Castoria Endorsed by Doctors for Child Health
Physicians recommend Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for kids to improve digestion, regulate bowels, aid sleep, and calm feverishness without narcotics. Dr William J. McCrain notes its use in his large family. Hall's Journal of Health praises Castoria for promoting true health over narcotics.
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Charles H. Fletcher
William J. McCrain
Omaha
Neb
McCrain
Hall
Journal of Health
Discoverer of Welcome Nugget Dies in Ballarat Asylum
The finder of the Welcome nugget, one of the world largest gold pieces, has died in Ballarat Benevolent Asylum at age 74 after returning home poor and ill three years ago. The nugget was unearthed at Bakery Hill in 1858 from 180 feet depth, weighing 2217 ounces 16 dwt and sold for £10,500.
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Ballarat
Bakery Hill
London Evening Standard
Munyon's Free Medical Diagnosis Offer
Munyon's advertises free medical examinations with eminent doctors who will diagnose your case and state if cure is possible. No obligation and advice offered is absolutely free. Send for a medical examination blank to Munyon's at 53d and Jefferson streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Munyon’s
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Why do they call a good-for-nothing a bad egg
A Baltimore American joke notes that every egg has a yellow streak, explaining why a useless person earns the nickname bad egg.
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Baltimore
A Rare Good Thing for Sore Feet
Mrs. Matilda MHoitert of Providence Rhode Island praises Allen's Foot-Ease as a rare relief for aching feet. The advertisement states it cures tired feet and is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a prompt to ask today.
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Allen
Matilda Mhoitert
Providence
R. I
The Last Heron Destruction for Fashion
A 1908 feature criticizes feather fashion in millinery and laments the lone surviving white heron near Klamath lakes Oregon. It notes Audubon Society efforts, New York customs seizures of $1000 worth of aigrettes, and a treasury ruling that leads to destruction of the plumage rather than sale.
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Klamath Lakes
Oregon
United States Land Office
National Association of Audubon Societies
National Association of the Audubon Societies of Wild Birds and Animals
New York
National Society
Loeb
the Treasury
Audubon Society
Act of Congress
Doctor Demonstrates Grape-Nuts Power in Ill Boys
A Kansas physician recounts testing Grape-Nuts on his four year old son during pneumonia recovery and on an elderly patient with stomach troubles. The boy gained eight pounds in a month and the older patient, who worsened until treated with Grape-Nuts, gained 22 pounds in two months and recovered fully. The doctor notes many similar cases and endorses the cereal as a nourishing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wellville
Dairy milking strainer choices and cream keeping tips
A guide on selecting strainer screens for milk to reduce bacteria. It notes a metal strainer with a 100 wire per inch screen, recommends side mounted screens, and stresses replacing damaged screens and cleaning with a stiff brush. It also covers milk cloth usage and recent USDA findings favoring sweet cream for butter for better keeping quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Depo. of Agriculture
Sunning Box for Dairy Utensils
Farm and Home advises to wrap a sunning box in paper, bake in oven for thirty minutes, then keep wrapped until ready to use again. This article explains a method for sanitizing and preserving dairy utensils.
Milking and the cow’s milk production studied
The Missouri Dairyman explains that milk flow is not voluntary. The udder is a factory fed by blood and controlled by the cow’s nervous system. Excitement, strangers, or separation from a calf can arrest milk flow just as digestion can be halted.
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John Burroughs
Mr. Burroughs
Missouri
Track Patch and Orchard Compared to Eastern Farming
The piece contrasts Western farming with Eastern methods, noting the patch and orchard, poultry yard, and dairy importance alongside grain and sugar beets. It highlights that foods near consumption are cheaper to produce locally and cites Indian livestock distribution at Cheyenne River Agency for starter capital, then discusses soil preparation and weed control through deep plowing and regular harrowing to conserve moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Feeding Manure to Plants and Dairy Quality
The article argues that feeding dairy cows and soil with balanced rations and nitrogenous manure can enhance milk and butter quality and yield. It describes plants as machines that convert supplied nutrients into profit and asserts cabbage heads can be made profitable through proper feeding.
