Confine Bees With Home Made Screen Plan
A Prairie Farmer idea outlines a wire screen over hive fronts to allow bees to crawl out but not escape, enabling storage in varied locations. It notes a simple method to affix the screen using nailed slats and describes stored-bees handling for convenient placement. Grasshoppers fed to poultry are tested by Colorado station using a hopperdoser behind a mower, catching nine to ten bushels per six acres of alfalfa, with 3000 insects per bushel.
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Rendora
Colorado
Thia
Korossno
Green bone boosts egg yield and hen vitality in fowl
Green bone doubles egg production by boosting egg-producing value of grain and toning the whole system. It promotes fertility, early growth, and strong bone and muscle development, leading to heavier market fowls with red combs and bright plumage.
Chicken Notes from Farm Journal Comfort and Profit
The piece advises on poultry care and farm efficiency stating that crowding hens reduces profits. It emphasizes keeping doors closed at night to deter predators and washing eggs for sale. It notes high send boxes for easy cleaning and mentions comfort as a profit factor, advising cracks in cow sheds be stopped to keep stock warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
The Artistic Wall Promises Permanent Beauty and Quality
An old essay extols solid colored walls as superior backgrounds for pictures and furniture. It warns against shoddy, glue based tinting and urges pure materials, alabastined finishes, and proper prep from wallpaper removal to clean plaster. Aims for a durable, sanitary wall described as a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
American Duchess Helen Becomes Queen's Lady in Waiting
The Boston Herald notes Helen, duchess of Manchester, is now lady in waiting to Queen Alexandra, the first American to hold the honor. It highlights the prestige within English nobility and hints at potential future political advancement. Also included is a Tin Used In United States report for 1906 with total consumption at 42,800 tons and rising imports from Bolivia Cornwall and Australia.
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Helen
Manchester
Alexandra
Edward VI
Boston Herald
United States
Bolivia
Cornwall
Australia
Local Engineer Recovers From Severe Sciatica After Pink Pills
Herbert E B Spaulding, a locomotive engineer from Longview Texas, suffered years of crippling sciatic pain. After trying multiple doctors and Hot Springs without relief, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for his cure after six boxes, allowing him to return to work. Pills sold by Crumetats Aa Sonne in Leon, and Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY offer the treatment.
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Herbert EB. Spaulding
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
Longview
Texas
Waite
Sciatica
Dr. Williams
Crumetats
Welfare work by railroads a profitable investment
Up-to-date officials deem care of employees the most profitable investment for railroads, with rest houses, pensions, libraries, and Y M C A branches expanding nationwide. The Pennsylvania system of pensions influences others, as railroads fund meals, resthouses, and reading rooms to keep crews alert and efficient.
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West Philadelphia
Railway Association
Resthouses and provident funds for railroad workers reveal generous employee benefits
The article details a network of resthouses alongside 125,000 miles of American railroads, offering athletic, educational and convalescent facilities for about 2,500 workers per line. It highlights annual disbursements around $400,000, a savings fund paying 3.5 percent interest, and large relief programs funded by railroads such as Pennsylvania and Long Island. It portrays these programs as investments in morals, discipline and better service, not cash dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phia
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Altoona
Long Island
Pennsylvania Fund
Angry Bull Ditches Train On Tampico Line
A large imported fighting bull halted a Tampico branch freight and passenger train, men died and several passengers were injured as the engine struck the animal after repeated evasions. The bull and two railroad workers perished. the train wrecked seven cars into a ditch.
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Tampico
New York Herald
San Antonio
Tex
Wild animals and insects halt trains in distant lands
A curious survey notes bears attacking locomotives in Siberia, moose in Canada disputing rail passage, ostriches in South Africa stopping trains, and termites undermining sleepers in India. Fish clog watering devices and plants overgrow tracks in Ecuador, all delaying travel in various regions.
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Siberia
Canada
South Africa
India
Ecuador
Gospel on Longest Railway Opens Divine Carriages
The Siberian railway, the world’s longest, uses chapel railway carriages outfitted like churches. They serve travelers and remote plains villages with periodic worship, reflecting the religious character of the peo ple along vast distances.
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Siberia
Great Plains
Holy Land Railroad Launches Lake Galilee Steamer
A small passenger steamer was launched on the Lake of Galilee to serve travelers connecting with the Holy Land railway project. The vessel marks a step in expanding maritime links for the Holy Land railway venture.
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Holy Land
Lake of Galilee
Owl Clings to Smoke-Box Handrail After Locomotive Strike
An early morning Glasgow to Aberdeen express near Alloa Junction struck a barn owl that flew across the track. The bird clung to the smoke-box handrail and died. the engine-driver later kept it as a mascot.
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Glasgow
Aberdeen
Scotland
Alloa Junction
Secret of Japan's Success in War Observed by Sir Ian Hamilton
Gen Sir Ian Hamilton recounts a dramatic Manchuria battle scene where Japanese troops’ spirit triumphed over Russian forces at Liaoyang. He asserts the victory stemmed from character and resolve rather than mere arms, suggesting a deep moral factor in the clash. The commentary reflects wartime views on strategy and national vigor. An unrelated seed catalog fragment appears at the end.
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Japan
Ian Hamilton
Manchuria
Europe
Asia
Liaoyang
Oyama
Seed and Tool Catalog Offer Free Mailing
Mammoth MB page Seed and Tool Catalog mailed free to all intending buyers or send 6c in stamps to receive samples of new Two Foot Long Oats. Address Jaslusz Beed Con Wiex W Ta John A Balzer Crosse Wis.
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Jaslusz
Tajohn
Balzer
Crosse
Wis
Returned empties for the college joke on tour
A Chicago suburb's well known theology school sends many seniors out each weekend to try their voices as supplies. A Monday morning train passenger noted the crowd disembarking and asked the brakeman who replied with the punch line that they are returned empties for the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allcock's Plasters Endure Sixty Years Of Use
An advertisement proclaims Allcock's plasters have withstood six decades of public use, praised by medical authorities and patients, while imitators fail to match their effectiveness. It compares favorably to a 30 percent drop in London’s death rate since the public health act began in 1891, noting a rate of 15.1 per thousand by 1905.
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Allcock
London
Women and hospital operations linked to neglect and remedies
A wartime style notice argues many surgeries for women stem from self neglect and organic weakness. It extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it saved many from operations and cured numerous female ailments based on letters to Mrs. Pinkham from readers in New York and Fredonia.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Tierney
25Th Street
New York
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia EL Pinkham
Mrs Pinkham Advises Women to Seek Her Help
Mrs Pinkham invites women suffering from female weakness to write for guidance from Lynn Mass. The note promises quick, sure recovery and free advice from a woman who understands a woman's life.
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Rlnee
Saarc Atest
Neasopes
Howard E. Burton, Lense
Ama Aom
Filbert Street Haven
Pennsylvania
John A. Salver Seed Co
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Win
Lumi Bago Sciatica
ST. Jacobs Oil
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Sore Cree
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Salt Lake
Mra
Fredonia
N.Y
T Hone
Althout
Margaret Tiprney
Chas. A. Rockwood
Mrs. Pinkham
W. L. Douglas
MW. L. Douglas
Douglas
Cies
Brockton
Mass
W. J. Douglas
Ier Rosbar
Son Sree
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