Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Famed for Women
A historic testimonial piece promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy. It cites the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts with over a million letters from women claiming cures and notes the product contains herbal ingredients and claims to restore feminine health and spare surgical operations.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Tapeworms and Diet Linked by Von Siebold Discovery
The German researcher Von Siebold showed cats and owls host the same tapeworm species. He traced the life cycle through mice carrying cysticerci that infects dogs pigs and chickens when fed un cooked meat. He notes beef containing cysticerci as a common source for humans.
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von Siebold
William Hanna Thomson
Cure Claim for Eczema Saver After 25 Years
Mrs J B Renaud of 277 Montana St Montreal relates a 1907 account of severe eczema on her leg that doctors failed to cure. After using Cuticura Remedies, swelling reduced in two treatments and skin regrew, leading to seven years of cure and avoidance of amputation.
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Cutiura
J. B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
Quick wedding by court plea for two dollar fee
A man with a marriage license asked Justice Festus Miller for an urgent ceremony. After failing to pay the two dollar minimum, the couple persuaded Lucy to lend the extra dollar. The judge then gave them the two dollars as a wedding gift.
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Justice Miller
Lucy
Kansas City
Hummel's German Student and a Berlin Tavern Tale
A New York Sun quote recounts Lawyer Hummel’s witty tale of a German student in Heidelberg. The narrative centers on a dueling scarred German boasting of German universities and students, and a waiter’s nudge about tapping a fresh barrel at the Keg. The anecdote highlights cross cultural pride and campus lore.
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Hummel
Lusitania
Heidelberg
New York Sun
Family Melon Guide and Seed Corn Notes
Extends guidance on growing melons and seed corn practices. Covers melon varieties like Rocky Ford and Indiana Sweetheart, soil and moisture strategies, and storage of manure for irrigation. explains corn seed selection, a corn-tipper device, and tips to prevent leg weakness in chicks with diet and housing adjustments.
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Rocky Ford
Indiana
Turpentine From Waste Wood Probed by Forestry Bureau
The wood chemistry section reports steam distillation yields cruder turpentine of higher grade, outpacing destructive distillation. Annual yellow pine waste could supply turpentine equal to current national output valued at 14 million dollars. If continued, long leaf yellow pine in the South may exhaust in about twenty years, as current methods convert about half the tree to market product.
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Forestry Bureau
A Test of Christian Orchard Pruning And Timing
The speaker argues that true Christianity shows in how a man tends his orchard from top to bottom. An ignorant worker harms fruit crops more than birds. proper pruning timing from June 15 to July 10 yields better grading. Waiting to plant diverse trees without care leads to long later regret.
Milk kept near freezing point shows rapid microbial growth
M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of Chemistry reports experiments on milk stored at near freezing temperatures found a continuous rise in organisms for five to six weeks, reaching hundreds of millions at the peak.
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M. E. Pennington
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Feeding Cows on Grass Not Profitable for Grain Feed
West Virginia Experiment Station researchers, Stewart and Atwood, report that feeding grain to pasture cows shows no direct financial gain. Though grain fed cows appear better in flesh, milk yield does not increase profit. higher milk prices are needed to justify grain feeding at pasture.
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Stewart and
Atwood
West Virginia
Early sweet corn plots feed pigs from July
Plant a patch of sweet corn near the piggery to provide early green feed. If early varieties are chosen the green feed will be ready by July. By staggering two or three plots you ensure continual feed until the corn is ready. Follow with millet or cow peas for dairy feed. F. L. Risley.
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F. L. Risley
The Bookkeeper On the Farm Pun
A joke where a farmer notes the new hired man resembles a bookkeeper because he pauses work and places the pitchfork behind his ear, suggesting a ledger mindset in farm chores. The quip comes from Woman's Home Companion.
Killing Weeds by Spraying Mustard with Iron Solution
Spraying grain fields with iron sulfate to kill mustard gains prominence in the Northwest grain-raising region. The method appears practical and is increasingly treated as a well established fact.
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Northwest
Gardening pruning note for raspberries and blackberries
Instruction advising removal and burning of old wood and fallen fruit. In raspberries pinch side shoots once new wood reaches 18 inches to promote lateral growth. Blackberries should reach about 3 feet before pinching shoots to encourage spread.
