Texas Family Finds Relief From Floodill Health
A Galveston Texas family recalls illness after the 1900 flood due to exposure and lack of sleep and credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with restoring health. Mrs J W Moss and Mrs C A Finn praise the medicine and the Pleasant Pellets as helpful regulators for stomach liver and bowels with a trial offer from Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
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Galveston
Texas
Dr. Pierce
J. W. Moss
Ave. K
Houston
Golden Medical Discovery
Golden
C. A. Finn
Washin Ave
Bend
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
A vintage advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a proven remedy for cold and cough, claiming rapid relief for croup with a long history of popularity. It pitches 60 cents or 1.20 dollars per bottle available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Quick Body Cleanup
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for sluggish bowels and liver, claiming they cleanse the system and boost vitality. The copy urges druggists to stock the pills for a healthier, more energetic body.
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Dr. King
Keeping Tab on Egg Production
A United States Department of Agriculture guide urges flock owners to record 80 day egg yields using trap nests and relate monthly totals to the Storrs international egg laying contest. The system helps identify unprofitable hens, guides feeding and management, and provides a production standard for 4H clubs and poultry producers to aim for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Storrs
Conn
Poultry Club
The Worker Hen and Its Egg Laying Patterns
The article describes how production indicates for flock owners what hens should lay monthly, noting small flocks can exceed 160 eggs yearly with attentive care. It compares to larger averages in New England and the United States, and explains peak laying occurs from March to June with November start and decline toward August or September. It advises keeping daily records in a small poultry house diary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
United States
Sion
Markings of Worker and Slacker Fowls
An agricultural text explains how to distinguish worker hens from slacker hens by feather condition, molting, comb shape, shank color, beak and ear lobes, and pelvic bone structure. It outlines a hands on physical exam noting skin quality, bone depth, and fat, to assess production efficiency.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Estimated yield of honey in 1919 from bees
The bureau of crop estimates calculates an average surplus honey yield of 50 pounds per colony in 1919, higher than 45 pounds in 1918 and 41.6 pounds over 1913–1917. Market proportions show 59 percent extracted honey, 31 percent comb honey, and 10 percent bulk honey, with about one third sold to outside markets.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Pecans Reach Record High Production in 1919
The 1919 pecan crop is the largest in the nation, achieving 89 percent of a full crop with high quality nuts. This marked production and quality represent a rare level of productivity for the period.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Overfat hens and careful poultry care notes
Podery notes advise discarding overfat hens as laying capacity drops after age two. Scratching hens boost laying in cold weather. Clean, evenly graded eggs of one color fetch more per dozen. Questioning why poultry breeds are mixed like horses cattle and hogs.
Black Draught Heralded For Colds And Chills
Mrs Mae Chitwood of Rocky Mount Virginia says Black Draught relieves cold symptoms and feverish spells. The old liver medicine is advertised as a gentle vegetable laxative that helps expel waste and prevent chills from becoming a cold. Thousands have found benefit over 70 years and the ad urges readers to try it.
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Rocky Mount
Mae Chitwood
Bubble Thickness Quips Spark County Paper Talk
Mrs. Wawboo debates a soap bubble’s thinness while Farmer Wawboo jokes about a local feud. The snippet also markets Dr. Peerys Dead Shot as a cure all in an adjacent advertisement.
Parrot Buyer Learns Lesson on Word Length
A buyer asks about teaching a parrot short words. The dealer replies that birds learn best with polysyllables, noting parrots naturally mimic longer words. The exchange highlights humorous contrast in training expectations.
Recipe for Gray Hair Tonic for Darkening and Shine
A historical home remedy suggests mixing water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until achieving desired shade. druggists can prepare it or mix at home at low cost. The tonic claims to soften and gloss hair without cooling the scalp or leaving a sticky residue.
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Warns Careful Bottle Checks
An advertisement urges parents to inspect CASTORIA bottles for the In Use for Over 30 Years claim while noting children cry for Fletcher's Castoria. The drummer remark contrasts with beating the band, reflecting period ad copy style.
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Fletcher
Vacher Balm Ad Promotes Quick Croup Relief
An advertisement touts Vacher Balm as faster relief for croup catarrh colds and sore throat than a $25 prescription, selling for 30 cents in jars or tubes. The promo urges samples and agent prices and warns against imitations from BH. W. Vacher, Inc., New Orleans. A school joke about the backbone of the American Revolution ends the excerpt.
