Cure For The Blues One Medicine That Has Never Failed
A humorous piece describes a cheerful brave woman slipping into deep blues as a common pattern. It notes she has been feeling out of sorts and hints at a medicine never failing to lift spirits.
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
6
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles and melancholy. It cites Mrs Rosa Adams of Louisville as a testimonial, claiming restored health and buoyancy after use and invites others to write for advice from Abs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
C.S.A
Mrs. Pinkham
Abs. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Turkeys Cook Chestnuts Near Blain in Grateful Display
Hiram Gibb of Perry county reports wild turkeys near Blain gathering ripening chestnuts and dropping them onto hot coals. The birds rake out the nuts, cool them, and eat them, an apparent sign of appreciation for protective Pennsylvania laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Blain
Perry County
Hiram Gibb
Coming Expositions and the Tercentenary of Jamestown
The article notes Jamestown’s 1907 start in May and the tercentenary celebration on Hampton Roads through December next year. It mentions a planned 1909 Alaskan Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle funded by half a million from the city and a proposed million from the state legislature, as a contrast to Jamestown’s commemorative focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Portland
Oregon
Pacific
Seattle
Washington
Postum Praised By Doctor For Heart Relief
A physician testifies Postum helped his long standing heart trouble after stopping coffee. He notes improved health after shifting to Postum and plans to prescribe it for patients whose coffee harms nerves stomach or heart. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek promotes the product with its slogan There’s a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Disinheriting Sons Idea From The New York Sun
A radical proposal argues to bar sons from inheriting from parents while protecting daughters and widows with state redistribution. It claims such law would foster independence, curb misused wealth, and reduce moral decay, though allow parental care through limited funds for spouses and remaining family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styx
New York Sun
Words of Wisdom: tongue in cheek social advice
A spoof from the New York Press offering social maxims about love marriage and money. Witty lines discuss engagements, sisterly affection, occupational earnings, popularity, propriety, widowhood, parenting, and memory in courtship.
Coal Tar Colors
The London Chronicle laments fifty years of shocking coal tar dyes staining white linen and golden silk. It notes mauve magenta and a color named after a battle, solferino, as harsh examples. William Morris tried to curb them with vegetable dyes, but the synthetic hues returned and remain strong and unforgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morris
London Chronicle
The Late Hatched Pullets Breeding Season Advantage
The late hatched pullets gain an edge as with proper care they begin laying nicely in the next breeding season when fertile eggs are in demand.
Calf Rearing Costs Rise Each Year, Study Finds
Professor Wing cites an average from forty five experiments across different stations showing development costs per 100 pounds of calf weight by year. First year costs $3.50, second year $7.10, and third year $11.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wing
Good Business on Farms Sells For Cattle Feed
The American Cultivator notes that farmers will profit by selling top timothy and horsehair hay and buying lower grade meadow hay and brook grass for cattle. The crop is so good that meadow hay brings low prices as farmers have plenty of better grass for barns and do not want to stack the lower grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Nature
Pr. Pierce
Advice For Poultry Growers From Outing Magazine
Use kerosene to rid hen houses of lice and wash roasts with it. Dust hens freely to lice in feathers and wings. Feed a soft mash of bran middlings cornmeal oats with salt and cayenne. Include meat fed via sausage grinder three times weekly to boost laying. Vary diet with corn oats wheat barley and humor hens when egg prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outing Magazine
Farm first then sport laws. protect crops not pests
The piece argues against game laws favoring sportsmen over farmers, urging farmers to unite and challenge protections for rabbits and other pests. It notes Long Island jack rabbits harming truck crops and asserts farmers may shoot wild pests to defend land and crops. It also offers horse care tips and emphasizes humane, attentive husbandry for livestock and stable cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Remedies For Squash Pests And Horse Feeding Rules
The article advises covering squash hills with wire netting to trap pests and flea beetles, removing covers after five leaves, and planting extra seeds to hedge against loss. It also notes burning rubbish to reduce shelter for bugs and cites a French expert on horse feeding, detailing meal timing, digestion, rest, and hydration guidelines to prevent colic and indigestion.
Pest control notes for melon and cucumber vines
The article describes collecting and burning all vines after harvest, using hant to trap bugs on vines and squash plants, destroying eggs, and inspecting vines twice daily. It discusses kerosene emulsion at eight percent with seven parts water, cautions on plant injury at higher concentrations, and urges autumn measures after harvest, with careful spraying and hand destruction of insects. It ends with a local aside from Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Germany Revises Rail Tariff For Mulhouse To Basel Travel
Report notes a new German railway tariff multiplies tickets for a Mulhouse to Basel journey. A traveler with a small family would be issued about sixty tickets, plus additional baggage tickets, under the revised scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mulhouse
Bale
Cure of severe itching with Cuticura remedies in Indianapolis
D J Blankenship of 819 N Del St Indianapolis recalls severe itching from late July lasting night and day. After using Cuticura Ointment and baths for about four weeks he reports hair loss stopped and total cure. Also mentions a chameleon and Mrs Winslow's Syrup testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Blankenship
N. del. St
Indianapoli
Ind
Growth of Negro Banks Across the United States
The article notes 31 black banks operating in the United States with total capital of 350000 and deposits of 1192000. Mississippi hosts twelve banks followed by Georgia with four and Virginia with six. Tennessee Arkansas and three states in each have two, while North Carolina Alabama Florida and Muskogee I T each have one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mississippi
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Muskogee
I. T
Daughtrey Reports Kidney Relief with Dean’s Pills
Suffolk Va publisher J D Daughtrey says he passed 214 pounds of gravel over two to three years and has not passed a stone in three years after using Dean's kidney fills. He lists other symptoms, mentions a box with 14 stones and calls the pills a fine kidney tonic. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Birds Build Nests in Noise Says Sparrow Study
New observations show sparrows choose hidden spots are not required as birds nest in loud or conspicuous sites. A sparrow was found nesting in a London Thames Embankment electric light that is lit and extinguished daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Embankment
London
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Words OF
Candy
Poe
Ifrom
New York Press
Indianapolis News
Paris
Salina
Marquette
Kan
Doan
Bulke
Thompson
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Rample Phe
Mallenly
Dole Atte
Foster
Fitzgerald &Co
Washingwa
B.g
W.l.douglas
W._ L. Douglas
Book Publishing House
Leonard ST
N. Y. City
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