Tet terine Promises Fast Skin Clearing For Pimples
Advertisement urges women to use Tet terine for facial eruptions eczema and skin troubles. Box 50c from Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga. Also notes a King Stuart portrait purchase reflecting royal interest in the House of Stuart and Queen Victoria’s sentiments toward Mary Stuart.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Stuart
James II
House of Sturt
Victoria
Queen Elizabeth
Mary Stuart
Macaulay
London Mail
Mild Liver Pills Ad and Quick Diner Exchange
Short ad copy touts Bond's Liver Pills as a gentle remedy for bilious headaches and liver regulation. A satirical scene follows with Claudine at a rapid dining counter and a suitor in a comic exchange about progress with a daughter.
Capudine Quick Relief For All Headaches Ad
An advertisement touts Capudine as a fast remedy for headaches with trial size at 10 cents and larger liquid forms available. The snippet also includes a humorous exchange about Wyoming game, from the Yonkers Statesman.
Elephants Awaited at Welcome Home Parade
A reader recalls a boy asking when the elephants would appear at a welcome home parade after watching many soldiers pass by. Other notes mention Dr Peerys Dead Shot claims and a London preacher walking miles to keep engagements, plus wartime hero Capt John Mac Gregor earning the Victoria Cross.
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Sammy” Coles
Luxborough
West Somerset
England
John MacGregor
D. C. M. Canadian Mounted Rifles
Gideon Fights the Midnights Lessons For Sunday School
Johnny tells his father that the lesson at church was about Gideon fighting the Midnights and knocking the day lights out of them in po time. The tale thrills him as he returns home from Sunday school.
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Claudine
Rapid Fire
Kansas City Star
Johnny
Gideon
Liquid Shit Make Advertises Kidney Remedy in Fort Worth
An early 20th century ad recommends Liquid Shit Make for overactive kidneys in children and adults. It claims the product helps excessive daytime and nighttime kidney action but is not a universal cure. Readers are urged to mail sixty cents to the Shumake Remedy Company in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Shumake Remedy Company
Fort Worth
Texas
For & Bothg
Ady
Convert Surplus Cockerels Into Cash and Give Egg Producing Pallets Room
The article advises poultrymen to market surplus cockerels early to free space for pullets and boost profits. It recommends fattening smaller cockerels to one and a half to two and a half pounds for market, outlines three grain-based rations with milk or vegetable additions, and notes fattening typically lasts seven to seventeen days in coop confines.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wage rates for farm labor trail crop prices in wartime
A report from the United States Department of Agriculture shows farm labor wages lagging behind rising prices for crops and livestock from 1914 through 1918. Wages rose 65 percent vs price gains of 96 percent since 1914, with convergence beginning in 1918 and future trends uncertain.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Ford County Farmers Form Pure Seed Growers Association
Through their county agent John V. Helper Ford county farmers near Dodge City organize a pure seed growers association. They aim to plant and keep pure seed, advertise products, and command a better market for standard sorghum seeds. The cooperative effort seeks to produce desirable seed and attract buyers in the southwest.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ford County
Kan
Dodge City
John V. Helper
Kansas
Poultry Notes: Lice Control Feed Additives and Care
Faw advises continuing lice control and notes charcoal as a value in poultry rations. Blackhead is the plague for turkey growers. Geese require similar care to ducks. Some breeders suffered losses from using inferior quality grain.
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Turkey
Freezone promises painless corn removal discovery
Advert says Freezone relieves corn pain instantly and lifts corn away without pain or irritation. A tiny bottle cost a few cents and is sold by druggists. It claims to cure hard and soft corns and calluses, from the toes to between them, as the Cincinnati genius behind it is noted.
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Cincinnati
Refined Fuel Debate Sparks Street Talk and Jokes
Citizens debate whether students drink gasoline or benzine as a joke spreads. Local chatter turns into a playful controversy about fuel quality and safety amid curious headlines and amused responses.
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Cleansing
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims the product is harmless vegetable medicine that prevents salivation, improves digestion, and leaves the user feeling alert by morning. The piece parodies court banter and includes unrelated notes about Cuticura products and a quip about silence and copper.
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Dodson
Skeleton Structure Costs Echoes of Bone Finance
In a witty exchange on building a skeletal framework, the dialogue jokes that a skeleton structure is costly, with a pun on bones highlighting the high expense. The playful banter centers on price and the imagined budget for a bone based construction.
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Bond
George
Birmingham Age-Herald
Western Plains
Wyoming
Yonkers States
Bobby
Ringling Bros
Indianapolis
Coventry
Association For Pure Seed
Kansas County
Stude
Calomel
George Scifres
Durham
Durham Tobacco
Bull” Durham Tobacco
Bull Durham
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