Vegetable Compound Praise From Turtle Lake Woman
Mrs. Abel La Port of Turtle Lake Wisconsin endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for backache weakness and nervousness after years of ailment and multiple pregnancies. She reports relief and urges friends with similar troubles to try the remedy. The letter cites a survey claiming 98 of 100 women were helped.
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Turtle Lake
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Aila
Abel la Port
R.F. D
Pete
Lydia Dia E Phkhan
Dinner Invitation Amid Domestic Comedy
A young husband invites a hesitant friend to his house for dinner. He reassures the guest that his wife’s cooking will either please him or playfully defend its failure, adding a light note of domestic humor from a London Weekly Telegraph snippet.
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London Weekly Telegraph
Cure for Cold A New York Reader Prescription List
A New York newspaper article notes readers sent in over 8,000 varied cures for a cold. Among the entries, a famous surgeon offered the simplest cure: stay in bed and forget it.
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New York
Old Salt Tales Adventure Ends With Revenue Cutter Interlude
A captain and ten boys on a pier face a gunfire scare as smugglers skirmish with a revenue cutter. The boat fires a one pounder while smugglers retreat into a swamp, leaving the boys unharmed and reflecting on their risky day.
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Tommy Radnor
Tommy
Bobby Treat
Bobby
Revenue Men
The Good Old Days Then and Now
England set to mark 300th anniversary of fork use in 1982 but the piece recalls 1632 meals without forks. It contrasts old comforts with poor sanitation and harsh justice, noting high perfume use, scarce running water, and brutal dungeons.
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England
France
Shakespeare
Lewiston Journal
False Economy in Rations for Cows
A cow testing club example shows that high protein rations, though pricier per 100 pounds, increase milk output enough to offset costs. The Jefferson county Iowa herd consumed less balanced grain, costing $74.88 monthly for 7,200 pounds, while a protein-rich plan at $60.39 plus higher production would boost output to about 8,300 pounds and raise protein to 12.8 percent, yielding overall savings and better returns.
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Jefferson County
Iowa
Great Writer Dope Fiend Revealed by Harry Furniss Talk
The article recounts Harry Furniss detailing Wilkie Collins using laudanum. Sir Hall Gaine recalls Collins admitting a troubled mind and a cabinet ritual with a wine glass of laudanum, claiming twenty years of regular use.
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Wilkie Collins
Harry Furniss
Hall Gaine
Collins
de Quincey
Bernhardt Memorial Garden Village Planned for Artists
A French garden village near Paris will house writers painters sculptors and musicians in a wood outside the city. It will have about a hundred houses and studios at low rents. The government owns the wood and has contributed nearly 4,000,000 francs, with rules that residents must have at least three children and earn under 20,000 francs annually. The village will be named for Sarah Bernhardt.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Widow’s Mite: Digging Deep for Destitute Family Fund
A widow gave one dollar to a fund in Indianapolis for a destitute family. The envelope bore the note One dollar for building fund for destitute family. Inside were old coins including an 1868 note, a dated 1863 piece, 1838 and 1841 half-dimes, an 1858 Canadian halfdime, a two-cent stamp, and modern coins.
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Indianapolis
Tireless Pursuit Ethical. Sportsman to Son
A father reminds his son Bobby to finish what he starts, urging perseverance and discipline in sport and life. The exchange contrasts resolve with a lighthearted remark from the boy, capturing a moment of generational guidance and supportive tone.
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Bobby
A Perfect Storm on Broadwayite Rainstorm
A vivid note describes a violent rainstorm on Broadway with witty banter about performance and weather. The fragment references Rebace and a boast about doing better, capturing a lively theatrical mood despite the downpour.
Big Cows Produce More Milk Says Experts
H. R. Lascelles summarizes studies by Dana, Pearson and others showing cows producing 100 pounds of butterfat yearly yield profits of $8 above feed costs, while 400 pounds yield $99. Larger cows, with fourfold production, gain over 12 times in net return. Five to eight year old cows also show higher efficiency per McCandish. larger herds reduce cost per unit.
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Dana
Vermont
Pearson
Illinois
McCandish
Towa
H. R. Lascelles
Colorado Agricultural College
Soy Beans for Cows in Dairy Feeding Study
Soy bean meal proved as valuable as all meal for dairy cattle in a recent South Dakota State College experiment. Moderate feeding did not harm butter. excess amounts tended to produce a soft, salty batter. Farmers can cut feed costs by growing their own high protein feed.
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South Dakota State College
Scene in Kensington Gardens Amid Armistice Silence
Two children and an Aberdeen terrier play with a ball as the silence gun sounds. The boy stands with his hat in hand, puzzled, while the dog retrieves the ball. They pause to honor the dead as London offers its tributes.
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Kensington Gardens
London
London Post
In Praise of Thrift and Crocodile Tears Quip
A quotation from Sir Thomas Lipton extols thrift as a virtue that could forge many capable men while a proverb notes crocodiles shed tears when about to feed implying a prudential stance.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
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