Peruna Promises Cure for Grippe and Catarrh Epidemics
Readers are urged to rely on Peruna as a remedy for la grippe and catarrh with testimonials from Joseph A. Flinn Minneapolis and George H. White praising its quick relief. Accounts claim it cleanses the system, restores energy, and aids daily work after severe winter illnesses.
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Board of Health
New ‘York
Joseph A. Flinn
D. L. Wallace
The
International Barber’s Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
Jerona
Tu. Wallace
O. H. Perry
Atchison, Kansas
Manalin
Quotes and quips from a distant era mix wit and woe
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes touches on gender, honesty, language, and daily life. It notes Cornwall's gender imbalance, Glasgow post office extra help, a turbine torpedo boat order, and a schoolboy's playful remark that air can be made wetter while water cannot, reflecting social attitudes of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
A Fellow Feeling and a Bond with the Police
A conversational skit notes a bond of sympathy between two figures and law enforcement. The exchange suggests critics who roast both sides, highlighting tension between public figures and police oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacBooth-Rantington
Police
New York
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Many school children are sickly. Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray a nurse in Children s Home New York, Break up Colds in 24 hours cure Constipation Feverishness Headache Stomach Troubles Teething Disorders move and regulate the bowels and Destroy Worms. Sold by all druggists or by mail. 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Women in London Medical Profession Grows Strong
Medicine as a profession for women gains popularity in London with over 500 women holding medical degrees in Great Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad: Veteran Heller Endorses Cure
A Urbana resident recounts using Doan's Kidney Pills since 1899 to relieve kidney pain and backache. He credits repeated relief during attacks and endorses the remedy, with a free trial offer and medical advice, 50 cents per box through Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Doan
Joshua Heller
South Walnut Street
Urbana
Sidney
Cunningham Bros
Champaign
Dean
Heller
United States
foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
What a Farmer Should Know
A compilation of practical farming wisdom on plant sustenance from air and soil, animal nutrition, and science driven methods. It covers the farmer of the future, maple tapping improvements, value of nature in leadership, and the case for planting trees in the Northwest with South Dakota as exemplar. It also notes the value of catch crops like peas, soybeans, buckwheat, and their benefits to soil humus and beekeeping.
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Josiah Strong
West
South Dakota
Landseekers
St. Paul
The Road to Success in Farming
C H Gleason in New England Farmer highlights that farm success rests on knowledge, thrift, income over outgo, financing, management, adaptability, love of the business, and a supportive wife. He states no division exists between home and farm, with both the farm and household guiding the whole. A successful farmer must also be a good citizen whose life reflects the community.
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C. H. Gleason
New England
When to Plow for Corn
Advice from Country Gentleman recommends spring plowing for corn to avoid solidified ground from fall plowing. Warm soil is crucial, so plow two to three weeks before planting if land is in good condition and let furrows rest without harrowing.
Feeding of Farm Animals Bulletin Reprint Request
The Department of Agriculture bulletin The Feeding of Farm Animals earned a reprint due to widespread requests. The title work offers a dozen or more suggestions on stock needs and welfare to improve condition and happiness, proving useful for general farmers and those not specializing in stock raising.
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Department of Agriculture
To Hold Your Egg Market
A poultryman builds a trusted egg business by dating eggs at nest and selling only the freshest. The method earns steady demand as customers receive eggs within three days of laying, keeping stock scarce and orders flowing.
Country Life Praise From The Small Farmer
The Small Farmer extols rural life as free from city shams and corrupting influences. He says country living broadens the mind and enhances enjoyment, contrasting it with urban life that narrows sympathy and fosters selfishness and artificial behavior.
Keeping Milk Cool With Ice Water Methods
The Denver Field and Farm suggests cooling bottled milk in ice water to extend freshness. Submerge bottles fully with pasteboard caps, or up to necks with tin caps, using multi tiered stacks and separators. Add ice first, monitor water level, and cover the vat to slow ice melt.
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Denver Field
Practical Ventilation for Stables by Simple Box Vent
N. C. Cubertson advocates low effort ventilation improvements for farmers stables. He describes using footboards to create boxes from the sill to the roof extending above the barn ridge, which reduced odors and steam at little to no cost.
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N. C. Cubertson
Butter Making Apparatus Advice From a Dairyman
John Patterson advises farmers to use available equipment temporarily for butter making and to acquire a good separator and churn soon. He notes switching from a hand separator to power, using a two horse tread power for years and, last spring, a four horse gasoline engine, which he prefers.
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John Patterson
Benefits of Dairy School A Key for Butter Makers
The article argues that dairy school coursework is essential for successful butter making, noting a rapid change in opinions among creamery men and the rising recognition of formal dairy education. It discusses how the idea, once rare, has become an accepted fact in recent years.
Former Governor J Hogg Tops Texas Cabbage Growers
Farm notes report J Hogg as the state’s largest cabbage producer with 186000 plants on a Brazoria County plantation ready for shipment to Northern markets next month. The piece also notes poultry housing tips, pork and beef as finishing products, and a discussion of insects and moles in farming.
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Hogg
Texas
Brazoria
Moses
Wisconsin
Mrs Rath Healing Baby With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Helena Rath recalls her six child household siege in New York City early 1902. After a nursemaid left, her son Charlie develops a severe eczema like rash, affecting skin, appetite and sleep. A neighbor's tip leads to Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, with gradual improvement and finally restful nights. The letter promotes Cuticura as a universal skin cure with global sales and depot locations.
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Helena Rath
Hans
Charlie
Charterhouse Sq
London
E.C
Rue de la Paix
Paris
R. Jowns & Co
Sydney
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
U.S. A
Odd Bits and Bites from a Dime Novel Column
A collage of quips and anecdotes on manners law and science. A Texas man with seven wives goes to the penitentiary. A crow hatchery farmer in Brookdale Pa sells crow heads to a Chicago milliner. A German professor argues women's competition could raise insanity. Hugh DeWitt at the Soldier's Home Lafayette Ind carves his own tombstone at age ninety.
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Texas
Russia
Farmer Billings
Brookdale
Chicago
Hugh DeWitt
Lafayette
Ind
Bulldog and Burglar in Brooklyn Theft Tale
A New York World humorous tale describes a bulldog guarding a doctor's instruments and biting the burglar during a chaotic struggle. The burglar escapes over a fence, leaving behind ripped trousers and missing instruments from Dr. McDonough of Monclair.
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McDonough
Monclair
Faceless Patman Dyes Aid Light Fastness and Malarial Cures
A fragmented note discusses Patman face less dyes, their fastness to sunlight and washing, and a remark that damp districts find ray onions may prevent malaria. It mentions snow and ground being warmer than air above, but the passage is incomplete and uncertain.
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Patman
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