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BH. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, as the disease is seated in constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. The formula combines tonics and blood purifiers, praised by testimonials and sold by Bw. Jeney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio for 75 cents.
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Hall
J.eney & Co
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Gloom Rejects Name for League as Gimme Gang Quip Emerges
In Ka City a man with a stretched, fiddle like face questions a tentative league name The name planned as the League for the Dissemination of Appreciation for the Beautiful Among the Masses seems clumsy The quick jab from J Fuller Gloom suggests a more blunt tag the Gimme Gang sparking humor.
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Gloom
League For
J. Fuller Gloom
Ka City
Texas Gross Receipts Tax Receipts Hit New High
Texas controller reports quarter ending December 31 1919 gross receipts taxes total 900214 with crude petroleum producers accountable for 673235 the largest single item other revenues listed include express firms telegraph utilities pipeline and car companies and a 6177 starting business tax while a 20217 pipe line regulation tax is noted and AG rulings clarify tax on full production
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Austin
Tex
Controller’s Department
Mark L. Wigginton
Wigginston
Attorney General's Department
Pullman
Millions Is Gain in Texas Property Values 1919
Texas property values for 1919 totaled 3.209 billion dollars, up 187.5 million from 1918. Land acres rose by about 1.9 million and value by 102.7 million. town lots, goods and merchandise, tools and machinery, banks, railroads, and telegraph lines all show gains, while intangible assets fell.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Col E M House Says He Returns Only To Rest In Texas
Col E M House of Houston denies reports he will engage in national convention politics. He states his sole purpose in returning to Texas is to rest mingle with friends and engage with Texas affairs.
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E. M. House
Houston
Tex
Texas
E. M. House of
Wilson
American Peace Commission
France
Thirty Five Ordered Deported from Detroit
Thirty five aliens were deported, leaving Detroit for Ellis Island on Saturday as a crowd of about a thousand friends and sympathizers gave a loud sendoff.
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Detroit
Mich
Ellis Island
New Zealand To Remain Wet After Referendum
Wellington New Zealand vote on no license referendum fails to reach a majority allowing prohibitionists to end the license system. The country will stay with existing licensing and liquor laws despite efforts to ban sales.
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New Zealand
Wellington
N. Z
Watterson Named Colonel on Governor Morrow’s Staff
Frankfort Kentucky Governor Edwin P. Morrow appoints Henry Watterson, noted newspaper man and former Louisville Courier Journal editor, as a colonel on his staff in a vice regal move.
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Watterson
Frankfort
Edwin P. Morrow
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
State Board Purchases New School Bonds in Austin
In regular session on Saturday the state board of education bought new school bonds totaling 244 450 dollars. The purchase was approved as part of the monthly meeting in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Cotton Mill Workers Strike in Bombay Presidency
Two hundred thousand workers in the cotton mills of Bombay Presidency, India, have gone on strike.
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London
Presidency of Bombay
India
Permit to Operate Pipe Line in Texas Wichita Falls Field
The railroad commission issues a permit for Western Oil Corporation to operate a pipe line in the Wichita Falls field in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
The
Railroad Commission
Western Oil Corporation
Wichita Falls
Oregon Legislature Ratifies Suffrage Amendment
Salem Oregon lawmakers in a special session ratified the federal constitution amendment granting women the right to vote.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Muskogee Chosen as Site for Oklahoma State Democratic Convention
Muskogee was selected unanimously by the Democratic state council to host the state convention. February 6 was set as the convention date. Local leaders welcomed the choice and prepared plans for the event in Muskogee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Muskogee
Democratic State Council
Fuel in Scandinavia A regional energy snapshot
In Scandinavia wood remains the common fuel while towns rely on waterpower for electric lighting. Norway lacks coal whereas Sweden has recently found substantial coal supplies. The text highlights regional energy resources and the shift in Sweden’s coal prospects.
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Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
The Misery of Backache in Muskegon Ad
Mrs G Schoonfield of 240 Wood Ave Muskegon Michigan recalls six years of back pain. Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound eased her condition and restored strength enabling work. She urges others to try the remedy.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman Health Message Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
An article urges women to guard health and avoid season ailments with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It claims the remedy has restored health to many and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Inkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
Advertises Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic aches neuritis and neuralgia with claims of fast relief. Markets to men and women, touting cleanliness economy and soothing effects with prices 35c 70c and 140.
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Sloan
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