Lydia Pinkham's Compound Praised by Kenosha Mother
Mrs. Fred P. Hansen of Kenosha testifies Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped after childbirth. The ad notes the medicine's fifty-year history and urges others with female troubles to consider it. Newfoundland power project eyed for 7 million dollars to create 1,500 jobs and expand island paper resources, per Scientific American.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Fred. P. Hansen
Symmonds St
Newfoundland
Humber Valley
Scientific American
Castoria Ad Recall and Odd Family Anecdotes
A vintage ad urges parents to check Castoria bottles for the signature of Charles TM and notes Castoria’s 80 years on the market. A short tale contrasts a boy’s view of a girl with dimples and curls with the sister’s tease about Mary’s looks. The piece ends with a quip about a large brood.
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Billy
Mary
Efforts to Prevent Spread of the European Corn Borer
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines strict quarantine enforcement and farm practices to stop the European corn borer from spreading from Lake Erie shores. Plans include 144 cities under quarantine, sentinel observers at southern shore lights, and farm actions like burning stalks, removing fodder, plowing deeply, and restricting transport of infested plant materials. High priority is given to coordinating with Canada and states to study the insect and prevent commercial damage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lake Erie
Federal Horticultural Board
Department
United States
Bureau of Entomology of
The
Sandusky
Oho
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Entomology
Lighthouse Service
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Moleskins Sold Through Pools In Pacific Northwest
Extension workers and Biological Survey agents taught approved mole trapping and skinning methods. Moleskins sold via farm bureau pools in Oregon and Washington. Benton County sold 220 pelts. Linn County offered 10 cent rewards and prizes for top pest killers. Tillamook County offered $50 district purses. Proceeds went to the trappers and moles were stored to accumulate sales.
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Biological Survey
Washington
Oregon
Farm Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Benton County
Ore
Linn County
Tillamook County
No Place for Scrubs in an Efficiency Age
The excerpt laments the scrub-hen, cow, tree, and ordinary folk finding no room in an efficiency driven era. It critiques a rigid, fast paced modern life that sidelines simple rural and natural fixtures.
What Quail Lives On
A brief note states quail eat 116 species of insects, most of them harmful, and 00 species of weed seeds.
Caffeine From Holly Found in Holly Leaves
A note reports that one species of American holly contains significant caffeine levels, with dried leaves yielding as much as one and a half percent of the drug. The text also contains a dialect quote from Uncle Eben about quarrelsome men seeking pleasant company.
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Uncle Eben
Quick to Go and Just in Time Quips
A collection of witticisms about health humor and marriage. A doctor patient exchange notes caution against overdoing it and jokes about haircuts and sympathy, reflecting lighthearted era humor from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
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