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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
3
A playful Stray Stories item notes a shopper complimenting melons and mentioning they are for his mother in law. The speaker jokes about half her life for a good melon, claiming to have bought a couple.
An advertisement touts Brandreth Pills as a universal laxative and blood purifier with sales claims across the globe. The copy emphasizes 90 years of use and worldwide acceptance.
A classroom moment features a teacher after snow lesson prompting what might be seen in winter. A small boy answers gloves, sparking a light humorous exchange about everyday cold weather items.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as antiseptic and fragrant, suitable for face skin baby and dusting, claiming it renders other perfumes superfluous. It is presented as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
A playful quip pits a fast thinker against a jokey cook. The Delaware Blue Hen lends a wink with a line about turning off the light and slipping into bed before darkness arrives.
Reflective quip on women wanting to leave marriage and reclaim simple work in laundry. The line hints at dissatisfaction with matrimony and longing for prior independence and labor. No specific people or organizations are named.
A New York Times fashion writer notes white dominates the season with frocks in white and soft colors, featuring sports skirts, one piece gowns, tunics, and embroidered dresses. The article highlights hats, gloves, sweaters, textures like crepe, silk, and canvas, plus contrasting black and white combinations and resort wraps.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a growing wave of farmers accounting schools in many states. County agents, extension workers, and school programs promote uniform accounting, cost analysis, and comparisons of yields, labor, and expenses to improve farm management and profitability.
Pure bred Holstein cattle fed and cared for by farm boys and girls as part of their dairy calf club work make up 19 percent of Delaware's pure bred Holsteins, per a recent USDA report.
United States Department of Agriculture advises using high quality red clover seed with strong germination. Test germination by placing 100 200 seeds on moist paper at 65 80 degrees F. expect sprouts in 3 4 days. Aim for about 90 percent germination with some hard seeds. avoid Italian seed grown in Italy as it suits fewer US regions. Buy from a reputable firm to ensure non Italian seed.
The United States Department of Agriculture analyzes horse power versus motor power for farms. Horses offer versatility across terrains, self replacement and increasing value, breeding mares to sustain stock, soil fertility benefits, and lower cash outlays due to home-grown feed. Motors excel in specific conditions, and often both forms are used on farms.
USDA data show corn silage greatly improves feeding value. West Virginia beef cows wintering on silage are worth 60 percent more than shock corn, while Illinois reef calves yield 30 percent more per acre with corn silage. Silage reduces waste and enhances palatability of cheaper roughages. Free bulletins from Washington provide crop guidance.
The article notes 48 million hogs slaughtered under federal inspection with about 15 percent showing tuberculosis to some degree. It warns of large food and monetary losses and urges proper eradication and management methods. Packers pay 10 cents per hundredweight for hogs from counties free or nearly free of bovine tuberculosis and agriculture bulletins provide prevention guidance.
The vigor with which sweet clover grows as a weed leads many to think little care is needed for a good stand. But the opposite is true due to hard seeds and poor seedbed preparation and careless seeding.
A humorous exchange follows as a notorious figure, just released from prison, refuses a phrase about walking free. He quips that his wife accompanied him rather than claiming instant notoriety.
An advertisement touts "Dandelion Butter Color" as a safe vegetable butter color used for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles labeled "Dandelion" for 85 cents.
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly in London presents a dialogue about love and social perception with a quip about being labeled brainless and unattractive. The exchange hints at affection tempered by social judgments.
Local advertisement extols Allcock's Plasters as invaluable for aches and pains at home. Describes product as inexpensive, absolutely pure, safe and effective in a concise period-voice promo.
Readers who maintain diaries can easily mine entries for personal correspondence. The habit yields vivid scenes, dates, and observations suitable for heartfelt letters and recounting daily life.
An old advertisement promotes Cole’s Carboli Salve as a quick pain reliever for burns or cuts and scar free healing. Sold by Atal qoon druggists in 8c and 60c sizes or J. W. Cole Co. Rockford NL.
An aphorism notes that the milk of human kindness is typically described as inferior and lacking in usefulness, suggesting disappointment in benevolent impulses.
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