Leay E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Patient
A testimonial from M. Shaw of Cambridge reports suffering pains from female troubles eased after using Leay E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After two years of daily use the patient avoided further pain and later had another child, praising the remedy's benefits. Drugstores supply the product.
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Josiz M. Shaw
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Can ’S Vegetable Com
Uses for Old Inner Tube
Old inner tubes are repurposed for many tasks in a thrifty household. Rubber bands secure packages, cover jelly glasses, fasten paper cuffs, and protect sleeves while working. A child even uses them as makeshift garters for bloomers.
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills Medicine Ad 1837
An old fashioned remedy marketed as effective today as in 1837. The medicine is Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills said to regulate the stomach liver and bowels. Ady.
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Wright
Radio in the Jungle on Burma railway tests
Radio communication replaces telegraph in jungle regions of Burma and India with successful Rangoon to Bassein tests. London engineers predict broader use for railway and survey work in tropical countries.
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Burma
India
Rangoon
Bassein
London
Hunger for Gold
A cryptic verse asks what force does not compel mortal minds yet stirs greed for wealth. The speaker questions the power of desire and fate over human Choice.
Dairy standards for cream and milk quality
The USDA urges strict inspection of all cream and milk products to ensure safe, high quality supply. It details required butterfat levels for standard cream 18 to 20 percent, double cream 36 to 40 percent, and whipped cream at least 80 percent if shipped interstate. It calls for defined city grades and careful sourcing from healthy cows, noting risks of raw or old milk cream.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Feeding Milk Richness Limited by Genetics and Capacity
Experiments show milk richness cannot be permanently increased by feeding. Sudden diet changes may raise fat briefly in some cows but effects are temporary. Jersey or Guernsey milk richness remains unattainable for Shorthorn or Holstein cows. Overall, feed and care influence quantity, not a cow’s inherent production capacity.
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Europe
Jersey
Guernsey
Calf Feeding Temperatures Key for Growth
Calf Feed Important Experience stresses feeding calf milk at uniform temperatures between 80 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not feed milk that has soured. Clean calves thoroughly after each feeding in both winter and summer.
Cleaning milking helps keep milk free of dirt
The clipping of the cow’s udder and tail from the switch, along with washing the udder with a moist cloth and drying it thoroughly, are practices to prevent dirt and bacteria from dropping into the pail during milking.
Dairy Hygiene and Milking Practices in Milkhouse
Guidelines for dairy work emphasize cooling cream immediately and keeping milk equipment clean at all times. Use salt boxes in pasture, inspect pastures for poor grass, and ensure milker uses clean dry hands while wiping the cow’s udder and flanks before milking to prevent contamination.
Sunken Fen Forest Overwhelms English Fenland
Ancient human and animal remains found in the fens around Ely England highlight a buried forest spanning forty miles in an easterly arc. Fen oak and pine trees thousands of years old emerge yearly as soils shift, with farmers harvesting for firewood and noting the trees’ sound timber despite their age.
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Ely
England
London Mail
Littleport
Fenland
Pidgin Wit in Sepik River Feud Told in Old Natives Clash
In Wide World Magazine Miss Beatrice Grimshaw relays comic quarrels between Sepik river tribes. A bully taunts a youth with tit for tat pidgin exchanges ending with a boast that he could eat the other, while the youth vows mutual savviness, turning the crowd to laughter.
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Beatrice Grimshaw
Wide World Magazine
Sepik
New Guinea
Fish Benefit From War Amid Scarce Fishing Gear
Science Service notes war and famine disrupted fishing but boosted fish in southern Russia along the Black Sea. Many fishermen left nets, markets grew unstable, and gear became scarce, yet fish are larger and more abundant than in years past.
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Science Service
Russia
Black Sea
Powerful 20000 ton diesel powered liner ordered for South Africa
The Union Castle Mail Steamship Co orders a 20000-ton twin screw passenger liner, built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast. It will be the world’s most powerful motor ship, powered by two sets of eight cylinder diesel engines delivering about 20000 indicated hp. Electric systems will drive all auxiliary pumps and heating and cooking functions.
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Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Harland & Wolff, Ltd
Belfast
New York
Science Fails to Produce Artificial Diamonds Says Parsons
Sir Charles Parsons declares after twenty years of effort that making artificial diamonds is impossible. Historical attempts by Crookes and Moissan produced small crystalline carbon, but none yielded diamonds large enough to rival natural stones.
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Charles Parsons
Royal Microscopical Society
William Crookes
Henri Moissan
Moissan
Detroit News
Oysters Eat to Live in Warm Waters Says Rutgers Expert
Rutgers professor Thurlow C. Nelson reports oysters feed most actively when water is warm, about 68 degrees Fahrenheit, with shells open and gills drawing in water for roughly 20 hours daily. Feeding drops as temperatures fall below 46 degrees, while tiny diatoms and algae fuel the activity.
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Thurlow C. Nelson
Rutgers College
Nelson
Science Service
Sky Pilot in Australia Seeks Plane to Reach Vast Parish
Rev. L. Daniels of Wilcannia New South Wales travels to London to appeal for a single seat airplane to tour his parish across England sized district. The minister trained as a pilot in the war hopes to fly between distant towns sheep stations and homesteads to better serve his congregation.
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L. Daniels
New South Wales
London
England
All England
Wilcannia
Daniels
Amateur Gets Busy Seeds and Tools Demand
A seed firm received a quirky order listing items from strawberry and plum seeds to a bee and hive kit. The note includes ten square yards of grass, six wall flowers, a combined mower and plow, baskets for crops and back combs for honey, plus green grass and seeds with an unpopular flavor for chickens.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Absent-Minded Barber Tries to Please Flapper
A barber on our block gave a flapper a hair cut and lathered her for a shave, hoping to please her and attract friends. The incident shows the bustling cash in the business and the barber's distracted moment in Louisville.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pastor Won't Attend Church. Plans Visit With Friend
A playful dialogue from the Columbia State shows a pastor declining to go to church today and proposing to ride with a friend, parking outside to imply attendance. The exchange mocks churchgoing as a social display while emphasizing personal choice.
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Parson
Columbia State
Best Medicine Kilmer Swamp Root Promoted in Ad
An advertisement argues Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is superior for kidney liver and bladder ailments and cites testimonials. The copy claims patients report excellent results and urges readers to buy medium size bottles at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer
Aoe
Kilges
Quarrel Follows Golden Anniversary Joke
A playful exchange about a couple’s golden wedding anniversary leads to a punchline as the wife notes they have been married for three days, highlighting a lighthearted domestic moment.
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George
Family tree reflects skill in raising children
A well kept family tree demonstrates how to bring up children. The phrase links orderly lineage with effective parenting practices, implying orderly upbringing leads to stronger family foundations.
Busy town tale of Gap Johnson and a hectic day
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge describes a jammed town scene with a sick boss in an alley a wagonload of fish on a street corner and a car stuck in mud as he hurried to miss nothing of importance. He notes the chatter and pace left him exhausted.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Tia
Kansas City Star
Proportion of Voice and Telephony Dividends
A humorous remark notes that if a man’s yell matched his size like a baby’s, telephone companies would struggle to declare dividends due to loud calls.
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