Pinkham Medicine Ad Praises Health Restoring Power
A series of letters from women in Swan Creek Michigan Hebron Maine and Kennebec Maine extol Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash claiming renewed strength, health, and ability to perform daily tasks. The testimonials urge others to seek personal advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confirming confidential responses from a woman.
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Creek, Mich
Lydia KE
Pinkhiam
Annie Cameron
RF. de
Swan Creek
Michigan
Hebron
Paar
Pinkham
Charles’ Rowe
Kennebage, Maine
Lydia E
Pinkham Medicine.Co
Lynn
Mass
Unclear Fragmentary Quote Spotlighting Moral Vision
Fragmentary text presents misquoted or garbled lines about effort power and benevolence. Includes attributions to Emerson and Archbishop Manning with hints of a discussion on character and helping the world forward.
Frozen desserts and gimmicks for hot weather
The article lists several old fashioned frozen treats to weather heat. Nut and Raisin Ice Cream combines cream sugar nuts and raisins with vanilla or lemon, churned until half frozen. Peach Foam mixes crushed peaches sugar lemon juice and egg whites then freezes. Berry Surprise fills ice cream with raspberries, while Frozen Fig Custard folds figs into milk and whipped cream and freezes. Goffee Ice uses strong coffee and eggs to finish with cream and sherbet cups.
Fruit Desserts and Fancy Jellies From a Test Kitchen
Dessert ideas using fruit juice such as cherry raspberry currant and strawberry. Includes Manhattan Pudding Rhubarb Gelatin and Prunes with instructions for preparing jellies creams and molds with sugar cream and gelatin.
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Serge
Nightingale Roar in War Front Echoes Poetic Image
Fragmentary wartime note recalls a nightingale that supposedly joins the roar of a heavy battery in northern France. A British soldier’s letter frames the bird’s bold presence as a surprising symbol amid artillery and front-line life.
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France
Adda
Rhode Island Reds Best All Purpose Utility Poultry Says Expert
A poultry expert extols Rhode Island Reds as a versatile American breed ideal for both eggs and meat. He notes their broodiness can be managed, that they lay well through winter, mature earlier than other American breeds, and combine Leghorn like activity with table quality. He advises selecting Rhode Island Reds for steady year round production and market demand.
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B. Prash
Rhode Island
Rhoda Island
GOOD EGG MARKETING HINTS
Practical guide from Miesour Experiment Station on egg production and marketing. Emphasizes clean nests, twice daily gathering, handling minimally, selling only clean eggs, avoiding washing, and cooling storage. Advises infertile eggs, single breed and color, proper packaging, and avoiding odors, dust, sun, or extreme conditions.
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T. E. Quisenberry
Miesour
Poultry Yard Cleanup and Flock Rotation
Advice on keeping poultry yards clean through confined sections and rotating use. Recommends spading garden soil, renovating one yard while another is used, and allowing two weeks for each cycle. Compares Brahmas Capone White and Plymouth Rocks for appearance weight and feeding. notes Rocks are better foragers.
First Meal for Chicks From Infertile Eggs Incubator Snake
In early incubation notes the infertile eggs are boiled and chopped to form the first meal for newly hatched chicks. The method relies on a feeder system using the incubator’s byproducts to provide initial nutrition.
Plan for Preserving Eggs with Water Glass Solution
A Farm Bulletin describes preserving eggs by using water that is boiled and cooled, adding water glass at a ten to one quart ratio, packing fresh eggs in a tarred container, and storing in a cool dark cellar. Do not wash eggs. use fresh eggs only. sanitize wooden vessels with boiling water.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Causes and remedies for soft shelled eggs in poultry
The article notes soft shelled eggs arise from overmixed oyster shell and mineral licks in the feed and overfeeding leading to overfat stock. It cites irritation in the oviduct as a less common cause and recommends feeding leaner rations with wheat oats and grains, plus ground mineral matter, followed by dry rather than wet feed to reduce soft eggs. It also mentions using a 46% cholera disinfectant in water for cholera-like illnesses.
Agu Makes Good Eggs
Buttermilk makes good eggs and lots then.
Bert Winter Tells Story From Panama Pacific Trip
Bert Winter formerly with Gov. Ralston now deputy examiner of the state board of accounts and president of the Booneoo Back Home club at the statehouse has returned from a trip to the Panama Pacific exposition. He traveled part of the way with the governor's party and in the Rocky mountains asked a porter for his shoes to be shined while calling to George to converse.
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Bert Winter
Samuel M. Ralston
Lebanon
George
Indianapolis News
Cuticura Shaving and Toilet Routine Ad Remains Prominent
An old advertisement extols Cuticura shaving with hot water lather using Cuticura Soap then Cuticura Ointment on shaved skin and scalp. It promises fast shaving plus bath and shampoo in one routine, touting velvet skin and no germs. Free samples offered by postcard request to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Also includes a humorous aside about dining out versus doctor bills and social observations about unmarried women seeking enjoyment.
Old Uncle Mose Seeks Offic e of Justice of the Peace
In the black bottom, Uncle Mose aims for the justice of the peace post but cannot read or write. His master sends him to the election commissioner for eligibility. Mose returns with the commissioner declaring him illegible to hold the office.
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Mose
Justice of the Peace
Black Bottom
Moses
Castoria Ad Reminder and Humorous Exchange
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature while noting its eighty year use. A humorous dialogue follows about marriage and a wife being a man’s better half, then quips about a man marrying twice leaving nothing of him.
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Fletcher
Involuntary Journey to the Submarine Question
A cryptic exchange frames a tale of a first ride in a submarine with a fatherly reference and a riddle like line. The dialogue hints at an origin story or metaphor attracting curiosity about who first rode a sub.
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Jonah
Boston Transcript
Endurance Contests and Sharp Sayings Across a Busy Season
The passage presents fragmented dialogue on endurance contests and social attitudes. It notes a 56venteen year old girl claiming to be an old maid, a reference to ambition aimed at signaling to Mars, and observations on poverty and courtship amid a busy farming season. It also includes a promotional line for Dennison's Coffee.
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Archbishop Manning
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