The Anniversary Evening Interlude
A married couple’s tense night unfolds as Amy prepares for a private dinner while Jim charters an outside engagement. Rose petals, a hidden rouge, and a promised gift hint at old vows and unspoken tensions. Amy confronts weariness and restraint amid repeated claims of contentment and a desire for personal independence.
The Horse Must Go in Fashionable Circles
Mrs Astor plans disposal of all her horses and carriages and retires her coachman after 25 years. An experienced chauffeur will replace him. This marks a broader trend in fashionable society toward fewer horse drawn vehicles, though horses and carriages will not vanish immediately.
Wool-Tying Box Promises Compact Fleece Bundles
A Farm and Home illustration describes a one inch board folding box with a central square base used to tie fleeces. Strings laid across hold the fleece as sides a rise upright and sides b fold up to form a clamp and secure the bundle for neat outer wool.
A Good Jersey Cow Keeps Faith and Yields Solid Totals
A dairyman describes a pure bred Jersey cow with nine calves from 1897 to the present, six bulls sold for 300, three heifers kept, and milk production averaging 7500 pounds yearly. Milk sold at 1.20 per 100 pounds plus calf values brings gross earnings to 1080 for eight years. The animal is praised for robust constitution, sound feeding, and steady care.
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Ohio
Dipping Sheep for Scab and Care of Flocks
The article explains dipping to control sheep scab and ticks, compares proprietary dips with lime and sulfur, and gives lime sulfur dip formula. It details dipping frequency, post dip isolation, and methods for small and large flocks, noting mite life cycle and reliance on proper equipment.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Orange Judd
The Live Stock Farming Advice From The Journal
The article discusses farm animal care and management. It emphasizes proper fencing stables and collars for horses, milker experience for dairy cows, and culling or separating older sheep. It also covers hog pastures and the benefits of clovers and blue grass for swine pastures.
Elevated sleeping platform for hogs idea from Ontario plan
Reader seeks a raised hog bed design from an Ontario authority. The drawing shows a two to three foot elevated sleeping platform, a DOTTED line approach, and a passage A P with feeding floor FL sloping to meet the sleeping area.
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Ontario
Science in Hog Raising and Swine Management
Science in Hog Raising discusses earning money from hogs using unscientific methods, proving under proper conditions hogs can be profitable. It highlights scientific management as caring for swine to prevent disease, achieve early maturity, and maintain natural fecundity.
Irregularities Affect Butter Fat Percentage
Irregular factors influence the percentage of butter fats, altering the quality grade and potential yield. The note highlights how small variations in processing or composition can change fat content measurements and related standards.
Cow Holds Her Own In All Kinds Of Times
A concise notice highlights a cow maintaining steadiness through diverse conditions and moments, emphasizing resilience and adaptability of the animal in varying circumstances.
Twice Told Testimony Woman Finds Relief With Kidney Pills
Mrs. Jane Farrell of Jersey City recounts relief from heavy backache swelling and dizziness after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She credits improved kidney action and health to the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Jane Farrell
Ocean Ave
Jersey City
N. J
Dean’s
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Light-Weight Thinkers and Quotes From The Press
A collection of quips from the N Y Press contrasts light weight men with heavy thoughts. It praises Garfield Tea as a superior laxative to drugs and strong cathartics. It notes a man forgets four dollar ice bills until fifty dollar coal bills stop and jokes about gifts on long railway journeys.
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N. Y
Where the Fault Lay in a Weather Cloak Tale
A patient blames a thin last winter cloak for catching a terrible cold. The doctor questions the idea as the patient explains the cloak was worn despite the chill. An Illustrated Bits item shows a humorous misunderstanding of illness and protection.
Surprise All Around Miss Matkyns and Mr Cash
In Somerville Journal dialogue characters discuss Mr Cash Leigh’s whereabouts with uncertainty. Miss Matkyns asks where he is and Mr Wilkins responds he is somewhere in Canada, while bank directors are unaware of his plans.
Woman's Home Robbed After Noting All Doors Secure
A woman who left her home for the day found it ransacked on returning. She had posted a door card for the grocer saying all out and not to leave anything. A thief added a note thanking them for the cooperation and indicating little was left.
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Jim
Amy
Bela ‘Armitage
Bella
Europe
Budleigh’s
Scott
Mrs. Armitage
Mrs. Armlidge
Cickens
Jupiter
Blake's
the Metropolitan
New York
Bread Dyspepsia and Grape-Nuts as Natural Digestion Aid
An article argues white bread causes dyspepsia by starch digestion in the intestines. It credits Grape-Nuts for using whole wheat and barley to pre digest starch via diastase, claiming health gains after replacing white bread for ten days to two weeks. There’s a concluding slogan “There’s a reason.”
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