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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
12
A famous New York artist visiting a former friend admires Holstein cattle in the stockyard. He notices a solid black animal and asks, jokingly, if it is a Halfstein when half black or a Halsteins when all black, in a humorous exchange reflecting rural humor.
An advertisement extols Cuticura for quick healing of sore hands. It instructs soaking in Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment, then removing excess. Free samples by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also mentions a humorous remark by Judge Addams about baldness.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as the painless way to lift any corn. With a few drops, corns or calluses lift out by finger, the drug dries on contact and does not irritate surrounding skin. Available at drug stores for a small cost. readers urged to ask their pharmacist.
Seame observes a humorous exchange about intoxication from water and a docking boat, noting how people shy at gratitude after favors. The dialogue hints at curiosity and social awkwardness in a light, old newspaper tone.
A New Jersey experimental circular presents a cheaper lighter peach spray by Gillam to control scab and brown rot. The eight pounds fine flour or sulfur, four pounds hydrated lime, 1.5 ounces glue in three gallons water, diluted to 50 gallons, was effective on 820 Greensboro and Carman trees. It avoids self boiled lime and may replace some commercial sprays in summer spray programs. Arsenate of lead, if used, is added as a thin solution. The mix yields fruit nearly free of brown rot and rot symptoms compared with unsprayed trees.
The onion maggot is described as the most serious onion pest. Eggs are laid on the tops, and larvae bore into the bulbs. Control options are limited. embolic acid emut sim and tobacco dust show some effect. A practical method is to plant new onions away from the old patch to reduce infestation.
United States Department of Agriculture experts urge careful spraying to control grape pests and diseases. A four step schedule uses Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead, with later additions for moths, leaf folders, and rootworms. Neutral copper compounds are advised near fruit maturity.
Reading bank reports in Canada shows banks credit farming as the main wealth source. Experts warn profits may not last, but long-term demand for food remains strong. Immense land opportunities in Canada and the United States beckon farmers to secure, rent, or buy, to boost production and national needs.
In Ridgway Pennsylvania and Tennille Georgia, women describe relief from long standing female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. They report renewed ability to manage homes and gardens, crediting the remedy with restoring health after doctors advised operations or long illness.
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