Western Canada as Jolt for World Food Supply Ad
An advertisement urges Western Canada farming to meet postwar food needs. It argues vast uncultivated lands with rich grasses can yield cattle and grain, offering low prices and easy terms. It warns hunger in Europe and high prices until fields are reclaimed and livestock rebuilt, urging farmers to invest.
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Europe
Atlantic
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Russia
Canada
Western
Truly Rated and a Man Who Deceives
The quote frames a man who constantly deceives his wife as a wonder provoking sharp, ironic reaction. It reflects a critical, tongue in cheek tone about marital trust and behavior. The dialogue suggests social judgment and theatrical wit.
Boschée’s Syrup Ad Promotes Cough Remedy Longevity
An advertisement touts Boschée’s Syrup as a nationwide cough and lung remedy used for 51 years. It claims improved sleep and easier morning excretion, aiding recovery by soothing inflamed parts. The product is USA made and has sold for over fifty years.
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United States
Nature
America
Adv
Gray hair remedy and beauty tips from old ad copy
An old advertisement lists a hair darkening preparation using water Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine claiming gradual darkening of faded hair without scalp coloring. It also promotes Cuticura products for clear skin with ointment soap and talcum and ends with a generic ad line about advice.
Geese Raising Basics for Small Farms and Backyards
Poultry experts say geese can profit on farms with adequate water and grazing. They need shelter for goslings, clean nesting areas, and careful breeding stock selection. Incubation lasts 28 to 30 days with 4–6 eggs under a hen and 10–13 under a goose.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Breeding Geese For Early Spring Goslings
The guide advises selecting breeding stock two or more years old, preferably three to five. Females kept to twelve to fourteen years. ganders rarely beyond eight or nine. Begin winter egg feeding to hatch early, goslings ready to graze. Incubation lasts 28 to 30 days with four to six eggs per hen and 10 to 13 under a goose. Goslings should avoid water until several days old. hens brood seven to ten days afterward.
Preparing Geese for Market
Geese can be fattened on grass or in yards before sale, though confined pens for fattening may not pay without a special market. Geese are killed and picked like other poultry. markets vary on dry versus scalded geese. Feathers are saved and plucked, usually from the liver side, before or after steaming.
Poultry Houses Should Face South For Sunlight
The article advises poultry houses in most localities face the south to maximize winter sunlight. It links proper ventilation and sunlight to a dry, healthy coop and better poultry well being.
Greatest of all tonics walking as health tonic
Harriet Russell writes in the Houston Post praising outdoor walking as the surest, broadest health tonic. She urges readers to step outside to clear vision, lighter problems, and renewed buoyancy, recommending daily walks on open roads under blue skies and fresh air.
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Harriet Russell
Houston Post
Epitaphs and a Slothful Life Like a Tavern Jest
The Petunia tavern landlord recounts a nameless agent who never writes epitaphs. He married hoping lifelong sloth and a widow’s farm, but they fired their hired man and chose Lester Spradd for a petty, unpaid position.
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Petunia
Lester
Lester Spradd
Kansas City Star
Twentieth Century Ranch
A portrait of the modern western cattle ranch blending up to date science with last century romance. The traditional cowboy has faded from fiction to film, replaced by a capable figure who handles bronchos and automobiles with equal ease.
Be Frank With Yourself For Self Improvement
Advice urges honest self rating to chart personal strengths and weaknesses. The piece notes using frank appraisal to map a definite course toward success and self improvement.
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H. Addington Bruce
Chicago News
Dream Visions Save War Correspondent From Fate
Melton Prior related two Africa era dreams of his own shooting and funeral during the Zulu conflict. After reaching Durban he got a letter from his mother recounting a similar dream urging him not to join a specific expedition. He then took a substitute who died with the expedition’s members.
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Melton Prior
Africa
Durban
Cincinnati Market Prices Consolidate Grain Livestock and Dairy
Markets report mixed daily quotes across grains hay and timothy oats butter eggs poultry and cattle. Prices span several grades from No 2 through No 3 and include live poultry fowl roosters and calves with statewide and regional variation described.
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Gorn
Hay
Timothy
Just Like Father and the Banquet Toasts
A humorous dialogue riff on perceptions of kindness and hypocrisy. A man recalls his father’s toast to the ladies at a banquet while lamenting lack of mornings-out kindness toward him. The conversation touches on trust in newspapers and a police anecdote about a suspicious bottle.
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Father
Gold Med/L Haar lem Oil Capsules Backache Ad
An advertisement urges immediate relief for backache and urinary problems. It promotes imported Gold Med/L Haar lem Oil Capsules, claiming easy taking and rapid absorption by the kidneys, with each capsule containing roughly five drops.
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Haarlem
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Emerson
Boschee’s Syrup
Special Information Service
Toulouse
Cincinnati
Wrigley’s
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