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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
3
Maxwell's Tallamon discusses the growth of mail order houses and their impact on country merchants. Richard Hamilton Byrd argues that catalog advertising draws money from small towns to cities, threatening local shops and tax bases, and urges organization and education to preserve legitimate retail.
A garbled excerpt describes people in a town painting and pride, mentioning Debow and St Jonking and an Ap order. It notes a meeting and mailed action, asking why age relates to a painting count of nine, and ends with a personal complaint about a wart on the left ear.
Breeder's Gazette notes remarkable dual purpose Shorthorn cows with strong udders and high milk yields at shows, including Red Tose III yielding 63.4 pounds and Daisy at 61.1 pounds with butter. Hereford Breeders Association expands export trade, sending seventeen head to Mexico and Buenos Aires buyers, with bulls and export prices cited as favorable. Lamb market shifts favor handy weight lambs over heavy mutton, making former chops scarce and pricey. criticizes old farming practices while noting rising demand for lighter carcasses.
The weather bureau plans street kiosks in major cities to house accurate thermometers barometers and recording instruments. Small two by six foot booths will be weather displays with maps data and bicycle-spot updates. Police protection and integration with post boxes will guard the kiosks and instruments. The plan aims to curb reliance on unreliable street level readings and spread public access to atmospheric information.
Judge Austin, newly presiding over Toledo police court in Ohio, adorns the courtroom with mottoes and an American flag while banning minors from the bench area. He is nicknamed the Golden Rule judge for dispensing justice under mottoes like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
The territory adopts a new seal replacing the old dated design. The updated emblem now features the San Francisco mountains a pine tree a cactus and a deer rendered with livelier natural detail. Artist Warren H Rolling, known for Grand Canyon studies, contributed to the redesign.
Practical tips on pig care and horse management from Suburban Life. Advice covers pig exercise, feeding: limited corn, more roots, alfalfa hay, and skim milk. distance from fattening via thin slop. Horse tips include preventing stall kicking with swinging beams or grain sacks, plus cure for stall gnawing using bitter aloes. Also notes on depluming mites and poultry mite remedies, and light humor interludes.
Ripened tomatoes are cooked until soft then sieved to remove skin. Equal measures of tart apple sauce are cooked down, added to tomatoes, sweetened lightly, and simmered until the mixture thickens. Serve with winter meats. Store in glasses or jars.
To wash feather pillows shape a plow from cheesecloth or lightweight muslin the size of the ticking. Fill with feathers then sew shut. Wash in suds of borax and soap, ring out well, then dry with ticking over. This method lets the ticking be washed any time without moving the feathers.
A city item describes Baalth Coffee, a Dr Shoop produced substitute from Ra cloe Wisconsin praised as a near perfect imitation of real coffee. It is claimed to be made from toasted grain and ready in a minute, with no longer boiling required. Sold locally by Henry N Schultz and Sebulty.
A collage of old advertisements touts a seventy seven cold remedy with claims of fast relief and a simple dose. It includes dental digestion notes for Kodul and mentions De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin cuts. Rail tickets made of gold are described as gifts from railway directors for gratitude.
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