Novel Corn Cutter A Foot Attached device by Michigan farmer
A Shawano Michigan farmer Charley O Eberlin invents a corn cutting device worn on the foot to replace the hand sickle. The metal plate curves under the toe and cuts stalks as the operator kicks, freeing both hands and allowing faster work. A drawing shows attachment and use and the device is said to be light and non obstructive.
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Michigan
Charley O. Eberlin
Shawano, Mich
Chicago Daily News
Digestibility of Buffalo Grass Hay Studied at Kansas Station
The Kansas Experiment Station chemical department reports the first digestibility test of buffalo grass hay. A short horn steer consumed only buffalo grass hay for ten days, with dung and residues analyzed. Results show high digestible protein, comparable carbohydrate and fat to other grasses, and a well balanced ration. Prof. J. T. Willard urges careful protection of this valuable grass.
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Chemical Department
Kansas Experiment Station
Great Plains
J. T. Willard
Egg Washing vs. Shell Pores Questioned by Trade Advisor
A commission man advises not washing eggs to preserve freshness. He claims washing removes the gelatine like substance in shell pores, letting air in and spoiling eggs faster. No published experiment confirms which keeps longer. guidance applies mainly to eggs shipped to market, not those for home use.
Value of Prairie Hay in Dairy Feeding
Prairie hay grown in the northwest shows varying digestible protein by land type. Low damp land yielding prairie swale has 2.6 percent protein, medium low land mixed source 2.9 percent, and upland 3 percent protein, based on practical dairy feeding tests.
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Northwest
Haecker
National Rural
End of Winter and folded hands poems featured
A literary item presents verses by Frank Dempster Sherman and Ola Moore from Youth's Companion. It reflects on winter's end, spring imagery, and a tribute to enduring, unselfish service. The poems contemplate life, loss, faith, and the idea that folded hands may still serve.
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Frank Dempster Sherman
Ola Moore
Lent Sacrifice Sparks Romantic Dare at Lovers’ Standstill
In a dialog from the Chicago Evening Post a woman rejects a favor citing Lent yet agrees to a personal sacrifice. A suitor counters that a Lenten gift should be selfless, proposing a kiss in exchange for the maid he loves. The exchange ends with her consenting to offer herself as the sacrifice.
Joyful Promise in Song Lyrics by F L Stanton
The verse expresses that joy will come once the rough road ends with a ideal distant shore. It envisions valleys and hills, wandered feet finding rest, and a future free of sorrow where answers to prayers arrive. The stanza references hopeful themes and attributes the lines to F L Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Jove
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
When Death Opens New Sights and Senses
A poem by S. M. H. Byers in Chicago Interior imagines dying as a passage to seeing new lands and colors, hearing new strains, and feeling senses enlarged beyond current limits. The speaker welcomes death if it grants this transformative awakening.
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S. M. H. Byers
Chicago
Time to Help the Fallen in Need
Poem urges timely aid for those at risk of falling, opposing apathy. Stresses pity for the tottering and calls readers to lend a hand before failure, referencing the effort as essential and compassionate. Credits E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.
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E. Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
Mothers are the queerest things in a war memory
A poem excerpt recalls how a mother remained calm and smiling as loved ones departed, while others cried. Upon John’s return on furlough with a medal and no wound, she bursts into tears of relief as the family rejoices.
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John
Mother
Ana
Edwin L. Sabin
Moonlit Dune Poem Excerpt by Mabel Earle
A quiet verse describes a virgin moon shining over snow and trees in a Western sky. Twilight deepens near a stream, while the air grows sharp and spring's tenderness rests beneath. from Youth's Companion.
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Mabel Earle
You Have Her Heart and the Jewel Case
A dialogue poem excerpt shows a father and youth discussing marriage. The father emphasizes the heart as the prize while the youth adds that the heart includes a gem and, with the gem, a jewel case is required. The exchange ends with the ironic request for the jewel case.
