Planting Shrubs to Spring and Garden Preparations
The piece advises planting shrubs in spring and details proper planting methods, including root trimming, soil mellowing, good drainage, and proportion between roots and branches. It also covers garden planning, planning with bushes and flowering beds, and recommends involving family in planning for beauty and value. It then explains preparing the garden with salt dressings of up to 1000 pounds per acre, noting varied quality of salt and its effects on soil, weeds, and moisture retention, with cautions about weed control and long-term fertility.
Fragmentary Chicago Post snippet on football romance
A fragment from the Chicago Post shows a football player speaking to his fiancée about past engagements. The overheard tension hints at deeper emotional stakes as she questions propriety and hints at testing the relationship with a practice game.
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Chicago Post
Remarkable relief letter about Lydia E Pinkham's Medicine
A Philadelphia woman sends a vivid testimonial to Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for womb trouble and long misery. She describes severe nervousness and suicidal thoughts, then improvement after starting the remedy and urges others to seek advice from Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Jackie a Great Later and His Food Ration
The account praises Jack as a hearty eater who uses much of his sixteen dollars a month for food to supplement tar rations. Rations run thirty cents a day providing limited meat, fruit, and bread, with regulations allowing only partial commutations and a shift from discretionary to fixed quotas.
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Jackie
Jack
Anil
Philadelphia Press
Narrow Escape on Halstead Street Electric Car Night Rush
Fifty passengers on an Halstead street electric car near the North Halstead street bridge escaped a fatal plunge when the bridge was found open. The motorman braked and reversed power but the car halted only at the edge of the river, a mere foot away from disaster. had it fallen, many lives would have been lost. Separately a Mississippi penitentiary report notes annual ice supplies ranging from seven thousand to nine thousand pounds.
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Chicago
Halstead Street
North Halstead Street
Remarkable Syrup of Figs Endures as Reliable Remedy
The advertorial feature extols Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as a proven, superior laxative product, contrasting it with inferior imitations. It emphasizes consistent quality, pleasant taste, and health benefits for headaches, biliousness, and kidney and liver issues. It also mentions Queen Wilhelmina reviewing the Netherlands army amid public enthusiasm.
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California
Fred Gu
California Grup Co
Com Irs
United States
Teiland
Wil
Neotka
Pergo
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Renkuin Heide
Ay En
Wilhchuina
Royal Horse Guards
Carbonstatic Syrup Co
California Fig Syreupe Co
Carte Forma Fira Syner Co
The German Maiden in Domestic Life and Ot her News
The passage portrays a German maiden focused on housekeeping, knitting, sewing, and cooking with simple gowns and self-sufficiency. She enjoys family recreation in gardens, knits during music, and walks to local theaters, while country dwellers cherish routine tasks. Also notes a tobacco critique and a Shreveport note on a cotton oil plan.
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Germany
Japan Aids China In Face Of Italian Concession Demand
Shanghai correspondent reports Japan supporting China's resistance to Italian demands at San Mun. The piece notes a surge of Asiatic silk imports through Tacoma Washington, and includes assorted medical remedy ads and weather notes. It also discusses the New Naval Organization with Admiral George Dewey at the helm and lists rear admirals by class and rank.
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Shanghai
Tendon Daily Mail
Japan
China
San Mun
Navy
George Dewey
United States
McNair
Howell Howison
Kanter
Remey
Farquhar
Watson Robeson
Sedley
Casey
Sampson
Cromwell
Nilip
Thgginson
Picking
Rogers
Kemff
Sculey
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Frticultures
Mrs. Rank
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tsawina
Tinkham
Lynn
Mass
Mississippi
Ig Tol
Ayer
Dr. Aver
Sewepapers
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York, N
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Sterling Remedy
New York
Shreveport
Ak Oe
Justines & Sn
Ware
Tis
Adam Vangundy
Loar of Trustees
P Hesovs
Dr. Willams
Ak Eopl
Renee Bucaer Ane
Rete Tone
OrWilliams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Ff C.C. C
Sis
Tacoma
Wash
Pi O
Sir
Wiliamsport
Kline
Catarra
Dotore
the New Naval Organization
Ripans Therateal Co
NewYa's
Wy Sasaples
Ty Cotich
Ject
Gertian Kali Works
Nassau St
Davin H Mrapur
Newark
Dockeo
Monitreal
Sen
Nettate
Cooper Marble Works
Russell
Houss AZ B
Lrovany Sr Yools
Omalley Mife&co
Uss
Iawa
Mpson’s
Eya Water
Spalding’s
Spalding
Ben Madadi
Mir
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Matt Reaheey
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