Plymouth Rocks Breed Overview for Farm Use and Show
The Plymouth Rock is an American hardy breed favored by farmers for early broilers roasting fowls and capons. Hens lay large brown eggs in winter and mother well. Varieties include barred white and buff with minimal dark pin feathers when dressed. Breeders use double mating to optimize cockerels and pullets. weights listed for cocks to pullet. A show pair is illustrated from Orange Judd Farmer.
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Plymouth Rock
Orange Judd
Look Before You Leap A Farm Youths Daring Choice
An Agricultural Epitomist piece counsels young rural readers to stay home and grow farm skills rather than chasing crowded city clerical work. It contrasts city life with farm life highlighting health, income, and opportunities for honest advancement.
Humor as Guide to Finding Laughter Across Society
The Brooklyn Eagle argues humor is found by readers not created by humorists. It cites a literary woman who wore costly clothes to illustrate irony, a lazy son praised as a fisherman, milliners seeking higher pay for Paris labels, and notes on capital punishment in a Philadelphia murder trial.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Paris
Miss Hassett
Philadelphia
Barry Johnstone
Robert B. Gentry
Madge Yorke
Charles W. Brooke
America
George F. Munce
Gentry
Water needs of hogs stressed for farmers
The article urges farmers to provide hogs with continuous access to pure water. It notes many hogs are watered only once or twice daily and recommends arranging lots and pastures so hogs can reach troughs whenever desired, especially in hot springs and August heat.
Markets Report Across Cities On January 20 1993
New York notes prices for flour patent wheat corn oats and beef along with hogs and veal figures. Cleveland shows prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes cattle and sheep with varied ranges. Toledo East Liberty and East Buffalo add cash and futures quotes for wheat corn oats and hogs with cattle and lamb figures.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Kidney Pills Endorsement From Ohio Foreman
Case No 24 613 Mr Joseph Calmes foreman at Harter mills Fostoria Ohio praises Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney complaints and backache. He notes lasting relief since 1896 and offers a free trial by mailing Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Sold by druggists 50 cents a box.
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Bright
Joseph Calmes
Harter Mills
Fostoria
Dean
Calmes
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Japanese corner sparks marital clash in boudoir quarrel
Mr. Pitt eyes his wife's Oriental curios with contempt while she defends the so called Japanese corner as honest and respectable She challenges his own wheat corner investments and claims moral parity in their pursuits
Almanac Ads Push Peruna Astrology Program
The Peruna Almanac is being distributed to druggists with astrology articles promising a complete horoscope. An astrologist provides the signs and mental traits, with a Q and A section on astrology available gratis upon request. Demand is expected to be high and early requests are urged.
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Peruna Almanac
Peruna
Practice Makes Perfect in College Banter
A college exchange features a student declaring plans to write for money after graduation. The father retorts that writing was all the student did during four years of college, implying skepticism about future success.
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John
Penn
Six and Half Dozen Mrs Winthrop Debate Winter Plan
Town Top acs notes a brief chat between Mrs Winthrop and Winthrop as they debate whether to spend winter south or stay for coal costs. The exchange hints at economic small talk and routine domestic budgeting. The piece typifies civic short dialogues in local columns.
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Winthrop
Cure remedies and sharp wit in brief jokes
An old Philadelphia Bulletin item cites Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as quick cures. A quip follows about a woman’s mind being on something higher than her dress and a man retorts it is on her hat.
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Hale
Pike
Philadelphia Bulletin
Pity for the Angels Snow Tale in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn boy asks if angels send the snow as his aunt reads. A maid swept the steps of a fastidious Mrs S as the boy notes he would pity the angels if they are caught placing snow on her steps.
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Brooklyn
New York Times
Mrs
Jack
Manatee County Florida Heralded in New Seaboard Booklets
The Seaboard Air Line Railway of Portsmouth Virginia markets three booklets titled The Land of Manatee describing Manatee County Florida. Authored by Morton M. Cassaday the volumes praise fertile soil healthful climate and rich potential for orange growing and truck farming below the frost line. Books are offered through Seaboard representatives or the General Passenger Agent in Portsmouth VA.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Portsmouth
Florida
Land of Manatee
Seaboard
Manatee County
Morton M. Cassaday
Manatee
The Cost of It Ad Exchange Sparks Witty Banter
A Philadelphia Press item notes a department store advertisement provoking a young man to wonder about its cost. His companion suggests the true price comes after marriage when a wife reads those ads.
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Phamliman
Philadelphia Press
Mother Gray’s Powders Promised For Children
Advertisement notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used to treat colds feverishness stomach teething disorders and worms. Sold by druggists 25 cents with free sample from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Includes unrelated quotes from Washington Star and Judge about egos and Julius Caesar.
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Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Cure a Cold in One Day Promotes Quinine Tablets
An advertisement touts Laxative BP Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a refund offer if ineffective. It includes a note from Virtue and a Puck quote about reward and talent.
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Puck
German Emperor's Bible Endsorsement Featured Pastor
Rev H Stubenvoll of Elkhorn Wisconsin pastor of St Johns Church holds two bibles a fly leaf inscription from Emperor William of Germany. He lauds Peruna the Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio as curing his long lung hemorrhages and boosting health and strength. It urges readers to consult Dr Hartman for gratis advice and asks for the free Peruna Almanac. Thousands suffer catarrh and Peruna claims to cure it wherever located.
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H. Stubenvoll
Elkhorn
Wis
St. John’s Church
Stubenvoll
William
Germany
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
H. Stubenwoll
N CO
Columbus Av
His Father's Example
Army and navy officers share a laugh at a retired officer’s misfortune. His eight year old son predicts he will also obtain heart disease and retire, echoing his father’s fate. A separate nursery exchange features a baby brother and marbles swallowed as a joke.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Jack
Papa
Chicago Chronicle
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J. W. O’brien
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Minneapolis, Minn
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San Francisco
Cal
Louisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
Peru-Na
Tommy
Paxtine
Hamlin
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