Back Pain Healed by Kidney Pills After Six Boxes
Dazed with pain recounts six years of back torment after an illness. L. Gorham of Olympia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring clear urine and regular passages within a week, finishing a full course of six boxes to secure lasting relief. Also notes other health ads and tips from the era.
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Gorham
East 4Th St
Olympia
Wash
Dean
Voster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Prominent Cincinnati Woman Praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
A Cincinnati woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her ailments and improved her health after taking several bottles. The letter is part of many testimonials on file to support the remedy’s merit and appeal to women nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
America
Pinkham
Lydia
Ian Pals
Stock-Loading Chute Plans For Market Wagons
A reader in Livingstone County Michigan adapts a Prairie Farmer plan for a stock loading chute beside the scale house. The design features a side door to release hogs or sheep into a chute then into the wagon. It emphasizes proper height, ample length, strong ground posts, plank footing, and high sides to prevent escapes.
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Livingstor County
Michigan
Water in the Pasture and Hog Care Guidance
Farmers learn to source affordable water near pasture corners using wells windmills and troughs to improve cow milk output. Hog notes urge balanced feeding and shelter, warning against too-fat brood sows and stressing steady daily gain from farrow to market with skim milk mixes and clean waste feeds.
Pig feeding value of milk and milling byproducts
The article notes that milk and milling byproducts have high feed value for pigs when combined with other rations. It warns against feeding pigs exclusively on these byproducts, even if plentiful, and suggests mixing with middling or gross meal to maximize herd size without increasing feed inputs.
Improved Poultry House With Scratching Shed Idea
A detailed plan advocates open scratching sheds for hens to improve health and egg production. It outlines a 10x10 foot shed with a 10x8 roosting room, south-facing construction, elevated sills, wire netting, and a movable curtain for controlled ventilation. The design aims to keep many birds healthy in winter without artificial heat.
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Tertile
Prairie Parme
Boy’s terrible eczema cures after Cuticura use
Hohrath of South Bethlehem Pa recounts a six month old boy’s severe eczema spreading over the body. After failures with three doctors the child improved in ten days to two weeks using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, with skin becoming smooth and white within ten weeks. June 5 1905.
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Eckema
Europe
Hohrath
C. L. Hohrath Company
Rink Alley
Bethlehem
Biblical Baseball in a Canton Theological Theses
A Canton Ohio theology student’s thesis blends baseball and scripture noting playful parables such as Abraham’s sacrifice and Cain’s base hit, plus pithy maxims about belief, truth, and human nature, all wrapped in humorous biblical baseball imagery.
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Canton (D
Abraham
Cain
Abel
David
Moses
Red Sea
Devil
Eve
Adam
Isaac
Rebecca
Samson
Grape Nuts Said To Cure Constipation In Children
A Massachusetts physician reports fifteen cases of relief from constipation in children using Grape Nuts. He claims natural digestion, increased energy, and improved appetite, advising continued use for healthy bowel function and growth.
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Wellville
Woman Bites Contract In Realty Row
In Flushing, Mrs Bardley allegedly bit through a real estate contract during a dispute with Thomas Pritchard over lots he agreed to buy. Pritchard grabbed her throat in the struggle, and she swallowed a large chunk of the document amid vows to seek legal action.
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Flushing
L. J
Rardley
Midstang
Thomas Pritchard
Booraem Avenue
Bardley
Brooklyn
Wold Wix Lota
Pritchard
Mr. Pritchard
Mrs. Eardley
Salmon roots and salt water life in ancient text
A description explains how the salmon name in England and eastern states refers to a large sea trout like fish. It notes spawning runs up rivers, long migrations, jaw distortion in old males, and black spots like true trout. Atlantic salmon is Salmo salar, with land locked forms possible in lakes.
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England
Pacific Monthly
Harnessing the Mississippi Dam Project Across Three States
The World Today reports a major dam project on the Mississippi at Des Moines rapids to develop water power. A minimum 60,000 horsepower is planned with transmission to central Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri industries. Estimated $6 million cost and potential power costs compare favorably to current steam power.
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Mississippi
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Niagara
Nile
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Salstouedes Hospital Renamed to End Hopeless Hope
In a California town a new hospital on Salsipuede street faced a name dilemma. The board of directors, seeking a cautious title, learned the street meaning and renamed the hospital to avoid implying that those who enter will not leave.
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California
Salsipuede’s
English Idea of Early Writing Tools
The first steel pens were invented by Wise in England in 1808. Quill pens originated in the fifth century with split reeds used before that.
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Wise
England
From Her Viewpoint on Play and Luxury Roles
The London Observer argues against rigid gender roles and excessive discipline, asserting that luxury and finery are essential to women’s well being. It contends children’s freedom should expand with growth, warning against overbearing control even in kindergarten instruction.
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London Observer
Sully
Henry Cc. King
Hired Bridesmaids in Paris Supply Attendants for Hire
A Paris agency now offers bridesmaids to young women needing attendants. Each girl earns five dollars per appearance, with hosts responsible for new gowns if requested. The snippet notes the service and payment, reflecting a curious early 20th century social trend.
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Paris
Its Object Attained. A Cincinnati Widow Opens Matri Monial Agency
A Cincinnati widow started a matrimonial agency and married the first applicant. The business is now closed.
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Cincinnati
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Dyer
Manny
Winslow
M. Cambinaire
Cambodia
Allen
All Drugeista
le Roy
N. Y
China
Boate
Mrs
Jara Wilson
Pees
Lteset
Eden
Farnillae
Bain
Viah
Idaho
Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company
Geo. T. Odell
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Pally
Montpelier
Ireland
Gerald Grif
Atchison, Topeks & Santa Fe
Colorado
Kansas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
F. Warren
G. A
Salt Lake City
Utah
I Ainst
Salt Lake City, Utah
Union Assay Office
Aral As
Yegapuem
All Hallows College
Fiewins Igineas
Rolyntine
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