Army worm and boll weevil threat to crops across Texas
The piece warns of two major pests the army worm and the boll weevil threatening crops. It details army worm life cycles its damage to wheat corn and cereals and notes natural enemies and cultural controls. It also outlines boll weevil spread from Mexico to the United States its destructive potential and methods to curb it including insecticides and field practices.
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Washington
Texas
Florida
Ife
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Mexico
Central America
Brownsville
Lanterned Summer Trade Sparks Local Gallop
A small town general storekeeper in a 20 year business toils as summer guests buy his red lanterns for decoration. He laments when a final buyer asks for another lantern, fearing no stock remains. A separate vignette recalls a discharged veteran recounting typhoid inoculation and mosquito bite fears after a cottage trip.
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Judson
Dallas News
Tom
Stain removal guide for fabrics from USDA bulletin
The article outlines stain types and fabric considerations with step by step remedies. It emphasizes treating stains quickly, matching methods to fabric and color, and cautions against strong acids on cotton or heat on wool and silk. It lists specific stains such as blood, chocolate, coffee, ink, grease, mildew, and more with suggested treatments and solvents.
Hash From Cooked Vegetables A USDA Guide
The guide explains making hash from cooked vegetables. Potatoes are essential, vegetables cut fine but not to lose form, mixed separately with meat or fish, seasoned with salt pepper and optional onion chives parsley chervil or green pepper. Moistening with broth milk or water, then cooking in butter until a brown crust forms. Serve hot.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Blanket in refrigerator slows ice and wastes energy
Experts from the department of agriculture explain that a blanket on ice prevents melting and saves ice but not food. To prolong ice supply wrap only perishables that require no further cooking and keep other foods spaced for air circulation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Household Tips From a Vintage Note
A collection of practical, old fashioned do it yourself hints. It covers preserving ham with vinegar to prevent moulding peeling potatoes for better texture applying kerosene to tar stains before washing woodwork with warm soapy water and glue for cleaning. It also suggests restoring worn black silk gloves by mixing egg white with black ink and applying with a cloth.
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Strength For Nervous People
An advertisement cites New York physicians endorsing Bitro-Phosphate as beneficial for thin nervous individuals seeking weight gain strength and nerve vigor. It recommends a 5 grain tablet before meals, claims reports in medical journals, and offers a two week supply for fifty cents with money back if results aren’t seen.
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Broderick
Kollo
Hadlo
New York
My fortune's made dancing teacher with odd new name
In Realms of Art a dancing teacher declares fortune and is asked about a new dance. He replies that he has not thought of a new dance but has conceived a highly improper name for one.
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Warns Buyers
An old advertisement warns that Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross to be genuine. It urges purchasing unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. Smaller tins contain 12 tablets and cost only a few cents at drug stores. larger packages are available.
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Bayer
Bayer Manufacture
Save From Souring In Muggy Weather
When heat and humidity threaten food, quick reheating can salvage spoilage and extend freshness. Proper heating helps kill off spoilage organisms and revives texture and aroma before serving.
Swamp-Root touted as aid for women's kidney issues
An ad urges women to consider kidney and bladder health linked to overall wellbeing. It claims Swamp-Root restores kidney function, notes back pain and headaches as possible symptoms, and offers a sample bottle for ten cents plus mail order and in-store bottle options.
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Aia
Ady
Such is Human Nature in a Town Tale
A reflective vignette on memory and reputation contrasts a gleeful platter man who forgets a slight the next day with a resident who recalls abuse for life. The piece explores how people internalize actions and the lasting weight of insult in small communities.
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Army Worm and Boll Weevil Ly
Robert J.moulton
Kodaks
Lincoln Photo Supply Co
Eastman Kodak
Dept. K
O St
Lincoln, Neb
University School of Music
Lincoln
Nebraska
Adrian M. Newens
R St
van Arnam
Paxton Block
Omaha
Nek
Kennedy & Parsons CO
Jones St
E. 4Th Se
Sioux City
Fitzgerald & Co
Boatmen’s Bk. Bldg
St. Louis
W.N. Y
Atail Druggists
Harlhe Eye Remedy Company
Chicago
U.S
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