Get Rid of the Gas Pills Restore Digestion Says Testimony
A health ad argues that unresolved stomach gas harms digestion and organs, urging a tonic to aid food conversion. It quotes Minerva Ladd of Towanch Massachusetts praising Dr Williams Pink Pills after rapid relief from weak stomach symptoms and belching. It claims a free copy of What to Eat and How to Eat from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Willams
Misa Minerva
Ladd
Toawich
Mas
Saya
Nickel Plate Line Promotes Eastbound Passenger Service
The Nickel Plate Road offers splendid passenger service with careful attention to travelers including families. Colored porters in uniform attend to requests, trains depart from La Salle Street Chicago, with Pullman sleepers and dining service available. Contact General Agent at 111 Adams St Chicago IN for tickets, rates, routes, and sleeping car reservations.
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Nickel Plate Road
Pasengers
Pullman
la Salle St
Chicago
Adams St
Discouraged Inventor and Witty Banter on Mower Shovel
A humorous exchange features an inventor proposing a lawn mower and snow shovel combo, claiming efficiency and ease. The manufacturer counters that users tire of both tools separately, implying a combined device would haunt users year round. The tale ends with light remarks on matrimony and a bartender quip about milk or beef tea.
Grape Nuts Credited With Relief for Railroad Worker's Indigestion
A railroad man credits Grape Nuts with ending years of indigestion and stomach distress. He reports meals now go down easily, brain fog lifted, and nerves steadied after switching to Grape Nuts, made available by Postum Co.
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BR. R
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Chinch Bug Pest Threat to Corn and Wheat Crops
The article details chinch bug damage causing high losses in the United States, its life cycle from egg to full grown insect, and measures to prevent spread. It notes field burning, deep furrows, coal tar barriers, kerosene emulsion, and plowing stubble as practical control methods.
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United States
Illinois
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Riley
Getting rid of moles and their runways
The writer notes moles live on insects and use burrows to reach grubs and beetles. They harm plant roots mainly to access prey, not for food. Suggestions include meat bait in burrows and traps, with cats as an effective aid. grain and arsenic are deemed of dubious value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uggesta
Proper soil prep boosts corn yields and resilience
The article argues that thorough soil preparation, fertilization, and seed selection dramatically increase corn yields. It cites an example where careful plowing, manure incorporation, and fertilizer more than doubled output, while also noting drought resistance and seed quality as critical factors for a strong stand.
Giant Pumpkins from One Seed Grow in Connecticut
A reader reports eight field pumpkins from a single vine in a strawberry patch. They weighed a total 300 pounds with the largest at 6244 pounds and the smallest at 24 pounds. A large fruit that failed to ripen was not counted. The note appears in a Rural New Yorker letter about Connecticut pumpkins.
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Connecticut
New Yorker
Farm Notes on Drainage and Horticulture
Pastures need drainage and meadows benefit from proper care. Horticulture is described as the poetry of agriculture and grows farmer interest. The farmer's garden is highly profitable while well managed pastures yield the most farm profit.
Pest Spreaders and Insects Invading New England
The piece notes sparrows spreading San Jose scale by movement through trees and warns that cars are rapidly carrying gypsy and brown-tail moths into new areas in New England. It concludes with a resigned outlook on enduring these afflictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
New England
Great Scott E B Scott praises Doan's Kidney Pills
Vergennes Vermont. E B Scott a former Ethan Allen Post G A R commander recalls severe typhoid left him with weak kidneys. He describes nightly urination ropy thirst headaches and back pain cured after a month's use of Doan's Kidney Pills weighing 290 pounds now. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box.
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E. B. Scott
Vergennes
Ethan Allen Post
Dean
Doan
Buster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Navy Recruiting Ad Seeks Young Men Mechanics
The notice invites American youths aged 17 to 25 to enlist as various ratings in the Navy including machinists, shipwrights, yeomen, firemen, cooks, and hospital apprentices. Pay ranges from 10 to 70 dollars monthly by rating with no board or medical costs and an outfit of clothing provided. Enlistment terms include 30 years to retirement with three fourths pay and allowances.
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Navy
Tubius
Minneapolis
Minny
St. Foul
Minn
Cuticura Clears Severe Eczema Says Emma White
Emma White of Camdens New Jersey describes a long battle with eczema on skin nails and eyes. After trying three doctors she found relief with Cuticura and reports her face fully cleared. She urges others to try the product and thanks its creators.
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Cuticura
Uticura
Emma White
Cherrier Place
Camdes
N. J
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Philar
Scott
Addison County
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America
Pacific Coast Paints
United
Pacts
God
Mammon
Detroit Free Press
Lal
Allen
Olmsted
Joo Drors
Yar Simite Signature of
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Lumbago and Sciatica
St. Jacobs Oil
Bears
Castoria Prc
Ermreae -Neaierd
Mes Ene Mere
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Price
Orasce
A.M. Kellogg Newspaper CO
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