Ghosts, kidneys, and smudgeographs in dated notes
Fragmented clippings cover a mix of medical claims about kidney pills and back pain, a Galway ghost prank leading to a jail sentence, then a home craft on making smudgeographs for youths, and a Hamburg domestic servants school under the Housemaids Union. Names and places include Buffalo New York Galway Hamburg Montreal Herald.
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Parton
Matshal
Lake Chari la
Posters Turn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Galway
Ireland
Monan
Housetmlatresses’ Union
Hamburg
Webpntn
Breaking the Colt and Breaking the Work Habit
Farmers prepare colts for farm work by teaching rapid walking from the start. Avoid early lively trots as a fast walk forms the habit. slow, steady walking yields quicker field progress and reduces long-term wear. A mix of practical farming notes and reflections on learning from mistakes follows, stressing movable poultry house arrangements, sheep value, wool safety, and careful spraying practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Aaron Kine
Busy Woman Finds Health With Grape Nuts and Postum
A energetic rural woman describes managing dairy farm duties, vegetable garden, fowls, and a writing career while suffering chronic indigestion and insomnia. After using Grape Nuts and switching to Postum, she reports perfect digestion, no distress, better sleep, and renewed energy across her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tafe
Tmasasines
Gil
Wallip
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Location of Barn and Yard Care for Clean Milk
W J Fraser of the University of Illinois emphasizes proper barn location and yard drainage to keep cows out of mud. He advises gentle slope for natural drainage, grading, and layering gravel with finer material, plus regular bedding management. Manure should be hauled away from the barn to fields, never accumulated nearby, and swine pens kept 200 feet away to avoid odors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Fraser
University Oflinois
Cooperation in Creameries
Farmers are learning to cooperate with thousands of co operative creameries in the west and northwest. The article argues for county organization of creameries to reduce gathering effort and streamline sales, with one representative handling multiple nearby creameries.
Keeping the Horns Off
A Cornell University dairy professor describes a widespread practice among dairy farmers to prevent horn growth. For fifteen years his herd dehorns calves with caustic potash before three weeks old and dehorns mature cows as needed, noting high success and general adoption among dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Wing
Cornell University
Learn to graft your own trees in wild grass lands
In the United States many grasses grow wild and gardeners are urged to begin grafting their own trees now. The brief reflection suggests hands on horticulture and practical self reliance. It mentions the broad abundance and the value of cultivating fruit and shade through grafting.
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United States
Working Women and the Pinkham Cure Emphasis
The piece extols women’s toil in homes, churches, and shops and links female ailments to modern duties. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy, cites testimonials from Miss F Orser and Miss Pearl Ackers, and notes the present Mrs. Pinkham continues free health guidance in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Orser
Warrenton Street
Boston
Lydia B. Pinkfam
Miss Pearl Ackers
North Summer Street
Nashville
Tenn
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DOW Ponent
Croge Hall
Montreal Herald
Fee
R. B. Roberts
Nashville, Tenn
Viliss Frankie Orser
Merchants Protective Association
Salt Lake City
Francis G. Luke
Ballard
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