Heritage of Civil War veterans and Notre Dame charm
A Civil War veteran Captain John L. Bly recalls kidney trouble cured by Dean's Kidney Pills in 1902, while Notre Dame’s beauty captivates visitors. Miscellaneous antique anecdotes follow, including Cuticura testimonials and Canadian emigration notes, ending with a humorous street anecdote about a grocer and jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Bly
Co. B
Ohio
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Bly
Dean
Fowler-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Grape Nuts as Morning Breakfast Boosts Health
A reader testifies that a simple breakfast of hot tea, fruit, toast and Grape Nuts with cream improved digestion, reduced distress, and aided weight gain. She notes personal relief after two years on the regimen and credits Postum Co. with a persuasive slogan and the book The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tearcer
Postum Co
Harte Creek
Wollville
How To Build Grain Stacks For Properly Draining Airdale
A detailed guide on stacking grain using a fork lift, center height, and angled outer rows to shed water. Emphasizes level ground, careful topping, and maintaining a strong center to prevent bulges from causing uneven settling and water ingress during rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erala
Genie Shen
Secon
Caack
Ontario Roads Advance With Modern Construction Push
Consul Seyfert of Ontario outlines a sweeping road program aiming to modernize 60000 miles of country roads via township and county networks. The plan emphasizes county control, provincial funding, durable gravel beds, concrete culverts, steel and concrete structures, and improved drainage to create smoother, longer lasting highways across Perth county and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seyfert
Etrathead Turniohes
Ontario
Province of
Cornellé
Platte Jabor
Enunel
Perth County
Stratford
Ends for hay wagon racks
An article describes practical rear and front end pieces for hay and grain wagons. It explains using heavy iron dockets, two 2x4 hardwoods, and cross boards to build sturdy end supports, noting the design eases securing loads and increases convenience for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elter
Wide tires on highways spark call for legal change
A Prairie correspondent asks why a law requiring wide-tired wagons for heavy loads on air highways should not pass. The journal argues such a law benefits roads and users, notes limited success of existing credits for wide-tired farm wagons, and warns narrow tires damage crops and water, urging restraint and crop care.
Finest Trout in the World Bred in California Stream
National Geographic Magazine reports Dr. Garten W. Evermann of the Bureau of Fisheries identifies a unique “Aiden trout” in a 20 mile stream in California. President Roosevelt prompted study of its habitat, with warnings of possible extinction. California may ban fishing for three years to save it, and Evermann urges artificial propagation and transplantation to accessible barren streams in cooperation with California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garten W. Evermann
Bureau of Deherrog
Nayar
Roosevelt
Bureau of Fisheries
Beermant
California
Evermann
Cally 4
National Geographic Magazine
New W L Douglas Shoe Co Plant Dedicated at Montello
The W L Douglas Co. opened a two story 260 by 60 foot Montello shoe plant with a full jobbing department and offices on the second floor. Open house 11 am to p.m. featured a Mace Gay orchestra and catering by a Boston firm. Ex Gov Douglas led tours of the three factories and new facilities. Fifty-five hundred invitations reached retail dealers and manufacturers in Brockton and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. le Dolan Shoe Co
Montello
Mace Gay
Boston
United States
W. L. Douglas Co
Brockton and
Douglas
Vaya
Gov
Western Union
Tigers Tap Rubber Trees Near Perak In Malay Peninsula
A quirky piece notes a rubber factory near Perak in the Malay peninsula relying on tigers to aid tapping after labor shortages. A Scotch proprietor devised a plan using valerian to attract tigers, allowing coolies to harvest rubber by tracking scratched bark. The rest of the page mixes ads and odd notes on Notre Dame, intoxicants in vegetables, and various snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perak
Malay Peninsula
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Heritage OF Civil War
Notre Dame
Charme
Teland
Ereal Square
Euperbotln
Robins Pennell
Cutiura
A. Manner
State St
Chicago
America
Britain
Canada
Walter Christie
Paint Rock
Aol
ARS
Fie
Hina Bosa
High Sierras
The
Brockton
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Nritieh House of Lords
Wilhelmina
Helland
Covent Garden Theater
Mrs. Wing
Ri Pesto Eae Moet
Castoria
Chas
H. Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
F. Gerald Clatiner
Gustave A. Eisengracher
St. Paul
Minn
B. J. Dennis
St. Louis
Enya
A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. B. Simpson
Timaya
R. ©. Baktidaon
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansan City
Edwin F. Pardea
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ting the
Ium
New
RCC
Petephan
University of Notre Dame
Geamnar School
Hlah
Sil
Edward
Eleanor K. Park
Holland
Defiance
Wichita
Kane
Price
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