Nature and a Woman's Work Unite to Remedy Ills
An article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's ailments. It cites Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who after twelve years of illness and eleven doctors found restoration through Pinkham's remedy and advice. The piece frames traditional plant remedies as superior to modern drugs.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
California Apricot Harvest Reaches Historic Peak
California faces its heaviest apricot crop in years with trees bending under the load. Limited by rapid ripening about 10 percent may go unharvested. The green crop weighs about 120000 tons and could yield $1250000 to growers, signaling vast pie and sauce potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles Times
English vs French Actors in London and Paris
A St George's Review piece weighs English and French acting scenes. It argues London shines but still lacks top French stars like Lucien Guitry and Marthe Brandes. It concludes that overall English performers outpace the French in the mass.
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London
Paris
Lucien Guitry
Kejane
Marthe Brandes
Jon St. George
Progressive farming and soil wealth by rotation and pasture
James Wilson argues for scientific farming to restore soil fertility. The piece notes the Department of Agriculture employs 9,000 with 2,000 scientists and 65 land grant colleges. It highlights crop rotation, pasture, legumes, and dairy or sheep production as cost effective for rich yields and new homes in western lands.
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James Wilson
United States
Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Middle States
Wilson
Specialize in a Stock and Crop Line for Success
John C. Barnes of Indiana argues for focused farming. He urges farmers to pick a core crop or livestock and align all other activities to support that specialization, rather than practicing broad mixed farming. He quotes his grandfather on finding a defining niche.
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Grandfather
John C. Barnes
Indiana
Alfalfa's Rise Tied to Prosperity of West Plains
The Houston Post notes alfalfa now ranks beside corn wheat and cotton in national prosperity. It has spread across the arid West and Southwest, filling barns, pleasing stockmen, and boosting wealth, creating a belief that Providence and alfalfa work together for the country’s good.
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Great West
Southwest
Houston Post
Cattle Train In Omaha Sells For 20000 At Eight Per Hundred
A train load of cattle sold in Omaha for 20000 dollars at eight dollars per hundred pounds. The fattened herd was fed a corn and alfalfa mix. Packers will exhibit at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha next December to demonstrate the meat superiority of alfalfa corn fed steers.
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Omaha
Ennis
Tex
English salt purification by rapid melting process
Crude rock salt is automatically fed to a large furnace where it fuses and runs into troughs. The molten salt is drawn into large crucibles, air is blown through, and lime is added. Impurities settle to the bottom, the top is ground and screened, and the lower portion supplies chemical manure.
Farmer Kills Rabid Animals After Mad Dog Attack
Louis Klein, near Prairietown, killed three cattle and four dogs infected with rabies after a mad dog attacked his stock. Family members noted odd behavior but misunderstood the danger until the dog bit the stock and was slain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Klein
Prairietown
Klein
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Iowa Farmers Spend Vast Sums on Fence Posts
An annual fence post bill exceeding 1 250 000 dollars is charged to the expense account of Iowa farmers. The state’s farmers reportedly use posts valued over that amount each year to maintain farm fences.
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Iowa
H. P. Baker
Iowa State Agricultural College
Post needs and rural mail routes shape Iowa farming
Iowa foresters estimate 78,000,000 fence posts needed for fields and 11.7 million dollars yearly for renewals. Properly managed forests could supply posts from 22,350 acres per decade, with 200,000 acres planted yet underutilized. The article explains uprooting saplings and stumps using chains and horses, and praises rural mail carriers as a valued link between towns and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Vision sharpness in animals praised by scientist Dr Schaefer
Dr Alexander Schaefer states cattle possess the sharpest sight, followed by humans and horses with nearly equal vision. Sheep see less well, while owls and buzzards show great acuity. Dogs are typically unable to recognize masters by sight alone.
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Alexander Schaefer
Separator for Eight Cows Proves Profitable
A correspondent asks if buying a cream separator for eight cows is worthwhile. The answer is yes it pays for itself yearly through cream savings and improves milk quality when fed warm to calves. Those not using a separator incur monthly losses.
