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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
3
The USDA warns that rats and mice ruin groceries textiles leather goods and more, urging new or repaired buildings and strict inspection. It cites food abundance and waste in slaughterhouses factories and camps as key rat sources and recommends wire cages cremation covered waste receptacles and daily removal of trash.
The article explains catering to each animal's appetite for best gains, noting horses differ in oats, corn, and hay needs. It warns against waste from rats and poor facilities, suggests rat proofing, fumigation at docks and ships, and modern concrete wharves, stressing vigilant feeding to prevent loss.
Winter tasks for farmers include planting pruning and spraying home or chards forming cooperative clubs for purchasing and selling farm supplies clearing pastures repairing fences preparing for Bermuda grass sodding next spring purchasing fertilizers cash paying for them winter plowing making compost top dressing grain with manure repairing painting implements cleaning poultry and hog houses mating poultry and setting eggs for fall pallets using a split log drag on roads and coordinating with neighbors.
Farmers report pigs prefer dry middlings in troughs over slop. Experiments show pigs compete fiercely for dry feed, with some owners supporting dry feeding while others oppose it. The text argues dry middlings can improve digestion and appetite in pigs versus slop.
For years Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root has been a physician prescribed kidney liver and bladder medicine. It strengthens the kidneys and helps them work naturally. Sold by druggists, samples available by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY with paper mention.
A newcomer in a Texas gulf town set up a shack with a barber chair on one side and a forge on the other. A traveling salesman sought a shave to beat an impending rain but the barber refused saying he had a plowshare in him.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for disordered stomachs and liver problems including sick headaches constipation sour stomach and nervous indigestion. It claims August Mower acts as a gentle laxative regulating digestion and cleansing the alimentary canal while stimulating bile production and impurity removal. Sold worldwide in 30 and 90 cent bottles.
James boasts he is a man who always goes to the bottom of things. T noticed that when he was at the punchbowl last night. Canton Ohio workhouse inmates are knitting for soldiers.
A fragment mentions Belgian future hopes for Bruges and cities Antwerp Brussels Ghent with a sense of liberation. It also advertises Bromo Quinine laxative products claiming quick relief for colds. A Cuticura ad promotes lotion, soap, and ointment for irritated skin.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. The remedy claims to cure via a constitutional approach, acting through the blood to the mucous surfaces. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness and appeals for $100 refund if not cured. advertisement by J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
World Outlook cautions that soldiers returning from war may carry unfamiliar disease germs from diverse forces and soil. Sir William Osler notes unprecedented wartime health but warns against indiscriminate immigration without strong medical and sanitary safeguards.
Dialog at a breakfast table exposes conflicting views on Liberty bonds. The thin boarder, blonde typist, bank clerk, and pug-nosed girl volley reasons from protection to face value, finally settling on owners earning interest alone.
Policeman restrains a tramp on the sidewalk while reassuring a bystander that the man is only having a fit. The scene captures a tense moment in a public street with bystanders nearby.
Five Felislea massalca specimens lived in Washington Zoo for years and 54 wild Africans were studied. Captive lions show darker color longer hair on elbows and broader shorter skulls due to damp air and reduced jaw muscle use.
Quoted exchange contrasts a stork joke with a bill collector fear. no news events or people identified. The fragment lacks verifiable facts for a proper card.
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