Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed In Testimonial
A vintage advertisement notes the Woolworth Building height and compares product sales to a mile long column. It quotes Frank M. Casey of Mount Vernon New York praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for increasing appetite and overall health.
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Woolworth
New York City
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lynn
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia Jn Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkam
Mags
Frank M. Casey
South 11Th Ave
Mount Vernon
Dances With a Purpose Fight Ground Squirrels in Montana
In Montana a community raises funds by dances titled Gopher dances to buy poisoned grain and reduce ground squirrel infestations. The events target vacant land needing pest control after cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Poultry Care Guide for Raising Young Turkeys
A practical guide on keeping chicks under the hen for four hours after hatching, then moving them to a coop. It warns against stunting, recommends feeding five times daily with milk or stale bread first, warns against excess corn meal, suggests cracked wheat and rice, and notes beef scraps as occasional nourishment during early feather growth.
Youth and Age In Poultry Flocks Raise Profit Risk
Prof. L. F. Payne of Kansas State Agricultural College warns that mixing youths and adults in poultry flocks harms profits. In the college flock, 75 top pullets and 50 top hens are separated October 1 and kept apart through winter to prevent fattening hens from starving pullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Payne
Kansas State Agricultural College
The
College Poultry Farm
Poultry Breeding and Feeding Do's for Healthy Flocks
Green feed boosts egg production and early chick growth, with early-hatched birds developing before heat. Raising chicks on fresh ground reduces disease risk, while sparing mash slows mature pullets before giving only grains. Invest in a high grade rooster for better offspring.
Baseball Notes Highlight Player Trades And Poultry Tips
Newark returns Ad Le Pard to Buffalo while Knoxville lands Meyers from Baltimore. Wheeling signs Sam Casneau from Charleroi. Buffalo sends Frank Chase to Scranton. Cincinnati moves Milton Rankow to Harrisburg. Buddy Fred signs with Haverhill. Robins’ Bob McGraw eyed as winner. Tris Speaker’s Indians improve. Poultry advice and various minor league moves noted.
Pitchers' Goals Set by Mathewson and Ed Plank
The records of great moundsmen Christy Mathewson and Ed Plank mark targets for the new 1926 major league season as both have joined the sport’s past greats. Mathewson pitched 630 games for a .665 winning percentage with the Giants, while Plank appeared in 625 games with a .627 mark and 14 years with the Athletics. Both veterans starred in multiple World Series and left lasting legacies for future pitchers.
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Christy Mathewson
Eddie Plank
Mathewson
New York Giants
St. Louis
Chicago
Athletics
Plank
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Federals
Mike Donlin Keeps Word With Te beau at St Louis
Bob Quinn of the Red Sox praised Mike Donlin as an ideal type for rebuilding. Donlin, newly arrived with St Louis, challenged Patsy Te beau who warned him he was too fresh, and Donlin replied he would be around a long time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Quinn
Red Sox
Mike Donlin
Quinn
Mike
St. Louis
Patsy Tebeau
Bud
Famous Yacht Thelma Sold By Elyria Commodore
Thelma, long a flagship of the Interlake Yachting association fleet, was sold by Commodore W R Huntington of Elyria to Guy Chapman of Put in Bay who will keep her in service as a pleasure craft. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Thelma
Interlake Yachting Association
Great Lakes
Commodore W. R. Huntington
Elyria
Guy Chapman
Put-in-Bay
Beisbol Popular Rising Sport Along Mexican Coast
Reports say Beisbol becomes a favorite in the Mexican west coast with organized teams in Hermosillo Empalmes and Guaymas in Sonora and in Mazatlan Culican in Sinaloa. The term Beisbol adapts pronunciation for the United States national game drawing southern readers.
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Beisbol
United States
West’ Coast
Hermosillo
Empalmes
Guaymas
Sonora
Mazatlan
Culican
Sinaloa
Pilots Expand Roles with Ex-Major Leaders As Advisors
A growing trend in Major League Baseball sees former star managers joining current teams as advisers and first lieutenants. The New York Giants add McGraw with Jennings and Mathewson era allies Bresnahan and Merkle to aid strategy, while Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals also enlist veteran figures. Chief Bender and Kid Gleason join the White Sox and Athletics staffs respectively to boost a young squad.
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Diamond
New York Giants
John J. McGraw
Hughey Jennings
Detroit
Christy Mathewson
Roger Bresnahan
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
Toledo
Fred Clark
Pittsburgh Pilot
McKechnie
Bill Killifer
Cubs
Rogers Hornsby
Zach Wheat
Jacques Fornier
Wilbert Robinson
Joe McGinnity
Rabbit” Maranville
Chicago Cubs
George Gibson
Maranville
Cub
Wrigley
Fred Merkle
Giant
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Chief Bender
Kid Gleason
White Sox
The
Athletics
Gleason
Connie Mack
Imagination Cited By Leiter On Market Slump
Joseph Leiter of Chicago says imagination drives stock values up and down. He recalls a banker friend who lost a female client after she disliked his facial expression when she withdrew money.
