Spring Fever and Blood Purifiers Sold by Dr Pierce
A 19th century health blurb urges readers to combat spring fatigue by using Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. It promotes a blood purifier from Blood root Golden Seal Stone root Queen s root and Oregon Grape root, plus a weekly purge to cleanse the system. Readily sold in tablet form, this remedy has supposedly been standard for fifty years.
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Queen's Root
Oregon
Pierce
Fragmentary caption references a professor's son
A fractured line mentions a son of a professor named Nane onye tua ann and a vague reference to Hebute tow, lacking clear event, date, or location.
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Nane Onye
Tua'ann
Hebute Tow
Lemons and Orchard White Skin Brightener Ad
A grocer offers Lemons and Orchard White for a skin whitening remedy. Squeeze lemon juice into a bottle, add Orchard White, shake. Massage the fragrant lotion on the face, neck, arms, and hands to reduce freckles sallowness redness and roughness, claiming harmless, dramatic whitening results. The ad ends with a moral line about worthiness.
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Adv
Reliable Kidney Remedy Promoted in Advertisement
An old newspaper ad touts Swamp-Root as a physician’s kidney and liver remedy. It claims years of testing, urges readers to try it for kidney and bladder support, and offers a sample bottle for ten cents from Sim er Co in Binghamton NC, with a joke about bridge.
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Assimer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Farm Arrangement of Hen House
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture this guidance explains soil drainage, floor options, and building height to keep a hen house dry. It details dropping boards roosts placement spacing and materials to maintain sanitary conditions for a healthy flock.
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Special
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Drafia
Greens Good to Make Red Blood Recipe for Dandelion Soup
Springtime guidance on using greens like dandelion, spinach, kale, and beet tops to boost iron and red blood. Notes on cooking greens to retain nutrients, including a dandelion leaf milk soup with melted fat and flour, plus tips for children and home canning. References iron content, butterfat, and growth-promoting substances.
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New Zealand
South Carolina Rice Cooking Tips Chronicle
The South Carolina table favors attractive rice dishes. A Carolina housewife advises washing one plot of rice, then boiling with ten quarts and a pint of water and a teaspoon of salt, boiled on quick fire for ten minutes, then steamed fifteen minutes on very slow heat. Rice texture depends on water amount and steaming time.
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South Carolina
Carolina
Safe lunch practices across seasons and temperatures
The guidance outlines how to keep lunches clean and safe. It emphasizes wrapping in dusty seasons and avoiding mold-prone foods in hot weather. It notes that chopped meat with dressing can be a good filling but hot weather favors lean options over meat slices and perishable spreads.
Vest Styles in White Pique and Lingerie Fronts
The article describes vests of white pique and similar heavy cotton fabrics, noting they remain fresh with colored cloth accents. Dainty lingerie fronts for sleeves and bodices vary in elaboration, with collar options and ruffle trim. Tips include using light materials like lawn and featuring tucked cross bar fronts with subtle color and dot motifs.
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Rome
Tulle in Evening Gowns Featured in New Models
The article notes tulle prominently in new fashion, appearing as floating scarves or panels over tight underskirts. Black tulle over black satin creates an attractive dinner gown, with combinations using King’s blue tulle over midnight blue satin.
Eradication of All Pests in Poultry Houses
Instructions emphasize cleaning poultry houses by removing litter, nests, and droppings before thorough spraying or painting surfaces with a five percent solution to flood cracks and nests. The text also notes that eggs tainted by dirt cannot be made to appear clean or neat.
Aveld Diseased Fowls Threaten Breeds
A passage notes that diseased fowls fail to breed true and that once a fowl has been exposed to malignancy its progeny may be affected. The text warns breeders to avoid contaminated stock to protect future flocks.
Variety of Feeds for Poultry Success
A discussion on diverse poultry feeds highlighting how a balanced blend supports growth. Emphasizes selecting suitable ingredients to optimize health, yield, and overall flock performance across farming operations.
Mixed oddities and quips from home life and humor
A collage of brief items from a 19th or early 20th century paper includes a tale of Evansville children debating adopting a French orphan, a teacher's quip about Harvey's reluctance, reflections on bravery, a Washington woman misusing words, a dressmaker joke about pendants and pendulums, a compliment exchange, and a forger sent to the pen.
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Stanley Fall
Evansville
Harvey
Tania
Thdhinapolia News
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