Child Valet Guides Blind Father Through Trip
Thomas D. Jr., under six, reads letters and numbers, guiding his blind father from Washington to Minneapolis and back. He spells prices in restaurants and tells change amounts on trains. His father salutes him as the best, most economical traveling companion. France’s war minister Lyautes and wife attend allied conference in Tome Italy.
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Thomas D., Jr
Representative Schall
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington
Thomas
Too Deep for Him and a Talking Box Office Exchange
A Boston lady’s three year companionship with a talker prompts a dealer to praise the device as the best talker in the shop. A customer jokes about needing a dictionary to use it. In a theater line, a man complains of ten minutes’ wait for change and a ticket seller suggests staging the artist in the bar office.
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Boston
Destower
cait_ me
Comfort Food Recipes From an Old Magazine Card
A long list of home cooking ideas including Vegetarian Mince Pie Swedish Apple Cake and Deviled Oysters. Recipes feature fruits, nuts, onions, codfish and various pies with steps, seasons, and serving suggestions reflecting midcentury kitchen culture.
Useful Frostings for Cakes and Preservation Qualities
Frostings serve more than decoration, preserving cake and enhancing freshness and flavor. Uncooked frostings save prep time and retain volatile flavors, with simple methods using egg white, sugar syrup, and water or juice for a shiny creamy finish.
Dirt Road Drag Keeps Roads Ready in Spring
Farmers advised to maintain dirt roads year round using a split log road drag. King drag can be used in winter after thaws or rains to push soil toward the center, keeping roads dry and firm for spring. Directions include making a split log drag with two halves, a plank platform, and a 45 degree haul to center the dirt.
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D. Ward King
Church to Help Good Roads Lecture Advocates Church Role
Rev James Thomas urged ministers in Denver Colorado to address rural welfare by improving roads. He cited isolation of farm wives and servant girls as contributing to mental strain and asylum admissions. He urged the church to take material action to solve the good roads problem.
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James Thomas
Ministers
Denever
Colo
Houston Post
Important Duty Of People
The making of good roads is one of the most important duties of the American people, and their prompt repair and careful maintenance is essential. There is probably no subject in which the progressive farmer is more deeply interested than that of having fears converting him with his markets, over which he may be able to haul the greatest possible loail.
Two Machines Could Suffice With Proper Care
A farm machinery maker asserts farmers can cut output from two machines to one if they properly maintain equipment. In France new road top dressing experiments use a mix of iron fibers sand and cement to improve highways.
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France
Put Roads to Bed
The farmer who put his road to bed for the winter in good shape will thank himself later. Roads shorten or lengthen the distance to market according to their condition.
Woman Overcomes Illness With Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Richmond Indiana report tells of a woman who suffered two years of weakness and illness due to age. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her strength returned and she began moving again, noting significant improvement and urging others to consider the treatment.
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Thia
Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. D. Johnston
Freezone promises painless corn removal by finger application
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless method to lift corns and calluses. A Cincinnati authority claims a few drops on the corn will dry instantly without inflaming surrounding skin, with small bottles available at drug stores or via wholesalers. A note mentions a building trades council being reaffirmed at Clarksburg, W Va.
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Suse
Cincinnati
Adv
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Italy
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Willard Saulsbury
Maryland
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