Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proves Life Saving
Mrs Emma Wheaton of Vienna West Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after a decade of illness and doctor visits. The ad touts the medicine as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics. It claims widespread cures for female ailments and invites confidential letters for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
W. Va
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Wheaton
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
L E. Pinkham
Charming modified princess gown with light blue chiffon
A light blue chiffon broadcloth gown features a modified princess silhouette with a bolero of iridescent beads and gold banding. Mousquetaire sleeves and a deep eeree chiffon yoke enrich the design, with a simpler version possible using similar lines.
Recipe for Cold Cure with Pine Compound and Whiskey
A newspaper item promotes a home remedy claiming to break a cold in a day and cure a cough. The recipe calls for half an ounce of Concentrated pine compound, two ounces glycerine, and half a pint of whiskey, mixed and dosed every four hours. It notes the ingredients are obtainable from druggists and that the pine product comes in half ounce airtight bottles.
Belgrade Veteran Dies After 31 Years With Bullet Wound
Col Cassido Lats, a Serbo Turkish war veteran, dies in Belgrade after carrying a bullet in his body for thirty one years. Surgeons lacked X rays and did not detect the missile as it caused no pain until a few days before death. The bullet moved to his heart and he suddenly died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Cassidolats
Belgrade
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted for All Stages of Catarrh
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises $100 reward if any case fails and notes testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a separate remark about 400 NY inventors testing flying machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dairy Farm Implements for Labor Saving at Barns
The article urges dairymen to adopt labor-saving devices such as manure carriers on tracks and manure spreaders. It argues these tools reduce hard work, spread manure evenly, and increase value per ton, recommending standard makes for efficiency.
Silage Boosts Beef Cattle Carrying Capacity
Reports from state experimental stations show silage can raise beef production. Tennessee station data indicates less land is needed to feed cattle, with four 800 pound steers gaining 866 pounds on under an acre over 150 days. Michigan tests favor silage over shock corn or cob meal for daily gains.
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Tennessee
Michigan
Pair of Line Rig for Four Horses
A correspondent seeks a method to rig two lines so that four horses each gain a line on both sides of the bit, eliminating the need to tie heads together. Two sketches illustrate the arrangement.
Caring for an Injured Horse On Wire
The article advises stopping blood flow with a tight bandage. It recommends alum or saleratus for aid and notes swelling hours later. It suggests cooling with cold water or applying kerosene oil to the wound area for relief.
Simple Cheap Cold Water Tank for Kitchen Use
A basic, inexpensive tank provides hot water for kitchen washing and dairy utensil cleaning. Any stove with iron coils can heat the water, offering a simple solution.
Fall buying pure bred stock and fall beef curing guide
The article urges buying pure bred poultry in the fall from surplus breeders at fair prices and suggests peopling early spring with chicks by purchasing a male and five pullets for earlier hatchings. It then outlines a beef curing method with salt sugar soda and saltpeter for brine and weight to keep meat submerged.
Feed effects on bone strength in pigs show gains with tankage
Nebraska Experiment Station reports marked bone strength increase when tankage or ground bone is added to corn in pig diets. Data come from four pigs per lot, averaging 32 bone breaks per group, with strength per 100 pounds live weight rising from 325 to 681 pounds across diets ranging from corn alone to corn with tankage or ground bone. Bees and the Sense of Smell note explores insect attraction to scent over color in flowers. In tomato worms, mature larvae hide in ground to overwinter as chrysalises, identifiable by brown color and jug handle proboscis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Experiment Station
Vanilla Nut Caramels
A simple candy recipe to make vanilla nut caramels using sugar milk cream of tartar vanilla butter and minced nut meats. The mixture is boiled cooled set in pans and cut into squares for serving.
Cottage Pudding Muffins with Honey and Cream
Mix two cupfuls flour with two level teaspoons baking powder and a quarter teaspoon salt. Rub in two level teaspoons butter, beat two eggs, add five tablespoons milk and two thirds of a cup honey. Stir, pour into greased muffin tins half full and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with fruit pudding sauce or whipped cream.
Creamed Chicken on Toast with Mushrooms and Ham
Heat milk to thicken with flour rubbed in butter then season. Add mushrooms ham and parsley with green pepper, cook five minutes in sauce. Serve over buttered toast squares for a savory chicken toast dish.
Simple Biscuit Dough Preparation Instructions
Combine flour sugar baking powder in a basin. Rub in butter then mix with cream to form a soft paste. Divide into two parts, roll one very thin and round, roll the other and cut into eight pieces. Cook on a hot griddle five minutes, turning once.
Pantry relish recipe from a historical kitchen text
Peel chop and drain a peck of half ripe tomatoes. Add celery onions mango peppers brown sugar vinegar salt mustard seed and nutmeg. Mix thoroughly and store in jars. This relish will keep indefinitely with out cooking or heating.
Versatile Vintage Dessert and Dish Preparations
A collection of old kitchen instructions for chocolate drink with cream and fruit toppings, a pineapple lemon milk beverage, salmon onion stew thickened with butter and flour, pea soup with pork, a rice and milk bake, a tomato onion beef stew, a sugared milk glaze for cakes, and a butter sugar cream beat with hot water and eggs.
When New Wine Is in Bloom by Bjornson staged
The long awaited play by Bjornson titled When New Wine Is in Bloom is published and features a chorus background for love episodes including a reunion of a separated husband and wife. It will be staged at the Royal Theatre Copenhagen and abroad with Mme Hennings engaged for the lead role.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Royal Theater
Copenhagen
Mme. Hennings
Perry Davis Pain Killer Ad Urges Quick Use
An advertisement promotes Perry Davis Pain Killer for sore chest and tickling throat warning of a cold threat. It urges purchase at druggists for 25c 35c and Beetles, noting strong sales in relief. The text also reports a drop in Suez Canal traffic to 3795 vessels, down 472 from the prior year.
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Perry Davis
Suez Canal
Hamlins Wizard Oil Ad Promises Quick Relief
The Field Museum in Chicago reveals a discovery described as the largest meteorite found in the west weighing about two tons. It was unearthed at Tonopah Nevada and highlights a major meteorite find for the region.
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Field Museum
Chicago
West
Tonopah
Nev
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promote Digestive Health
An iving advertisement describes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as regulators for stomach liver and bowels. The sugar coated tiny granules are easy to take and claim to cause no griping.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Fashion Fads Return with Ornamental Gloves
From Paris comes a note that fashion trends are reversing with a revival of ornamental gloves. The era’s style news highlights a shift toward revived accessories amid evolving wardrobes.
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Haarlem
Nature
Alfred Peats
Rurea P
Norfolk, Va
New York City
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Germany
France
England
American Review of Reviews
Chicken
Cream of Rice
Elielal
NEW _ YORK
Bears
Gastoria
the Centaur Company
Bjornson
Paris
Norway
Munyon
Price
58Rd
Jefferson
Phila
MAYER
Ppa
Acayer
George Washingington
Martha W. Comfort
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe CO
Wisconsin
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Soegias
W. L. Douglas Shoes
W. E. Douglas
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen, Lad
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