The Caper Spurge Plant Toxicity Report
This bulletin describes the caper spurge also called garden spurge myrtle spurge mole plant and several other names. It notes its smooth perennial form two to three feet high milky juice and small greenish yellow flowers with a three seeded fruit. It warns the fresh juice is acrid the fruit purgative and poisonous and that handling the plant can poison people and cause skin reactions while ingestion can inflame mouth stomach and trigger diarrhea vomiting or death.
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California
Texas
Athletic
New Jersey
West Virginia
North Carolina
Oats After Oats In Prairie Farming
Prairie Farmer advises on crop rotation and soil management to sustain oats and achieve grass and clover seeding. It recommends fall plowing rough, light cultivation when workable, sowing grain and seed before next plowing, and using fall wheat or rye with grass and spring clover if oats fail.
Alfalfa on Thin Soils Not for Poor Land
The National Stockman warns alfalfa cannot thrive on poor soils. In sterile clay, sandy or gravely soils and peat, many plants outperform alfalfa. Clay soils require drainage and manuring, while peat may never support it well. Even in poor years, established stands can be lush, notes the publication.
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National Stockman
Do Not Omit the Cleaning Up During Moulting Season
A note urges readers to clean up after birds during the moulting season, highlighting that feather shedding is active and debris may attract pests. The reminder underscores housekeeping during seasonal wildlife changes.
Rules for Young Men from a Self-Mmade Leader
A long list of maxims from a successful businessman outlines core virtues for young men. Avoid idleness, keep income in check, speak truthfully, avoid debt, shun gambling, save early, and cultivate character. Emphasizes integrity, moderation, self control, and diligent self-improvement.
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United States
Portrait of Leo XIII Features and Habits Noted at Vatican
A detailed, period portrait lists Leo XIII as very pale and thin, upright with a long nose, speaking French and drinking goat milk. It notes he governs spiritually 250 million people, attends daily routines, and that Vatican stables hold twelve horses and two mules. It mentions his habit of remaining standing during audiences and his lamp burning late.
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Acts
Vatican
Extraordinary Club and a Talking Dolly President
A New York editor visits a seven year old girl who runs a club with only dolls as members. The child explains the chair is for her club and her doll president speaks when pushed, reflecting a mother like club dynamic. Henry A. Salzer Seed Co and Idaho Gold Coin Mining report a gold deposit boosting Gold Coin stock, with many seed company patrons owning Gold Coin shares.
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Mont
da Brown Talbot
New York
Te Man
Dembye
Mamma
Dolly
Mrs. Talbot
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Henry A. Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Idaho Gold Coin Mining and Milling Co
Gold Coin Co
John A. Salter Seed Co
Seven Devil District
Idaho
Family traits raise eyebrows in local concert and market
A Pracuse Herald tidbit notes a provocative family dynamic with the father active in the stock market, the son in racing, and the daughter skilled at piano, inviting readers to view them as virtuous or controversial based on performance.
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Pracuse Herald
Winter Haven Along The Gulf Coast Advertising Drive
A late 19th century promotional collage extols Gulf Coast winter appeal from Mobile to New Orleans with through L N R rail access and Florida connections. It urges readers to request folders from Geo J Fierner and notes hotels, climate, hunting, fishing, and moderate rates as a sales pitch for Southern travel. The page also includes clipped quotes and ads from John M Smyth Co and other period advertisements, mixing travel, consumer offers, and light humor.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Women Aid Women Through Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
Letters from women describe relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Pinkham, in Lynn Massachusetts, answers by mail with free advice from a predominantly female staff. Examples include Miss Exta Brenner of East Rochester Ohio and Miss Neture Russeun of Pittsburg, praising the treatment.
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Exta EB
Brenner
East Rochester
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chilling Cure Ads and Regional Land Promises
Fragmented ad tone highlights a tonic pitch, a cure claim, and a 50 cent price. It promotes Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas land as rich, mineral, and suitable for homeseekers with Desert Descriptive literature offered by Bryan Snyder, St Louis. A quip about a man’s church ties with marriage closes the item.
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Missouri
Arkansas
United States
Bryan Snyder
G. P. A. Co Line
St. Louis
Atchisom Lobe
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United States Department of Agriculture
Leo
ST. Olid
Chicago
Kansas
Orlans
Esas
Philadeliia Record
Heke M. Smyth
Mammoth Man
House of Chicago
John M. Smyth Co
West Madison Street
Boston Transcript
Kansas Loud Co
Kansas City
Chicago Daily News
G. W. Patterson
Mich
Ayer
Buckingham
Grove
Dallas
Dallas News
Elliott
Red Cross
Hubinger
Winchester
Leader
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Yak
Tres
Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Masa
Dr. Klinea
Isa Tree
de. R.A Klin 1
Arch St
Philo
Mall
Williams Mpg, CO
Cleveland
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