Alfalfa Feed for Hens and Hogs in Winter
The article recommends starting with a small patch of alfalfa to feed hens and hogs. It notes alfalfa can be grown nationwide, improves soil with lime and cultivation, and alfalfa meal serves as a top winter feed with high lime and protein. It compares meal cost and value to wheat bran and encourages growing alfalfa for hens and bees next year.
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Basket Creams Pie Crust Rolls
A simple method to make delicate thin rolls from a sweetened pie crust. Cut into squares bake quickly then seal opposite corners with a toothpick while hot. Fill with whipped cream or preferred filling and serve hot or cold depending on the filling.
Old-timey quip about a husband's tale fanfare
A humorous exchange where a wife tells her husband to “shut up” mid confession, prompting a clarifying punchline about the familiar tale from a night out with the boys. The dialogue plays on misunderstandings of romantic storytelling.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Health Notice
A Sikeston Missouri woman reports seven years of illness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes relief from backache, nervousness, and fatigue, enabling regular activities and social visits. The letter promotes the remedy for female complaints including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and indigestion.
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Why Horse Dislikes Camel
A short essay notes animals have likes and dislikes among themselves. It compares horse aversion to camels with affection for dogs and bears, suggesting the horse favors grace and strength while disliking vulgarity. It implies the camel lacks esthetic appeal and humor, unlike the dog and bear who share sport and companionship.
Back-rest novelty showcased for motor cyclists in London
An ingenious back-rest for motorcycles was shown at a recent London automobile show. The device attaches to the handlebars or steering column to provide comfortable support for riders during rides and demonstrations.
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What He Meant by a Perplexity Fit
Dorothy and ice discuss a confusing illness. Clarice suggests a parallel stroke, sparking a small, playful exchange about medical symptoms.
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Southern Cake Recipe Steps and Filling Details
Detailed bake guide lists sugar butter milk eggs and flour for cake layers. Filling combines brown and white sugar milk butter vanilla lemon hops raisins cherries citron and pecan nuts boiled to a soft ball then cooled and spread between and on top the layers.
The Truth About Bluing Talk No 10
An emphasis on thrifty laundering suggests avoiding water for bluing. A small dab in a large bottle of water is proposed. The ad endorses Red Cross Ball Blue as the best value, promising satisfaction for the family and noting availability at grocers in large packages.
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Milk to Put Out Fire
A National Magazine Home Department article states milk can extinguish flames from gasoline or petroleum because it forms an emulsion with the oil, whereas water spreads the fire. The note highlights milk as an effective firefighting aid in such incidents.
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National Magazine
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Promoted for Children
A promote line says mothers will find Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy for children during teething period.
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Bread Griddle Cakes Recipe Reading
Mix one and a half cups flour with three teaspoons baking powder and one teaspoon galt. Stir in one cup stale bread crumbs, two tablespoons sugar, one half cup boiling water, three quarters cup milk, one well beaten egg, two tablespoons melted butter. Let bread crumbs stand five minutes then combine milk and dry ingredients with bread mixture. Add egg and butter, fry as griddle cakes.
To Breal in New Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
In New Shoes always shake Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure hot sweaty aching and swollen feet. It relieves corns ingrowing nails and bunions. Available at all druggists and shoe stores. 25 cents. Don’t accept substitutes. Free sample by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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First Meal of the Day Breakfast as Moral Cornerstone
The passage extols breakfast as a respectable, punctual, and solemn meal that underpins a grounded and sensible character, contrasting it with more frivolous dinners or humorous suppers. It portrays breakfast as foundational to social reputation and personal virtue.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Advertised As Digestive Aid
An impact note touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as relating and invigorating the stomach liver and bowels. The sugar coated tiny granules are promoted as easy to take and free of gripe.
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Farmer’s Wife Goes Crazy After 20 Years in Kitchen
A farmer tells a friend he cannot understand why his wife snapped. He insists she has not left the kitchen for a day in 20 years, vowing he will be struck dead if he lies about the situation.
Know Nature Secret Riches in Ground Waters Heavens
The saying frames knowledge of the ground waters and heavens as pathways to wealth and power. It highlights hidden enchanters within nature and equates such insight with royal fortune. Emerson aphorism underscores the value of natural knowledge.
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Good for Evil Ends With Sour School Day
Tommy returns home crying after a schoolyard fight with Billy Blobbs who punches his other eye. His mother’s lesson to "return good for evil" leads to a tart peace offering, but Billy demands a pudding and violence continues.
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Age Question Outsmarted by a Little Lady
A gentleman asks a girl her age and she replies with wit that her age might be forty but isn’t, sparking a lighthearted moment in a quaint dialogue.
Hope and health through Munyon’s Paw Paw Pills.
The piece extols self reliance and hope as remedies for poverty and sorrow. It promotes Munyon's Paw Paw Laxative Pills as a universal cure for biliousness headaches and indigestion, claiming they improve digestion, stimulate the liver and bowels, and require no external laxatives.
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