Saved From An Operation By Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
A Washington woman reports being saved from a serious surgery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says her health improved after six bottles, regaining strength to perform household tasks and noting a full recovery from a long-standing female trouble. The testimonial encourages others to try the remedy for similar ailments.
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Washington, D. C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rey
Penna. Ave
Washington, D.C
American tires dominate Barbados vehicle market
Consul John J. C. Watson reports nearly all tires and automotive equipment in Barbados are American made. About 1,000 passenger cars, 50 trucks, and 50 motorcycles require four tires per year. Three repair shops provide vulcanizing and retreading with American equipment.
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Barbados
John J. C. Watson
Air lighthouse at Mitchel Field proves successful
The first air lighthouse at Mitchel Field New York is praised by army air officers. It will flash the initials MITCHEL in Morse code at 10 second intervals to guide night fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel Field
New York
Army Air
Pat Dickinson the Dublin charmer may boast of wit
The Christian Science Monitor notes Pat Dickinson a popular Dublin entertainer whose clean car and fine horse accompany a spark of true humor. A witty exchange with an English friend shows his quick retorts and lively tavern tales.
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Pat Dickinson
Dublin
Christian Science Monitor
Pat
Phoenix Park
Dickenson
Dickinson
Four Courts
Tipperary
Arrah
Floating lighthouses on quicksilver change light tech
In Scotland demand grows for quicksilver in electric appliance manufacturing and lighthouse lighting. Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses in Edinburgh oversee ninety coastal lights. The float system now operates at thirty stations and will spread, with machinery on a pontoon sliding on mercury. Mercury use per lighthouse runs seven to eight flasks of 75 pounds.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Missing pupil causes humorous hallway traffic jam
A third grade pupil named Margaret dodges Miss Jones in the corridor as the class exits. The teacher, briskly moving ahead to locate the delinquent, orders the students to neat lines while the girl calls herself “regulating traffic.”
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Miss Jones
Margaret
Forestry clubs spread across Colorado communities
Forestry clubs formed by boys and girls are growing in Colorado per U S Department of Agriculture forest service records. Starting in Crestone the movement has reached many localities in the state under supervision of local volunteers with county agents and forest service cooperation.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Organiz
Crestone
Colo
How Birds Raise Families
Birds typically take about a week to build a nest though a second nest can be ready in a day if the first is destroyed. Egg laying begins soon after nest completion with species variation in clutch size and incubation. sex roles vary with the male sparrow singing while helping.
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Chicago Journal
Hiawatha Legends Across Nova Scotia and Maine
The article recounts Passamaquoddy lore of Hiawatha known as Glooskap in the East. It describes him shaping Blomidon, Pond, and nearby features, crossing waterways, and transforming moose bones and entrails into lasting rock formations at Mount Desert Bar Harbor and Bar Harbor area.
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Hiawatha
Glooskap
Blomidon
Midas Basin
Novia Scotia
Fort Cumberland
Parrsboro
Nova Scotia
Mount Kineo
Kineo
Kettle Mountain
Mount Desert
Bar Harbor
Bay
Growth in Accredited Veterinarians Boosts Tuberculosis Fight
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture shows rapid expansion in accredited veterinarians. On March 1, 1923 there were 5,120. by March 1, 1928 there were 24,182 fully accredited herds and hundreds of thousands of herds under supervision, with federal guidance continuing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Muddy Barn Lot Costs Dairyman More Than Tile
A poorly drained barnyard drains profits by raising labor and cleaning costs. Muddy conditions bring dirty cows and stables and extra work for the dairy farmer. Local milk delivery suffers as customers judge product by surrounding mess rather than quality. Clean surroundings, by contrast, support advertising of milk from a tidy dairy.
Tanlac credited with curing decade long ailments
Mrs. Oma Van Meter of Cleveland says Tanlac relieved indigestion biliousness nervousness headaches and dizziness after ten years of suffering. She reports weight gain improved appetite and sleep and strong health now. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold. Tanlac Vegetable Pills also advertised for constipation.
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Tanlac
Oma van Meter
W. 28Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
Like a Pancake Cartoon Quip Sparks Laughs
In the Legion Weekly a humorous quip about a husband and his European trip circulates, joking that he was broadened or flattened by travel when asked if the trip changed him. The cartoon caption uses playful wordplay on flattening.
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Legion Weekly
Perfectly Satisfied With Ourselves Envelope Joke
A Portland Oregonian item recalls a boss reproving an employee for praising legible handwriting. The employee had handwritten a reply envelope and misplaced it among unreadable mail, only to be told the envelope bore his own address, highlighting self satisfaction.
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Portland Oregonian
Value of testing dairy cows shown by herd records
A farmer sold a male calf for 85 dollars and later a dam was tested for registry. The yearly record shows the cow produced over 22 000 pounds of milk and 681 pounds of butter. Her next bull calf sold for 300 dollars, illustrating the concrete value of dairy cow testing.
Milk output per cow by country figures
US dairy cows average 3412 pounds of milk per year while Holland reports 7585 pounds and Switzerland 6950 pounds Denmark yields 5666 pounds per cow annually.
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United States
Holland
Switzerland
Denmark
Western camper hires Digger Indian for camp tasks
A traveler in the West hires a Digger Indian to help at his camp for two weeks. Each morning the tourist digs his own bait, explaining he cannot trust the worker with the worms because the dishes he eats include fat worms as delicacy, so the man fears misusing them.
Dairy Notes on Calving, Milk, and Farm Practices
Practical dairy guidance emphasizes pasteurization of milk from infected cows and creamery milk, fall calving for best results, and keeping cream clean and cool. It urges producers to raise most cows, feed calves regularly, and use hay and grain proportional to weight while maintaining clean utensils and cold milk year round.
Best Medicine Promises and Kilmer’s Swamp Root Endorsement
A druggist touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a proven remedy for kidney and uric acid issues claiming it offers excellent results. Swamp Root sample requests are urged by mail with ten cents and paper mention. Advertisement ends with unrelated quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Planners Seek Standard Wood Strength Testing Methods
Officials from the U S forest service and the American Society for Testing Materials join sixteen other groups to settle lumber strength questions. They aim to establish standard tests for wood, noting that steel and cement testing procedures exist but wood methods are not yet defined.
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United States Forest Service
American Society For Testing Materials
Learned Lesson About Hats at Home
A parent recalls teaching manners to a son about not wearing a hat indoors. A neighbor visits. the son intervenes, quoting his mother that a man should not sit in the house with a hat on, highlighting etiquette in domestic country life.
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