Practical Household and Farm Tips From A Nation of Doers
The article compiles practical advice on pest control with turpentine for moths, seed quality checks, and preserving fences. It discusses breeding behavior in animals, burn-preserved fence posts, hog market trends, bread in hay cookers, feeding habits of cows, fumigation after illness, and child and horse handling. It notes fire risks to fruit trees, grass under trees, and German experiments linking grass to tree injury, urging attention to soil, water, and plant health.
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Germany
Kansas station reports on buttermilk recovery and hog cholera serum
The Kansas experiment station describes turning surplus buttermilk into a usable feed by drying and producing casein, offering 7 cents per pound for chickens and 5 cents for cows. It also notes a Colorado interest in hog cholera serum developed with Ames Iowa input, with states to manufacture their own serum, two months before impact.
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Kansas
State of
Sackett
Glover
Colorado Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Colorado
Dressmaker Defines Shirtwaist Price as Blouse in Kansas City Stor
An Atchison dressmaker explains that when a shirtwaist costs more than six dollars it is termed a blouse and pronounced blooze. The remark reflects local language in Kansas City store chatter.
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Atchison
Kansas City
Cascarete
Cascarets
James McGune
Mercer St
Jersey City
N. de
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure Ad
A historic ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists. Communion letters testify to F J Cheney's trustworthiness. Anecdote follows about a broken leg patient negotiating payment in trade for medical service.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding
Bushby
The Strawberry Raspberry: A Distinct Yet Noncommercial Berry
W Paddocik of Colorado Agricultural College notes the strawberry raspberry is a distinct species not from Burbank, introduced from Japan about twenty years ago. It has ornamental value but little commercial importance, producing large red berries that crumble, with unproductive fruiting habits like the wild thimble berry. In Colorado and elsewhere, testers should use small plots before wider adoption as staple varieties dominate markets.
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Burbank
America
Japan
Colorado
W. Paddocik
Colorado Agricultural College
Salt for Asparagus As Criticisms Persist Despite Small Trials
Agricultural experts largely oppose heavy salt applications for asparagus. Early claims by Professor EB Walker of the Arkansas Experiment Station suggested some benefit on broadcast plantings, but Georgia tests found no clear profit and kainit often outperformed salt. Moisture retention from salt may boost summer growth, but moisture and year-ahead fertilization remain key for strong stools and next year yields.
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EB. Walker
Arkansas Experiment Station
Georgia
Walker
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for seven years of illness
Mrs Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes of seven years of female troubles. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she is now strong and well. The letter encourages others to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Oxford tour turns mischievous at Christchurch College
An Oxford student guides two fair cousins through Christchurch College pointing to the picture gallery the library and the famous bell tower Great Tom. He then hurls a stone breaking a second story ivy framed window angering the dean seen reacting in the glare of his prank.
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Oxford
Christchurch
Tom
Success Magazine
One of His Melancholy Days
A professor returns from a country sojourn and tends a dimly lit lawn. A humorous exchange follows with mock claims about a safety razor, while Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is advertised in a lurid Teaser voice. A Chicago Tribune flavor pervades the vignette.
Those Dear Friends and Esmeralda in a Dire Quarrel
In a sharp exchange Gwendolen accuses Esmeralda of misrepresenting age while the other defends herself, revealing personal tensions and social jokes about aging. The dialogue underscores rivalry and vanity between the characters.
Magic Cure for Severe Eczema Claims Drastic Relief
Mrs T W Hyde of Brentwood Essex recounts an eczema ordeal starting with a chest eruption that spread to the back and scalp, causing intense pain heat tingling and sleepless nights. After trying two doctors with little relief a purchase of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills ended the disease within three quarters of the bottle, she says, in a dramatic turnaround noted March 8 1907.
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T. W. Hyde
Brentwood
Essex
England
Grocer and delivery clash over dog guarding goods
A grocer reports to a delivery boy that her place is not yet stocked. The boy fears visiting because a large dog on the back porch and a poodle on the back porch guard the premises and have bitten him several times, including in the basement.
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Grocer
Your Fye Use Pettit's Exe Salve for Eyes
Pettit's Exe Salve advertised for eye inflammation itching lids aches and vision defects. The copy claims relief and encourages purchase at all druggists or Howard Ros.
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Pettit
Howard Ros
Kregwill Goods Offers Bargains in Pens and Jewelry
An ad promotes Kregwill Goods with special bargains on household necessities jewelry watches and writing instruments. Highlights include a $3.00 solid gold fountain pen for 50 cents a Kregwill Dwarf Ink Pencil for 1.00 and a free catalogue offer with four bargains. Agents wanted. Brooklyn address.
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Kregersen, Will— & Co
Troutman St
Brooklyn
King George III Responds to Colonial Protest
The Chicago Tribune quotes King George III mockingly dismissing colonial consent of the governed and ordering troops sent to quell the unrest, noting his view that ruling a family requires no such principle.
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George III
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