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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement extols Syrup of ipecac and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative. It promotes safety, natural action, and physician approval, urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
Orison Swett Marden writes in Success Magazine that success is a creative process born from inner conviction. He argues that copying others leads to failure, while originality and unique methods attract attention and recognition from employers and the world.
A blend of light anecdotes about a shoemaker Hiram Pool and a talking astronomer, plus numerous health cure pitches including Hall's Catarrh Cure and Palmo laxatives. Tiny jokes on indoor baseball, fashion notes, and a note that Idaho elected seventeen women as county treasurers and superintendents.
Farmers are urged to attend county or township institutes where state speakers share practical agricultural knowledge. The piece emphasizes learning, sharing experiences, and solving farming problems to benefit the community. It also notes the role of institutes in supporting agricultural education and improving farm success.
The sketch shows attaching a mower to a lower end so straw or grain hits the knives as grass does. A crank and belt let one person feed and turn the cutter. Useful in winter when outdoor work stops and Farm and Home notes soil conditions and extra conditions for this setup.
A Field and Farm editorial urges every farmer's boy to break a colt as part of practical education. It highlights three core lessons: courage to face unusual things, obedience to ensure usefulness, and good workmanship to maintain the horse's value through neat, consistent work.
Research at New York Agricultural Experiment Station shows carbonic acid gas added to milk delays souring. Tests used soda water charges to pressurize bottles, sealing to exclude air. At 175 pounds per square inch, milk remained sweet for five months, yielding an agreeable drink.
A correspondent recalls buying a 160 acre farm from a widow tenant system. Clay soil yields rose from ten to fifteen to thirty to forty bushels of corn per acre while black land climbs to fifty to sixty. Clover increases, wheat rises, and no commercial fertilizer used. The farmer plans ongoing fertility gains.
The article discusses grafting as artificial symbiosis and critiques pasteurization as a universal solution for milk safety. It notes lactic germs are killed but pathogens may remain, and warns of improper milking and teats treated to seal ducts. It also mentions the spread of unscrupulous practices by some dealers.
Cook navy beans with water and a pinch of soda then rinse. Simmer with onion and celery until soft. Strain, return to heat, add cream with salt and pepper. For a lighter version use milk and butter. Serve immediately.
Heat milk with a pinch of soda in a double boiler then soak bread crumbs in it. Beat eggs with butter and grated cheese, season, add the crumb mixture, bake in a quick oven covered for fifteen minutes, uncover to brown and serve immediately.
Instructions describe blending six pounds of light brown sugar with five gallons of water in a keg. Seal with cloth over the bung, lay on its side in sun for three months to produce vinegar. In winter, place the keg behind the furnace to speed up fermentation.
Heat half a pint of ale in a pan and melt half a pound of shaved soft cheese. Add a saltspoon of dry mustard and a pinch of salt, cayenne, and a tablespoon of cream. Stir until smooth and hot, then serve on buttered toast. Use butter if no cream is available.
Soak small white onions in boiling salt water for three days then drain and fresh brine. Make vinegar with two ounces of turmeric and heat, cover jar and wait ten days. Pour off and return to fresh vinegar with red pepper horse radish celery seed mustard and mixed spices.
A collection of domestic tips covers potato pulp boiling with alum to clarify mixtures, rice with butter and cinnamon balls fried then sugared, preserving butter with cloth and charcoal, scalding milk in a double boiler, scaling fish with a curry comb, creaming butter, and removing ink, mildew, and stains with simple pantry remedies. It also notes keeping lemon halves air tight and using wooden spoons for stirring.
Orison Swett Marden urges individuals to embrace unique talents rather than imitate others including heroes. He argues copying others leads to failure and cites clergymen who tried to mimic Beecher, ending without real impact or lasting recognition.
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington recounts years of weakness sleeplessness and swelling and says three doctors gave up on her. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered and was able to be about the house again. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box by Iester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A judge explains conflicting evidence with a parable of a house hunter and a boy. The hunter questions a thirty minute walk claim while the boy insists the ad promises fire. The piece ends with an ad for LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets and a Grove signature on the bottle.
A veterinary surgeon pronounces a hunter afflicted with an incurable disease and advises the owner to part with him to another gentleman. The tale frames a grim dilemma as the groom relays practical counsel to the owner in a concise, moral note.
A Denver dairy dealer prices cows by milk output at 12 dollars per gallon of daily rich milk and adjusts by plus or minus one for each quarter percent fat. Poultry feed advice favors sorghum broom corn millet and sunflowers over market corn and wheat. Prairie hay with corn yields limited gains and shredded cornstalk refuse plus cut straw makes cattle bedding.
A Virginia father recalls his infant daughter suffering from severe eczema for six months after birth. Doctors failed, skin eroded, blood oozed, and the child required silk wraps for weeks. After using eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, she recovered and showed no signs of eczema by age three. Written by James J. Smith of Durmid, Va. on October 14 and 22, 1906.
The Fulton Nevada Gazette editor lauds western Canada’s strict adherence to law and orderly society. He notes liquor control, church and school prominence, and strong wheat harvests with high yields. The piece mentions 160 acres free land plus 160 acres at 3.00 an acre and promises details from a Canadian government agent.
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