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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
7
An advertisement touts Stearns Electric Paste as a long trusted exterminator for rats mice cockroaches waterbugs ants. It claims one night kill power with a ready to use paste not blowing away like powders and provides 15 language directions per box with a money back guarantee. Pricing lists 2 oz for 35 cents and 15 oz for $1.50.
A mother asks if Dorothy was well behaved at a party. Dorothy replies she listened all evening to one person talk, and that person was she herself. The exchange underscores a playful, social moment from the era.
An advertisement urges readers to treat a itchy scalp with Cuticura Ointment and dan druff, then wash with Cuticura Soap. It promotes daily use for clear skin and soft hands, highlighting routine toilet preparations.
A playful exchange highlights domestic life with music boosting chores as a housewife improvises with a graphophone while batter is prepared. The dialogue captures social tone and understated humor of daily routines.
A pragmatic observer trims the dreamer's enthusiasm, focusing the plan on feasible steps and workable outcomes. The exchange highlights how caution reshapes ambition into actionable guidance.
The USDA notes new hay often arrives hot and out of condition, sold at discounts. Early baling before curing, moisture, and shipment practices cause heating and losses. guidance urges delaying shipment until hay dries to 14 to 15 percent moisture and suggests packing and ventilation tips to reduce harm.
An agricultural note promotes sowing turnips in July in most regions and as late as August in the South. It advises rich soil, fine leveling to prevent water pooling, sparse seeding, light raking, and sowing after rain to aid germination before harvest.
Guidance notes that crowding plants in rows causes moisture stress and nutrient competition. Recommend increasing row and plant spacing to improve air flow, light access, and root growth for healthier plants.
The USDA states hog cholera cannot be eradicated by serum alone. Only a small share of hogs are treated yearly and swine populations turnover yearly, so disease would reemerge each season if serum use lapses. Serum acts like insurance, preventing deaths for a time but not stopping the disease entirely.
In a Missouri College of Agriculture experiment purebred ram lambs earned 68 percent more money than scrub-sired lambs of the same age and care. Purebred offspring grew faster, reaching higher value by three months versus four months for the inferior ram's progeny.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a pedestrian struck by a motorist whose false teeth flew out and were lost. The next day the same motorist, passing the site, found the teeth bite a hole in one of his tires, a noted odd coincidence.
An advertisement emphasizes buying Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for relief from colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains. It instructs to follow directions on the package and notes the Bayer Cross stamp as proof of genuine Aspirin prescribed for over two decades.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet lauds a football player as a hardheaded halfback, noting his helmet shows only limited ear protection and calling him a rare bird on the gridiron.
The guide advises giving the asparagus bed a good dressing of manure to hasten green growth and tenderize the shoots. It notes that salting the bed is optional and produces no noticeable difference either way.
The note advises against adding fresh sawdust to soil. It should be allowed to rot or nearly disintegrate before spading in. Fresh sawdust attracts insects. Instead, use ashes as an alternative fertilizer or soil amendment.
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