Household stain remover tips from old instructions
This excerpt lists practical home remedies for removing gum with egg whites from fabric and skin, using denatured alcohol for hot water marks on furniture, cyanide of potassium for ink on linen, match heads to lift ink, benzin for hat grease, vinegar for wool grease, buttermilk for silver purses, steam to remove rings from gasoline cleaned areas, emery paper to prevent rust on knives, and lemon juice plus salt for cleaning brass and copper vessels.
Do It Yourself Home Hacks From Simple Frames and Wrapping Paper
This piece offers concise craft ideas such as turning a wall hinged frame into a drying rack, weaving brown wrapping paper into attractive porch baskets, waterproofing baskets with paint, and using pine cones and spools to create a wall candle stick. It also suggests a sewing chair from an armless rocker with hidden pockets and a removable cover, plus transforming an apple crate into a bread board and enameling a bread knife handle.
Who Says What's the Use A Lincoln Biography Card
A young man faced repeated failures in business politics and love before becoming one of America's greatest leaders. Despite defeats in Congress land office appointment and the Senate he persisted until he rose to the vice presidency and beyond. Abraham Lincoln is cited as the answer to who says what's the use.
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Wiinets
Congress
United States Land Office
United States Senate
America
Abraham Lincoln
Spelling Letter From Anton Predicts Good Harvest
A 1923 Oshkosh Nebraska seventh grader letter to John describes haying, good rains, and crops expecting a frost-free season. He mentions skipping days, words misspelled, and plans to visit Omaha and Lincoln if possible. The note reflects rural life and weather concerns of the era.
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Oshkosh
Mack
Nebr
John
Shair
Couden
Linkon
Wheat costs cited by farmers in 1922 report
U S Department of Agriculture Official Record summarizes 4000 farmers nationwide showing average wheat production cost 1 23 per bushel with an average yield 16 bushels per acre on 2400 farms The average sale value was 1 11 per bushel and costs split into seed 9 percent land rent 25 percent fertilizer 12 percent and other 46 percent An average of 57 acres per farm were planted.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Crop diversification and market education for farmers
President Coolidge is urged to shift focus from expanding credit to expanding markets for wheat and crops. The argument holds that successful producers align output with public demand, advocating dairying and livestock alongside crop cultivation as the model for farm welfare.
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Lis
Coolidge
Fall Festival attendance and local calls dominate this week
Sextorp residents report many local visits with Sidney events and farm activity. Cc Crowell made business calls in Potter while Tete Nelson and Altice visited D W Matthewson and Harry Courtright. Harvey Fisher hauled wheat to Potter. Charles Fisher and family headed to Bloomfield for a family visit. Courtright Matthes Nelson and Crowell toured Pete Nelson's gallery. Jesse Lambert visited Ever Larson. Ellis Fishers mourn the death of their three week old grandson Dan Dunlavy in Denver. Herman Schubarth and family were Potter and Sidney shoppers Saturday. Harold Smith and wife left Sunday for Cozad Nebraska.
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Sidney
Cc. C. Crowell
Potter
Tete Nelson
Altice
D. W. Matthewson
Harry Courtright
Harvey Fisher
Charles Fisher
Bloomfield
Frankie Matthes
Charles Nelson
C. C. Crowell
Pete Nelson
Jesse Lambert
Ever Larson
Ellis Fishers
Dan Dunlavy
Hosptal
Denver
Herman Schubarth
Harold Smith
Cozad
Nebraska
Oberfelder’s Big Sale Sparks Townwide Talk
Oberfelder promotes a large sale featuring Stetson hats and other goods. The storefront is described as a bargain counter, drawing attention as shoppers compare prices and selections.
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Oberfelder
Humorous Q&A from a newspaper office column
The Office Boy column pokes fun at newsroom life with questions and answers. Items range from humorous definitions like a limberneck to playful advice about love and daily mishaps. Readers get a peek at editor tensions and light domestic jokes. The tone is breezy and period voice.
Seven Ambitions of Man
A humorous verse lists life goals by ages from five to thirty one. It envisions a candy store at five and a future as a fireman at ten, pilot at eleven, marriage at twenty, wealth at thirty, a long life at thirty one, and an easy death at zero in a satirical arc.
Sure, Some Girl Wedding Ad From Kiowa County Signal
A wedding notice from Kiowa County Signal Colorado extols the bride as wonderfully fascinating attractive and enchanting with a joyous nature and brilliant mind. It promises a home of enchantment and happiness where harmony and felicity will prevail, using flowery language to describe the bride’s charm and virtue.
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Kiowa County
Colo
Windshields and Doors Installed at Habler Garage
Oberfelder sells leather leggings high cut shoes and cowboy boots at ruinous prices as plate grass is prepared for Windshields and doors installed at Habler Garage.
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Habler Garage
Oberfelder
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Sextorp
Anser
J. J. Limberneck
Mabel W
Mabel
Hazel
Joe N
Edna
Bill K
Bill
Man
Livoni & Son
Leanus
City Lease
Tata Oe
Chen É
Gemma
Rata
Bentley Auto Co
Hyatt
First Avenue East
Earl Metz
J. L. Roach
Sunol
Lodge ‘Pole, Nebr
Hampshires
Sanol.womans Club
J.L. Roach
G. W. Barlow
C. P.millett
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