A Wonderful Gain From Kidney Pills, Ogden Pioneer Testifies
J W Browning of 1011 22d St Ogden Utah recounts diabetes and severe kidney and back problems. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief and says he has stayed well for a year. At 75 he remains healthy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Browning
Ogden
Utah
Plains
Dean
Deaters
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Medicine of Bamboo Sap and Bovine Tuberculosis Question
The article discusses Tabasheer or banslochan from bamboo as a traditional medicinal sap used in India and elsewhere. It questions cattle slaughter to stamp out bovine tuberculosis and mentions a Mutual Mercantile Co booklet claiming Rasawa fed to cows could immunize them, urging readers to obtain the booklet and read its claims amid links to human consumption.
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India
Borneo
Mutual Mercantile Co
Cleveland
Retiring Office Boy Snores on Top of Safe
A banker taunts a broker about an office boy. The broker laments the boy is too retiring. The joke lands when the banker notes the boy snoozes atop the big safe when the broker leaves for a while.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease to cure painful swollen feet and sweating spell to ease new shoes. It urges buyers to avoid substitutes and offers a free sample with address in Le Roy New York. Ruskin quotation about universal good appears as a divider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Ruskin
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
35Th St
New York
Curing Distemper in Livestock Quarters and Air
Distemper prevention hinges on clean quarters. Wash troughs with soap or carbolic acid twice monthly, whitewash stalls monthly, scrub floors occasionally, and provide ample exercise and fresh air. Pasture access reduces risk versus confinement in poorly ventilated barns. If the disease is mild, there is no major alarm.
Bandaging the Throat and Home Remedies for Horses
A historical article outlines a benefit remedy for throat injuries in horses and general postoutbreak care. It recommends olive oil with acetic acid as a salve, hot bran poultices with Neatsfoot oil camphor mustard, and a head bandage using a grain sack for support. It also suggests daily Glauber salts in feed and a daily dose of iodide or potash for fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Agriculture
General Purpose Horse Selection for Farm Work
A farmer in Orange Judd Farmer outlines general purpose horses weighing 1200 to 1800 pounds suitable for farm work and light road use. He favors Morgan type, snappy, compact horses, easy to break with kind handling, and emphasizes proper care, housing in bad weather, and nutritious feeding to ensure early development and sustained performance.
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Orange Judd
Individual Hog Houses For Better Hog Health
The article argues against crowding hogs in tight sheds as it causes colds and lung troubles. It recommends many small, scattered houses and individual units for farrowing sows, with six to eight hogs per house for other groups. Build several houses to reduce losses.
Don't Crowd the Sheep Witnessed Care in Sheep Housing
The article warns beginners to avoid crowding sheep and to provide wind protection and dry bedding. It notes mature sheep seek shelter from winds and storms and tend to lie in the yard if moisture is controlled, with night housing only if they are accustomed to it.
Pig Rations and Results From Connecticut Station
Connecticut's Storrs agricultural experiment station reports pig feeding findings. Three pigs required 2,739 lb skim milk for 100 lb gain with 230 digestible nutrients. 28 pigs used 1,086 lb skim milk and 253 lb shorts for 100 lb gain with 258 nutrients. three pigs using 445 lb shorts yielded 294 nutrients per 100 lb gain. Milk digests easily but is bulky. financial efficiency favors three quarters skim milk to grain, while physiological efficiency favors easily digested foods. Maintenance and production depend on ration composition and digestibility plus assimilation ease.
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Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station of
Connecticut
Hog Ringing Box Demonstration Sketch Explained
A Prairie Farmer correspondent details a hog ringing box design ACA measures four feet by 28 inches by 36 inches with an inner nailed board layout and a frame of two by fours. The mechanism uses adjustable EE pieces, rods F G, iron notch I, and bracing JL to secure hogs and release them after rings are inserted, with rear guide fences to ease entry.
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Prairie Farmer
ACA
Stock Notes on Horses and Livestock Rearing
The article argues future value of colts matters more than current price and suggests careful planning for next year’s ridings. It notes risks from pests and advises separating hens from stables while praising the broad live stock belt and ample horses for each family in the United States.
