Noble Relics of the Past The Arch of Titus in Rome
The Arch of Titus, built to honor Emperor Titus after his death, features relief sculptures of a sacrificial procession and Titus crowned by Victory. By 1882 it stood partly restored after medieval additions removal, while the Colosseum, completed in 80 A.D., once housed 50 000 spectators and earned its later name from a colossal statue of Nero, though now ruins remain.
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Titus
Rome
A. D
Colosseum
Nero
Volosseum
Freezone corn remover promises instant relief
Lifting off corns with Freezone costs only a few cents per bottle. Apply a drop to the corn and it stops hurting instantly, then peel away the corn with fingers. Available at druggists, claims to rid feet of hard corn soft corn and calluses without irritation. Mentioned as Cincinnati genius discovery.
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Cincinnati
Adyv
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement Claims Comfort
An old style ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for shoes and foot baths. It claims to extend wear, ease tight shoes, and let wearers use smaller sizes. The copy targets ladies and says the product is sold everywhere.
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Allen
East
Warning at the Bazaar Beetle Toy
A Christmas bazaar display features terrifying beetle toys as a warning to parents. A customer asks the price and explains he wants one to use as a joke at a dinner party, saying it will trigger him to leave when drinks begin.
Place Knew Her No More
A terse exchange notes a wife leaving this morning while a husband declares a new, quiet mood. The snippet comes from a London Tit-Bits column linking Musk and fashion trends in perfumeries.
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London
Aim and Value of Farm Clubs in Rural Education
The article explains boys and girls farm club work as part of the extension program by the U S Department of Agriculture and state colleges. It notes higher yields, better livestock, improved home practices, and leadership development, with $20 million in food value produced in 1918 and long term benefits to rural life and college enrollments.
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E T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
State Relation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Whuch
Windbreaks Pay Off In Summer And Winter On Farms
Farmers notice windbreaks cut wind impact in hot seasons as well as cold. A sheltered orchard shows less wind damage and better fruit yield, while exposed plots suffer more stress and losses.
Hides Damaged by Alum Contaminated Salt Warned
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that alum in salt used for curing hides damages hair removal and leather quality. Green salted hides with alum show 0.8 to 1.25 percent alumina and cannot be unhaired properly. Farmers are urged to use only clean pure salt and obtain Farmers bulletin No. 1055 for detailed skinning and curing directions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Farmers
Washington, D. C
Vegetables and the Truck Patch on the Farm
The garden is the most intensively worked field near the dwelling with truck patches growing corn and inter-filled crops. Potatoes, sweet corn, cabbage, tomatoes, squash and cucumbers are common crops in the truck patch. Irish potatoes are the most important vegetable by value, while the South uses about twice as many sweet potatoes as Irish potatoes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Silo Advice Promises Safe Harvest For Dying Forage
Rainy weather threatens curing of alfalfa and other forages. A silo will preserve all feed and keep it in excellent condition despite prolonged fall rains.
Give Team Some Attention
Farmers urged to protect draft animals during extreme heat as overexposure could injure horses and mules permanently.
Aspirin and Bayer Brand Claims in Ad Snippet
An ad fragment touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer name and directions for use against headache toothache and other pains. It notes price in small tins and larger packages and mentions the chemical ester of salicylic acid with schoolyard anecdote and Red Cross Ball Blue laundry use at grocers for 5 cents.
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Bayer
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Fresh Skin Care
Advert appears for Cuticura Talcum Powder as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio along with Soap and Ointment. Claims antiseptic qualities and fragrance for face skin and baby usage, presenting the powder as convenient economical and perfume reducing.
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Adyv
Their Native Locality Camels in Paris Quote
In this fragment a narrator notes observers claim camels are eaten in Paris. The dialogue asks if camels are served for the desert, suggesting curiosity about foreign customs and staple foods.
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Paris
Women Need Swamp-Root For Kidney Trouble Ad
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed to other causes. Swamp Root, Dr Kilmer’s prescription, marketed as a remedy, urges immediate use and offers a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. at Binghamton New York.
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Dean
Nebraska
David
Nelson
Farmer
Gothenburg
Webb
Donn
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Willing to Strike Bargain
A fashionable wife ignores trends while her husband protests her changing styles. He balks at new hair and fashion demands, and she offers a playful counterproposal to buy diamond earrings.
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Caan
Moonshine Raid In Cemetery Sparks Cautionary Tale
A man used a cemetery as a moonshine site and was raided, a grave misstep prompting reflection on trust and friendship. The tale underscores the peril of illegal activity and the solemn place it invades.
Brimming with thrift by Bridgeton youths saves for stamps
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five youngsters raised one thousand dollars this year buying United States thrift stamps. They earned through dishwashing sweeping store work baby sitting and running errands while some cut weeds carried coal sifted ashes sold papers and raised chickens. Their goal is thrift and industrious effort ahead of idle hours.
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Bridgeton
New Jersey
United States
Price Increase in Percentage Often Misstated
The note explains how percentage increases mislead when price changes. Doubling a price yields a 100 percent increase, while describing it as 50 percent is common but incorrect.
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Pig Club
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Junius
Bellens
Bellans
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Patchorne
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Washington, D.C
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