Keep the Kidneys in Order Amuric and Pleasant Pills
An old advertisement warns of sudden death before underwriting life, urging readers to keep kidneys in order and avoid excess meat salt tea, then touts Amuric tablets and Dr Pierce remedies to cleanse the system. It promotes Golden Medical Discovery as health restoration and sells Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pills for 25 cents a vial at druggists.
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Amur
Anuric
Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
Pieter
Fragmented Education Claim and Scraps of Paper Disagreement
A garbled dialogue fragment mentions education, a marriage, and a mistaken belief about life. The speakers joke about becoming experts after marriage and reference a written note about an agreement treated as trivial. No clear names or events emerge from the OCR text.
Smoked pears and old phrases in a fragmentary note
A fragmented item mentions smoked pears from central European farmhouses as nutritious when stewed. It references government purchase of coal mines at Fernie J C, and contains stray quotes about a questionable father and a child who never speaks worth repeating. Percussion arms are cited as used in the United States army in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Army
Snowplow improvisation for winter roads
A farmer frustrated by blocked roads builds a simple snowplow from a 2 by 8 inch, eight foot plank to clear a six and a half mile route to town. The device, designed to ride against the bob runner, enables quick plowing before shovel crews arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter
Laurence W. Griswold
Farts Journal
Plow Construction for Snow Clearing Explained
The instructions describe assembling a wooden snow plow with an eight foot plank cut to brace a longer main beam. A right angle brace, raised slightly, keeps the triangle shape for an effective cut. The plow uses a four foot spread to reduce drag and labor, with a two-deviser ring attachment and a bob sled hitch. The left side is two feet longer, aligning with the front runner for plowing.
Fix Road For Automobiles Suggestion From State Secretary
Francis M Hugo New York secretary of state calls for radical road treatment to handle heavy automobile use. He notes only a small portion of road width carries most traffic while full width is repaired or renewed. Proposes prepared tracks of special material that are continuous and wide to bear nearly all traffic and extend road life tenfold.
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Francis M. Hugo
New York
New York Times
Money for Rural Highways Bond Limits Suggested
Road experts advise county highway bonds should not exceed nine years and preferably shorter. They warn long-term debt risks surpassing the life of improvements and call for repayment by benefiting taxpayers rather than those who gain no benefit.
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Department of Agriculture
Length of Public Highways in the United States
The 1915 report shows U S roads outside towns totaling about 2,452,000 miles with roughly 277,000 miles or 33 percent surfaced. War faced roads expand at about 16,000 miles yearly.
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United States
Is Buzzard a Menace in the South for Centuries
An article argues turkey buzzards have long aided the South by cleaning carrion and aiding disease control. It counters charges they spread hog cholera and anthrax, noting studies show they are a minor factor compared with human and domestic animal influences. It urges balanced carrion disposal rather than extermination.
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W. L. Mater
Turkey
Bua Gard
Canadian
Anthrax Carriers Include Buzzards and Domestic Animals
Anthrax germs can survive in the digestive tracts of buzzards and may be carried on plumage or feet. Other animals including dogs cats hogs chickens and opossums can also harbor germs on their bodies and spread disease. Flies and humans can spread anthrax as well, explaining severe epidemics.
Fertility Sold From Farm by CR Willson
Kentucky Experiment Station studies the impact of selling crops versus feeding on farm fertility. It argues market prices ignore the value of soil nutrients returned via manure and roughage, urging crop rotation and livestock feeding to improve long term yields and farm profitability. It outlines experiments comparing market versus farm values of Tennessee crops to assess overall agricultural impact.
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CR. Willson
Kentucky
Tennessee
Whitewash Formula From Oklahoma Chemist
Dor Charles K. Francis of the Oklahoma experiment station at Stillwater submits a white wash recipe. The process uses cod quicklime slaked with water, then a second mix of cognion and zinc sulphate in boiling water, poured into skim milk and stirred to create a weather proof white wash for walls and fences.
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Dor
Charles K. Francis
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Stillwater
Blake
Ideal House for Chickens in Winter Ventilation
The ideal winter poultry house stays dry and free from drafts with good ventilation. Proper design keeps warmth and comfort without sacrificing airflow and emphasizes that poor ventilation reduces egg supply and promotes disease.
Market for breeding cattle in South ready for market
The South shifts to diversified farming as boll weevil damage to cotton prompts a cattle boom. Benefits include strong demand and prices for beef dairy and poultry, inexpensive land, mild climate, multiple crops per year, and abundant rainfall. Pasture year round reduces costs, with South land capable of high corn yields per acre.
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South Ax
Canada offers 100 acre homesteads to attract farm labor
Canada plans a bold solution to a wartime labor famine by offering 100 acre homesteads to farm workers. The program pays wages while residency on the land is counted toward title, reducing the usual two year residence requirement. Emphasis on attracting workers to Western Canada’s grain belt amid a 30 thousand man shortfall for 1917.
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Canada
Western
Ottawa
Falling Hair Means Dandruff Is Active
An old advertisement warns that thin brittle hair signals a neglected scalp and dandruff. It claims Danderine cures shedding, restoring luster and fullness after a few weeks, with new downy hair appearing across the scalp.
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Knowlton
Doubts the Saying Time Is Money Phrase
The line questions the common belief that time equates to money while noting the speaker often has free time to spare. It reframes value by suggesting time can be abundant or wasted regardless of financial concerns.
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Dr. Price
W. W. Bennett
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Gove
Buzzard
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Oklahoma
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Colorado
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Boschee
United Sates
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Denver
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Wanted & Simontcs
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16Th St. Denve
Plater
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Kamion
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Dmical CO
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