Minnesota Stallion Barn for Breeding Purposes
Describes a south-facing stallion barn with office, carriage space, stalls, and a breeding pen. Details include stall supports, bars, and safety features to handle mares and bulls, with dimensions and construction notes. By August 22 of the year 1874, 74 mares bred to the brother stallion, 98 to draft horses, and 62 cows to a Red Poli bull, with no injuries.
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M. ‘T. Grattan
Breeder's Gazette
Mberty
Tree Pest Killed in Orchard Using Fungal Disease
Entomologist B Sanborn of Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports a hardy fungal disease that targets the San Jose Scale. The project offers to supply free inoculum to residents, requiring specimens for identification and instruction on application to infested trees. The fungus spreads on a amber jelly-like medium and appears as white mold on infected scale.
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B-Sanborn
Ahama Agricultural Experiment Station
Nols Department
San Jose
Doan's Kidney Pills End Long Suffering for Ind. Man
A Conneraville resident recounts ten years of kidney pain and near Bright's disease, saying Doan's Kidney Pills finally cured him with no recurrence in five years. Foster-Milburn Co. promotes the remedy at 50 cents a box. Also a light kitchen anecdote about Lady Betty at a restaurant, ordering poached eggs on toast and a child asking if the screen would let her fall and what the man would do with the eggs.
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Walker
Grand Ave
Conneraville
Ind
Bright
Dean
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Betty
Ittle
Easy Marks in Town Trick with Artificial Ice Hedges
Uncle Silas Geehaw recalls a week long in town while selling a fake product. A local peddler touts artificial ice to rubes who buy nothing, exposing the folly of easy marks. Daddy Squash neck questions whether gold bricks were sold.
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Silas
Daddy Squashneck
Uncle Silas
Questionable Medical Plot Blocks a Puzzling Scene
A garbled OCR passage shows two specialists debating an unidentified patient’s fate as others punch and prod him. Confusion, odd names, and abrupt interruptions suggest a fragmented historical newspaper snippet with nonsensical dialogue about an operation and strength.
Exciting Town Finds Love After 45 Years
A Los Angeles widow restless for a schoolmate from 45 years ago follows a spirit's guidance to Brooklyn. She meets him on the street shortly after arriving and marries him, celebrating the occult and the city's dramatic life despite occasional dangers.
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Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Murine Eye Remedy Promises Quick Eye Relief
Murine Eye Remedy promotes relief for red weak weary and watery eyes with soothing action and granulated lids. Pricing listed 25 cents 60 cents and one dollar for liquid form and eye salves sold in aseptic tubes with free eye books and advice by mail. The ad notes new telephone era and fading excuse of working nights at the office.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Spectator Boy Roars Praise At Blackburn Rovers Match
A nine year old spectator chants bold support for the game as Blackburn Rovers face Olympic. He urges aggressive play and cheers, saying feather had him sweet and declaring rivals must be scattered. A bystander frets the boy may be harmed before the match ends.
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Blackburn Rovers
Olympic
London
Bathing Suit Fails to Stay Fast Colors
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly has Binks accusing a bathing master of selling a dollar suit with colors that wash off. The master jokes that removing the stripes from Binks will be the real challenge, adding a sly smile to the tease.
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Binks
Harper's Weekly
Digestive aid claims relief in five minutes
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as harmless and inexpensive. It promises rapid relief from sour, upset stomachs and indigestion after meals, claiming digestion of heavy meals in minutes and odorless breath. A 60 cent case is advertised as sufficient for a family.
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Pape
The Limit and a Question About a Bank Balance
Fragmentary dialogue shows a plan to purchase gloves with a check. The speakers debate how large a bank balance is needed and reference a wizard oil as a dubious aid to cover the purchase.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Cited In Medical Misery
The passage notes derangements of the female sex and associated malaise and praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It suggests readers with similar troubles be encouraged to try the remedy after reading letters like the cited example.
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Cresson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ella E. Atkey
Baird
Reece
Aera
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Sclaver
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Sete
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