Lives Saved At Small Cost In Tuberculosis Sanatoria Study
A comparative study by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis shows maintenance costs for thirty sanatoriums average $1.009 per patient daily. Food costs $0.544, salaries and wages $0.481, fuel and light $0.206 per day. Total expenditures $1,369,953.28. receipts $1,548,525.74. Over 70 percent of receipts come from public funds and benefactions, with only 34.8 percent from patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Colorado
New Mexico
California
New York
New England
Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village Reported
A Welsh village case from Dowlals South Wales recalls a fifte en year epidemic of a severe itch. Families suffered intensely until Cutleura Soap Ointment and Resolvent were used, allegedly curing all after a few days. A Chicago reader, Thomas Hugh, states his family has used Cutleura products for fifteen years.
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Dowlals
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
West Huron St
Chicago
Poker tale from the tavern night in Rastue
The fragment describes Rastue playing poker and accidentally discarding five aces. Sambo asks what the odds did, and Rastua replies the outer of the wine dow.
How He Kept the Law
A friend notes a white powder added to preserves in a factory. The proprietor explains the powder is a preservative, claiming government rules force them to avoid preserving the preserves themselves. The anecdote highlights a paradox in regulatory requirements.
Pawnshop Swindle on Broadway Litho Jewelers Ring Valuations
A New York pawnshop swindle dubbed the Broadway Jewelers scheme targets buyers who seek ring valuations. Customers present jewelry and pay a dollar for a valuation while the pawnbroker, the principal crook, exploits blamed by locals as the “crookedest game on Broadway.” The ruse unfolds with rings, pins, and bracelets valued while little regard is paid to actual purchase prices.
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New York
Broadway
Long Acre Square
Weldom
Wheat On Dry Farm Deep Plowing Hints For California
E R Parsons outlines dry farming wheat in California noting deep plowing to eight to ten inches, timely harrowing, and avoiding packing. He stresses moisture testing, crust breaking with a spring tooth weeder, across-slope cultivation, and disk use to preserve subsoil moisture for large yields amid winter rains and May June dryness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Bulletin
E. R. Parsons
California
West
Mr. Parsons
Tinsley
The Pawn Ticket Bargain Scam Exposed
A man buys a pawn ticket for a diamond ring worth about 190 dollars. The vendor claims 150 dollar pledge with 25 dollars interest, but the ring costs 106 dollars to redeem. Fraudulent pawnbrokers inflate values and use fake tickets and ads to mislead buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mak
Crops for newly broken sod on Colorado prairie
Experts from Colorado Agricultural College advise settlers on initial crops for sod land. Priorities include food for family and stock, with fodder crops like sorghum and milo maize suited to new ground. Planting methods vary from drill to furrow, and local varieties plus white Austrian corn offer additional options for fodder and grain.
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Colorado
Swadley
Live Stock Notes on Pigs Horses and Feeding
Damp mest harms young pigs and a well fitting collar benefits horse performance. Souring swill wastes 26 to 60 percent of feed value. Nervous kicky horses risk harm. good feeding requires utilizing all feed. Horse handling and care affect family welfare and safety. Clover hay boosts nutrition and digestion, aiding overall activity.
Emergency Forage Crops Warn of Feed Shortage
The ongoing dry spell threatens late summer and fall forage as farmers face a shrinking feed supply. Prof Moory of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture says there is still time to plant special crops to make up for the drought hit general crop. In drought damaged areas, clover and corn losses require immediate action including early replanting and borrowing fodder if needed.
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R. A. Moory
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Best Selling Crops Reported From New Jersey Station
The New Jersey station identifies top yielding crops from tests. Rye yields 6.38 tons per acre at $1.02 per ton, Wheat 53 tons per acre at Td cents per ton, oats and peas 0.79 tons at $1.41. Japanese barnyard millet 7.05 tons at 279 per ton, white flint corn 1 ity tons at $1.22 per ton, cowpeas and kafir corn 1 705 tons at $4.07. Oats and Canada field peas ranked best for forage, excluding alfalfa.
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New Jersey
Canada
Soil for Soy Beans Growth and Harvest Notes
Soy beans thrive on sandy or clay loam soils and resist drought well. When cut for hay, they are cured with clover. They can be cut and fed green to animals, but stock prefer them when seeds are forming and hay is cured.
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United States
R. V. Pierce
Pierse
Fierce
Iain
Dispensary Medical Association
Prest
Juffalo
Shocking Small Grains For Safe Curing
Farmers advised on proper shock construction to protect grain from rain, storms, and birds. Emphasizes bracing sheaves firmly and pressing heads together at the top to cover the grain and preserve it during curing, reducing annual losses.
Planting Apple Trees Spacing Guidance
Apple trees thrive when planted two rods apart in all directions. Some varieties grow upward rather than outward, requiring adjusted spacing to fit their growth habit and ensure healthy development.
Heavy Fowls Poor Layers
It argues heavy fowls are not the best layers and for meat production one should study meat producing methods to turn time to account for market or table use.
Weather Proof Coops for All Broods Mentioned
Weather proof coops support all chick broods and mention light construction. Curly broods noted with emphasis on essential shelter and ventilation options for late broods.
Two Hour Rule Ends Woman’s Club Debate
Wise proposes a dramatic time limit as two hours per member for speaking on any topic, forcing closure of discussions. Sharpe notes the resolution’s adoption, signaling the club’s disbandment or drastic reform. Charles Sumner later engages in witty repartee in London about ashes and home. Ashes! What American English! The exchange underscores cultural contrast and restraint in discourse.
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Sharpe
Charles Sumner
London
Mr. Sumner
Gray
Mixed patent remedies and antisemitic bait in a scrambled ad fill
Fragmentary ad like content touts Dr Plerons Pleasant Pellets and Murine eye remedy alongside a prejudiced antisemitic claim about an Alien's Foot fuse. It includes crude health products and a call to request free samples, with scattered names and locations and no coherent narrative.
Divorce Swirl Revealed Through Bills and Lawyers
A terse quip from a party to the incident notes that the divorce process was driven by lawyers while one person simply paid the bills. The exchange hints at contentious financial maneuvering without detailing specifics.
The Descen s Parabis Clergyman Sermon Exchange
A self conscious young cleric preaches at a country church and seeks feedback from a sunseled deacon. The deacon weighs the sermon with laconic, homely wisdom and recalls a wary tale about following deer tracks in the wrong direction.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Public Endorsement
A Baltimore testimonial lauds Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a lasting remedy for female ailments. Mrs. W. Fox credits four years of misery cured, urging friends to try the product. a historical note highlights the remedy’s reputed success for displacements, irregularities, and related pains and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham for guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Baltimore
W. 8. Fox
W. Klin St
Lydia E .Finkham
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Belo
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J. & Payne
Colorado Agricultural College
Pleron
Royston
Mure Eye Hemedy Co
Peole
Alien
Alen
Olmaied
le Huy
N.Y
Lord Stanleigh
Genemy
Salt Lake City
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Cascarets
Rome
Asrelantes
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