How to Make Beautiful Lawns in Rural Areas and Farms
E P Hermann explains lawn beauty as a farm asset with practical value. A protective crop like oats starts the lawn, then a seed mix of bluegrass, red top, and white clover establishes a durable, even turf. about three bushels per acre. oats provide shade and rapid cover while grass roots secure the stand. regular mowing, rolling, and occasional mulching improve health. clover aids drought resilience and soil, while avoiding dandelion and weed takeover early on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Hermann
University of Illinois
University of Ilinois
Silos of Masonry or Solid Concrete Silos
A discussion on masonry and monolith concrete silos for silage storage. It covers wall quality, mixing, and finishing for a smooth impervious surface, door designs, reinforcement placement, and finishing methods to avoid mold and maintain feed quality.
Exchange of children scheme proposed by neighbors
A Wilkinsburg man and a Senickleman discuss a plan for countries to exchange children for years. References would be exchanged first so each child learns another language and becomes familiar with a foreign country. The idea is praised as an elegant scheme and one neighbor imagines exchanging a child with a family in Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senickleman
Wilkinsburg
Siberia
Cuticura Treatment Clears Child’s Red Spots
A Terre Haute reader describes curing a four year old boy’s face rash with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After washing with warm suds, applying ointment, and repeating daily, blisters dried and the skin healed without scarring in about ten to eleven days. The advertisement promotes Cuticura products and a free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th St
Terre Haute
Ind
Arthur Haworth
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Accounted For How People Buy Automobiles
A fragment reflects on how many acquire cars, noting how money appears easy to raise and dust is easily stirred by those observing. The text suggests skepticism about origins of funds and the ease of purchase.
Wilde in America and the Antiquities We Import
Oscar Wilde touring the United States complained that America lacked antiquities and curiosities. An American girl replied that the nation would acquire antiquities in time and was already importing curiosities, turning his critique on its head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
United States
Gilbert and Sullivan
America
Paxton Toilet Co Free Trial of Paxtine Antiseptic
Boston company offers a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic to any woman free upon request. The copy notes wives may silence husbands, implying gendered humor in a promotional ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Cole's Carboli Salve and Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carboli salve claiming instant pain relief for burns and cuts and quick cure, sold by druggists as 26 and 80. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies, claiming gum softening inflammation relief and wind colic. The item ends with a quip about catching a husband.
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Cole
Noncar
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Farm Mother
Mrs. J. G. Johnson of Scottville Michigan writes that after bearing thirteen children she stays strong using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonnative Wash. She claims the remedy eases back ache and bearing down pains and helped her daughter with painful periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottville
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
J. G. Johnson
Scottville, Mich
R.F.D
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University of Illnois
New York
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Castoria
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Hammond, David
Mitchell Co
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South Georgia
A. B. Cook
Fitzgerald, Ga
Nat'l Bank
Thia
Dodge & Company
Io Bacono
Dearborn Bldg
Chica
Go, Illinois
Mall
J. . Alen
Dept. al
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Ming
Defiance
2. C. Wilson Meg, CO
Luancaster
W.N. U
Ghicago
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