This is the house that Jack built in nature’s wars
A rambling collage of farm lore and anecdotes. A farmer explains a horse’s neck as a balancing tool and notes how foxes and squirrels use tails. A Kansas farmer’s cat hole prank ends badly. A storm tale aboard a Boston voyage shows a Midwestern passenger and a captain’s retort. Nature’s pests and predators are traced in a chain. A twin joke ends with a burial twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Middle West
Boston Harbor
Moening &c
Jack
Ichneumons
Fletcher's Tastoria advertisement offers a register for a dollar
An old ad fragment promises a product called Fletcher's Tastoria and a register in exchange for one dollar. It hints at sending a dollar to obtain the item but lacks full details or context.
Woodpeckers battle pests and sun powered cooking in deserts
The article profiles the downy woodpecker as a key forest defender, noting its specialization in tree-internal pests and its role as a surgical tree healer. It also describes Dr. G C Abbott at the Hargua Hala observatory in Arizona cooking with solar energy, using a parabolic mirror to heat oil and bake bread on the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Woodpecker
United States
Srizen
Enns A. Mills
Crete
North America
Eture
California
GC. Abbot
Arizona
Hargua Hala Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Abbot
Dr. Abbott
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Crowns Cure Claims
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a thirty five year remedy that heals mucous surfaces by cleansing the blood and improving overall health. Also notes testimonials and a Toledo based maker F J Cheney Co. and druggists selling the product. A separate item reports Wheeling man Joseph Nagel fined for sneezing in a movie theater with a medical exam ordered. He denied illness and the judge upheld the fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Mail
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Wheeling
Joseph R. Nagel
Rite
Nagel
Cardus Helped Regain Strength in Woman from Paint Rock
A rural Tennessee Alabama reader recounts a dramatic recovery after taking Cardul. She describes lifelong weakness and fatigue, credits Cardul with improving appetite, sleep, energy, and family life, and urges other women with similar ailments to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suoe
Shime
Cardul
Cardus
Tna
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Charles Town
Ranson
Harper’s Ferry
Jordan & Wysong
W. V
Hurwitz Creamery Company
Charles Town, W. VA
P. O. Dunnaway
Peole
Martinsburg Business College
James T. Austin
Martinsburg
W. VA
L.A. Ambrose
Shepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
Shepherdstown, W. Va
New York
Henry Dottenhem
F. M. Gattle
Dottenheim
Gatle
Gattle
Mr. Dottenheim
Gatt'e
Gable
Paar Kitts
Johnny
Hildren
Fletcher
Tastoria
Sun
Thomas
Alabama
Fey
Crossett
Lawn A. Caowerr, Inc
Mater North
Abington
Man
Crossett Shoe
Shepherdstown
W Va
Norfolk & Western
Bristol
Caro Hassel
Kynoke
Rosnoke
Columbus
Cincinnati
Chicago
Shenendoah
Ayid
Beyers
Bevill Paseo
Sarionwerkens
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