Prosperity on Farm and Home Efficiency in 1919
A survey by the US Department of Agriculture and 33 states highlights farm home collaboration under the farm bureau system. Women extension workers link home economics with farming to improve water, kitchens, and laundry through demonstrations, leading to broader adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Organization
Extension Service
Farr
Valnomc
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Farm-Bureau
Mutton and Summer Squash: Old USDA Recipe
A vintage home economics note from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines a mutton and summer squash dish prepared in a deep baking dish. It describes cubed mutton browned, onions, squash, peppers, celery, garlic, and seasonings, cooking without water, then layering potatoes and finishing with a final hour of cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Delicious Sweet Curds Pie From Grandmothers Kitchen
A nostalgic recipe describes sweet curds pie using rennet milk curd, butter, sugar, egg yolks, currants or raisins, and nutmeg. It notes whey as a common beverage in dairies and its continued use in invalid diets.
Houchon Advises On Home Kitchen Practices
The article offers practical tips from Houchon on kitchen safety and cooking. It covers avoiding direct application of soup to paint, making lemon extract at home, oven efficiency for cakes, repurposing old shirts, venting gas ovens, proper work-height setup, and enhancing cocoa flavor with a pinch of salt.
Warning on chined bug invasion threatens corn crops
U S Department of Agriculture alerts Missouri Indiana and Illinois to chined bugs harming corn. Beds of winter grass host insects and spring migration to fields of young wheat then to corn. Farmers urged to dig furrows oil trenches spray kerosene emulsion and burn trash to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Todiana
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginian Farmer Switches to Purebred Sires in Campaign
A Virginian farmer owning 40 grade cows joined the Better Sires Better Stock movement. He plans to sell his grade bull and acquire a purebred ram, committing to use purebred sires only going forward.
Sowing Turnips Timing and Ruta Bagas Planting
Turnips grow well when sown before mid September but better if in ground a month or six weeks earlier. Ruta bagas require planting about a month earlier than turnips.
Calomel Promoted as Mercury Laxative Cited
An old description portrays calomel as a mercury based laxative that irritates the liver and bile causing cramping and nausea when exposed to sour bile. The fragment reflects period health rhetoric about drastic remedies.
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad and Modern Staircase Gag
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless substitute for calomel promising easy liver relief and energy. A real estate agent quips a burglar alarm staircase as a modern home feature to reassure a tenant. A worm expeller, Dead Shot by Dr Peery, is advertised as a universal dewormer.
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Dodson
Ragtime War Sparks Neighborly Phonograph Defiance
In a Birmingham Age Herald report, Mr. Duthwaite reveals he has purchased a phonograph and plans to start a small opposition to canned music, noting about twenty other phonographs exist in the neighborhood. The exchange centers on attitudes toward recorded music and local response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Duthwaite
Birmingham Age- Herald
Danderine Ad Claims Hair Renewal Benefits
A vintage advertisement promises a few cents buys Danderine that supposedly prevents hair fallout and dandruff. It claims after use every hair shows life vigor brightness color and thickness with no dandruff.
Three year old Betty Mistakenly Demands Forgiveness
Betty, age three, repeats a line from nine year old John and asks for forgiveness, saying Forgive me a nickel. The momentary worry passes as she explains she is asking to be forgiven for a small, mischievous reason.
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Betty
John
Cuticura Campaign Ad Promises Soothing Relief for Babies
An advertisement extols Cuticura products as the best cure for itchy rashes and irritations in babies. It claims a routine of Cuticura Soap baths followed by Cuticura Ointment and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum, priced 25 cents each.
Old Province House Remnants in Boston Court
Historic Province house relics remain on Bossworth court Boston with iron arch gateway and stone steps preserved. Oliver Wendell Holmes lived there for 15 years and Thoreau immortalized the residence in Twice-Told Tales.
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Bossworth Court
Boston
Old Province House
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Governor’s Garden
Province House
Thawthorne
Peter Sargent
Failings Ignored and Epitaph Style References Discussed
A brief dialogue notes how to craft cook references in an epitaph like tone. Mrs Hodge questions writing style while Mrs Hiram Daly responds with a pointed, terse stance on reference tone.
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Hodge
Hiram Daly
Perfect pene reigns In the Brown family
The Brown household is disrupted by eerie sounds from the next house as a gramophone plays at Mrs Wood’s, prompting Mr. Brown to request Lizzie to stop it. The girl returns with a confusing explanation about the Morphas Hewn street opening.
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Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Lizzie
Dushier
Secret Society Claim Sparks Sleep Talk Question
A fragment quotes an exchange about a husband possibly belonging to a “way secret society.” The comment notes the man’s sleep talking, suggesting secrets behind the alleged membership and prompting curiosity about hidden affiliations.
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Mrs. Jones
Secret Society
Pfe
Garden Party Dress Inquiry Sparks Lawn Dress Joke
A light exchange centers on attire for a garden party with a pun about wearing a lawn dress as the fitting outfit. The witticism plays on the term lawn as both grass and fabric style.
Father and Daughter Get Relief by Eatonic
R J Powell of Sweetwater Texas reports dramatic relief for his daughter from Eatonic. He claims one box helped her and urges sending four more, noting hundreds already use Eatonie tablets after meals. He states Eatonie reduces acidity and poisons and quickly relieves heartburn indigestion and bloating.
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Eatonic
R. J. Powell
Sweetwater
Texas
Toys
Eatonie
Richest Spot On Kart Offers Fertile Missouri Farmland
Southeast Missouri cotton lands yield high per acre with hundred bushels corn and forty bushels wheat plus fine alfalfa. No weevil problem. A square deal is promised. Write for free literature from Union Farm Land Company, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Union Farm Land Company
Poplar Bluff
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Houchon
Chinch Bucs
Chinch
Virginia Farmer
Dr. Peery
Ady
Astoria
Gextaurgenpany
New York
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Gramophone
Calomel
Aigtals
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