Getting Patients for Dr. Hill
Polly Hill opens a medical practice in Hillboro with brother Bob. A staged slip on her icy walkway brings Mayor Bronson Todd to seek care, beginning a romance and the couple’s plan to treat the poor without charge. The snowy near-mishap leads to their marriage and a new town medical chapter.
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Polly Hill
Hillboro
Polly
Bob
Folly
Bronson’ Todd
Hillsboro
Heipe & Himeout
Beton Hill
Hiden Po
Polly. Hill
Tilge
Méasai
Sam
M Mayor
Tayor
Impossibly Fixing Christ Birth Date Says Oxford Reference
The article notes uncertainty about Christ birth date. It cites Dionysius Exiguus standard but claims errors. It places Jesus born around late 5 B C with Herod died 4 B C and suggests he was five at end of A D 1.
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Christ
Oxford, Cyclopedia Concordance
Jesus
Dionysius Exiguus
A. D
Rome
Herod the Great
Bethlehem
Auctioneering Dame Shoots Down Barriers
Dialogue from Pearson's Weekly imagines Miss Smarte-Well and Mr Kent debating women in the auctioneering trade. She argues a woman can do anything a man can while he doubts a single unmarried lady could preside over a crowded sale and bid.
Make Your Own Bug Killer Recipe Puff and Quotes
The excerpt includes a dubious claim about a bug killer recipe that supposedly kills eggs and pests. It then shifts to brief, scattered quotes and a reflection on reform, citing Bevis, a Chicago American note, and Nathaniel Hawthorne about reform limits.
Norfolk and Western Train Schedule April 1922
Schedule in effect April 30 1922 shows No 18-9 07 am Berryville to Bristol with Pullman parlor car. No 1-2 45 am Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton to Williamson Winston Salem Pullman Sleepers. Cafe car Shenandoah connects at Roanoke with Memphis special. No 27 6 63 pm to Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
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Berryville
Bristol
Pullman
Broiler
Roanoke
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch
Norton
Williamson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Shenjimdoah
Memphis
Shenandoah
Northern Bound Trains Through Berryville to New York
No. 28-8.39 a m serves Hagerstown and intermediate stations Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with Shenandoah Junction connection for Washington. No. 14-7.86 p m offers Parlor car to Magerstown and Pullman sleeper to Philadelphia. No. 2-11.38 p m provides a Pullman sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. For fares schedules and reservations contact H H Burke Berryville Va or W C Saunders Roanoke Va.
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Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Pullman
Gerstown
H. H. Burke
Berryville
W.C. Saunders
Pass Agt
Roanoke, Va
Zemo Promises Relief For Skin Ailments
Advertisement touts Zemo as a cure for eczema rashes and similar skin troubles. It claims fast relief from itching and a soothing effect with a disappearing liquid formula sold at 35 cents or one dollar for a large bottle.
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Zemo
Ban on Kissing Sparks Official Tract Debate
The Society for the Suppression of Human Emotions issues an advance tract calling kissing dangerous immoral and a frequent source of trouble. The Richmond Times Dispatch comments with a conspiratorial aside expressing personal belief that kissing is worth the risk.
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Society For the Suppression of
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Old Time Hair Darkening Recipe Promises Natural Color
An old remedy using Sare Tea and Sulphur, now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, is described as restoring natural hair color and shine. Applicants dampen a sponge and apply strand by strand, fading gray by morning and darkening after repeated use, claimed to make hair look younger.
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Wyeth
Tuberculosis Eradication Efforts Expand Under Area Plan
A United States Department of Agriculture report details progress in March, highlighting area plan testing in Nebraska and other states. In one month 228,779 cattle were tested nationwide, with Wisconsin and Minnesota leading accredited herds as the program continues to curb tuberculosis.
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Department
Nebraska
Michigan
New York
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Tennessee
Minnesota
Wheel hoes aid in modern garden tillage and weed control
Tillage is the main task for productive gardens and wheel hoes offer efficient soil stirring and weed destruction. The tool cuts work to one third of hand hoeing and operates easily even for women with various attachments like rake teeth to keep soil stirred after weed removal.
Poultry Manure Care and Storage Essentials
Poultry manure is a valuable by product but deteriorates quickly if stored in poor conditions. Much nitrogen is lost as ammonia when manure becomes wet. If land spreading cannot occur immediately it should be stored under shelter.
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Maryland
Pigeon lice eradication urged with dipping method
The guidance states complete eradication is possible with one treatment if USDA directions are followed. Pigeons should be dipped in a solution of sodium fluoride and soapy water and then confined to prevent escape, with stray birds kept from entering the flock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chase Pharmacy Trademark Assurance Ad
A. W. Chase M.D. announces medicines are sold at first class drug stores with his signature on every box to guarantee authenticity. The advertisement emphasizes the trade mark protects against imitations and substitutes.
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A. W. Chase
A.chase
M.D
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Dr. Hill
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Patty
Éna Son
Chicago
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Norfolk & Western
Dryden
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
A. W.chase
Chase
Dr. A
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