Plan to Fight Chinch Bug in Illinois Intensifies
State Entomologist S A Forbes reports a 1910 11 outbreak that spread across about twenty counties harming wheat oats and corn. By 1912 farmers organized cooperative defenses with district meetings circulars oil barriers and soap sprays to control the pest and protect crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Forbes
University of Illlinois
Illinois
East St Louis
Green County
Randolph County
Farmers’ Institute
Sangamon
Morgan
Adams
Washington County
Marion
The Economics of Farm Management
The article outlines two farming aspects, scientific practice and economics. It emphasizes reading market signs, controlling costs, and distributing capital to maximize net profit. It notes the need for farm accounts to identify profitable divisions and mentions university efforts to develop simple farm accounting forms.
If He Were a Relative
An official watches a military funeral on Pennsylvania Avenue. A solemn riderless horse and flag draped coffin prompt a curbside conversation with a darky who asks if the dead soldier was anything to the official. The official says he was a brave soldier and the man reflects on mourning for such a figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Darky
Uegio
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Proved Effective
Charles Judlin relates five year struggle with body and scalp itching and dandruff. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with quick relief and complete cure after one month of use. The ad promotes free samples and references the Skin Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass St
St. Louis
Charles Judlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Awkward Power Cut Delays London Widow’s Dinner
A London letter recalls a wealthy widow hosting political guests when the electric light failed. The dozen diners scrambled for candles as the butler called the electric company to report a catastrophe and demand service. The caller warned that nonpayment could trigger active steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Electric Company
A Clergyman Testifies to Dodds Kidney Pills
Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using six boxes, swelling subsided and he regained energy. He endorses the remedy and invites correspondence. Dodds Kidney Pills 60e per box, Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heslop
Wigton
Rev E Heslop
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
It Is All Handied Bread Message
A terse dialogue hints at a bread request with lines about handling bread and a mother needing sustenance. The fragment suggests a domestic scene focusing on food and care, with repeated phrases about bread and not handling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Sting
Brockton
Maas
L. Dougas
Ilinstrats
Brechten
Time is money says father to young Buffalo Express reader
A juvenile banters with his father about common phrases noting time flies while a Buffalo Express voice ponders the link between time and money. The exchange captures a light moral on thrift and urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
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David Kinley
Graduate School
University of Illinois
E Heslop
Parker
Beips
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Main St
Sheboygan, Wis
Lydia E Pinkham
Paxton Toilet Co
Mass
Ideal Novelty Co
Lacon
Lil
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana Corporation
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