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Father Gray
cChicago Evening Post
Man who never makes mistakes seeks fellowship and faults
Washington Star quotes a speaker who values human flaws over flawless glory. The verse contrasts a perfect figure with a desire to share kinship among people, suggesting that perfection can breed loneliness and disdain for isolation.
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Washington Star
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Offer
An old advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold for 75 cents per bottle and is taken internally claiming to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin vouch for F J Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Why is it called pin money
The Philadelphia Times quotes a witty exchange about pin money. The wife asks why it is named this, and the husband replies that husbands are always short of it.
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Philadelphia Times
Palmer's Lotion Claims Cure for Barber's Itch
A Detroit Journal excerpt recounts Mr. C. B. McKebbin of Spencerport, New York praising Palmer's Lotion for barber's itch after twelve months of failure with other remedies and doctors. It extols Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap as the sole reliable treatment for virulent skin diseases and offers samples from Solon Palmer in New York.
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C. B. McKebbin
Spencerport
New York
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
Round Trip Excursion Tickets to West From Chicago Rail Line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway sells round trip excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from Chicago and other points to many destinations in South Dakota North Dakota and other Western and Northwestern states at about one fare. Visit western lands see crop yields and affordable land. For rates routes and farm land prices contact F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill. Sometimes we envy the prosperity of a wicked man quoted from N Y Herald.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Milwaukee
South Dakota
North Dakota
F. A. Miller
Ill
Wonderful Yield of Speltz Brings Farmers Profit
Blanchard Bros of Chaffee County Colorado report threshing 182 bushels of Salzer's Speltz from 100 pounds of seed. Neighbors praise the grain and nearly all the crop sold at two dollars per bushel for seed. Speltz and alfalfa cited as money makers. Farmers urged to try a few acres and write to Salzer Seed Co. for more.
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Blanchard Bros
Chaffee Co
Colo
John A. Salzer
Salter
Grain-O replaces coffee in stores
An ad extols Grain-O a pure grain beverage as a coffee substitute. It claims easy on delicate stomachs, indistinguishable from coffee, lower cost, and suitable for children, priced 15 and 25 cents per package. The text also offers a courtroom analogy about plaintiffs and defendants in a lawsuit.
Markets News Roundup March 19 Across Several Cities
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo Cincinnati and Oil City show mixed commodity prices. Flour and wheat varied with winter patent values, corn and oats listed. cattle calves and hogs quoted with range prices across markets.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
Between Feminine Friends Wit and Wealth in Dialogue
The Chicago Post quotes a scene where a girl in gray recalls a kiss and a girl in blue reacts, mentioning penance. The New York Herald contrasts wealth and poverty friendship, likening wealth friends to quicksands and poverty friends to fixed stars.
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Chicago Post
N. Y
The Duty of Mothers and Woman’s Health Advice
An article urges mothers to seek medical guidance for daughters’ health issues and praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It recounts a Wis. mother’s letter from January 1899 about a daughter with irregular menstruation and pain, and a March 1899 update claiming cure.
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August Pfalzgraf
South Byron
Wis
Mrs. Pinkham
Alarm over Spring Mortality and a Remedy Claim
The piece notes higher spring mortality among the frail and sick and urges addressing weak vitality with Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It cites testimonials from General Longstreet and Wellington Hynes, urging readers to seek free professional advice at J. Greene, 35 W. 14th St., New York City.
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Dr. Greene
Dr.Greene
Wellington Hynes
Elizabethtown
N. Y
J. Greene
W. 14Th St
New York City
The Question of Dessert Solved by Burnham's Jellycon
A simple method to make dessert jelly is described by dissolving Burnham's Hasty Jellycon in boiling water and letting it cool. Flavors include orange lemon strawberry raspberry peach wild cherry and calffoot unflavored for wine and coffee jellies. All grocers sell it.
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Burnham
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