Enormous Injury to Tobacco by Insects
An old field report notes extensive insect damage to tobacco leaves from flea bugs horn worms and bud worms. It argues much injury is preventable through proper seedbed care drainage humus rich soil and timely spraying to reduce losses in fields and seedbeds.
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Z. P. Metcalf
Luther Burbank
California
Latham Barred Rock Hen Highlights Linage and Traits
A Latham barred rock hen is described as nearly ideal in shape and type with clean straight barring and balanced color. She is noted as the daughter of a first prize hen and Boston show champion female in 1909, illustrating strong lineage. The piece also touches on sheep husbandry with a note on shepherding practices.
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Boston
The Canadian West Fever Draws Kentucky Settlers
A Kentucky reader reports Alberta’s land lure, praising prairie country near Calgary and Edmonton. The piece urges caution before migration, noting many Americans settle Canada with high satisfaction and few return. A railroad contractor improved worker health by replacing meat with boiled Quaker Oats, boosting strength and morale.
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Kentucky
Canada
E. K. Bell
Frankfort
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian
He Knew Her Dialogue Snapshots A Social Exchange
A fragment shows a dialogue between He and She It and He All about plans. The lines reveal a dressmaker visit and a dinner engagement at eight o'clock.
Exploded Theory Questioning Mental Suggestion
Sunday Magazine of the Cleveland Leader contemplates mental suggestion with a skeptical view. A dialogue questions if steady mental focus by one person can influence another to act, concluding disbelief in the theory. The exchange touches on a personal financial demand as an example.
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The
Cleveland Leader
What the Doctor Did
A Denver Post anecdote describes Gustave Ullyatt’s sick young daughter and a doctor who examined her with a stethoscope. The father asks for the doctor’s words and the child replies the doctor telephoned her all over, delivering no direct remarks.
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Gustave Ullyatt
Ullyatt
Mr. Ull
Denver Post
Deafness Cure Claims and Remedies Ad Advertised
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes constitutional remedies. It blames inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering 100 dollars for any deafness cases cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and product pitches for Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dialogue Fragments From Domestic Exchange
A humorous quick exchange between spouses ends with a prompt to retire for the night. The Missus accuses drink while the Mister claims honesty. The Missus-Goodness instructs the Mister to go to the other room and sleep.
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Jim
Mabel
Loved to Death in a Quiet Moral Tale
A brief epigram sets a grim note as a woman’s devotion to love leads to fatal overwork rather than abandonment. The speaker contrasts a fictional fade with a real tragedy where love ends in death from exhausting labor.
Resinol Ointment Cures Summer Skin Breakouts
Barbara Carpenter of Ogden South Carolina says Resinol cured a neck eruption like eczema after other remedies failed. The snippet notes a Sunday school prize distribution where Johnny laments "horrible mention" after not winning.
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Barbara Carpenter
Ogden, S. C
Johnny
Cure a Cold in One Day and Allen's Lung Bal sam
Ad copy for laxative bromoidine tablets promising a refund if they fail to cure a cold. Includes E. W. Grove signature and pricing. Also promotes Allen's Lung Balm with phrases about hoarseness and gasping and offers 25c, 60c, and $1.00 bottle sizes. Ends with a moral line about delaying meanness.
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E. W. Grove
Allen
Marine Eye Remedy Co Eye Book Promises Eye Help
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago offers a 48 page illustrated Eye Book free, claiming remedies for eye trouble and proper application guidance. The advertisement states the Marine Believes sore eyes strengthen weak eyes do not smart and soothe eye pain, selling for 50c. It urges trying it in both adult and baby eyes for bealy eyelids and granulation.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicao
Cheating the Law Ends With A Fatal Bargain
A man on shore threatens arrest and then vows to end his life by his own hand. He sinks with a bubbling grin as police react, the scene closing with a reported death.
Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism Claims Rapid Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism as radically curing in 1 to 3 days. It promises quick disappearance of the disease after the first dose and cites a 75 cent price to druggists with a Christian moral quote.
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Detchon
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days with PazO ointment
PazO ointment guarantees cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. The ad promises relief and refunds with a 50 cent price. It also notes Davis Painkiller for stiffness soreness and injuries and mentions Mrs Winslow soothing syrup for teething and wind colic in children.
Fresno grower profits from large vineyard and peach crop
M. F. Tarpey of Fresno owns a 1200 acre vineyard with an annual profit of 125000 dollars. On the Harol estate twenty two acres of peaches produced a 15000 dollar crop.
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M. F. Tarpey
Fresno
Harol
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