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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
7
Central Canada farmers reap wheat riches in new lands
A Canadian farmer near Regina, James Bailey, turned 640 acres into a windfall by farming 600 acres of wheat and 40 of oats. Two-year profits rose from land at 18 dollars an acre to a market value offer of 35, with grain earnings of 17,550 and land increase of 10,880, totaling 28,540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian West
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Talking Machine Record Reveals Remarks by Mrs Peck
A dialogue on a talking machine record features Mrs. Peck’s remarks as Mr Peck and a judge discuss hearing a voice of someone not present. The exchange notes the feasibility of stopping the playback easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Peck
Mrs. Peck
Qldbatch
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Blood Route Remedy
Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal medicine targeting blood and mucous surfaces. The advertisement asserts it is non quack, prescribed by leading doctors, and uses tonics with blood purifiers. Testimonials are promised free, and the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Eccentric Dinner Party Exchanges and Theater Plans
In a social exchange Mrs Lapsling touts Mrs Peacham as the room’s most egregiously beautiful woman. A shopper endorses vall blue, Red Cross Ball Blue, for laundry. Gwendolen informs Mamma she will attend the theater with brother George tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wingold
Mrs. Lapsling
Mrs. Peacham
Gwendolen
Mamma
Brother George
Welcoming Mer In Desert Day Interlude
Mrs Irons visits as Mrs WLapsling greets and notes a dreary day. A friend’s call is described as a lifeline like a water in a desert, reflecting a moment of welcome and relief.
Stover Bedding Aids Manure Handling On Missouri Farm
An Missouri farmer improves bedding by tying corn fodder into bundles after husking then cutting into short lengths for cow and horse stalls. The shorter stalks make manure loading and unloading easier, keep stalls neat, and help dry animals. Dry stalks absorb liquids and, mixed with straw, create an effective absorbent. Early-hatched pullets reach peak laying later due to maturity. keep them for room and proper care to maximize winter egg output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Stover
Three Ladders in One A New Foldable Ladder Design
A Canadian inventor introduces a three section hinged ladder that folds into a compact unit and stores behind doors. It extends to full height with pins securing it and remains safe both extended and shortened though it lacks back support. The design aims to replace older ladders with a space saving, versatile tool. The article also notes alfalfa’s value to western farmers, stressing ideal growing conditions, irrigation methods, and the new Farmers' Bulletin 373 on irrigation. It includes discussion of winter laying hens, citing a Maine breeder’s twenty nine April-hatched pullets laying 115 eggs on average from Sept 1 to Apr end, implying potential profits per bird and future breeding prospects for winter egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
Government Bureau of Soils Advances in Farm Knowledge
A Twentieth Century Farmer note lauds the Government Bureau of Soils as advancing practical training and scientific education for farming. It explains the agency’s aim to measure earth nutrition across the West to improve crop yields and guide husbandmen toward profitable, well grounded cultivation. A hog trough illustration accompanies the text, describing a 6 ft by 8 ft by 6 ft2 hog pen with a floor of 2x4 boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Soils
Building a Frame and Floor for a Structure
The plan lists lumber needs including 12 two by four boards 16 feet long for the frame, 4 boards 1 by 12 inches 16 feet long for the floor, 13 boards 1 by 2 inches 16 feet long for roof and ends, and 10 battens 16 feet long to seal gaps. Estimated total cost about 12 dollars and 50 cents.
Qualities of a Great Hired Man on the Ranch
The piece contrasts farmhand qualifications, praising the best as intelligent and diligent, deserving good pay and hard work regardless of hour or weather. It condemns liars as the most despicable type, with lazy workers ranked just above them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Field and Farm
Early maturing pullets favored for first winter laying
The article notes early maturing hens lay reliably in winter and earn premium prices, while slow maturing birds start late and produce irregularly after thawed spring. Early developers are described as the more valuable asset in the first year due to winter egg production.
Resting Farmland Boosts Future Crops No
Farmers say letting cultivated land rest every few years helps soil recover. Prolonged fallow invites weeds that choke quality and future yields. Weeds multiply when soil is overworked, harming long term productivity.
Hemp as Weed Exterminator At Wisconsin Station
Experiments at the Wisconsin experiment station show hemp is an effective weed eradicator. Land infested with quack grass Canada thistle and wild mustard was cleaned up by a hemp crop that grew ten to twelve feet tall. Some Wisconsin farmers profited about 40 dollars per acre from the hemp crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Wisconsin
Vegetable Salads and Huckleberry Pie Guide
Wash three potatoes steam until tender then cube. Mix with chopped celery salt onion and egg whites. Mash yolks fold in lemon juice and olive oil then coat salad. Garnish with lettuce. For huckleberry pie wash berries sugar fill crust bake with muslin strip to trap juice then remove strip.
Banana Batter Fried Rounds Breakfast Dish
A simple batter uses flour baking powder butter salt eggs sugar and rich milk beaten light. Bananas are peeled split lengthwise dipped in the batter and fried. half the recipe serves five for breakfast.
Pot Roast and Savory Flavors From the Kitchen
A home cook advises on preparing pot roast with bone, slow simmering, and herb bouquet, then barley, and a coffee cream sauce. The method transforms a modest roast into a luxury dish and suggests flavor boosts with bay, cloves, parsley, and celery. Also includes potato cakes using mashed potatoes, eggs, milk, flour, and baking powder.
Creamy Rice Dessert and Jerusalem Artichokes
To one quart milk add two tablespoons rice and three tablespoons sugar and boil until thick. Cool and freeze. When partly frozen add one pint cream and a wine glass of sherry or white wine and continue freezing until solid. Jerusalem artichokes are boiled until tender and served with white sauce or melted butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Egged Buttered Toast Sandwich
A simple breakfast item described: toast two bread slices with butter, fry one or two eggs, and place the eggs between the slices to form a sandwich.
Household Hints for Cleanliness and Care
Practical tips cover odor control by boiling vinegar, drying comforts in a breeze, using oxgall to fix colors, milk to keep pencil drawings from blurring, and dairy dressing ideas for salads. Also advice on rug edges, potato prep, avoiding unnecessary furniture costs, stiffening knitted items, and leather and varnish care.
Cure for Severe Eczema Prompted by Cuticura Ointment
A Little Rock reader recalls twelve months of agonizing itching and eczema on ankles, feet, arms, and scalp. After tried remedies failed, two to three applications of Cuticura Ointment relieved symptoms. continued use with Cuticura Soap and Pills led to complete recovery. Oct. 8 and 10, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthurn
Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cutiura Remedies
Boston
Plexus Punchlines In A Dueling Banter Exchange
The physical instructor notes a blow to the solar plexus as the strike location. Algy responds that to make him see stars he would need the lunar plexus and asks where it is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algy
Painkiller touted as best for aches in old ad ploy
An advertisement touts a painkiller under the name Jerry Davis Painkiller claiming it best for sideaches backaches and stitches. It urges buyers to get the large 250 bottle size as the cheapest among druggists and repeats the claim multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erry Davis
Erase It Leads to Laughter in Class
A classroom moment has a child shouting to erase the difficult problem on the blackboard after the teacher asks for the first step. A vintage advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup promises teething relief and pain reduction at 2% cents per bottle.
British Doctor Links Cancer to Electric Flesh
A prominent British doctor suggests cancer originates in parts of the body that are highly electric and radio active. He notes lower lip and liver tissues darken photo film like radium, while lung tissue does not. He argues highly electric flesh is the main cancer secret, and says women have more electric flesh making cancer more common among women.
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New York
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