CUTICURA PILLS PROMISE BLOOD PURITY AND ECONOMY
An advertisement touts Cuticura Resolvent Pills as tasteless odorless substitutes for the liquid form. Each 60 dose pocket vial costs 25 cents and the pills are claimed to be alterative antiseptic tonic and digestives. The note includes other brief items on zinc production, a Detroit Pingree monument design, teacher wages in Michigan, a Capitol Hill joke, a St Louis medical banquet, Senator Sherman’s grave, a Strasbourg clock anecdote, and San Francisco stamp collection valued at $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Crocker
San Francisco
St. Louis
United States
Railroad link to Port Clarence and Asia contemplated
Engineers favor a railroad to Port Clarence Alaska across the Bering Strait with steel lighter ferries to span about thirty miles linking San Francisco to Asia. U S cereals valued at $6.25 billion over five years show a $1 billion rise from the prior five years for farmers.
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Port Clarence
Alaska
Bering Straits
Asia
Straits
San Francisco
St. Petersburg
Large private pipe organ installed at Balm Beach home
Henry M. Plagier builds the country’s largest private pipe organ in his Balm Beach residence, Florida. Gen S B Buchner donates water works to Munfordville, Kentucky, and his son in law Col Morris B Belknap gifts a Florence Italy marble fountain. The piece also includes maxims about deeds, fire, and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Plagier
Balm Beach
Florida
S. B. Buchner
Munfordville, Ky
Col
Morris B. Belknap
Florence
Italy
Potatoes and fertilizer issues in farm practice debated
Professor C D Woods urges Wisconsin farmers at Oconomowoc to tailor potato cultivation to local soil and climate. He warns against overreliance on public methods, stresses seed selection and timing, and explains deeper planting in clay to avoid sunburned tubers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Woods
Maine Experiment Station
Wisconsin
Oconomowoc
Remembered Woods and Lost Youth in a Rural Memoir
A nostalgic voice recalls childhood knowledge of birds, plants, and hillside favorites, contrasting a bygone wisdom with the ache of aging. The piece shifts to observations on education and work, sharing anecdotes about clubs, games, mind reading, and simple experiments, ending with reflections on memory and a playful trading mouse.
Fruit crop outlook varied across states in farmers report
In a Farmers' Review special,asts note diverse fruit futures. Stanton in Southern Illinois reports trees not full last year while Waugh in Vermont says outlook never better. Minnesota and Illinois observers cite buds intact and mixed prospects for apples peaches plums and other fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
A. Keffer
TeDegsee
H. J. Waters
Missouri
Ozarks
Putlook
Farmers’ Review
J. W. Stanton
Ilinois
F. A. Waugh
Vermont
M. Lord
Minnesota
E. A. Riehl
Geo. N. Parker
Illinois
Crawford
J. Trolop
Indiana
John Craig
New York State
L. R. Taft
Michigan
Benjamin Buckman
Ont Cay
Breeding Principles for Seed Birds and Egg Quality
The article argues for selecting proven breeding stock from mature males and females to produce strong embryos and vigorous chicks. It recommends spacious yards with ample green grass and oats, and suggests a five by five foot breeding pen for a cock and four hens to promote fertility through exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Agricultural College
Forest wealth in the Philippines described by Capt. Ahern
Capt. Ahern of the forestry bureau reports vast virgin forests in the Philippines with 10 000 to 20 000 cubic feet of premium lumber per acre. Trees exceed 150 feet in height and have trunks clear of branches for 80 feet. Fifty valuable hardwoods are now offered to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forests of
Philippines
Capt. Ahern
Forestry Bureau
Sheep Raising in New Mexico and Utah Lead Industry
New Mexico stands as a leading sheep country with about 6,000,000 sheep, while Utah supports 8,000,000 to 9,000,000. The industry is described as never before so prosperous, with New Mexico and Utah noted as the primary states excelling in sheep raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Utah
Child’s Ink Tail Riddle Delights Reader
A five year old girl Margaret drew a picture of a catch in rough ink and wondered where the tail was. After a puzzled pause she answered with a sly twist the tail is in the ink.
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Margaret
Tures
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Charterhouse Sq
London
Dele Paix
Paria
Axp Guan
Coxf
Boston
U. S
Rhine
Europe
Detroit
Hazen S. Pingree
Rudolph Schwarz
Indianapolis
Washington
Senate
Elisha H. Gregory
St. Louis Medical College
John Sherman
Mansfield
Ohio
Rhode Island
Strasburg
New York Times
Western Canada
Ércia
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Albertas
Canada
F. Pedhey
Ottawa
Kansas City
E. Barrett
Houston
Texas
Luber Es
CS Mendel Jr. & Bro
Ias Isville
Alcomo Sanatorium
Tower 'S
Ad. Tower. CO
Mass
Havana
Nau
Ee Natura
Lear
Erice Greenville Tobacco
Allen
Ireland
Feopie
Ft. —American
Neponset River
Christ
VIA
Santa FE
Cal
Knights OF Pythias
Mystic Shrines
Portland
Oregon
United Workmen and Traveler's Protective Assn
Arizona
W. S. Keenan
Galveston
California
Convention Federation of Womens Clubs
Tavelera Protective Association
San Antonio
Aransas Pasa
Salt Lake City
Denver
KR. E. George
UPA
Sunset
Waco
Tae
Ani
New Hampshire
Miller & Davis Co
Chicago
Cape A
Evansville
J. C. Wallenmeyer
W. C. Latta
Purdue University
J. W. Boles
F. Nye
Crookshank
Royal Veterinary College of England
Koch
of SA
Gren
Francis Tabor
Orton
New York Cits
Mvid
Alice
May
Alie
Phys
Tore
Rob
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