Tuskegee hosts mid winter agricultural fair exhibit
Special to The Item Tuskegee Institute trustees and guests viewed an elaborate winter exhibit showing vegetables fruit and crops blooming despite cold weather. The display included Jersey Wakefield cabbage English peas radishes onions turnips lettuce beets celery tomatoes and strawberry plants along with farm dairy stock and veterinary education items.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Institute
New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Jersey
Wakefiéld
Experimnt
Guernsey
School of Veterinary Science
School of Agriculture
Ozomulton Ad By Mail Through Pearl Street Address
An OCR fragment offers a mail application for Ozomul with a 3 oz brown packaging and bold lettering. It notes the address 548 Pearl Street, New York, as the submission point for orders or inquiries.
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Ozomulfon
Pearl St
New York
Painless Corn Cure GETS-IT Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a painless corn remedy that removes corns in seconds without cutting or bandages. It claims relief from warts and bunions, and notes a 25 cent price per bottle plus mail order to BE Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
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Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Tuskegee fair showcases dairies canning farm work and visitors
The exhibit highlights dairy production with 500 pounds of butter and daily milk flows from both the country farmers and the dairy barn. Canning display shows 38,089 gallons bottled in 64,542 cans. Agriculture students and horses, mules, and Jersey Guernsey cattle display records as Tuskegee hosts mid winter fair. A Palestine expert argues chemical fertilizers harm soil bacteria, provoking questions among negro farmers.
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Tuskegee
Opelika
Montgomery
Birmingham
Jersey
School of Agriculture
Alabama
Snow Hill Institute
Snow Hill
Aaron Aaronsohn
Palestine
Rosenwald
Aaronsohn
Impressible Boys Take a Cow to School
In Kansas City on March 1 two boys aged 11 and 12 brought a brindle cow named Old Molly to St. Aloysius School at Prospect and Peery. Jack Tracy and Charley Speck rode the cow around the grounds as teachers struggled to keep order. The pupils laughed while classes were disrupted. the boys had already been sent home, so no punishment could be given.
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Kansas City
St. Aloysius School
Prospect
Peery Avenues
Jack Tracy
Charley Speck
Ideness
Molly
Record-Breaking Pike County Jurisprudence
International News Service reports from Philadelphia that Pike County has not held a jury trial in nearly two years. Presiding Judge Staples notes the calendar is empty of criminal and civil cases and he travels to Milford every three months to perform court formalities for a court with no trials.
Poslam Skin Remedy Advertises Clear Healthy Complexion
An advertisement touts Poslam as a skin cure for acne eczema psoriasis and itch with overnight results for minor troubles. Poslam Soap is promoted for daily use to beautify and purify the scalp and skin with samples available from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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West 25Th Street
New York City
Tribune Picture Bares Big Fraud
International News Service reports Hans Bauder, an alleged international swindler, used a Basel Basel Switzerland display of a Tribune building painting and forged mining stock schemes. Swiss consul Hollinger traced the fraud leading to Bauder's arrest. secretary Miss Catherine Coe aided the operation, with two Chicagoans said to have profited. Bauder blames a jealous love for Miss Edna Burns Race for his troubles.
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International News Service
Chicago
Tribune
Basel
Switzerland
Hans Bauder
Bagel
Bauder
A. Hollinger
Hunter Secret Service
Conrad Leimbacher
New York
Austin-Manhattan Consolidated Mining Company
Nevada
International Commonwealth Securities Association
Austin Company
Western Land and Mines Company
International Realty Company
Manhattan Building
America
Pierpont Morgan
Catherine ©. Coe
Miss Coe
Kaufman
Herbert Kaufman
The
Cook County
Edna Burns Race
Miss Race
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Announces Summer School
Auburn March 1 Special to The Item The Alabama Polytechnic Institute will hold a summer school from June 6 to July 23 with courses aimed at high school and elementary teachers as well as students needing to improve college work The bulletin lists concrete furniture courses agri culture botany chemistry library methods and lab based instruction highlighting lab emphasis and practical teacher training Marrying for money probably involves more risk than the other forms of gambling.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Professor Fullan
Goldblatt Loses Damage Suit Against Spokane Doctor
A Spokane jury found Dr. George Rohrer not liable for William Goldblatt’s $15,000 claim. Goldblatt contended a cancer diagnosis caused him to sell his jewelry business and fear death, but evidence showed he planned to close the store independently and later recovered. The verdict ends the case with the doctor cleared of fault.
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Goldblatt
Rohrer
Rhorer
New Ethine Prescription Promises Freckle Removal
An ad touts ethine double strength as a cure for freckles. It claims sun and wind worsen facial spots in February and March and promises clear white skin with an ounce from Van Antwerp Drug Company, offering a money back guarantee if it fails.
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van Antwerp Drug Company
Eastern tourists shift to Western U S in summer travel boom
W Ralph Eggleton a Philadelphia merchant touring Spokane says See America First gains in the East and the Pacific Northwest beauty spots, including Montana coast Alaska and Yellowstone Glacier trips, lure globe trotters westward. He plans an auto journey next summer through Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks to Spokane Country and Lake Chelan.
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Pacific Northwest
Spokane Country
Montana
Alaska
Eggleton
Philadelphia
Yellowstone
Glacier Nation Parks
Lake Chelan
Washington
Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed Shipped for Egg Producers
A Missouri merchant writes from Moorsville Alabama on February 2 1913 requesting 40 bags of Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed The Egg Producer for jacks and laying hens praising its performance and urging speedy shipment, with sales through Van Antwerp and dealer networks.
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Moorsville
Ala
Aunt Patsy
Memphis
Tenn
Smith & Roders
Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed
Digestit claims save Springfield man from acute indigestion
c H Pelton of Springfield Ohio narrates a near fatal acute indigestion episode last January. After trying various medicines he bought Digestit from Van Antwerp s and recovered by the third day gaining weight and regaining appetite. The ad touts Digestit tablets to relieve stomach gas and aid digestion with Digestit Elixir for liver and bowel issues. A money back guarantee is offered.
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C. H. Pelton
Springfield
Ohio
van Antwerp’'s
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N. Conception ST
Peter J. Hamilton
John. Renth
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Bell Phone
Alabama Tech
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Landen
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