Acidity in Butter Flavor Theory Across Dairy Experts
Dairy writers and instructors contend that good butter flavor requires a certain level of acidity. The discussion centers on how acid development influences butter quality and how to achieve it in processing and aging.
Southern egg farms urged to expand poultry industry
The article argues for developing commercial egg farms in the South, noting cheap land and labor, rail access to Eastern markets, and higher profitability with lower ongoing costs. It contrasts Northern Egg farming with Southern potential and urges early plowing and improved housing for hogs and dairy notes.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
South
Southland
Preserving Don’ts and Household Soap Advice
The passage lists jellies and preserves guidelines from safe filling temperatures to cooling and sealing procedures. It also includes a soap recipe: dissolve laundry soap in water overnight, add sugar honey turpentine, boil, cool, and cut into bars for cleaning garments and restoring fabric colors.
Raspberry Jelly Freezing Method from Old Recipe
A historic recipe instructs boiling sugar and water with spices and lemon rind then adding raspberries and gelatine. After straining and cooling it is frozen in a fruit jar, with tips to remove jar covers safely. It notes old knife method risks bending the rubber seal and potential fruit loss.
Making Classic Chicken Bouillon with Rich Veal and Beef
A detailed method describes cooking bones and pieces of veal and beef with the whole fowl, then oven baking separately. The broth is clarified with egg white and served hot with buttered browned toast. Bouillon should be aromatic and clear amber in color.
Simple Currant Biscuits Bake Between Two Crusts
A short recipe describes mixing flour baking powder salt sugar butter milk and eggs to form a soft dough for small biscuits baked quickly. It then instructs stewing green currants until skins burst with little water, sweetening, adding finely rolled soda cracker, and baking between two crusts.
Domestic Kitchen Tips From A 19th Century Column
A collection of practical kitchen hacks includes adding pickles to ham, olives to beef stew, and a fruit salad with white cherries and orange. Tips cover knife care, mushroom scrambled eggs, celery pickle relish, custard and lemon juice heating, pea soup with soda, turkey wing wipers, poaching eggs with vinegar, and beef gravy improvements with parsley.
Nail Growth Across Ages Different for Hands and Toes
Psychologists note common misconceptions about nail growth. Growth peaks from ages five to thirty for hand nails, then declines, while big toe nails grow much slower in youth but catch up in older age, suggesting lower limbs retain vigor longer.
Skin eruption cured after Cuticura remedies
A mother reports her two and a half year old daughter suffered a painful hip eruption with scratching and sleepless nights. After two doctors failed, two weeks of Cuticura remedies cured her completely by February, and at fourteen she has no skin problems. Mrs R R Whitaker Winchester Tenn Sept 22 1908. Potter Drug and Chem Corp Sole Props of Cuticura Remedies Boston.
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Cutiura
R. R. Whitaker
Wincchester
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Diplomatic dispute over string ends in playful bargaining
The report describes two south side children, Arthur age 4 and Louise aged 2 1 2, quarrelling over a string. Arthur uses a ruse asking Louise to be his wife to obtain the string, and she hands it over.
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South Side
Arthur
Louise
Hamlins Wizard Oil Promises Security at Home
A sense of security and freedom from anxiety pervades the home where Hamlins Wizard Oil is kept on hand. Mothers rely on it as a dependable remedy in moments of need.
Withering Glances on Commuter Straps
An exchange from the Kansas City Times notes a busy young man reading the paper on his commute and an old-timer recalling how he hardened to the looks of girl strap-hangers during travel.
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Kansas City Times
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup For Teething Pain
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic available at 25 cents per bottle.
Public Hygiene Office In Paris Reports Epidemic Focus
The international office of public hygiene in Paris aims to gather and distribute information on major epidemic diseases notably cholera plague and yellow fever focusing on control and prevention measures across nations.
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International Office of Public Hygiene
Paris
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Woman Patient
A Minnesota reader from Minneapolis credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe female troubles and restoring strength within three months. The letter urges others to seek expert guidance from Lydia E Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts and notes 20 years of free confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. McLean
Second St
North
Minneapolis
Rhen Mont
Ham
Lynn
Mass
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Poate Water Rights
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