Turpentine from pine stumps fuels Cadillac region industry
The Cadillac Turpentine company converts old pine stumps into turpentine, turning abandoned stump land into cash and creating a thriving lumber town economy. Cadillac hosts over twenty large firms using lumber, with others making chemicals, flooring, and related products amid modern plant equipment.
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H. J. Daniels
Cadillac
Cadillac Turpentine Company
Turpentine Company
Eureka
Foot-and-mouth cure claimed by Calhoun resident
A Calhoun county resident reports that foot-and-mouth disease in cattle can be cured. He describes a German method involving quarantining cattle, rinsing mouths with a vinegar and salt solution, spraying the throat, and adjusting strength as symptoms improve. He notes high temperatures and generous water and feeding during treatment.
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Michigan
Calhoun County
Germany
How Farmer May Harvest the Ice Crop
The guide explains harvesting ice by thickness, storing in insulated buildings, and forming standard sized blocks. It covers thin ice cakes, packing to prevent air passages, wall construction with insulation, and using plows or gauges to create uniform fields. Floe ice and spring breakup at headwaters offer low cost, pit storage also noted.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Potomac
Reforestation Planned by State Surveyor Higgins in Presque Isle
State Surveyor Higgins of Roscommon county plans reforestation of 55 forty acre tracts in Allis township Presque Isle county. Buildings to house 18 or 20 workers will be erected with a 28 by 40 main building and a 16 foot fire clearance around each tract plus a watch tower. Trees will be planted five feet apart each way with Norway white and Russian pine as the chief varieties.
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Higgins
Roscommon County
Allis Township
Presque Isle County
No Meat Famine Expected In Saginaw Valley
Secretary Marston of the Northeastern Michigan Development bureau says there is no meat famine risk for Saginaw valley and northern Michigan despite southern world foot and mouth disease. He notes livestock abundance locally and continued packing capacity in Omaha and Kansas City, with Detroit market open.
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Saginaw Valley
Michigan
Chicago
Saginaw
Bay City
Marston
Michig\ Development bureau
Detroit
Buffalo
Omaha
Kansas City
Poultry Profits and Market Trends Highlighted
The article discusses progress in poultry keeping, urging readers to compare today’s poultry advertising with five years ago and to assess egg winter prices over five years versus other years. It notes thousands earn a living raising poultry and selling eggs, claiming poultry costs no more to produce than pork or beef and often yields higher value per pound.
Feeding Roughage to Hogs In Winter Feeding roughage to pigs debated
The piece argues roughage should be fed to swine in winter with alfalfa as a possible option. It notes alfalfa may be cheaper in alfalfa regions, but in areas with robust field roots, roots may better suit swine. Cost remains the key factor in choosing between hay and roots.
Western Canada's Offer for America's Opportunity Adventure
Western Canada pitches a Western land grant and favorable settlement terms to U S readers seeking to escape wartime scarcity. It markets 160 acre free land in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with simple requirements and flexible options. The piece highlights parks open prairie land rich loam soils and easy access to cultivation for wheat oats barley and flax. It notes noncompulsory military service in Canada and invites American readers to move and farm.
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Europe
American
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
United States
The Old Lady Again in Boston Evening Transcript
A humorous exchange quotes Mrs Rawler remarking on England's soldiers from India. Mrs Blunderby teases by calling them sneaks and gherkins, noting their supposed wonder. The witty dialogue captures pressroom banter about colonial troops.
Godfrey’s Gold Buckle Coffee Ad and Circus Quip
An advertisement touts Godfrey’s Gold Buckle Coffee as the best for the money from E. R. Godfrey & Sons Co. Milwaukee Wisconsin. A comic exchange mentions a town that serves as winter quarters for a circus, riffing on luck and pride in origin.
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Godfrey
E. R. Godfrey & Sons Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Tommy
Eddie
Puck
Marine Eye Remedy Promoted in Book of the Eye Ad
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy for hedge weak water eyes and granulated eyelids with free mail offer from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. The copy notes a striking line about an unusually handsome woman affecting a man’s thoughts and mentions Moscow drivers and whips in a separate odd claim.
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Marine Eye Kemedy Co
Chicago
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Francis Smith
Tustin
John Zick
Pipestone
Cass County
M. M. Cullinane
Benjamin Hathaway
Volivia Township
Bunker Lake
A. G. Gray
Kalamazoo
Gray
Nooes
Petess
Pia
America
Great Britain
Moscow
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