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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
2
Farmers learn rainwater carries germs into wells and that using cisterns reduces contamination. Two cistern systems and cemented round forms are described for durable storage. The article also notes the manure spreader as a labor saver and fertility conserver.
The article reports on pig nutrition trials using cowpeas without grain yielding 350 to 483 pounds of pork per acre in Missouri tests. It compares alfalfa clover rape bluegrass with corn based feeds, notes gains per pig with green feeds, and cites costs per pound of gain. It also mentions a homemade butter worker and debates fertility improvements from clover lime and manure in Pennsylvania farms.
The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, alcohol free remedy for women's diseases and weaknesses. It emphasizes it is the only preparation by a trained physician for women and asserts full transparency of ingredients on each bottle wrapper. It warns against substitutes and counterfeit products and urges buyers to seek genuine medicine.
A fragmented plea urges readers to support town improvement by subscribing and advertising in the local paper. It contrasts involvement with indifference and hints at the effects of outsiders handling job printing while urging community participation.
Gus Steele and Will Flenner of Chicago accept a challenge from Franz and Gilbert of Cleveland for a 30 game contest with a $1000 purse. The first fifteen games will be at Cleveland on Jan 28 and the second half at Chicago on Jan 31.
The spring meeting of the American and National leagues is set for February 16 at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. St Louis Women’s Tenpin Association forms and plans a weeklong tournament starting January 21. Buffalo Audubon Club secures the Great Eastern handicap trap event. Naval Academy to face Penn May 15 Princeton May 22 and Columbia Johns Hopkins later. Dan Kelly leaves track for auto business. Jack Ward plans to come to America to join notable boxers and stable.
Major league clubs map spring training trips with plans to gather in the south for lessons and workouts. Harry Lumley is named Brooklyn manager for 1906 as teams prepare rosters, schedules, and venues. The season is expected to start around April 14 with 16 clubs fielding for the opener.
Harry Limley takes over the Brooklyn Nationals as teams map spring practice. The Cubs face a dense prep schedule starting March 17 with games across Shreveport Memphis and Nashville and a string of dates ending April 12, while the Giants plan exhibitions in Fort Worth and Dallas and Detroit's Hughey Jennings agrees to a Polo Grounds three game series.
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