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Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Lake Shore
Question of Altitude in Courtroom Exchange
In Stray Stories the exchange has a lawyer asking a witness to swear about a dispute. The witness replies the words were low rather than high, illustrating a sharp but nonviolent argument between parties.
Catch Not Bought Mrs Gayfellow
A brief Progressive Grocer snippet features Mrs Gayfellow recounting a near fishing incident. The exchange notes a strong smell from the catch and a wave nearly pulling the speaker overboard.
Worcester Stamp Club Plans Gift to Philatelic Society
The Stamp Collectors' club of Worcester Massachusetts prepares a collection for presentation to the Philatelic Society of Worcester England to strengthen friendship between the two cities.
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The
Stamp Collectors’ Club of
Worcester
Mass
Philatelic Society of
England
Sports Notes From 1925 Record Books And Coaching Moves
The record for arrow shooting is 459 yards 8 inches. Sixty horses won at odds of 40 to 1 or better during 1925. Hal B. Ofstie, line coach of Center college in 1924, appointed head football coach for one year. It is estimated a football player contributes the equivalent of $25,000 during the season by his services. Pincus Sober, new middle distance running sensation, is five feet one inch and weighs 130 pounds. Johnny Risko, Cleveland heavyweight, has joined the ranks of fighters famed for absorbing punishment. Rhode Island boxing moves under a state commission. William Edgar Martin II of Holyoke elected swimming captain at Wesleyan for next year. Leo V. Novak named head coach of basketball and track at the military academy. Night Patrol, an English horse, won at Port Adelaide, but bettors broke even as most bets favored the winner. Moiliili field in Honolulu posted $140,177 in 1925 receipts, a record. Sir Thomas Lipton aims to lift America’s Cup in 1927 with cutter Shamrock V designed by W Fife. Chicago claims Eddie Maher as the oldest basketball player by service, 29 years.
German Sprinter Houben Receives Warm American Ovation
German sprinter Hubert Houben made his debut on an American track finishing fifth. Newspapers praised the crowd's ovation as evidence that wartime anti-German sentiment in the United States was fading and called for a full restoration of good will.
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Hubert Houben
Houben
Houbed
America
Boston Florist L S O Keefe Praises Birthday Wish
A Boston florist known for Say It With Flowers greets a birthday buyer with a gracious quip. The customer, purchasing roses for his birthday, receives a cheerful exchange about making it the best birthday and the worst you will ever see.
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L. S. O'Keefe
Boston
O’keefe
Very Girls Wear Watches on Garters
A London Eve note comments that girls now wear watches on garters, calling it more sensible than hiding watches in pockets. The observation humorously contrasts visibility and practicality in accessories.
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London
Sinister Prospect Inspires Quip About a Nephew
A farmer recalls a car speeding onto his nephew Elmo, knocking him down and running over his head. The incident left him speaking in rhyme and poetry, prompting concerns he may become a chautauqua entertainer.
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Elmo
Fumblegate
Farmer Funter
Kansas City Star
Sparse Marriage Licenses Reported in Owyhee County
Only two marriage licenses were issued in four years in Owyhee County Idaho population 4694 and an area larger than Rhode Island Delaware and Connecticut.
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Owyhee County
Idaho
Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
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Lydia Binkham
Bellans
Parker
Dee
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N. Y
Florida Gold Refining Co
Adama
Jacksonville
Fla
Drug and Pepe
A.c. NH. Berry Co
Michigan Ave
Cnicage
Haarlem
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury, N. J
Buffalo Specialty , Company
Buffalo, N. Y
HOTEL
Lincoln
Turkey
Newark
Ad le Pard
Buffalo Club
Knoxville
Meyers
Baltimore Club
Wheeling Club
Sam Casneau
Charleroi
Buffalo
Frank Chase
Scranton Club
Cincinnati
Milton Rankow
Harrisburg
Buddy Fred
Haverhill
Bob McGraw
Robins
Tris Speaker
Indians
Columbia
Oriental Carello
Art Traynor
Traynor
Hal Traynor
Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniontown
Jack Smith
York Yankees
Brooklyn Robins
American Legion
D Jacobson
Marriott
Stryker
Felix
Ehrhardt
Petty
McGraw
McWeeney
Cox and DeBarry
Fred Nicholson
Ludington
Nicholson
Boston Nationals
Everett Scott
Scott
Senators
Cardinals
Pirates
Trevenon
Johnson
Bell
Hornsby
Ruth
Babe Ruth
Babe
Yankee Pilot
Huggins
Moritz Haeusler
Hakoah
Vienna
Ed Plank
Tebeau
Cuito Ren
Lei Ta Castor
Fletcher
Northwestern Yeast CO
Ashland Ave
Hal B. Ofstie
Center College
Pincus Sober
Johnny Risko
William Edgar Martin II
Holyoke
Wesleyan
Leo V. Novak
Cedar Rapids High School
Military Academy
Night Patrol
Port Adelaide
Australia
Moilili Field
Honolulu
Sir Thomas Lirton
W. Fife
Eddie Maher
Root
Los Angeles
N.U
Bopp
Isis
New Jersey
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