Agricultural Insights and Market Trends in 1907 Farming
A wide range of farm advice covers feeding hens with corn and clover hay, alfalfa seed germination, and top-dressing with manure to improve seedbeds. Reports from Chicago and St Louis note a sharp drop in horse and mule arrivals, implying potential growth in horse breeding. Studies on shallow cultivation of corn show higher yields across multiple stations, suggesting farming practices to boost productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Journal
Chicago
St. Louis
Provers Journal of Chicago
St Louis
Indiana
Wood and wood products virtues and uses
The text lists numerous qualities and applications of basswood and ash, noting strong timber traits for pulp, building, shipping, carving, fencing, mining timbers, boat building, and car construction. It also praises forestry growth, shade, ornament, and practical benefits in agriculture and housing.
Records of Thrift Celebrates Thirty Years of Saving
The National Thrift Society marks its 30th anniversary with a competition awarding £15 £10 and £5 to the three best thrift records over at least thirty years. Winners include a railway porter aged 59 saving from modest wages, a Burnham on Crouch shopkeeper who built a family business after long hours, and a domestic servant who saved £175 in consols and £167 in savings, with an annuity. Other examples from Southend and Birmingham illustrate wide thrift across classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Thrift Society
T. Bowden Green
Burnham On Crotch
Savings Bank
Southend
Birmingham
Take Along a Don A Guide to Traveling with Dogs
A Life magazine inspired note extols bringing a dog on trips as a companion to ease loneliness, guard sleep, and share adventures. It weighs dog varieties from tiny Persian hairless toys to Great Danes, recommends a medium short-haired type, and suggests personal identification for dog and owner to ease travel.
New York Dentistry Traditions and Wedding Day Practice
The Kansas City Post notes East Side New York dentists use before and after displays with wax mouths. Weddings on Sundays create dental demand, as guests may break teeth. Dentists prepare Monday for the expected wedding-related repairs and may hire extra help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas City Post
Seldom used in pupil’s sentence from Philippine gossip
A head mistress at a provincial school tests pupils in grammar. She asks Juan to make a sentence with the word seldom. Juan pauses then answers with a quip about his father having five horses last week but seldom yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan
Philippines
Cures and Remedies Advertisements Mixed in 1907 Notices
A collage of old ads and notices includes eczema cures and skin remedies by Glencoe and Saupe, malaria tonics Groves Tasteless Ton ic, corn remover Annort Co Savannah, plus a U S Geological Survey note on North China coal. Also features light society chatter about neighbors in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glencoe
M. Harvey
J. T. Saupe Taink
Dept. A
Savannah
Bailey Willis
The
United States Geological Survey
North
China
Millville
D. L. Burgess
Spencer Medicine CO
Chattanooga
Tenn
Five Months in Hospital Ends in Incuria ble Discharge
Lévi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says after five months in a hospital he was discharged as incurable and given six months to live. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with addressing his heart, smothering spells, fainting, and vision and kidney issues, noting his health improved and he feels well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lévi P. Brockway
Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Make cheese cloth slips for dusting and saving labor
Boston Post notes using cheese cloth slips to cover items when sweeping to measure dusting savings. The slips last for years and reduce labor in cleaning clock pictures and fancy articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Cuticura Heals Long-Standing Eczema Says Ark. Woman
AArk resident Mrs. David Brown reports severe two year eczema with sleepless nights and leg sores. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills three times she slept well and saw rapid healing with no recurrence after a year. Also mentions Annorr Indian Corn Paint for corns and bunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Locke, Ark
Didnt Deliver the Goods Freshman and Sophomore Dialog
A brief joke exchanges between a freshman and sophomore recounting a withheld allowance due to hinted misdeeds. The Evening Sun and Life are cited as sources for the quip about a lark and a misconstrued past.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alalfa
Ohio
Isss
Inois
Catalpa
Telegraph Poly
Holland
Beach
Connecticut Agricultural College
Maine State Dairy Conference
Records OF Thrift
Luzianne Coffee
Kelly-Taylor Co
Orleans
U.S.A
Caller
Tonio
Annortt
Tae Annort Co
John R. Dickey
Pade A
Louisville Course Journal
J. ‘l’. Saurraing
Annorr
Tax Annorr Co
Hedley
Keeley Institute
Georgia
Woodward Ave
Atlanta
Milledgeville
American Cotton College
Geis
Co‘tor
Ann AE
Peels Lalor
Europe
America
M. Whatton
O. W. Anderton
Florence
al Cease
Southern Female College
Florence University
Tame
Planters
Lydia E. Pinkhamdicine Company
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Tydia E. Pinkham
Piedmont College
Demorest
Henry C. Newell
H. H. Green
Young
J.M. Young, JR
Waycross, GA
Paxton
Boston
Paxtine
Motley
Anvis
Price
Oates
Renee
Pani Oantas
Hans T Ih
Megtaldgtien Aidrese
Bowden, Maty
Commercial Symools
Abbevillee Gae
Standard Grove
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