Poor Policy to Keep Stock “As Good As Average” When Average Is Low
A county agent argues that better sires raise profits, citing examples from New Jersey hogs and North Carolina boys. He persuades Sam to join the United States Department of Agriculture Better Sires campaign, stressing higher quality stock means more dollars in sales and long-term gains.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bascom
Sam
New Jersey
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Mississippi
Piney Woods
Two Big Factors in Education of Horse
The United States Department of Agriculture emphasizes memory and habit as core to breaking and training colts. A well trained horse obeys driver or rider promptly, with reward following obedience and punishment immediately after disobedience.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Live STOCK notes on breeding and disease prevention
Grass limits beef production and sow breeding timing. Liberal feeding protects against disease. Castrate lambs at eight to sixteen days old. Deborning cattle should be finished before warm weather. Sheep become infested with seab by contact with infested stock or quarters.
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Deborn
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Dea fness Cure Claim
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local remedies. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment that works through the blood, offering $100 for incurable cases and noting Druggists sell it with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Wanted a Little Too Much a Wish for a Boy
A girl named Mary resents being labeled weaker in a rough family game. As Ann Tillie and Mary's mother discuss fortunes, a card reading prompts a wish from Mary. She hesitantly asks for a single wish and finally reveals she wished to be a boy, challenging her sisters and brothers.
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Mary
Ann Tillie
An Tillie
Dearie
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Adverts Itself
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. The copy touts quick gentle healing effects and urges readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York via the newspaper.
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Kilmer
Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adyv
Victoria plans vast brown coal deposits for cheap power
The government of Victoria aims to develop immense brown coal deposits exceeding 20 billion tons to produce cheap electric power briquettes and by products.
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Government of
Victoria
Taken in the Other Sense
A dialogue excerpt features Miss Mugg complimenting a beloved, while Miss Bute counters with modest deflection in a Boston Transcript snippet.
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Miss Mugg
Miss Bute
Boston Transcript
Tetterine Promises Clear Complexion for Women
A Southern advertiser claims Tetterine clears blotches and itchy patches, helps eczema, and leaves skin soft. Sold by druggists or mail order for 50 cents from Shuptrine Co. Savannah GA. His Views notes opinion on makeup with a quip about the world a stage.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Adv
A Hearse Horse at the Cemetery Ride
A man hires a cab to his residence near a cemetery, pays exactly eighteen pence, and jokes about the horse’s appearance. The cabman warns that next visit may be by a different horse, ending with a grimyoned farewell. The Scotsman notes a quip about a hearse horse and adds aphorisms about a woman's strength and the pessimist.
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Edinburgh
Alabama map invents rapid fire pistol design
A Alabama map develops a compact pistol that resembles a miniature machine gun. The device feeds cartridges in a linked chain of variable length, enabling rapid successive shots.
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Alabama
An Exception Reflects Mockery in Lip Service
An odd phrase appears to mock sincerity and affection, contrasting artful speech with genuine feeling. The fragment hints at social commentary on love and performance in a dated voice.
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Jack
Belle
Babtlmore
Vacher-Balm Ad Claims Quick Relief for Common Aches
An old advertisement promotes Vacher-Balm for toothache headache and soreness claiming 99 of 100 ills may be relieved. It urges keeping it handy and warns against imitations while offering to mail a Bible stamp order form for 30 cents to E W Vacher Inc New Orleans La.
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E. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
A pessimist and optimist on luck and life
The quote contrasts a pessimist who dwells on misfortune with an optimist who celebrates fortune, and affirms the world as a man's origin and home as stated by Statius.
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