Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily toilet essentials for clear skin. A Boston Transcript quip mocks customers who receive “airplane chickens” with wings and machinery but no meat.
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Boston Transcript
There's a Difference Between Freedom and Remarriage
A dialogue reveals a clash over freedom and remarriage with one character insisting on true freedom and another offering a limited form of liberty. The exchange highlights tension between personal choice and societal expectations.
Autumn the best time to select hens for breeding
The USDA says fall selection reveals the best and worst birds for the next flock. Mature pullets should join the breeding stock, dry litter and proper ventilation prevent moisture and disease, leg bands identify early layers, and older general purpose breeds should be culled after age and molting patterns.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Wyandottes
Stakman Studies Stem Rust in Europe.
Dr. Stakman, U.S. Department of Agriculture pathologist and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station scientist, spends summer abroad examining stem rust of wheat. He reports little rust in France Spain and Italy where barberry presence is noted and cites breeding efforts for resistant wheat varieties. He notes barberry correlates with early rust appearance and broader rust research progress.
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United States Department
France
Spain
Italy
Child's reply shows mixed church ties in Acton area
A letter from Dr Samuel McGaughey in Indianapolis News notes his five year old daughter Mary Jane has attended events at several churches in Acton. When asked which church she belongs to she answered I am half Presbyterian half Baptist and half Catholic.
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Samuel McGaughey
Acton
Mary Jane
Indianapolis News
Most Unwelcome Truth in Every Day Opinion
A civic column notes a cheeky Maxims style observation from the Houston Post about aging men and preferences. The gag line suggests after fifty a man favors simple meals over flirtations, reflecting social humor of the period.
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Houston
Post
Hard Worker Echoes on Sons Craft with Quiet Pride
A terse exchange hints at a family line in trades as a parent asks about a son's contractor type and the reply cryptically says Nehts.
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