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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
7
The text credits public health advances as key to wartime strength noting how medical officers in the Spanish war fought yellow fever and typhoid. It cites the Panama Canal project as boosting naval power and contributing to disease victory, saving countless lives beyond wartime losses.
A well known actress shares a home recipe for gray hair using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with directions on every Barbo box. Additional items note rattle snake humor, Anuric cures, California prune crop value at 9.5 million, Garfield Tea ad, and a danger signal for overhead hazards.
A prosperous citizen recounts visiting his boyhood home and reflects on scenes of childhood. He emphasizes his aim was to show locals that the formerly mocked Jolson has made something of himself through work.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a new pest, Lasspeyresia molesta, an insect attacking peach shoots and fruit, thought introduced from Japan and limited to the District of Columbia and adjacent Maryland and Virginia. Entomologists seek reports from orchardists and provide specimen mailing instructions.
An insurance official cites statistics claiming 100000 Americans die annually from kidney diseases, with 60000 deaths preventable if kidney issues are found early. The ad promotes Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy as a treatment and preventive aid, noting its long history and family endorsements.
A quotation details safety cautions about bulls. It warns against underestimating a bull’s strength and advises against confinement, urging ample exercise and constant vigilance to prevent harm from even a “gentle” bull. The author is W. W. Swett.
The article urges winter poultry care focusing on easy feeding setups. It notes farmers often neglect hens while cattle sheep and hogs take priority. Build simple feeding hoppers from packing boxes or scrap lumber to save time and ensure clean food.
A two foot high oblong table aids cleanliness by elevating water and sour milk. A large feed hopper holds a week of dry mash, with small hoppers for grit oyster shell and charcoal. Without these hoppers feed and supplements are wasted and flock health declines.
The piece advises planting trees and shrubs around farms and yards to shade in summer and shield poultry from winter winds. It notes forests provide cover, moisture retention, and insect habitat, while fast growing species like locust or catalpa can quickly form a protective grove even on plains or small city lots.
Native or western ewes crossed with no good mutton ram produce marketable lambs and with current wool prices the fleece will cover the keeping costs. Native ewes are expected to fetch high prices. Western breeding ewes can be bought by carload at stockyards, requiring 130 to 140 head per carload.
A clipped overheard exchange about time and snow or daisies follows a terse wartime digression. A pasteurized milk pledge is given a dry retort about cows kept in pasture. A social stereotype line closes the fragment about women and men.
Dr Homer H Neft of Springhill Kansas endorses Kilmer SwampRoot as the best kidney medicine on the market. He notes twelve years of handling the product and splendid demand. Det 14 1916. Oct 14 1916.
Historic claims trace uric acid to rheumatism and gout. Dr. Pierce of Buffalo introduces Anuric, a premeal remedy said to remove uric acid, easing headaches back pain stomach distress and swollen joints. Obtain Anuric from general stores or mail for a package.
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