A Busy Farm Column Blend From St Louis Notes
A long miscellany blends jokes about judges with farm advice. It covers dairy topics, crop care, potato and onion handling, and general husbandry tips, citing experts and agencies, plus notes on feed, breeding, and storage. The piece threads humor, instruction, and weather mentions through a period voice.
No Friends Cashier Demands Identity for Check Cashing
A stranger explains he has no friends in town and claims to be the tax collection sector. The cashier insists on bringing someone to identify him before cashing the check, highlighting a demand for local connections and verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Atlanta Constitution
Complete Cure by Cuthura’s Eczema Tale
A patient recalls long eczema illness starting on the hand, misdiagnosed as ringworm and later cured after trying Cuticura Remedies. The testimonial, dated September 19 1908 from Chambersburg PA, credits the cure to Cuticura after ineffective doctors.
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C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chambersburg
Peer Drog & Chom, Corp
Bob Prope
Boston
Toca
Chener
Painee
Cirsey
Toledo
Atate
Anid Mu
Frank J. Cheney
A.W. Gleason
Cheney & CO
Sir Trrugatats
Mall
Quaker Oats Endorsed as Pure Food Leader
A compact survey notes food laws spurring manufacturers to adjust methods while Quaker Oats is highlighted as a model of purity and value. It cites Yale tests reinforcing Quaker Oats as a nourishing, affordable staple, with packaging details and broad consumer appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Company
Yale
Meeta
China
Dutch Boy Lead and a World of Puzzles in 1902
A mixed page notes National Lead Company's Dutch Boy trademark for pure white lead and a tester offer, a Chautauqua girls’ puzzle about a handsome professor, Bible quote on bishops, a catalog of cures, a Toledo patent medicine ad, shoe laces giveaway joke, a plug for Wrigley’s Spearmint, and quips on worry and daily troubles.
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Kes
Naonal
National Lead Company
Trinity Bldg
New York City
Doctor Advised Operation and Cures for Women
Paw Paw Michigan woman says a doctor advised surgery for years of female trouble but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. In Chicago another patient avoided surgery after using the remedy for a small tumor and fetal troubles. The advert claims the product cures displacements inflammation fibroids irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration, at a trifling cost.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Pinkham
Langdon
Lydia E
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