Grind the Corn for the Horses Grazing Ration
Corn and oats should be ground together for horses. Many good horsemen prefer ground mix for work teams during heavy labor. Whole corn is hard for some horses to digest, and rail and city transportation firms largely avoid feeding it whole.
Murder Over a Line Fence Near Broken Bow Neb
Stewart Lanterman killed H. F. Hoffman and his son George in a dispute over a line fence near Broken Bow Nebraska. He cracked their skulls with a neck yoke in a fatal quarrel. The report notes that line fence disputes may have caused more murders than any other farming conflict.
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Broken Bow
Neb
Stewart Lanterman
H. F. Hoffman
George
Borax In The Dairy Promises Cleaner Utensils
A dairy reform piece promotes borax as a natural cleanser and antiseptic for utensils and udder care. It urges use of one tablespoon per quart of water and highlights 20 Mule Team Borax for purity. The ad offers a free color book and stamps with purchase.
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Borax
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago
Stoessel and Nebogatoff In Fort Peter and Paul
A St Petersburg report describes General Stoessel and General Nebogatoff jailed in the fortress of SS Peter and Paul with two naval commanders Grigoneff and Lisehin. They share a large cell with barred windows over the Neva and Winter Palace, follow a strict daily routine, garden under Lischin, dine at noon, and read in free time. Stoessel and Nebogatoff meet for the first time in prison, each recognizing the other only from photographs. Nebogatoff offers courage and faith in God as their judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Nebogatoff
SS. Peter and Paul
Grigoneff
Lisehin
Neva
Winter Palace
Lischin
Nebogatofi
Photographing the Stomach In Munich A New Ingested Camera
A Munich physician has devised a stomach imaging method using a swallowed camera. An electric lamp inside the camera lights the stomach while a 20 inch by 1/4 inch film advances past the lens to capture images. The process repeats to obtain the required number of photographs.
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Munich
Restored Hope by Grape Nuts and Postum
A New York woman shares a decades old health letter describing severe peritonitis and long illness. After trying Grape-Nuts and Postum she reports improved sleep appetite energy and overall health. She and her husband continue using the products and the ad emphasizes genuine reader letters.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Homemade Linoleum From Old Brussels Carpet
Popular Mechanics suggests making durable linoleum from unused Brussels carpet by laying it face down, applying many coats of paint with final coats in the desired color, and refreshing worn areas with new paint. A mosaic tile effect can be achieved by dotting the final coat with various colors.
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Brussels
Popular
Cheese Sauce From Pepper Pulp For Toasted Bread
Melt butter in a shafing dish until hot add pepper pulp mustard and salt. Stir in diced cheese until melted then gradually mix in milk and one beaten egg. Keep stirring while cooking until thickened. Serve on small toasted bread squares.
Delicate Griddle Cakes Without a Waffle Iron
Directions for making light griddle cakes without a waffle iron. Beat egg white and yolk separately then mix yolk with milk salt and sifted flour. Stir in baking powder, beat well, fold in folded egg white, and drop batter on a hot griddle to form small cakes.
Tomato Sauce For Fish From A Chef In A Hotel
Melt butter in a saucepan add chopped onion until yellow then stir in flour and brown. Add tomatoes wine bay leaf cloves garlic salt and paprika. Simmer ten minutes strain and serve with baked fish.
Bake Shop Cinnamon Raisin Coffee Loaf
Combine one pint flour one third cup sugar three teaspoons baking powder and half teaspoon salt and cinnamon. Form soft dough with milk and beaten egg then mix in four tablespoons butter. Bake in moderate oven serve warm with coffee. Raisins or currants may be added.
Pickled Ox Tongue Stew with Spiced Herbs
To prepare a fine pickled ox tongue rinse if very salty then soak in cold water for one to two hours. Simmer with two carrots one onion a bunch of herbs parsley two or three cloves and six pepper corns in cold water for about three hours. Peel trim and serve on a hot dish with a paper frill.
