American drafter stock urged to lead postwar revival
The Farm Stock and Home argues American livestock breeders must seize the opportunity created by Europe’s war losses to build a dominant U S draft horse industry. It stresses preserving the best blood, stopping imports, and pairing top mares with top sires to meet heavy machinery needs while tractors rise in competition.
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America
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Sure Gorn Gure Ever Known A Corn Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts a corn removing cure named Gets It sold by H Lawrence & Co Chicago and distributed by Williston Erick Kather. The copy claims painless removal by tape plasters and salves, priced at 250 a bottle.
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H Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Williston
Erick Kather
University Extension Division Expands Activities This Year
The University Extension Division, led by Dr. F C English, expands every year with rapid strides. The correspondence school grows to reach remote state areas at home. Municipal research, local institutes, extension lectures, musical numbers, and high reputation speakers enhance winter programs statewide.
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F.C. English
DONT'S FOR SWINEMEN
Do not select brood sows from twin litters and avoid scrub boars. Provide dry warm well ventilated hog houses and green forage. Do not overfeed at farrowing time or fatten pigs. keep them growing. Offer clean water, disinfect floors and troughs, and vaccinate for cholera.
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James G. Fuller
Alletural Experiment Station
University of Wisconsin
Corn Stalks Hold Snow and Protect Next Crop
At North Dakota Experiment Station scientists found that leaving one fourth of corn stalks standing traps less snow than all stalks removed. The standing rows add moisture, reduce soil wind erosion, and curb surface drifting, improving conditions for the next crop.
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North Dakota Experiment Station
Dad and the Weekly Paper Riles Kennewick Reader
A reader in Kennewick Washington complains the weekly newspaper lacks substance and prints only social items. He mocks editors for catering to women and vows to strike if the paper misses notes of his misadventures.
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Dad
Kennewick
Wash
Value of Advertising Across Merchants Consumers and Publishers
The piece argues advertising benefits all three parties the merchant the consumer and the publisher. It highlights how ads connect buyers with goods save time and serve as the public intermediary. It also notes books and guides on German and Antwerp subjects for broader cultural context.
War and Women in Canada Lead War Policy Debate
The piece notes Canada requires a wife's consent for a married man to enlist, praising Canada's advance. It observes women vote in Canada while other warring nations withhold female suffrage. It laments war burdens borne by women and criticizes men, predicting European women may demand similar arrangements after the war.
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Canada
Europe
Weeds Along The Road And Oats Market Outlook
The article urges removing roadside weeds to prevent snow drifts and road blockage next winter. It notes oats will be costly due to a large Canadian crop shortfall, with Canada limited in exports and the United States set to supply the world, possibly to satisfy English demand for cavalry horses.
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Canada
United States
Republican Nominee Carney Seeks Support for 41st District
The message urges influence and support for Representative E. Carney, Republican candidate for the Forty-first district, ahead of the general election on Tuesday November 8 1914.
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E. ©. Carney
Forty
November Woman's Home Companion highlights Anne Morgan talks
Anne Morgan begins a four part series on girls education and responsibilities. The issue features Olive Schreiner on women's influence in government and war, fashion notes by Grace Gould, and essays by E Jefferson Alice Brady and others.
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Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Moran
Miss Morgan
Olive Schreiner
Grace Margaret Gould
E. Jefferson
Broady Tabernacle
New York City
Alice Brady
Roger H. Dennett
New York
Wartime shortages hit supplies and prices rise worldwide
The piece notes German manufactured goods flooding markets under American labels and price surges for medicines and chemicals. It cites over 17 million men in wartime service, mass conscription impacts productivity, and England calling unmarried men 18 to 30 to enlist, signaling broad disruption and potential shortages.
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England
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