Woman Recovers After Operation With Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs James Wilke of Rochester Minnesota writes that after a serious operation she struggled with poor health until Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped. Within two weeks she regained strength and health and praises the medicine. A private text book on ailments peculiar to women is offered free upon request.
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Rochester
Minnesota
Pinkham
James Wilke
E. Pawtet
Hina
Vegetab’ Pound
Wilke
E. Pinkham
Swamp Root Kidney Liver Bladder Remedy Ad Promotion
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure herbal medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promises no habit forming effects and notes a sworn purity statement with every bottle. Readers can request a sample for ten cents from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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Dr.Kilmer
Cos
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Insist on TANSAC VEGETABLE PILLS For Constipation
Advertisement promotes TANSAC VEGETABLE PILLS for constipation and Cuticura products for scalp itching and skin care. It claims daily use of Cuticura Ointment and Soap yields clear skin and soft hands. The note ends with a quip about witty fools.
Lessons From Garden Mistakes Told By Gardeners
In a meeting of about 150 home gardeners the USDA gathered errors to avoid. Key points include planting too early before soil warms, single plantings of crops, poor soil preparation, letting weeds gain, and the value of multiple plantings for vegetables like beans corn beets lettuce and spinach. Multiple plantings extend harvests and provide steady supplies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cottage Gardener
Back Yard Garden and Its Problems
Cottage gardeners show that a well kept home garden can pay about 85 dollars from a tenth-acre plot with average yields around 850 dollars per acre at market prices. Experts stress five key ingredients soil seeds sunshine moisture and brains, plus labor, to achieve dividend paying results.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Abundant radishes and corn from garden to table
The passage notes an abundance of crisp radishes from mid May to July 1 near Washington DC. It also highlights Golden Bantam sweet corn cooked quickly, from garden to table in under an hour, described as food for kings.
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Washington, D. C
Passing Back to Dad on Drinking Etiquette
A columnist cites an undergraduate who claims he avoids drinking except when home on vacation. He says he cannot bear to hurt others' feelings, reflecting social pressure around alcohol among youth.
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Bscribner’s Maga
Ancient lenses and early microscopes traced to Nineveh and Europe
The oldest recorded microscope is a quartz lens from Nineveh now in the British Museum. In the Middle Ages simple lenses gained use, and a spectacle maker from Middelburg built a compound microscope about 1590 for Archduke Charles Albert. Robert Hooke, secretary of the Royal Society, made several improvements.
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Nineveh
British Museum
Middleburg
Holland
Charles Albert
Austria
Robert Hooke
Royal Society
Fight the fly by cleaning the dairy barn and whitewash
An agricultural note from New Jersey urges thorough dairy barn cleaning before spring plowing. It details whitewash preparation using lime, salt, rice, glue and whiting, plus disinfectant spray for floors and walls. Regular monthly disinfection and quarterly whitewashing are advised to curb flies and disease.
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S. W. Mead
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Distinct Advantages of Cows Facing Center in Stables
Distinct advantages of cows facing the stable center include easier feeding from a central alley with a push cart, reduced litter and dust when distributing hay, and better natural light for milking. A center-facing barn also appears cleaner than side-gutter designs and can be built slightly narrower without sacrificing efficiency.
Good Practice to Teach Calf to Eat Grain
It suggests starting calves on ground corn or sifted ground oats and gradually increasing. After a few days progress to whole grain or a mix equal parts by weight. Many feeders feed this mixture to seven or eight month calves then switch to ground feed to improve digestion.
Cow as top money maker on the farm
The piece argues cows outperform other labor on the farm, noting a cow yielding 25 pounds of 4 percent milk daily can produce 1 pound of butterfat worth about 50 cents. With feed costs not exceeding 15 cents, the net is about 85 cents daily, suggesting better returns come from proper feeding and giving cows opportunity to work.
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