Scattered Fence Corner Trees Attract Insect Pests
The sparse trees in the fence corners often harbor insect pests and require attention equal to orchard trees. neglect risks spread and damage to nearby plantings.
Causes of Bone Spavin in Young Colts and Driving
The chief causes of bone spavin are working a colt too young fast driving over slippery roads and jerking and stopping the colt too quickly.
Pudding Served In Sherbet Glasses At Dinner
A creamy baked rice pudding with grated chocolate was served in tall sherbet glasses at a recent dinner. The dessert included whipped cream and Maraschino cherries, and followed the same method as a standard creamy baked rice pudding.
Strawberry-berry fritters with sugar crust and sauce
Combine bread crumbs egg flour and sugar with mashed strawberries into small balls. Fry in hot fat until golden and roll hot in pulverized sugar. Serve with a berry-tavored hard sauce.
Chowdermaking Directions with Salt Pork and Cod
Brown one cup of finely minced salt pork and place it in the chowder kettle. Add a layer of sliced raw potatoes with salt and pepper, then a layer of flaked codfish, a layer of broken milk crackers, and bits of butter. Top with another layer of fish and enough milk to cover. Cook slowly until potatoes are done. Add a little more milk before serving if needed.
Vintage Cake and Pie Plant Recipes for Cakes and Puffs
Plain flour and sugar mix with lard and molasses to form four shoe flies. Butter and flour creamed, boiled water added, eggs stirred in. spooned portions bake into puffs to be split and filled. Chop pie plant with sugar, and a sour milk batter with eggs bakes into a rhubarb dish upside down, served with cream.
Biscuit Dough With Berry Topping Layered Bake
A simple layered bake uses biscuit dough sheets rolled to half an inch. A berry layer rests on the bottom, topped with sugar and a second dough sheet. Bake steadily, cut into squares, and serve with butter and sugar.
Garden Plan and Dessert Frosting Tips From A Vintage Note
A vintage tip suggests sowing mustard and cress weekly through summer for tea sandwiches, with mustard to be planted three days after cress. It also includes an uncooked eggless chocolate frosting using cream sugar and melted chocolate, plus a lemon custard bake between two crusts using lemon juice rind egg sugar water and cornstarch.
Simple Kraut Making Method with Barrel and Spade
A straightforward instruction suggests placing chopped cabbage into a barrel filling it, then using a spade to chop until the cabbage is finely processed. The method claims to be an easy way to produce sauerkraut.
Short Household Tips And Food Prep Advice
Practical kitchen tips cover separating dressing emulsions, making custard with peach kernels in milk, salting water for vegetables, achieving smooth gruel, properly drying teakettles, preventing boiler rust, repelling mice with cayenne and camphor, and making peanut butter by macerating roasted peanuts into a spreadable paste.
Why Bill Was Saved
Evangelist George Barnes tells a Kentucky mountain tale of a stubborn man named Bill resisting missionaries. A leading citizen challenging Bill to accept the Savior sparks Bill to question why Christ would die for someone he has never seen or known. The neighbor retorts it was easier for the Lord to die for him since he never saw him.
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George Barnes
Kentucky
Bill
Jesus Christ
Rochester Herald
Irritating Soft Answer at Washington Banquet
Senator Tillman defends outspoken methods with humor at a Washington banquet. He notes distrust in calm speakers and cautions that those who swallow anger may be hypocritical, citing a South Carolina deacon’s quip about keeping tempers.
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Tillman
Washington
South Carolina
Pusson
Hit
Sonny
Washington Star
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot relief
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen’s
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Sentimental landlady laments young lamb slaughter at table
A Delphic response quotes a landlady at the dinner table lamenting the slaughter of a lamb to satisfy appetites. The smart boarder agrees the act is tough, reflecting a moral conversation observed in The Congregationalist.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertises teething aid
The notice promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colicpriced at 25 cents per bottle.
Electric Tramways Chartered in Mexico City
The electric tramways of the City of Mexico have been chartered by a company with $4,000,000 capital.
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City of
Mexico
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