Lacile Is the Happiest Girl Thanks to California Fig Syrup
An advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a pure laxative for children, claiming it improves digestion, color, and energy. A Nebraska mother reports her constipated daughter Roma Lucile gained health, cheer, and vitality after use, noting imitators exist but genuine syrup bears the California label.
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California
H. J. Stoll
Valley P. O
Nebraska
Roma Lucile
West
Longevity Record Hovers Over Swedish Parish
In central Sweden the parish of Kisa with 4000 residents reports 92 people over eighty and ten over ninety continuing a tradition of long life. Previously Sweden's oldest resident, farmer Sven Eriksson, died at 105 and a half years.
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Kisa
Sweden
Sven Eriksson
Cough remedy ad offers free medical advice in Buffalo
An ad from Webster City Iowa promotes Dr Pierce's Cough Syrup and free medical advice. It mentions Breese Chute in Buffalo New York as a contact point for obtaining the remedy and guidance.
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Webster
Conversationalist steals trains by monopolizing information
A passerby boasts of his social skill while Miss Cayenne notes his habit of disrupting others by delaying trains and grabbing the information desk for himself. The exchange highlights his self pride in talkativeness and the disruption caused.
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Miss Cayenne
Bureau of Information
Facetious Exchange Over Diamond Ring Echoed in Boston Transcript
A humorous dialogue in the Boston Transcript features a witty exchange about a diamond ring and onion metaphor. The banter highlights skepticism about the gem’s value and calls into question carat claims.
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Boston Transcript
Quick Growth
A limerick like line recalls a child left to watch soup crying out that the pot cannot hold the swelling soup reminding of a playful family moment with a child’s voice. The remark captures a domestic scene and a mother’s imagined hurry.
Vaccination Key to Controlling Hog Cholera Says Expert
Colorado extension agent George R. Henderson urges vaccination as the sole preventive measure for hog cholera. Vaccination timing, costs, and precautions are outlined, with warnings about importing stock and contaminated feed. Vaccination reduces losses and is most economical when pigs are small.
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George R. Henderson
Colorado Agricultural College
Mr. Henderson
Henderson
Woodlot Crops Add Value to Farmers' Bank Accounts
New York farmers earned more than 16 million dollars in 1928 from woodlot crops needing no seeding or land prep. Woodlots covered over 3.5 million acres on occupied farms, returning an average 4.47 dollars per acre. In Niagara County the rate reached 11.50 and in Orleans 11.20 dollars per acre.
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New York
Department of Forestry
Cornell
Niagara County
Orleans County
Meal for the Calf: Rations and Feeding Stages
A historic dairy guide lists a calf ration combining ground oats corn wheat bran linseed meal blood flour bone flour and salt with optional skim milk. It notes calf meals are often balanced and may reduce costs for small dairies, and suggests weaning at five to six months with roughage like leafy hay and silage starting as soon as the calf can nibble.
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Idaho
Control of Cherry Leaf Spot with Timely Sprays
Disease has affected many cherry orchards and control relies on sprays at petal fall and two following two week intervals. The recommended spray mix is 5 to 50 gallons of water or liquid limestone per acre, used to protect fruit.
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William v. Pickett
Dormant Oil Sprays for Fruit Trees Boost Pest Control
United States Department of Agriculture promotes dormant oil sprays to control pests on fruit trees. A bulletin outlines nine target insects including San Jose scale, European red mite, pear psylla, and apple aphids, with guidance on emulsion strength and spraying during leafless periods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
San Jose
Farmers
Office of Information
Washington
Value of Concentrate in Hogs' Ration Shown
Eric Peterson of Pembina county North Dakota raised 61 pigs last summer on cracked wheat barley oats alfalfa and a protein concentrate. He weighed them monthly and calculated cost per hundredweight gains finding $3.50 to $6 with a peak $8 when concentrate ran short. Gains slowed and feed efficiency worsened before prices rose and profits improved for a 204 pound average at 189 days.
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Capper
Fartmer
Eric Peterson
Pembina County
North Dakota
Roughage for Cows Surpasses Grain in Dairy Diets
The article argues roughage forms the dairy’s foundation and that home-grown feeds reduce costs. It notes alfalfa hay, oats, barley, and corn as a strong ration for cows producing up to 45 pounds of butter monthly, with high protein supplements needed beyond that.
Feeding for Profit in a Iowa Dairy Herd
Keith Kenagy of Page County Iowa explains feeding strategies to boost profits. He fed cows various feeds through winter and, after buying extra hay in April, shifted cows to pasture in May. Milk production rose from 241 pounds to 37.5 pounds per cow, with hay purchases contributing to the gain as cows benefited from green succulent feed.
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Keith Kenagy
Page County
Iowa
Kenagy
Mr. Kenagy
Brazil Described as a World in Itself
An article extols Brazil as a vast land larger than the contiguous United States, rich in raw materials from coffee to mahogany. It notes Amazonas and Mato Grosso in scale, and suggests Brazil could sustain itself with the United States in a global exchange of goods and resources.
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Brazil
Kipling
Dom Pedro I
United States
Alaska
Insular
Isaac F. Marcasson
Saturday Evening Post
Amazonas
Great Britain
Republic
Washington as Saint or Sinner Critique in Hart and Thackeray
The piece discusses Prof Albert Bushnell Hart and Thackeray arguing about George Washington. It notes debates between fundamentalists and modernists over Washington’s humanity, citing his reputed cabinet swearing and Revolution outbursts. It forecasts a clearer view in 20 to 25 years.
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Albert’ Bushnell Hart
George Washington
Virginia
Thackeray
Washington
Tate
Professor Hart
Boston Herald
Josh Corniossel Prefers Law Despite Loud Debates
Farmer Corniossel predicts his son Josh will become a lawyer noting his ability to talk louder and longer when he believes he is right. The remark reflects the boy's argumentative temper and a common parental expectation in small town life.
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Josh
Farmer Corniossel
New Building Quip Sparks Auction of Witty Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a shopper asking about a new building, and a comical reply, highlighting the costs and humor around a first impression. The exchange underscores lighthearted business banter aboutproperty and expense.
Census Snapshot of Bear Populations in 1930 Forests
California led national forests with 8,984 black bears and several grizzly bears. Alaska reported 5,750 black bears and 2,800 grizzly and Alaskan brown bears. The figures represent the closest census estimate attainable in the country.
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California
Alaska
Castoria: a gentle remedy for children’s ailments
A vintage advertisement promotes Castoria as a safe, gentle regulator for infants and older children. It claims no harsh drugs, no narcotics, and emphasizes soft guidance of young bowels while offering relief from colic fever and digestive upset. The ad highlights the product’s official name and wide use by doctors and mothers.
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Castoria
Lioness Zenita Tracked After Escaping Cage in England
A seven year old lioness named Zenita followed a group of girls leaving dinner near a hosiery factory in Earl Shilton England. The animal raided a vegetable patch before being captured in the factory yard.
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Earl Shilton
England
Zeniita
Zenita
Boy returns from college to a mounted police joke
A father jokes with his son returning from college about taking up horseback riding. The son says he did, and the father quips that he could become a mounted policeman if he dislikes office work.
Farm notes on wheat sowing and hoghouse tricks
The piece estimates winter wheat acreage in 1930 was about 10.5 percent below last year and 11 percent under the three year average. It notes hoghouses can be built cheaply and easily, are warmer and sanitarily better than central farrowing houses, and can be constructed during winter to be ready for farrowing time.
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