Home Talent and Oddities Parade in Old Theaters
A seaside mix of quips and vignettes from early humor columns. A New York theatergoer questions a metropolitan about troopers in the audience while a man from upstate jokes about home talent. Bits touch on Castoria ads, wartime feats, and social mishaps from period humor pages.
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Upstate
New York
The
New Yorker
Furty
Stranger
Philadelphia Chronicle Telegraph
War time wine etiquette scene in a domestic quarrel
A Lewton era dialogue shows a wine agent urging a householder to keep light wine for victory celebrations while she explains her husband is at the front and she does not drink wine, underscoring wartime social expectations.
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Adamiess Eden
Magazine donaes $10000 readers profit from generosity
A fragmented clipping reports a donation drive by a magazine totaling ten thousand dollars. It quotes a mix of stray dialogue and anecdotes including and unclear references to suffrage discussion and a joke about marriage names. The piece preserves several named individuals and local vignettes in a periodical tone.
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Capital
Prune Based Dishes and Classic Meats Featured
A vintage home cook guide covers prune recipes from prune pulp desserts to prune jelly and prune pudding, plus hearty game dishes like broiled quail roast wild duck and venison steak. It offers methods, serving ideas, and safety notes for household kitchens.
Baby Care Ad Promises Relief for Itching Skin
An old advertisement urges bathing with hot water and Cuticura Soap for a baby’s itchy skin, then applying Cuticura Ointment. It promises a restful sleep after using these emollients and offers free samples by mail from Cuticura, Boston. A stray line jokes that a farmer sold 1.479 bushels at $1.17 per bushel, while a boy asks for an automobile.
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Uy Mall
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Discoveries for Blood Purity and Wellness Promotion
A historic advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a pure vegetable tonic free from alcohol. It claims to cleanse poisonous matter, purify blood, clear skin conditions, and treat uric acid related issues with Anurie and Apuric products cited as evidence from the Invalids Hotel and Dr Pierce's Hospital experiences. It urges purchase in tablet or liquid form.
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DPMNE
Laeyer
Dr. Pierce
Rieb
Doctor Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce's Hospital
Botanical uneven timber tale hints at state contrasts
A fragment notes Wisconsin with abundant hemlock and Minnesota largely lacking timber. a single 240 acre area is mentioned as a notable exception. The text pivots to a broader, incomplete reflection on a man’s greatness.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Croix
Long Lost Found In Housecleaning Incident
A quirky exchange quotes Mrs Snow White and Mrs Marsh Green noting a hidden pair of slippers found under a bed after five years. The line implies unexpected clutter revival. The source humorously contrasts prevention versus intervention with a proverb about timing.
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Snow White
Wheat Sown for Big Yields on Dryland Tract
George E. Owen from Denver Field and Farm reports on dry land farming methods that enhance yields. His nine year trial uses summer fallow, deep plowing, careful harrowing, and precise seeding. On a 176 acre unit seventy six acres produced 2642 bushels of high tested wheat with 27 pounds sown per acre.
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Prestous
George E. Owen
Denver Field
Sorghums to Produce Meat in Subhumid Regions
The article argues that grain sorghums and related crops boost livestock markets, with dryland and midwest farmers increasingly shifting from corn and oats to sorghum, milo, and fodder crops. It asserts that thriving livestock supports regional economies and ties stock success to good farming practices and community attention to livestock.
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United States
Feterita
Cull the Poultry Flock for Better Fleece and Eggs
The article urges culling slow-growing chickens and aged hens with long claws and poor winter layers before introducing new stock. It argues culling requires no special expense and should occur prior to adding new blood to prevent weak birds from hindering improvements.
Big Waste of Machinery
A newspaper notice laments the vast number of farm implements left exposed to winter weather. It argues sheds built from paint, lumber, and nails are cheaper than maintaining and storing machinery made of metal. It emphasizes the manufacturers benefit while suggesting a practical solution.
Soil Enrichers and Nitrogen Fixing Crops
The text discusses using cowpers or alfalfa as soil enrichers that fix nitrogen from the air, improving soil health while yielding a valuable crop for food. It notes their dual benefit of soil nitrogen storage and harvestable produce.
Be Regular in Milking Practices
The note urges consistent milking times to maintain output and proper lactation. Irregular early morning or evening milking can distort dairy function and reduce maximum yield over the lactation period.
Concrete Silo Claim Sparks Practical Building Debate
A claim praises concrete silos as perfect silage storage, nearly indestructible and inexpensive to build, while noting availability of sand and grave materials.
A Light Dream
Prof Viric Dahlgren of Princeton predicts future illumination from luciferous substances carried by fish and other animals. He says discovery of chemical constitu ents will enable lights with 99 percent efficiency, replacing current 15 percent lights.
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Viric Dahlgren
Princeton University
Dodds Kidney Pills Cited by Sufferer as Cure
Mr P Cate of Welcome Lake Pa reports relief from kidney and related symptoms after using Dodds Kidney Pills. He describes headaches sleeplessness dizziness thirst and fatigue then credits the remedy with improvement. An advocacy note follows urging publication for doubters.
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Mr. P
Cate
Welcome Lake
Dodds
Berty
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
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Shakespeare
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Eword
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Fach Hin Wine
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Tria
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Colorado
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Pueblo
Save
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Tiri
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Nebr
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