Cucumbers in Many Ways From Foreign Cookbooks
The United States Department of Agriculture presents cucumbers as a versatile cooked vegetable used like eggplant squash and corn in other countries. Recipes include baked stuffed cucumbers stewed cucumbers with sauce fried cucumbers sautéed cucumbers with onions cucumber jelly garnish for fish and meats baked cucumbers and a cucumber salad dressing using lemon juice mustard and egg yolk for various salads.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Experts Urge Care of Outer Garments Tips
Home economic experts from the United States department of agriculture advise proper care for outer garments. Hang clothes to prevent wrinkles, use rods and hangers, cover delicate items, air regularly, and fold for storage to avoid creases, fading, and insects.
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United States Department of Agriculture
High Living Cost Reduced Through Better Cooking
Home economic specialists of the United States department of agriculture urge housewives to use cheaper foods with higher nutritive value and to improve cooking methods. Reducing fuel waste and better cooking can improve health and household finances while making meals more appealing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
All Around Hie Yous
Practical domestic tips on hygiene cooking and home care. The note covers child dental brushing twice a day meat placement on ice battering and candy making tips.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Cure
A promotional notice claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured by local remedies. It markets Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment affecting the blood, offering a hundred dollar guarantee if ineffective and listing Toledo, Ohio as the company location.
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Hallu
Hall’s
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney Benefits
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. The ad touts quick gentle relief and offers a sample bottle for ten cents from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. It urges readers to mention the paper when requesting a sample.
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Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Victoria plans vast brown coal deposits for power
The government of Victoria plans to develop immense brown coal deposits estimated to exceed 20 billion tons to support cheap electric power production. It envisions briquettes and by products as part of the plan.
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Government of
Victoria
Alabama Man Unveils Miniature Chain Pistol
An Alabama inventor showcases a pistol design that feeds cartridges through a chain of linked firing chambers. The device can extend with a long chain and is described as a compact rapid-fire weapon with potential military use.
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Alabama
Taken in the Other Sense
Comic exchange between Miss Mugg and Miss Bute featured in the Boston Transcript highlighting flirtatious banter and witty repartee in a social scene.
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Miss Mugg
Miss Bute
Boston Transcript
A Hearse Horse
A man rides in a cab to his home near the cemetery pays eighteen pence and notes a white horse with a short tail. The cabby hints the next time he is brought back it will be by a black horse with a long tail. Evening, sir.
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Edinburgh
Tetterine Promises Clear Complexion for Women
Southern women praise Tetterine for clearing blotches and itchy patches and smoothing skin. claims eczema and skin diseases yield to the remedy. Sold by druggists or sent by mail for 50c by Shuptrine Co. Savannah Ga. Adv. His Views. "All the world's a stage." "Maybe so. But some people have on too much makeup."
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Adv
A Woman’s Strength Lies in Her Weakness
A reflective aphorism notes that a woman’s power shows through vulnerability and that envy or happiness in others can trouble a pessimist, suggesting contrasting inner and social dynamics.
An Exception Folklore Fragment Escapes Toons
A fragmentary note names playful characters and mockery, referencing mock love themes and American context in terse dialogue style. The text appears as a quirky aside with no clear event or date, preserving character names and a casual tone.
Vacher-Balm Adverts Promoted as Harmless Relief
An advertising notice claims 99 of 100 minor ailments like toothache and headaches can be quickly relieved by Vacher-Balm. It urges readers to keep a tube handy and avoid imitations, offering to mail a tube for 30 cents from K. W. Vacher, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
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K. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Ady
Statius Quotation on Luck and Birthplace
A pessimist speaks of misfortune and an optimist of fortune, while the world itself is presented as a man’s birth place in this classical reflection.
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Statius
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