Man credits Tanlac for curing stomach and sleep woes
Capt. Geo. W. Womble of Knoxville Tennessee testifies after eight weeks of misery from stomach and intestinal trouble. He details sleepless nights and constipation, says two bottles of Tanlac restored energy and appetite, and urges others to try the remedy from local druggists.
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Geo. W. Womble
Jennings St
Knoxville
Yenn
Tam
Captain Womble
Tanlac
Dan M. Chambliss
Kuhlman & Chambliss
Othem
The Wifely Training Debate Cautions on Married Life
A Detroit Free Press quip notes that even with college degrees and good upbringing a man still needs his wife to teach him, highlighting enduring marital lessons beyond formal education. The exchange suggests wives shape husbands through daily domestic life and partnership.
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Road
Detroit Free Press
Allen's Foot Ease: A Century of Friction-Free Feet
Fifty years ago few used dentifrices or brushes while Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for feet gained fame. The ad notes over 1.5 million pounds used by the military in war and claims removing shoe friction prevents pain corns and bunions, urging readers to adopt the habit.
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Allen
Oh Heavens No A Playful Exchange Ends In Banter
A playful dialogue reveals a flirtatious exchange where one character accuses the other of sleeping while kissing. The other retorts that she would not engage with her eyes open, underscoring a light, comic domestic moment from an American Legion Weekly style vignette. The passage also advertises Cuticura skin products for cleansing and soothing skin issues.
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Harry
Lezion Weekly
It seems awfully flat when you're around
A brief exchange where The Girl admits she believes the world is round but finds it flat in Mr Bohr's presence. The dialogue carries light humor about perception and optics.
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Mr. Bohr
Wes
Boston Transcript
Disputed table linen gains value from war effects
A Baltimore News item notes Red Cross Ball Blue improves wear as grocers sell it for 5c, amid wartime demand. A Carlisle College report describes Charles Markel, a Dickinson dorm freshman, struck by a bolt of lightning that hurled him seven feet, while others escaped unharmed.
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Red Cross
Dickinson College
Charles Markel
Hii Hall
Carlsle
Baltimore News
Maximum production from gardens by companion cropping and successive planting
United States Department of Agriculture outlines methods to extend garden yields across regions. Companion cropping and sequential plantings allow two or more crops on the same land, with examples like onions with radishes or beans between tomato rows. Fall plantings extend fresh produce into autumn.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Middle States
New England
Northwest
New Tingland
Most Turkeys Are Overfed On Farms
Poultry experts warn that most turkeys are fed too much grain and milk is the preferred first diet for young poults. Experienced turkey raisers advise light grain at start and generous milk intake to support growth.
Manure Conservation Boosts Crop Yields in Pennsylvania
United States Department of Agriculture findings show eastern Pennsylvania farms saving barnyard manure in walled enclosures adjacent to stables improves yields. On ten farms yields reach 85.50 bushels of corn per acre versus state 42.50. wheat 29.75 vs 18. oats 45 vs 33.10. Chester County farms average corn 65.3, wheat 24.8, oats 41.6, with soil quality also a factor.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Cost of Production Varies Across Farms
The USDA finds wide variation in production costs, arguing that averages misstate typical costs. Wheat on 481 farms averaged 2.51 per bushel, but over half produced wheat above that, up to 8.20. Cotton averaged 235 cents per pound, yet nearly 60% paid above the average. Frequency tables show costs at or below thresholds, highlighting bulk-line cost over averages.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bayer Aspirin safety and packaging guidance
The notice emphasizes using genuine Bayer Aspirin tablets with the Bayer Cross and following physician worked dosage from 21 years of experience. It claims safety for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. It notes small 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and larger packages available from druggists.
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Bayer
Caruso Jokes Spark Truth About A Great Voice
A New York musician shares a tale about Enrico Caruso recovering from illness. A bystander questions if Caruso is a man, and the child replies that Caruso is a phonograph record, highlighting the immortality of his recordings.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Were Safers on the Logs in the Everglades
A northern man travels the Florida Everglades with a guide and learns why they test hollow logs for snakes moccasins. The guide explains walking on logs avoids sinking into soft ground, while moving away risks deeper water and more snakes. A closing ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bluing to prevent rust spots.
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Florida Everglades
It Cured Her Not a Hundred Miles from Folke Stone
A sick wife near Folke Stone confides to a clever orphan girl that after her death she wishes the girl to marry her husband. The young woman trembles and agrees, saying they had discussed it, and the wife recovers shortly after. Edinburgh Scotsman.
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Folkestone
Disinfection of Henhouse Advice for Poultry Fowls Care
The roosts and nearby woodwork in the poultry house should be painted periodically with a lice killer from poultry supply dealers or with kerosene to kill mites that torment the fowls by day and night.
Making Profit With Geese Farm Advice for Profit
Farmers can raise geese with low cost shelters and simple feeds. Geese thrive on silage clover and preserved forage, needing little winter heat or grain.
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Everglades
Doan
Indiana
Alonzo Harbert
Fifth St
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Dean
Sidney
U.S. Pat
Absorbine, JR
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Fletcher
Net
Roch
Chas.h.fletcher
Fletcher’s
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Blackman
Blackman’s
Blackman Stock Remedy CO
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Slack Manicat
Colorado
Wsstern Land CO
Denver
General Supply CO
Huntington
J. Quinn
van Pelt
Philo
Marvel Chemical Cloth
Standard Mfg. Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weatherproof Products Co
Colburn Ave
Cleveland
Alcemo Mfg. Co
Bridge &J
Beckla
Goa
Avenue
Ienae
Indianapolis
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