Cuticura Soap and Pills Advertised for Women
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces blood and tissues to treat weakening discharges ulcerations inflammations itchings irritations relaxations displacements pains and irregularities in females and associated conditions including anaemia chlorosis hysteria nervousness and debility. A New York Press quip notes a man feels safer with a wife and five children than with a wife and none.
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N. Y
Star Washing Machine ad offers low price in La Crosse
An advertisement from John A zer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin promotes a Star Washing Machine with wringer option. The price is $2.70 with wringer at $3.90 and includes a health and beauty angle referencing wives and daughters. The Chicago Tribune quote appears as a clip.
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John Azer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Botanic Blood Balm Guarantee Promises Cure or Refund
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures when taken as directed in a large 8.6.8 bottle and offers a prompt refund if no cure is achieved.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Nover Wire Hog Fence Guide for Durable Farm Enclosures
Practical guide endorses hog wires over plank or pocket fences. Recommends eight foot post spacing, tightening with crowbars, and bolted boards to secure wire. Advises two barbed wires below woven section and two atop for a neat, sturdy, up to date fence that hogs and stock will respect.
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Hog
How Cholera Spreads In Swine Herds
An article from Warmers' Review explains that hog cholera spreads when exposed animals or visitors from infected farms enter healthy herds. It urges strict segregation to prevent the disease, recommending visitors with cholera in their herds avoid contact or wear clean clothing to avoid transmission.
Poultry care tips for healthy exhibition stock
A veteran note stresses that stunted chicks fail to reach good size and weight. Keep floors dry with earth and litter, provide well kept ventilated houses, and start chicks early for fairs. Using only best stock yields high quality poultry and protects against disease. inferior stock wastes resources.
Foolish greed for land and the farming temptation
An analysis warns against land hunger among rural farmers. It contrasts city greed with that of land buyers who overextend debt to acquire more acres. It stresses careful management, modern methods, and the importance of profitable scale for small farms.
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Jand
Harrow Log Implement Described in Epitomist
An excerpt describes an excellent implement: split a log lengthwise, attach each end to a harrow with about six foot wires, and place the oval side down to smooth the surface. The method is noted as effective for finishing tilled ground.
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Wairs. C. Carpener
Enterprising Iowa Stockman Showcases Export of Cattle
Abram Cain of Lohrville described shipping 200 head of steers to England at a Calhoun County Meat Producers meeting. He accompanied the cattle to Liverpool where commission men praised the lot as among the finest in size and quality and paid the highest fancy market price.
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Iowa
England
Calhoun County
Meat Producers’ Association
Abram Cain
Lohrville
Cain
Liverpool
United States
A Study in Vegetable Nature
The piece compares vegetable nature to human behavior and notes that moisture affects fruit bearing. It says trees must complete fruiting and prepare for next year, needing steady moisture to sustain growth and avoid dormancy that hinders buds for the following bloom.
The Farmer's Rubber Boots Drying Methods
A Midland Farmer article describes drying rubber boots by placing dry casts inside overnight to absorb moisture and by using a paper tube funnel over a lamp to direct heat through the boot. The heat circulation dries the entire boot effectively.
Plants Have Hysteria Says Science Discovers Sensitive Mimosa
The New York Times reports that certain woodland plants possess nerves and show irritable, nervous reactions to wind touch or footfalls. Mimosa pudica the sensitive plant reacts with leaf closure and drooping, with nerves traced to base of pinnae and secondary stalks, though recovery occurs after disturbance ends.
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New York Times
Neurasthenia
When Peace Comes in Asia
Gen Francis Vinton Greene argues in World's Work that if Russia wins in Asia Japan could become a Russian outpost, and if Japan wins Russia would be driven from the Pacific coast. He predicts no single winner will dictate peace as major powers will convene to decide terms for the world.
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Francis Vinton Greene
Russia
Turkey
Japan
Orient
Pacific
San Stefano
Berlin
China
Shimonoseki
Germany
France
Washington
Japanese Myths and Believed Creatures
The article notes Japanese belief in many myths including an 800 foot serpent able to swallow an elephant foxes with eight legs monkeys with four ears and fishes with ten heads attached to one body. It also mentions a crane living 600 years needing only water.
Farmer’s Wife Arrested Over Phonograph Hiawatha Cruelty
A Pennsylvania farmer faces a strange case as his wife is arrested for cruelty after she insists on grinding out Hiawatha on a phonograph. The Rochester Union comments that there are limits beyond which it is unsafe to go even in torturing an agriculturist.
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Pennsylvania
Rochester Union
How to Keep House and Cure Pain with St Jacobs Oil
An urban column argues aches and pains threaten comfort and recommends St Jacobs Oil as a ready remedy. It claims rapid penetration to pain spots for rheumatism neuralgia sciatica lumbago and also useful for injuries. The piece emphasizes keeping a bottle in every home as insurance against pain.
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St. Jacobs
Threshing Waste and a Call for Modern Machinery
The article argues that excess grain in straw stacks shows waste from old style threshing gear and urges farmers to consider modern machines. It highlights Nichols & Shepard Company of Battle Creek Michigan as advertised elsewhere and notes public benefactions in America totaling 610 million dollars over ten years.
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Ana
Nichols & Shepard Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
America
Foot Ease advertisement promises relief for tired feet
Don t Get Footsore Get Foot Ease A wonderful powder that cures tired hot aching feet and makes new or tight shoes easy Ask today for Allen s Foot Ease Accept no substitute Trial package FREE Address A S Olmsted Le Roy N Y The best clubhouse for boys is home N Y Tribune I am sure Piso s Cure for Consumption saved my life three Years ago Mrs Thos Robbins Norwich N Y Feb 17 1900 King Edward studied medicine and surgery a good deal while prince of Wales.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Thos. Robbins
Norwich, N. Y
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Patient
Letter from Miss M Cartledge of Atlanta Ga extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing her menstrual related weakness after two weeks. She describes dizziness headaches backache and sinking spells improving to full health and renewed vitality. The note mentions a 5000 forfeit if proof of authenticity cannot be produced.
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Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. Cartledge
Whitehall St
Atlanta
Peruna praised as tonic in convalescence requests aid
Mrs. Kate Taylor from Chicago testifies Peruna aids recovery after serious illness and restoration of vitality. Dr Hartman, famed for female catarrhal diseases, offers to direct treatment free to applicants this summer. Address The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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Hicago, Ill
Monroe St
Kate Taylor
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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