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United States
Envy and honor mingle at Johnson tribute in London
A 1885 London celebration for Dr Samuel Johnson drew the Australian cricketer Bonner among guests. When asked to propose Bonner’s health, he remarked that honoring Johnson’s memory surpassed his own cricket triumphs, a remark cited in the Letters of the late George Birkbeck Hill.
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London
Samuel Johnson
Bonner
George Birkbeck Hill
Johnson
Cure for Scalp Sores After Measles Reported
Mrs Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska recounts suffering scalp sores the size of pennies for six months after measles. She tried doctors remedies and salves with no relief until using CUTIURA products. In a week the sores improved, three weeks later they were gone and have not returned in seven years. August 25 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Deaf Old Man Hosts Summer Boarders No Bugs Among Them
In a Boston Herald style tale Mr. S a deaf elderly landlord in his native village hosts summer boarders. A village youth remarks on pretty guests and Mr. S responds by noting he just picked two quarts of bugs off his potato plants.
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Mr. S
Boston Herald
Bill Nye Recounts A Driving Date With A Dented Ht
A youthful Bill Nye arranged a Sunday drive with a lady friend. Only one old horse was available at the livery to share the outing. The lady refused after waiting, but Nye quipped that the horse was a “prancing young steed” upon arrival.
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Bill Nye
Mr. Nye
Nye
Specknoodle Names Stirred at Holiday Visit
A college student introduces his friend Mr Specknoodle to his hard of hearing mother. After repeated attempts the mother mishears as Speck noodle, leading to a humorous exchange about the name. The joke hinges on a phonetic pun and domestic misunderstanding.
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Mr. Speckwoodle
George
Mr. Specknoodle
Specknoodle
Everybody’s Magazine
Postum Improves Health In School Room Testimony
A teacher credits Postum Food Coffee with reversing nervous strain from coffee. She describes an initial failure, then boiling the beverage longer per directions, leading to a rich flavor and steady health improvement. She says she would not return to regular coffee for any money. There’s a reason.
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Wellville
Special Trains to Pacific Coast via Major Lines
Personally conducted special trains via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line leave early in July for the Pacific Coast. Special all expense tours at very low rates for round trip including sleeping car accommodations meals etc. Write for itineraries and full particulars. S. A. Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago.
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Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Pacific Coast
S. A. Hutchison
Clark Street
England's Grain Imports Demand Vast Farmland
English grain imports equal the output of 10,500,000 acres of land if grown domestically. The note compares yearly foreign grain imports with the farming area required to replace them.
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England
Improved Farms Near St. Paul Offers Investment
Real estate ad from Evans Real Estate Co of St. Paul Minnesota promotes affordable farms within fifty miles of St. Paul. Claims fifty percent profit potential and appeals to home buyers and investors.
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Miles of
St. Paul
Evans Real Estate Co
St. Paul, Minn
Australia Population Compared With London
Australia, though covering area twenty six times that of the British Indies, has a population smaller than London’s. This comparison emphasizes vast land area with relatively low density.
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Australia
British Indies
London
Don t Sneeze Your Head Off Krause s Cold Capsules
An old time remedy note touts Krause s Cold Capsules claimed to cure almost instantly. Sold at all druggists for 25 cents.
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Krause
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. Claims to soften gums ease Sammation reduce pain and cure wind colic. Priced at 25c per bottle.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Action
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as an internal treatment affecting blood and mucous surfaces, described as nonquack and prescribed by top physicians. It urges testimonials and notes price 75 cents, with accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Hail
Marriage Fortune Opens Stage Career
A dialogue reveals that a divorce sparked a woman's acting career, described as now promising. The exchange contrasts perceived misfortune with her new success, highlighting a pivot from marriage outcomes to professional achievement.
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Post Office
London Globe
Telegraph Department
National Lead Company
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelhia
John T. Lewi
S & Bros. Co
Pittsburgh
Enational Lead & Vil Co
National Editorial Association
Christian Endeavor
Watson F. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby Hicago
Carters
Carters’ Ques
UTES
Hicks
Ely
Ely Bros
Vas
Western Canada
The
Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
H. M. Williams
Law
Ohio
Rd. Paxton CO
Mass
Scott & Risedorph
Kinderhook
Milo B. Stevens & Co
Ld 4Th St
Detroit
Texas
Kansas City
Kansas
Alexander
Dowell
7Th St
N. W
Washington, D. G
Frek
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