Controlling the Dangerous Stable Fly Traps and Remedies
A Department of Agriculture guide describes the stable fly threat to livestock and humans and details the Hodge fly trap design, methods to protect animals with coverings and burlap blankets, netting and screening for stables, and repellant mixtures including fish oil and kerosene. It notes range stock limitations and concrete zoning like trench barriers near hog farms, with cautions on orchard spacing.
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Texas
Poultry House and Orchard Advice From an Old Note
A rustic editorial offers poultry house guidance stressing dry litter over damp bedding to prevent losses in fowls and egg production. It advises dry litter at low cost and notes plum trees require minimal pruning, with young trees needing trimming of dominant shoots to balance form and symmetry.
First to Usa Sewing Machine
A historic note recalls Elias Howe’s sewing machine birth moment when he invited Miss Elizabeth Kilbourn to try the device. Kilbourn, then a New Hartford teacher now elderly and ill in Connecticut, witnessed Howe’s early struggles and eventual success with Wheeler and Wilson in Bridgeport.
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USA
Bridgeport
Wheeler
Wilson
Watertown
Conn
Howe
Cuticura cures rough chapped hands ad card
Red rough hands find relief with a one night Cuticura treatment. Soak in hot water, wash with Cuticura Soap, dry, apply Cuticura Ointment, and wear loose gloves at night to soften and whiten. Also promotes smooth hands for workers. Free samples and 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Also a light humorous exchange about a hat and a punchline about a calling.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Adv
Careful of His Reputation. American Officer-Why did you leave Mexico?
An unnamed man on a sidewalk recovers after his father arrives angrily at the scene. He hints at a mysterious underlying cause. A fragmented caption references a Mexican refugee’s remark about avoiding Villafication.
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Mexico
Castoria Adverts Reveal 19th Century Health Claims
Fragmented OCR shows an old advertisement praising Castoria for infants and children with vague claims and signature style. The quirky text mocks remedies and mentions weight and measurement metaphors, reflecting period marketing language and nonsensical phrasing.
Run Down Man Knocked by Red Touring Car
A big red touring car struck a pedestrian and rolled him in mud. The driver, greatly excited, asked a doctor if the man was dead. The medical man replied the victim was not dead, only run down.
A Clergyman's Testimony and a Grandmother's Grit
Rev. B Heslop of Wigton Pa credits Dodds Kidney Pills with curing dropsy related swelling and fatigue after six boxes. He reports ongoing faith in the remedy and invites correspondence through Dodds Medicine Co. Also, a Kansas City Star anecdote recalls a boy who prays for grandma after omitting her name, prompting his mother to note the omission.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
BE. Heslop
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
McPherson County
Gerald
Kansas City Star
Accounting for It How atiff those new people are
A fragment remarks on new arrivals and money owed, noting a man improves his appearance when pursuing someone who owes him. The tone suggests a terse, ironic witticism about social status and debt.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
A testimonial letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female suffering. Mrs S T Richmond of Providence Rhode Island recounts displacement after childbirth and subsequent recovery after using the tonic, urging others with similar troubles to try the medicine.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
T. Ricamono
Waldo Street
Providence
K. J
Janwig Akerman
K. Akerman
Cloquet
Minnesota
J. D. Murdoch
Quincy
Mass
Jane D. Murpoon
Gordon St
South
Divorce suit follows long deception in wife’s action
Garrett King, lawyer for Rane, notes that ignorance is bliss only until disclosed. The case centers on a wife who, after years of deception, finally files for divorce against her husband. Dr Pieres’s Pleasant Pellets advertised as a sugar coated cure for stomach and bowels.
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Garrett King
Rane
Dr. Pieres
Honors Were Even in a Witty Exchange
An exchange features Ethel dismissing any kiss from a man and Flack denying past kisses. The dialogue, laced with quips about fuel, poets, and dictators, contrasts country editors receiving poems with dictators issuing ultimatums. An aside notes fashion and dye brands as practical details in the era.
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Ethel
Flack
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William Percy
England
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Mamas Ct Mo
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Viethha
Kioka
Patriotic Committee
Windhurst
Bladderhurst
Justice Hawkins
Alice Rhodes
Wimbledon Common
Hawkins
London Mail
B. Heastop
Avery
Putnam
Carter
Ari
Rees
Haverstock Rp
Hatrarran
Lonpos
Therspion
Tor
Pettit
Gil Wubmndvuis
Delueceme W.nsu
ST. Louis
Grove
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