A Sensible Letter From Canada to Mr Hawkyard
A Canada letter describesRockford and Le duc Alberta settlers seeking rail rates. It notes mild winter, abundant timber, rich loamy soil, cattle herds, crops yields wheat oats and potatoes, prices for stock and produce, and advice for emigrants including tools and shipping cattle. It ends with a street car chatter about names and a Washington Post line.
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T. Hawkyard
Rockford
G. Simpkins
Leduc
Alberta
Canada
Ilinois
Illinois
Osage
Jos H. Creighton
National Stockman
Illin ois society leader praises Peruna remedy
Mrs. Lucinda B. Chandler of Chicago lists numerous positions including president of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and founder of health groups. She writes from Chicago on January 6, 1599 praising Peruna for catarrh of the stomach and indigestion, saying it relieved her and friends.
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Lucinda B. Chandler
Chicago
Illinois Woman's Press
Asion
The
Society For the
Lusinda B. Chandler
Margareth Puller
Chicago Moral Educational Society
Tully
Spalding and Brothers Sandsome Catalogue Free A G
Spalding and Brothers advertise a free Sandsome catalogue covering items from A to G. The notice lists the firm in York and promotes no charge for the material. The fragmentary ad highlights catalog availability and branding by the well known sporting goods company.
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Sandsome
A-G. Spalding & Bros
York
Cie
Wood cutting device for household use in German American Northwest
The apparatus stands on a heavy base with a four inch high thick board and several cuts. A suspended swordlike ax with a handle hangs above. Pieces to be broken crosswise are placed on the top step and struck with the ax to split them into small pieces. Christian Bay, in Ohlo Farmer.
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Northwest
Christian Bay
Ohlo Farmer
Potato stalk weevil Threat to Kansas Potatoes
A new insect, the potato stalk weevil, has become common in Kansas and is highly destructive to potato crops. The pest also infests ground cherry, horse nettle, cockle hur, stick weed, and bull nettle, enabling widespread spring infections. Adults are small gray beetles with three black spots. spraying with London purple or Paris green is advised, ensuring all vines and branches receive the poison.
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Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Facts for Farmers and Timber: Horse care and Osage orange timber
Farmers advised on breeding practices and horse health with notes on soaking grain, training colts, and water importance. Osage orange highlighted as superior timber for durability, straight growth, and pest resistance, praised for railroad use and long life.
Feeding Oats and Corn in Winter Fodder Tips
Feeding oats and corn, oats in the bundle and corn in the shock, is more common this winter with reported excellent results. The variety is sufficient, grain ample, and a large amount of straw, especially oat straw, can be economically consumed. Any prairie grass fits where available. Dakota Farmer.
Wholesome Feed and Care for Brood Mares and Foals
The Horse Breeder advises brood mares receive well cured hay and up to six quarts of oats daily to avoid underfeeding and fattening risks. Foals from weanlings to mature horses need ample air and daily exercise. winter care includes foot health, avoiding filth, rasping feet monthly, and vigilance for thrush lice and worms with timely remedies.
Hog price trends threaten farm hog production declines
In this Western Mosnian piece a farm advisor explains how hog prices collapse when corn crops fail or disease reduces hogs. He argues price drops drive farmers to reduce hog herds, predicting a fall below three cents a pound and seasonally higher prices only after many exit the business.
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Eheri
Comfort for Hogs: a bog house layout for hog pens
A bog house 19 by 35 feet can house a boar four sows and their offspring as illustrated. The house must be adjacent to lots on either side for efficient access and humane arrangement.
Farm Poultry Housing and Feeding Practices from Direside
A farm guide describes pig and poultry housing and feeding layouts. It emphasizes passageways between pens, exercise and sunlight for animals, elevated corn storage, and wide, orderly passages. It notes construct of sheds, leaf litter management, and placing water and grain in accessible boxes away from sand.
Milk Curd Ration for Winter Hen Feed
The article explains using milk curd as a winter hen ration. It notes milk proteins resemble egg albumen and yolk components but warns against high water content. It describes curdling milk, adding a clarifying agent, drying, then mixing with ground grain to create a winter feed that hens eat eagerly and stay healthier.
Kipling inspired cures and patent medicine ads flood page
A杂 garbled page text blends Kipling quips with multiple patent medicine pitches from Salzer Seed Co and others. It touts Stomach Hitters, Allen’s Foot Ease, and St Jacobs Oil, interleaved with brief jokes, railway booster notes, and mock commentary on ads and poetry.
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Chicago Daily News
St. Jacobs
Homselves
Atchicon
Globe
New Method of Blood Purifying
Health column explains a prompt home remedy to purify blood and restore balance when symptoms indicate blood impurity. It outlines a preparatory routine and cautions about misuse while urging readers to consult a physician for persistent conditions.
Eminent Specialist Offers Free Swamp-Root Sample
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp-Root as the kidney remedy to purify blood through the kidneys. It promises a free sample bottle by mail to readers and touts testimonials, the product name, address, and disclaimers about pap erwide distribution. It emphasizes kidney health over laxatives and cites numerous symptoms.
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Alf
Brown
Kilmer
Kilmer & Cowninghamton
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
California Fig Syrup Company
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Weeters
Lettler
Mim
Percy Algernon
Eaid
Billy
Jun
Lill
Jim
Penny Algernon
Min
Pony Algernon
Washington Post
L.A. W. Bulletin
R Athletic Goods Spalding
Denver
Minnesota
Moutuns
Mareg
Colin
Mable
Kipli
Kipling
Hostetter
Hosletter
Munic
Chicago Tribune
Sulzer
Salzer
John
Salzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Wis
Emma
Lina
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Salse
Seed Co
Salzer's
Washington
Democrat
Tia
L.A. W
Lyle
Hke
Melixon Jacobs
Hull
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Truas
Deuggiste
Toedo
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Dewesiatny
Hall
Gladelphia
Lake Shore Limited
New Chicago
New York Central
New York
Lux
Albany Journal
Spain
Cleveland
Iso
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison
Maneh
Volo
Chicago Daily, News
Taco
Drusgiets
Golam
Ninchested
Mse
Winchester Repeating Arms
Winchester Ave
New Haven
Conn
Western Canada
Cortom
Hexemele Paavon
Sfuioba
Asal Toon
Ns Ayers
Wowieuie Granton
Maine
Sovererest
Mead & Prentiss
California
Postacrstamrps
Cord Medical Company
Vnatiee
Cudsiwrmha
Arkottbs
Rex Weiting
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