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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
9
Henry Soule a Ham mondsport cobbler recalls severe kidney trouble twenty years ago with backache gravel and urinary disorders. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing him eight years ago and says he has stayed well since. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Would Extend Famous Park Senator Carpenter of Westchester New York pursue a plan to extend a renowned Hudson River park upriver to Stony Point where Mad Anthony Wayne once raced.
Mrs. Mattie Jackson of Mortonsville Ky reports relief from head and scalp itching after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She notes rapid improvement within three applications and urges others to use the products. The piece ends with a sharp jab about men and wives.
Defiance Starch is sold in 16 ounce packages for 10 cents. The offer includes one third more starch for the same money, providing extra content at no extra cost.
A married man suggests the simplest method to handle marriage is to allow a wife to have her way. The remark frames domestic harmony as yielding to a spouse’s wishes.
Harvard University ran a deficit of 30 743 for the 1904-05 period after a 35 000 shortfall the prior year. Total available funds stood at 18 036 025 despite a 1 280 272 increase. The insurance and guarantee fund would be exhausted by another 50 000 deficit. The teachers endowment drive of 2 400 000, with 736 225 28 paid, and higher tuition aims to narrow the gap. The law school posted the strongest year among departments with 41 351 in earnings.
The note recalls Queen Victoria's delight in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and her request for more works, the author sending a calculus text in reply. It also mentions H. Rider Haggard producing two contrasting works, one a fantastical romance and the other a serious sociological study.
A San Bernardino widow credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health after three months of fever and weakness following childbirth. She reports weight gain from 95 to 113 pounds, steadier nerves, and ability to resume meals. Her 4-year-old son also improves from eczema and appetite loss after adopting the same diet. The note invites inquiries and mentions Postum Co. in Battle Creek and the book The Road to Wellville.
A Wisconsin farmer outlines winter milk production, stressing near summer conditions, calf timing, and careful feed selection. He details a daily routine using millet hay, a corn cob meal mix, bran and oats, clover hay, and fodder corn, noting economics and barn management for profitable winter dairying.
The method converts organic matter into ash and gas, leaving water germ free. Used to dispose sewage from over 500 cities in Europe and many in the United States including Madison and Champaign. Now finding fit for creameries as well.
The washings from creameries produce foul odors when dumped into open ditches. Modern practice uses a septic tank system with a covered drain and a large tank away from the creamery where casein forms a crust and anaerobic bacteria digest the waste, preventing taint in butter.
The passage warns that mixing dairy and beef blood undermines herd quality and notes price fluctuations differ for beef and dairy products. It cites milk producers bred to beef sires seeing slumps in dairy markets and later returning to dairy sires with price recoveries.
The text counsels men with limited capital or modest knowledge to gradually develop a pedigreed dairy herd. It emphasizes safety and familiarity with the breed and individual animals, and asserts that growing expertise in any animal breeding line is preferable to hurried, impulsive entry.
The text argues many good bulls fail from neglect improper feeding and confinement in dark filthy stalls. It notes buying a mature bull allows assessing calf quality unlike purchasing a young bull where this is not possible.
Step by step on rapidly dressing a sheep after slaughter. Use a platform to keep blood away, stun before bleeding, and slit the neck to avoid the windpipe. Skin the animal along the back legs, abdomen, and neck, remove the head, gut, and viscera, and wash and cool the carcass.
The article argues farm owners must attract intelligent honest workers, often by paying fair salaries to married men who run large or distant farms. It contends low compensation causes inefficiency and that a good worker is worth more than the average man.
The piece explains careful lime use on soil, noting excessive liming makes phosphorus unavailable in rice soils, while humus-rich land shows milder effects, based on Japanese pot experiments on rice.
The poultry business in Missouri brings more money into the state than any grain crop and offers immediate cash flow, reflecting its growing importance to the state economy.
Harper's Weekly notes that two NYSE seats sold for 95 000 and 97 500, reflecting treble values in ten years. It argues seats form a near monopoly with 1 100 total and that brokers run gambling shops serving speculators, while investors need a market maker and price discovery.
An advertisement touts De fiance Starch as yielding the best results with four or more for money and no cooking required. It notes the new hat wearing woman never complains, claiming the sermon is lengthy.
Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn of the U S Navy credits Peruna as an invigorating tonic after brief use and urges its use to prevent or relieve catarrh among soldiers and sailors. The article asserts Peruna treats acute or chronic catarrh and is most effective in early stages.
A New York Press remark on watercress traces its appeal to sentimentality. The diner notes city dwellers’ fondness for the greens as a link to rural memory and simple farm life, contrasting urban eating with the brookside past.
The late Marshall Field influenced the clearing house to liquidate the Walsh banks to avert a broader financial crash. He urged the plan after hours of talks with the comptroller and Chicago financiers, even offering to act personally if banks refused.
The Rockford Register Gazette cites a case where O. A. Leach of Beach County lost forward vision after heavy coffee use. Doctors say the optic nerve damage is incurable, though Leach retained side vision. The piece urges quitting coffee and trying Postum as a nerve rebuilding aid, noting the rarity and seriousness of such a case.
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