Got Skin Disease Relief From Blood Impurities?
A historic health claim suggests skin troubles stem from blood disorders and that relief comes only by removing impurities from the bloodstream. The piece emphasizes shame and personal burden while urging treatment.
Purify Your Blood and Internal Remedies Advised
An old herbal remedy claims to purify blood and relieve itching skin by internal use, contrasting with ineffective external applications. A humorous exchange about a football coach and vegetarian team strategies follows, recalling garden bags thrown by opponents to intimidate players.
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Health for Women
Advertisement claims women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often from kidney disease. It urges prompt treatment with Kilmer’s Swamp Root and offers a sample by mail, noting a 10 cent request to test the preparation and to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Erikmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
It Was His Brother At Crowded Dance
A reader recalls a crowded evening dance when a dancer trampled the speaker’s corn and satin slippers. The partner deflects, noting the interloper is his brother learning to dance and that the first hundred years are hard.
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Chicago
Willing to Serve on Havana Harbor Probe
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet notes a proposed investigating committee and a witty remark about examining Havana harbor conditions. The fragment contrasts civic ambition with a humorous quip about a boy’s notion of greatness in extending a helping hand to peers.
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Havana Harbor
Louisville Courier-Journal
Catarrh Cure and Alarm Clock Joke
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. Halus Catarrh Medicine is presented as affecting the blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen health. A humorous exchange contrasts paying three dollars for an alarm clock with using a dog as a natural wake up alarm.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pye
Brown
Jones
Sight Regained After 23 Years in Monmouthshire Village
Mrs Jenkins, wife of a mason in Fleur de Tis near Pengam, Monmouthshire, had been blind for 22 years after a lightning strike 23 years ago. She also suffered trance episodes up to 14 days. On a Saturday night she suddenly exclaimed I can see and began describing her surroundings. The doctor believes the recovery may be permanent.
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Jenkins
Fleur-de-Tis
Pengam
Monmouthshire
Beeves
London Times
Old Baldwin Apple Tree Over a Century Old Still Bears
On the Baldwin estate in North Woburn Masa a Baldwin apple tree planted over 120 years ago by Col. Loams Baldwin remains fruitful. Transplanted and cultivated by Baldwin, the tree is the origin of the famed Baldwin apple now widely grown and eaten.
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North Woburn
Masa
Col
Loams
Baldwin
Gal
Baldwin Fea
Mature oll tree bears larger and more famous fruit
A mature oll tree near the younger trees yields larger fruit and gains fame for its superior produce. The contrast highlights how age influences fruit size and notoriety in the grove.
Poultry manure asasset for fertilization debated
Massachusetts station recommends mixtures for orchard use including 200 pounds per 1000 pounds of poultry manure plus potash and phosphate with nitrogen 1.1 per cent and phosphoric acid 83 per cent. Strawberries may benefit or suffer depending on application and may affect fruit quantity.
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Massachusetts
Sta Unn
Macenchusetts
Stratherry
Propagating the Dewberry from Roots and Runners
The dewberry propagates easily like the blackberry through suckers and fruit roots. Nurserymen favor root propagation, cutting roots into small pieces and placing them in sand or soil, then setting sprouts in beds as they begin to show. Strong dewberry roots yield vigorous plants and good berries.
Plan for Moisture Supply in Orchard Fertilization
The fertility of orchards depends on moisture. without adequate moisture, fertilizer cannot be fully utilized. Maintain soil moisture with a good mulch and frequent tillage to achieve the best fertilization results.
Training beech trees low aids bark protection
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that lowering the limbs of beech and birch trees reduces vandal damage like crude bark art by jackknifing. Training limbs low makes trees harder targets, benefiting landowners and improving tree health.
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United States Department of Agriculture
JJ Different Breeds of Hens for Eggs and Meat
Poultry guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture classifies Leghorns Minorcas Brahmas Langshans Cochins and Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons as suitable for eggs meat or dual purpose. Leghorns and Minorcas are prolific egg layers but poor sitters and mothers. Brahmas and Cochins mature slowly and are better for meat and steady production when feed is abundant. General purpose breeds balance size egg output and hardiness, useful for small flocks and varied markets.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Hhode Island
Orpingtons
Destroy Stick-Tight Fleas On Poultry Houses
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise cleaning and spraying brood and poultry houses and runs to combat stick-tight fleas. They recommend greasing the combs and wattles with a kerosene lard mixture, careful not to overuse, and treating birds. Clean and spray coops and yards, especially dry soil under perches, with salt water to keep ground moist and deter flea breeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proper Mating of Turkeys
Fifteen turkey hens can be paired with a vigorous tom. If twenty five or thirty hens are kept, two toms should not run together. One should tend one wing and the other the next. When two toms are allowed to ram together during mating season they fight and the stronger does most of the mating.
Maggie and the Dream King's Feast of Pies
A dreamy tale where Maggie enjoys meals and treats. The Dream King invites her to a fantasy banquet with personified foods like Lady Lettuce and Duke Ice Cream. The journey ends with Maggie reflecting that she is not greedy and that she may indulge within reason.
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Breed
Duke
Maggie
Weill
Crayons Freeze To Box On Radiator Incident
A child named Tucker rushed to his mother crying to show crayons stuck to a wax box left on a steam radiator. He exclaimed that someone had left his crayons on the radiator and they had frozen.
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Tuck
Hog Pedigree and Feed Efficiency in Market Prices
A discussion on hog breeding shows pedigree alone does not ensure profit. One top gilt sold for over 300 but later returned about 150, another gift fetched 100 while 300 was refused. Feed type and development across years influenced value more than lineage, with dry lot feeding often unprofitable without proper feed mix.
Wily Ennish’s stance on farm life and labor values
W. W. Shay of North Carolina College of Agriculture remarks on resilience of laborers and the risks of overgrowth. He notes a preference for sustainable farming over excessive cotton cultivation and warns against crowding land with too many hogs.
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W. W. Shay
North Carolina College of Agriculture
Inspect Stock for Disease under Federal Oversight
United States Department of Agriculture inspectors at market centers supervised interstate livestock movement last fiscal year. They inspected 22,063,200 cattle with 24,428 dipped, 21,2529 sheep with 2,481 dipped, 5,704,070 swine with 74,508 graded for distribution, and 16,388 horses and equines with 23,742 tested for malformation, yielding 5 positive reactions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Department Veterinieans
Shelter Needed for Sheep in Bad Weather
Weather worsens for flock as damp cold invites danger to newborn lambs. Sheepmen seek shelter protections and note lambs fare best with access to greens, roughage and grain in harsh conditions.
Superior Feed for Steers
Wet pulp or corn silage should always be included in the ration for steers. The succulence provided by these appetising feeds helps keep stock healthy and hearty on full feed.
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