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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
3
A local note contrasts frequent troublemakers with scarce peacemakers, reflecting rising community tensions and calls for stronger conflict resolution. The piece underscores the need for dialogue, community programs, and leadership to reduce unrest and foster harmony.
The document outlines lard type and bacon type hogs, detailing conformation, fat distribution, and market desirables. It covers breed examples such as Poland China, Yorkshire, Tamworth, Hampshire, and notes on origin, maturity, and maternal traits.
The text describes several pig breeds including the Poland-China, Duroc Jersey, Chester White, and Berkshire. It notes Poland-China is common in Ohio and the U.S., Duroc Jersey as a prolific lard breed, Chester White as a prolific fat type, and Berkshire as an English-origin, black pig with white points.
A traditional grafting wax recipe uses four parts resin two parts beeswax and one part rendered tallow by weight. Melt slowly then cool under water to form a tough pliable mass that stores well and suits grafting and tree wound dressing.
Local attention centers on loosening soil to moisture rich depth for root growth. Explains blasting or dynamiting as an easy cheap method to loosen the surface and conserve moisture for trees through the first season.
Guidance on selecting large clean potato pieces, two to three ounces, free from scab, smut, sprouting, shrinkage, frost, and disease. Advises using formalin or corrosive sublimate to treat seed and careful handling at cutting time.
A newspaper note promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to remove previous days toxins from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims uric acid buildup fuels rheumatic pain and says daily use cleanses the alimentary canal improving health and reducing headaches constipation bilious attacks and bad breath.
A librarian explains no new fiction is available due to the book buyer's six month absence on a trip as the judge notes. The exchange highlights gaps in the library's collection and staffing during the absence.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleanse for constipation in children and adults. It touts a 50 cent bottle with full directions and warns to beware of counterfeit syrups.
The dialogue hints at a possible European peace movement rumor with skepticism as officials deny it. The exchange underscores public intrigue and media ambiguity surrounding a potential shift toward pacifist efforts in Europe.
An advertisement extols Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as effective for eczema ringworm and itching. It touts rapid itch relief and versatile uses from dandruff to burns and wounds, claiming no harsh ingredients and safe use on irritated surfaces.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip notes a wife using a thermos bottle. The piece mentions 1914 U S death rate as 13.6 per 1000, the lowest ever recorded in the country.
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