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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
6
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a tale of a woman bound for Egypt who missed a dinner date because she drank too much the previous day. She sent her ten year old daughter to explain, saying mummy could not come due to intoxication and a bad headache.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio. Having cleared your skin keep it clear by making Cuticura your everyday toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal, the Talcum to powder and perfume. No toilet table is complete without them.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a quip about choosing the piccolo as the preferred instrument in an orchestra. The joke notes the piccolo’s small size and suggests its player looks carefree after finishing his work.
The piece notes that meddlesome people are not always malicious and may be well meaning yet still cause real harm. It suggests that prying into others affairs is less a gift than an affliction.
A advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple directions for dyeing or tinting any fabric at home. It claims rich color for coats, skirts, curtains and more, with safe results that never spot fade or run when used on wool silk linen cotton or blends.
A world compilation records 52,660,000 miles of telephone wire. The United States accounts for 61 percent, Europe for 28 percent, and the remaining 11 percent is shared among other nations.
The United States plans 180000 miles of federal aid highways and a similar amount of state and local roads over twenty years. The project costs about 3 billion dollars, averaging 17000 dollars per mile, and includes 60000 miles already built or under construction. The plan links national and local needs, borrowing rail mileage concepts, and emphasizes research on materials and soils for efficient highway design.
Agricultural note explains pumpkin and squash feeds weigh about 2.5 tons of pumpkins equal to one ton of corn silage for cows. Seeds aid pigs by worming and digestion, but excessive seeds upset digestion. Cooking pumpkins for pigs is unnecessary. Some stockmen fatten pigs on squashes despite yellow pork color. horses may refuse pumpkins.
The United States Department of Agriculture highlights markets for feeds tied to dairy cow productivity. Selling feeds to dairy cows yields a steady market, while high producing or purebred cows multiply market opportunities, including calves and milk. Cow-testing records show wide variation from poor to high producers, with poor cows barely covering feed costs and manure, skim milk, and calf value.
A Kansas agriculturist proposes a unique Christmas present for farm children. He suggests Santa deliver a sledload of purebred pigs calves and chickens along with dolls trains skates and drums. He notes purebred poultry flocks and cattle herds often start from a trio of animals.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a suitor bristles at a mother’s remark while she defends her daughter’s nature. The daughter’s future is hinted at through the dialogue as the home scene plays out.
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine helping kidneys liver and bladder work naturally. It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper.
In a humorous exchange from Berlin, the man laments past abundance of goose at table while the wife asserts her rightful place beside him. The dialogue captures domestic longing and affection in a lighthearted tone.
Kriss-Gray is viewed as a very good mixer while his wife says he makes a muddle of everything. The conflicting opinions suggest personal or social tensions around his conduct and public image.
Following extension agent managed methods, six Clark County Indiana dairy herds increased cows producing 800 pounds of butter annually from nine in year one to 41 in year two, per reports to the U S Department of Agriculture.
Demonstration work in sheep breeding raised Montgomery county 1918 wool output to 10000 pounds. By 1921 the sheep breeders' association pooled and marketed over six carloads. A 1921 farm tour under county agent direction required 38 automobiles, compared with six in 1918.
Ducks for egg production are fed four parts dry mash consisting of two parts wheat bran one part middlings or ground oats one part cornmeal and one part beef scraps. Offer plenty of green feed and keep water deep enough to cover the beak at all times along with grit.
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