Title: American bee journal
Identifier: americanbeejourn1781hami (find matches)
Year: 1861 (1860s)
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons)
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15 DOilARSZFOR $1 t\ ishing to Introduce our books and show the'r s'zo, stylo of Mndinjr, etc , wo have decided to make the GRANDEST AND MOST LIBERAL OFFER OF THE CENTURY, for ft short time. &5=,We will send the ten books described below, by mail, post-paid io any address, on receipt of $1. and for twenty-five cents extra, sent at the same time, will include one year's subscription to FARM AND FIRESIDE, the leading agricultural and home journal of the world. PARTICULAR NOTICE.—We reserve (he right 'o withdraw this Dollar Offer nt any lime, therefore subscribe at once if you want these TEN BOOKS FOR ONE DOLLAR, and tell all your friends we have made the grandest ofl'er of the century. FOB 25 CENTS, A COPY OF ANY BOOK IN THIS LIST WILL BE SENT BY MAIL, POST-PAID. Orders taken now, and books mailed as soon as published. One will be issued every two weeks. LIFE and ADVENTURES of ROBINSON CRUSOE. This well-known book may be ranked aathe most popular standard juvenile book ever printed. 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MUTH,No.«76 Central Av., Cincinnati, O.
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PARKER'S GINGER TONIC Ginger* Buchu, Mandrake, Stlllingia and many other of the best medicines known are com- bined so skillfully in Parkek 5 Dinger Tunic as< to make it the greatest Bl^od Purifier and the Best Health and Strength Restorer ever used i It cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,', Sleeplessness, and all diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, Urinary Organs and all Female Complaints, If you are wasting away with Consumption or, auy disease,use the Tonic to-day. No matter what your symptoms may be, it will surely help you. ' Remember! This Tonic cures drunkenness,', is the Best Family Medicine ever made, entirely* different from Bitters, Ginger Preparations and other Tonics, and combines the best curative prop- ertiesofall. Buy a 50c. bottle of your druggist . None genuine without our signature on outside Iwrappcr. Hiscox & Co., Chemist';. New York. PARKER'S HAffi BALSAM »-i--*--«. Domical Hair Dteulog Read what they Say! The only swarm of bees alive in this township, contains a queen I bought of vou ; they are lively. J. K. M. Allen. Greencastle, Ind., April 16,1881. Of the 31 dollar queens purchased of you last season, only one proved impurely fertilized. They have wintered finely, while three-fourths of the bees in this section are dead. L. Densmore. Livonia Station, N. Y., April 11, 1881. Could give scores of letters in praise of Our Strains of Italians, like the above. If you want bees that are hardy enough to SURVIVE OUR COLDEST WINTERS, and that will pile up the box honey, give us a trial order. Can furnish DOLLAR QUEENS. WARRANTED QUEENS, TESTED QUEENS and IMPORTED QUEENS, Bees by ike Pound, NUCLEI AND FULL COLONIES. Before ordering poods, send us a list of articles you wish to purchase, and get our price for the same. OUR 40-PA6C CATALOGUE of Apiarian Supplies, free to all. Address, H. A. BURCH & CO. IHwtf South Ilnven, Mich. 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