tools Babe the blue ox and inventive feats such as the down cutter and the three ten hour shifts. Notes fictional exploits and legends that accompany his logging frontier madness.
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America
Paul Bunyan
United States
Baron Munchausen
Paul
Babe
Lower average of government cost in Texas and Washington cities
Census bureau figures for 1922 show 261 cities with populations over 30 000 have per capita revenues of 51.81 and costs of government 57.27. Texas cities list per capita costs and revenues, with Dallas and Houston among examples, and notes on maintenance, debt interest, and permanent improvements. The report cites rising costs with city size and outlines per capita expenditures by function and overall debt and taxes.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Nue
Dallas
Galveston
Port Worth, .S
Houston
Beaumont
Tomo Db
San Antonio
State of Texas
Bureau
Increase in Texas liquor permits for 1923 reported
The Texas liquor permit system issued 2,467 permits in 1923, up from about 700 last year. Physicians accounted for 1,466 permits while retail druggists received 400 and other categories include alcohol permits for druggists, laboratories, manufacturers, hospitals, and transport firms. Revenue totaled over 17,800 from permit fees and administration supplies, with department costs mainly wages for two staff.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Controller S’ Office
W. N. Bentley
Bentley
Milam County records show strong 1928 activity
Cameron Texas Milam County clerk's office reports a banner 1928 with 213 transfers releases oil leases abstracts of judgment and administrators deeds recorded and 6042 mortgages across the year. Rebels claim capture of prisoners and rifles in Jalisco as 500 prisoners including General Lazaro Cardenas are taken and wounded.
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Cameron
Tex
Milam County
San Antonio
Lazaro Cardenas
Enrique Estrada
Navarro
Rodriguez
Cardenas
Jalisco
Ruben Viscarra
de la Huerta
Vera Cruz
The
Revolutionary Party
Invitation Accepted From Boston Transcript
A humorous exchange unfolds as a father asks if a young man will stay all night and the daughter replies he will if there is room, prompting a playful domestic moment cited from the Boston Transcript.
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Helen
Boston Transcript
No Thematic Free-Of-Obligation Ifes Cited
A compact reflection notes that every Ife carries duties and duties tie individuals to responsibilities. The remark implies universal obligation across contexts, challenging any claim of complete exemption.
Cascarets for liver and bowels sale notice
A newspaper ad promotes Cascarets at 10 cents a box claiming relief from biliousness constipation and sick headaches. It notes drug stores carry the product and includes a cautionary motto about mistakes being foolish.
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