Dean's Kidney Pills Proved Helpful Says Mrs Jeffers
A Colfax Washington woman testifies to kidney and backache relief after two weeks in bed and 60 pounds lost. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring health and weight, urging readers to remember the brand. Ad lists 50 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co. as the maker. The Impoualbie and other items note various quotes and light social anecdotes.
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Dean
D. K. Jeffers
Colfax
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Gerald-Coffee Rivalry Keeps Callers Alert
In a lively note, the writer recalls how both Gerald-Coffee and Geraldine-Me help stay awake. An extra cup is brewed whenever the visit is known, signaling friendly routines and shared caffeine rituals.
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Gerald
Geraldine
Grape-Nuts Diet Praised by Traveling Minister
A clergyman attests that switching to Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum cured morning indigestion and headaches, boosted energy for sermon work, and improved mental and physical strength. He notes others helped by the product and promotes the company’s booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellylit
Pedigree Recording for Lambs Now Advised in Flock Practice
A writer urges practical pedigree keeping for pure bred lambs, noting notched ear marking as a durable method. Notching uses left and right ear positions to encode units tens hundreds and emphasises recording sire name and birth date for reliable proof beyond memory.
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Mets
Notation Efficiency in Number Representation
The text explains using minimal notches to represent numbers, advocating combining units to form tens or fives. It warns that folly in counting can arise and recommends drawing each number on paper first, then labeling as numbers are formed to complete the record.
Protein and Feeding Balance in Cow Diets Explored
An article explains protein as a tissue building nutrient distinct from fat. It discusses balance in cow rations, noting corn supplies energy and some protein, while alfalfa is rich in protein. It warns against overfeeding protein and outlines how metabolism affects fat and milk production.
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Charles C. Wentzler
Serena Finds Fortune and Choice in a Fairy Palace
Serena learns her great uncle has left 710,000 to her and her mother. She plans to study music and travel to Europe, but Richard fears losing her. After a rainy day reunion, her mother proposes buying the bungalow across the way and making a home together with Richard, ending in a joyful plan for a near future.
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Serena
Europe
Joseph
Richard
Mother
M ‘Hueh
Mrs. Carter
Strength and construction notes for gambrel barn roof
A historical note describes a 34 foot wide barn roof with a gambrel design. It lists materials including foch bevel rafters, 2 by 6 planks, and ridge boards, with measurements for rafter spans and hip placements. It also mentions keeping hay forks and other implements at hips and notes paraffin treatment for apple trees against woolly aphids.
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About & T
Partial transmutation of diamonds at Cornish radium works
A Cornish radium facility reports accidental discovery that diamonds and other precious stones exposed to radium tubes change color and brightness. Experiments using two tubes with 50 milligrams radium show stones altering hue after varying exposure, yielding striking tints including a pink diamond.
Rhode Island farms lie unused despite close markets
The Rhode Island conservation commission notes 400 unused farms near markets in a state famed as the most densely populated. The Springfield Republican says the nation’s food potential is untapped and only more tillers are needed to lower prices.
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Rhode Island Conservation Commission
Rhode Island
Union
Springfield Republican
A Bad Break at a Wedding Reception
Srodgers endures a crowded reception crowding into a corner with a stout lady. He finds the celebration tiresome and jokes about the bridegroom’s resemblance to a bounder. The stout lady confirms a mix up with the younger brother. Stodgers leaves for home.
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Stodgers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Sons Retort as Old Man Flirts with Death
An Missouri aged man attempted suicide by hanging with a blind bridle but was cut down before harm. The son quips that his father would look fine in heaven looking through a blind bridle, prompting a grim exchange cited in the Philadelphia Record.
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Missouri
Henry
Philadelphia Record
A Patchwork of Old Jokes and Distant Tales
A fragmentary column showcases wandering storytellers in a club corner with Brown recounting a stunning tale that challenges belief. It shifts to a humor vignette about a savings bank depositor asking to replace a book, a family quip about teasing a cat, and a Catholic News blurb on a child’s schooling concerns intertwined with light anecdotes.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Savings Bank
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