A Cheap Greenhouse for the Gmail Basin
A greenhouse 60 by 80 feet built to supply a country town with cut flowers and later used to test growing tomatoes cabbage and cauliflower. It features south entrance, two 2.5 foot walks lengthwise, furnace room with air vent, central bench six feet wide, two side benches, and 840 feet of lumber for benches. Materials include siding, doors, rafters, sheet, screws, and building paper with detailed costs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Orange Judd
Orchard and Garden Advice for Small Fruit Growers
A Farm Journal tip sheet urges growers to manage scale, prune and graft with winter dormant scions, grow low headed apple trees for easy spraying and picking, and prepare nursery orders. It cautions about land waste, maintain mulch in strawberry beds, and copy practical guidance from neighbors for cost effective fruit production.
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Farm and Home
Heart of the Apple Tree Impressed by Central Wood
An essay notes that the heart of an apple tree is dead wood and not essential to growth. It describes how the center provides upright strength against storms, though it can rot, yet trees continue to bear fruit despite heart decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
Fruit Tree Whitewash for Healthy Bark and Insect Control
A farmer reports using a lime based whitewash made with water and tobacco stems and refuse tobacco. The spray in early winter and again in spring reportedly makes bark look sleek and healthy, reduces moss and destroys many orchard insects.
Warning Against Intemperance and Tuberculosis Risks
A broad warning urges temperance to reduce disease risk as consumption fights gain ground nationwide. It stresses avoiding spitting in public and treating colds promptly to protect lungs from tubercular infection. It promotes a pine oil remedy and cautions against imitations while noting international reporting on China and prison revenue, with assorted health ads and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Rainy tale from Portland man at the Imperial
In San Francisco the rain prompts a remark as F. S. Morris of Portland shrugs it off. He boasts that in his homeland the rain pours so hard rivers rise two feet above banks, a claim shared with pride by the Oregonian.
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San Francisco
F. S. Morris
Portland
The
Imperial
Morris
Oregonian
San Francisco Chronicle
Coffee Free Life After Giving Up Coffee
A Kansas woman narrates severe heart palpitations shortness of breath and rheumatism linked to coffee. She replaced coffee with Postum Food Coffee and reports improved digestion sleep and heart function with no medicines. The ad promotes Postum by Battle Creek Michigan company.
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Kansas
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellrilly
Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
Advertisement touts a constitutional catarrh cure from Fr. Chewy & Co. Toledo Ohio claiming to cure incurable cases and offering a reward if it fails. It promotes the product as a universal remedy and urges readers to buy through local druggists.
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Fr. Chewy & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & CO
Hall
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Gmail
Greenhou
Morrison
London Times
Peking
Changtefu
Connecticut
Milwaukee
Pie
Iowa
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Vitus
R. E. Cobb
Maren Vesthing
Mrs. Winslow
Castoria
Bears
Calera Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Figs
Elixir
Senna
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
Sloans Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
35Th St
New York
Pinkham
Sheri Co Goen
Mikey
Park
Bie
LH. Johnson & CO
Seaboard Ale
Corumoud
Vic
Seaboard
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Toepiney
Bos Aus Cems
Am Wahic
Worlt
Eee Mae Nee St See Ee
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