Providing Good Shelter for the Hogs
An illustrated, practical plan from farmers bulletin 566 for a portable A shaped hog house. Built of 1 by 12 planks with a floor 8 by 6 feet, on skids, with bracing, a guard rail, and a front opening facing south. It includes a ridge saddle board, guy wire option for wind, and steps to move or dismantle. Costs: rough lumber about $12 per 1000, shelter suitable for most of the South. Also outlines a summer shade shelter and notes on hog feeding cost accounting and farm economics.
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Akida
Cruel Horse Driving and Hog Feeding Advice Preserved
A reader laments cruel horse handling and urges humane treatment of animals on farms. The letter offers ration guidance for hogs, recommending limited cottonseed meal, alternating with periods without it, and stressing exercise and generous grain while warning against overfeeding. Further tests will be made.
Honest Fruit Packing Marks a Permanent Trade
A guide urges packers to be truthful in fruit packing from top to bottom and to label shipments with a name or trademark to establish a lasting mark of quality and provenance.
Ohioan praises western Canada farming prospects
W B Lewis formerly near Dayton Ohio writes to the immigration department in August 1912 praising crop yields and land value in western Canada. He recounts a profitable shift from debt to substantial equity, with 1120 acres under cultivation, 22 horses, 15 cattle, 35 hogs, and high wheat yields. He says the winters are cold but tolerable and the crops of 400 acres of wheat 125 of oats 90 of flax can be achieved again.
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W. B. Lewis
Dayton
Ohio
Askatche- Wan
Immigration Department
Napoleon’s Vain Struggle Against the Allies
A century past, Napoleon fought Blucher at Vauchamps after three days of battles with the allies. He captured 18,000 prisoners during the February clashes and sent them to Paris, while Schwartzenberg pressed toward Paris and the Russians advanced to the French capital under Alexander I.
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Napoleon
Blucher
Vauchamps
Napolon
Paria
Prince Schwartzenberg
Seine
Paris
Alexander
Eighteen Years of Ankle Soreness Healed by Cuticura
Mrs Charles B Brooke describes a chronic ankle eruption that plagued her for eighteen years. She found relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting immediate pain relief and complete healing within three months. Advertisement urges readers to request samples and the Cuticura Skin Book.
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Kingsville
Charles B. Brooke
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Unlucky Thirtees Marital Fallout Revealed at Cottage City
A newlywed couple from Cottage City quarreled soon after marriage. The wife accused her husband of prior affairs during the summer stating he was charming then but unfaithful. He confessed twelve other partners, admitting he stopped counting when it was too late.
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Cottage City
Palm Beach
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Quick Backache Relief
An advertisement warns that kidneys show distress via backache and nervous trouble and urges early use of Doan's Kidney Pills. It claims sick kidneys worsen as poisons remain in the blood, causing body aches, and promotes Doan's as the recommended remedy for early symptoms.
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Bright
Dean
Obstinate Man Holds Opinions, Glass Says
Representative Carter Glass describes a single critic who clung to wrong headed finance ideas for two hours. He notes the man was obstinate and hopelessly fixed, concluding that an obstinate person does not hold opinions they are held by him.
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Carter Glass
Representative Glass
Mr. Glass
Drug House Enjoined by Federal Court in Castoria Case
Federal judge Jeremiah Neterer granted a permanent injunction for Cantaur Company of New York against Stewart & Holmes Drug Company Seattle. The ruling orders recall of infringing Fletcher's Castoria labeled goods and payment of costs and damages totaling 400 dollars. The suit traced the counterfeit label from Seattle to Honolulu.
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Jeremiah Neterer
United States District Court
Cantaur Company
New York
Fletcher’s Castoria
Stewart & Holmes Drug Company
Honolulu
Seattle
Northwest
de Aree
Stewart & Holmes Company
Wash
Times
Adv
Frontline Reflections on Early Confidence and Boasting
A fragmentary exchange recalls a child named Brown always at the front and labeled a doorboy. It contrasts boasting of cleverness with the social unpopularity that such self-praise can entail. The text includes stray phrases about Putnam Fadeless Dye and a proverb-like warning about vanity.
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Brown
Fitting Advice Cited In Staged Exchange
A dialogue frames a cautionary exchange about a musician’s placement and a warning against overreaching. The speakers discuss tuning, balance, and the risk of making a misstep as the performance opens. The remark about a hole implies a trap or miscalculation to avoid.
Mexican student questions bees as game in football crowd
A humorous exchange unfolds as a Mexican student watches a northern football game and asks if bees are a game. A border stranger reframes it as a seven day pitched battle while a medical man quips about his wife’s costly medical orders.
At the Play I See No Cause For Tears
Dialogue from a stage scene where Puck argues the actor is not dead. The Other Party reveals authorship and accuses the actor of ruining the most artistic part as the audience watches a performative moment unfold.
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Puck
Stolen kisses lead to police court fines
The excerpt notes that “Stolen sweets are dearest” and adds that men learn this lesson when fined in police court for stealing kisses, illustrating a morality point about simple theft leading to punishment.
Fragmented Cold Remedy Ad Pitches Menthol Drops
An OCR fragment promotes Brom Quinine and Mentholated Cough Drops for quick relief from cold and throat irritation. It mentions signatures and names in a garbled way and ends with a poetic aside about music and fame.
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Dean
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Department of Agriculture
Canada
Timm
Esesler
Mendoza
Doan
Dede
Paice Socents
Foster Mibu Co
Wilson
Princeton
Burns
Scotland
Putnam
Ady
Spohen Medical
Goshen, EN
Gove
Horn of Plenty
Trumpet of Fame
Sloan
Sage Neuralsia
Thas Sloan
Pete
Earl S. Sloan
Man
Pierce
Dalleate Feral
Fider
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