From Misery to Health Nellie Davis Praises Doan's Kidney Pills
Nellie Davis of Kansas City Missouri attests that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney troubles after a cold causing back pain and headaches. She reports immediate relief after using a few boxes and recommends the remedy. Signed Nellie Davis. Trial free from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Price 50 cents and available from all dealers.
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Nellie Davis
Michigan Ave
Kansas City
Doan
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinenamu
Bright
Opal Strona
Dalton
Mass
Experimental gas works boost coal gas yield in Germany
Prof Drehschmidt of the German Association of Gas and Water Engineers explains that thorough distillation in an experimental gas bed, independent yet scaled to a full works setup, yields best results. Berlin tests raised coal gas output from 305 to 820 cubic meters per ton, but he warns maximum yields cannot be determined from chemical composition alone and urges each plant to maintain an experimental station to optimize procedures.
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Germany
Drehschmidt
German Association of Gas and Water Engineers
Berlin
Night Roosting Chickens Attract by Gas Light
A flock of chickens owned by A Charles near Maumee galley farm in Ohio has shifted to nocturnal activity. The birds sleep during the day and forage at night, drawn by the glow from a nearby gas well which attracts insects they feed on.
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A. Charles
Maumee
Ample Warning on Anthracite Supplies in Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune warns that ample anthracite should be laid in for future winters as supply is projected to exhaust in about fifty years. The article stresses prudent preparation and long term fuel planning.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Building Food The Grape-Nuts remedy for a weak child
A Colorado mother recalls how her fifteen month old son recovered from pneumonia and brain fever after feeding him Grape-Nuts and milk, later feeding the sister and daughter the same. She cites rapid strength gain and praises Grape-Nuts as nourishing a well fed brain and nerves, with a note about the book The Road to Wellville.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Simple Barrel Fly Trap for Stables
A cheap, effective fly trap for cow and horse stables uses a tight barrel filled with water. A screened cylinder rises in the barrel to lure flies inside where they drown. Repeatedly submerge the cylinder in water to kill accumulated flies. This method can greatly reduce flies in a day.
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Orange Judd
Puzzle of milk fat variation baffles scientists
A Farmers' Review summary notes that milk fat content varies greatly within a day, with morning fat around 3.2 percent and evening fat near 4.5 percent in many tests. Even with consistent yields, fat percentages swing, complicating legal standards and prosecutions for watering milk.
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England
Ingle
Points for Milk Production and Butter Quality
A New York Farmer column advises on dairy herd management and butter production. It stresses uniform cream ripeness, timely cream removal, and good milkers, noting modern churning should yield gilt-edge butter to boost farm profits. It warns against sour cream, mixed ripeness, and poor cows, and highlights dairy cow body traits as indicators of productivity.
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N. Y
Asparagus Profits Boosted by Manure in New Jersey
Farmers reap 500 to 640 dollars per acre from asparagus while manure at 1.50 a ton costs 45 per acre, yielding larger returns than other fertilizers. The piece notes stable manure as the best fertilizer, advises soil prep, planting, cultivation, and harvest practices for high yields and long-term profitability.
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New Jersey
Clinton M. Shultz
Farmers’ Voice
Production of asbestos and strawberry culture methods
The article describes a barrel strawberry culture method yielding over a half bushel per barrel, using drilled holes and soil filled barrels with a central tile for even watering. It also reviews asbestos production in 1903, noting low domestic supply, high imports, chrysotile vs amphibole varieties, and key US deposits including Vermont and Georgia.
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United States
Joseph Hyde Pratt
United States Geological Survey
Salt Mountain
White County
Georgia
Dalton
Bershire County
Massachusetts
New Hartford
Connecticut
Lowell
Vermont
Pratt
Plants That Sleep At Night And Respond To Touch
The mimosa or sensitive plant opens its leaves by day to absorb carbonic acid and closes them at night to digest. A related weed, the partridge pea, also folds leaves when touched or cut, though less sensitive, and is not considered troublesome.
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Rocky Mountains
How to store sweet potatoes for winter
Dig before frost and dry the potatoes. Pack in a well lined box with layers of paper between four potato layers. Keep the storage above freezing and in a dry place, ideally 40 to 70 degrees. Maintain warmth for winter use without freezing, and store until harvest.
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Charles B. Williams
Ohio
Ribbon matching turns into quick shopping victory
In a humorous note from the St Paul Globe a wife asks her husband to match a ribbon at a department store. He quickly finds a clerk, matches the ribbon in seconds, and completes the purchase in under a minute, joking that if this isn’t a brand new joke it’s at least true.
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Mrs. Jones
Mister Jones
St. Paul Globe
Markets Report From Multiple U.S. Cities
The markets section lists prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay and live stock in New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg on Sept 7 1904. Prices include wheat No 2 red at 1.08 in New York and 1.13 in Cleveland. oats 34 41c in New York and 33e in Toledo. hogs and cattle ranges vary by city with notable entries like best steers at 4.75 5.25 in Cleveland and prime steers at 5.60 5.75 in Pittsburg.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
Bey Vears
Pittsburg
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Atark
J Werth
Doltnew
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Ill
A.N. K
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.sa
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto, Canada
Inols Central Railroad Company
Dubuque
J. F. Merry
Vicuse
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