Roast Dripping Pudding Gem Pan Method
Mix one cupful flour with one eighth tablespoon salt. Add one cupful milk gradually to form a smooth paste, then two eggs beaten until light. Bake in greased gem pans, baste with roast fat after risen. Serve around the roast. often baked in a dripping pan and cut in squares.
Flexible glue for leather to metal uses turpentine mix
A method for bonding leather to metal combines one part Venetian turpentine with four parts glue. The mixture is heated in a glue pot until it becomes sticky and stops bubbling. Best results occur when the glue is fresh.
Best Way to Melt Butter and Codfish Bake
To each cup of finely flaked and freshened codfish add two cups of chopped cold potatoes, mix in two tablespoons of melted butter and one cup of milk. Pack in a buttered pan, cover and bake thirty minutes. Also notes on melting butter without direct heat and preparing a cake dish with hot water.
Handy household tips from old catalog airing practical tricks
A twine string tied to a heavy screw replaces a corkscrew. Gum arabic starch is made by boiling water over gum arabic then diluting. A candle carried in a goblet resists wind. A wire potato masher speeds creaming butter and sugar. Soaked gas mantles in vinegar extend life. Japanned trays tolerate olive oil and flannel polishing.
Tobogganing in Summer Opens New Alpine Sport in Austria
Summer visitors at Semmering and other Vienna area resorts enjoy a tobogganing sport once limited to winter. The summer toboggan uses a four wheeled body with brakes and steering, descending hills quickly. It appeals to tourists and may serve as a messenger and emergency aid vehicle for mountain hotels and nearby towns. Experiments on Semmering and Vienna hills proved satisfactory.
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Semmering
Vienna
Pall Mall Gazette
Caticura Cures 55-Year-Long Eczema Sufferer
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong eczema torment lasting 55 years that worsened into red and white boils. After eight months using Caticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills he reports a complete cure and urges others to try the remedy. Nelson R Burnett of Tipton endorses the testimonial.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Real Beds in Sleeping Cars on English Railways
Popular Mechanics notes new L and S W railroad sleeping cars in England feature brass bedsteads replacing berths and reduced upholstery for hygiene. The car has seven single and two double compartments across with individual lavatories in each.
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England
Excursion to Milwaukee with Half Fare Return Offer
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers offers merchants in the West and Northwest reduced round trip fares to Milwaukee. Sale dates are August 29 to September 6 for stations 100 miles or more away, with return validity to September 16. Merchants obtain a receipt for one full fare from their local agent, countersigned by a Milwaukee jobber or manufacturer and the association secretary to gain a half fare return ticket. Office: 45-49 University Building at Mason and Broadway.
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West
Northwest
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers
Milwaukee
The
University Building
Mason and Broadway
Against Dueling Congress in Austria Addresses Duel Debate
An Austrian congress debates duels with uncertain outcome while a French illustrated paper cites a Paris journal quote from a famed surgeon calling the duel absurd yet claiming to defend that view by force. The report notes the absence of a final ruling to date.
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Austria
France
Paris Journal Des Debats
Allen's Foot-Ease and Adee’s Europe Bicycle Tour
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes for relief from corns bunions and aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c free sample mailed. Alvey Adee, second assistant secretary of state, has left Washington for a two month bicycle tour of Europe.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Alvey A. Adee
Washington
Europe
Mr. Adee
State Department
Catalog Ad and Public Health Note From Early 1900s
An assortment of items appears including a gun and trap catalog offer from 105 N. W. Hide & Fur Co. of Minneapolis and a note on per capita spill of spirits reaching 23.53 gallons for year ending June 30 1907. Also an ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup priced at 25 cents and a Moscow population estimate growth from 1 040 000 in 1897 to 1 400 000 in 1908.
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Moscow
Essentials of healthful living promote trusted products
An Ethical remedy, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, is touted as a world respected laxative. Buyers are urged to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
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California Pig Syrup Co
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