California Fig Syrup touted as a gentle remedy for children's digestion
A nostalgic advertising piece promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe vegetable treatment for children with feverish, fretful, or cross spells and digestive issues. It claims quick relief by cleansing waste, toning the stomach and bowels, and notes a long-use history and endorsements from a Western mother Mrs. May Snavely of Montrose California.
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Great Discovery Kills Rats and Mice Exterminator Ad
K R O kills rats only using squill per U S Department of Agriculture Connable process. Two cans killed 578 rats at Arkansas State Farm with safety for livestock and poultry. Backed by testimonials and a back guarantee. Druggists 75 cents, large four times as much two dollars. K R O Co Springfield Ohio.
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Paris diner frenzy prompts hospital restraint
A Paris customer refused to pay after his bill was presented and became violent, needing hospital restraint. The London Morning Post notes speculation over whether the menu or the bill sparked the sudden frenzy.
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Pastor Koenig’s Nervine Promotional Sample
An old time remedy story describes Pastor Koenig starting Nervine over forty years ago to ease nervousness epilepsy sleeplessness and related ailments. It notes expanded factories and global sales and offers a free large sample by mailing a postal request to Koenig Medicine Co Chicago with a mention of the local paper.
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Plenty of It There At Tail-End Ball Park Fragment
A terse exchange ends with a man chasing a car after taunting a rival about room and attending a ball game. The fragmented clipping references a tail-end season remark and a dash for the vehicle in Cincinnati.
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Cal Harris Drives Off Rustlers at Three Bar Ranch
Billie Warren, owner of the Warren Three Bar ranch, employs Cal Harris who backs squatter settlement and orders six rustlers led by Slade and Harper off the premises. Harris tests his nerve as temporary foreman during a tense cattle roundup on the range.
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Harris and Billie Warren Face Sioux Roundup Strife
Harris and Billie Warren oversee a brutal round-up as a sagebrush fire roars above the wagon. Calves are roped and burned to edge the moving herd while the crew swaps mounts and keeps the pressure on Slade’s cows. Harris tallies calves and notes Slade’s cows drift or join the southern range.
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Three Bar Cowboys Uncover Inside Plot Behind Cattle Feud
Harris exposes Morrow an inside man for Harper who sabotages calves and helps Slade’s range expand. The scheme uses cross border drift of cattle with rustling alliances among O V Lazy H Four and Three Bar rivals. Morrow is dismissed and warned off the range as tension remains.
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No Possible Danger From That Cemetery
Eugene Field on tour in Philadelphia notes a delay at a Schuylkill bridge and jokes about drinking water from the river. A bassoon of humor emerges as a porter explains residents drink from Laurel Hill Cemetery runoff, implying the locals are descendants of its buried families.
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Delicate Surgery Micromanipulator Patented in Germany
A micromanipulator device patented in Germany enables surgical operations and amputations on single cell organisms like amoebae. It performs on infinitesimal objects, reflecting a leap in precision tools for delicate biological work.
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Faultry Advice on Raising Chicks in Clean Brooder Homes
New Jersey poultry expert J C Taylor notes success in chick brooding hinges on cleanliness space and feeding gear. Maintain a clean brooder house, remove litter every five days after week four, avoid crowding with space guidelines, provide ample hopper space, and ensure constant water supply for growing chicks.
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Treating Chickens for Severe Colds and Roup
When chicken eyes water and swell a roupy condition may follow with nasal mucous and a hard face lump. Remove mucus from nostrils with tissue, inject roup cure or disinfectant, and treat or cull if the head shows a strong odor of soup. If salvageable, lance the lump, treat with disinfectant, pack with iodine moistened cotton to heal from inside. Outcome depends on bird value and timing of care.
Portable brooders and poultry care tips for young chicks
Practical guidance for poultry farmers highlights early hatching benefits, use of a portable brooders house no larger than 8 by 12 feet, clean feed in clean containers, avoiding zinc containers, proper timing for turning out turkeys, gradual feed changes, gas burners for brooding, and the need for a well lighted dry ventilated poultry house with direct sunlight. It endorses the portable colony brooder as essential and economical for initial setups.
Castoria: A Trusted Baby Remedy for Many Homes
A nostalgic sales pitch touts Castoria as a staple for five million households. It emphasizes gentle relief for colic and constipation in infants, warns against stronger medicines for babies, and urges mothers to keep Castoria on hand for emergencies and nightly fretfulness.
Horned frog surprises New York zoo keepers
A large horned frog from South America arrived at the New York zoological garden and impressed experts. Dr. Ditmars notes its 5% inch green bronze body, horns, and strong jaws. The reptile house staff were warned but not alarmed until the frog leapt at a photographer barking like an angry dog and suggesting it could inflict painful wounds.
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New York Zoological Garden
Dittmars
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