Double Life of Health Claims and Quick Fixes
An array of testimonials touts Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and urinary symptoms, alongside seemingly unrelated tech and fashion quips. The piece shifts to scattered medical claims about ultraviolet light and eye brightening, citing Dr. Robertson and Prof. Kroumayer, concluding with notes on artificial light’s effects on eye color and potential restoration with care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Farrell
Ocean Ave
Jersey City
Dean
Apella
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
W. F. Robertson
Emil Relch
Portugal
Kroumayer
Grape-Nuts as Natural Digestive Aid Against Bread Dyspepsia
An article argues white bread causes dyspepsia by starch digestion in the intestines. It explains natural diastase in wheat and barley is lost in milling, and praises Grape-Nuts for pre-digested starch via moisture and warmth. Regular use supposedly improves health within days to weeks.
Wool Tying Box Made for Trapping Fleeces
A Farm and Home illustration shows a wool tying box built from one inch boards. It forms a compact bundle by laying strings across then placing the fleece on a central square, folding edges up, lifting sides into position, and clipping with the small clamp to secure the wool.
Modern Jersey Cow Profits Highlighted By Farmer’s Report
A Jersey cow from an Ohio farm is praised for steady, long term productivity. Calves numbering nine, seven thousand five hundred pounds of milk per year, and total eight year earnings of about 1080 dollars, cited to illustrate value of good care and proper feed. The article stresses steady management over spectacular records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Dipping Sheep for Scab Practices and Dipping Methods
The article explains dipping as the remedy for sheep scab and ticks, notes both proprietary dips and the Imo and sulphur dip, and outlines a formal lime and sulphur dip formula. It describes infection transmission by mites, repeated dipping schedules, post-dip housing, and explains equipment for small and large flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Grounia
Orange Judd
Elevated hog bed plan from Ontario authority concept
A reader seeks an elevated sleeping platform for hog housing. The plan shows a bed two to three feet above the floor reached by an approach. The passageway and a feeding floor slant toward the sleeping platform, labeled B and FL respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig Hog House
Ontario
Fragmented Tales and Recruiting Snippets From varied 19th century notices
A collage of clipped paragraphs references Fort Monro, Virginia recruiting talk, balloon humor, a navy enlistment call for youths in multiple trades, and Sir Harry Johnston’s narrow escape in Africa. The text mingles wartime curiosities, humor, and exploration lore with scattered names and places.
Cure for Humor Through Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Newark New York man recounts a three year struggle with what appears to be a skin humor on a limb. He sees a doctor, tries remedies without relief, then uses Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathing daily and finishing six to seven boxes. Within three weeks the humor is cured and has not returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Myers
Newark
New
No Pretence and Nerve Restorer Ad Excerpt
An aged advertising fragment jokes about work reluctance in Philadelphia and promotes Dr Kline s Great Nerve Restorer with a trial bottle offer. It mentions Garfield Tea Co and a breezy, cynical tone about pride and weighty thinking in a dated 19th or early 20th century context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitua
Women urged to avoid surgery with Lydia E. Pinkham
A promotional appeal for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound targets women with bearing-down feelings irregular periods and other female organ troubles. It claims the remedy saves thousands from operations, includes testimonials, and invites readers to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ruby Earareaty
East Chicago
Ind
Alice Berryhill
Boyes Street
Eee
Tenn
E. Pinkham
Clean Yards for Swine Weathering Hog Health
The article argues for clean hog yards to prevent sickness such as hog cholera and pneumonia. It notes hogs are not inherently dirty but mud and dust in yards during rains and dry spells harm their lungs. Rotational yard use helps maintain health and is practical on many farms.
Feeding Barley for Cattle in Denmark and U S
Barley feeds are common for cows in Denmark and elsewhere with good results. In this country wheat bra is cheaper and easier to obtain. For a cow three to five pounds of ground barley suffices, especially when fed with bras or other feed.
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Denmark
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Thomas Shaw
Pigey
FLAN
Fortress
Monros
Jeff Davis
Gaward House
Chicago Record-Herald
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Navy
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Paul
Africa
Sir Harry Johnston
Harry
U. G
Cuticurn
Philadelphia. Ledger
Garfield Tea Co
Brook
Garfield ‘Tea
Sinners
Bears
New York
Morneareas
Jreenis
Ruby Mushrush
Alice Berry
Ely
Mal Ely Brothers
Warren Street
E—G
Allens
St. Louis
Kansas City
M. K
T. R'y
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Waco
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Laredo
Elpaso
Ken Indian Territory
Ooma
Texas
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Aed Council
W. S. ST
George General
Lander
Pau
E. Paxton CO
Boston
Minneapous
Minnesota
Joe
Tare
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