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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
6
A wry quip notes that once a girl commits to spinsterhood she stays put unless a man proposes. The joke then pivots to say the Prayer Book has yet to mention airships, mixing social norms with a nod to modern invention.
Drugists report many people suffer kidney issues without realizing it and Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer is promoted as effective. An insurance examiner notes kidney trouble is common and causes many declines. Sample bottle offered for ten cents with a newspaper request.
A Paris fashion expert praises Paris as world fashion center after the war. She reports trends from Worth to Doucet, including straight lines, full gowns, low belts, long coats, and velvet suits. Egyptian influence appears in drapery and colors, with American visitors driving fashion royalty while French thriftness reshapes production.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines balanced rations to boost egg production. Experiments show pullets need about 6.7 pounds per dozen eggs, Leghorns 4.8, with older hens using more. Simple mixtures using home grown grains with meat scrap or milk prove most profitable.
William Robert Wilson son of W. W. Wilson of Muncie Indiana won the grand championship in the baby beef contest at the Indiana state fair. He showed Baron W a purse bred Aberdeen Angus steer and defeated seasoned breeders in a field of 62 calves including Short horns Aberdeen Angus and Herefords. Baron W was sired by Belmont EF Baron and Leona Dean and weighed 200 pounds on March 1.
Observations at Geneva show late summer insects escape notice during packing and storage. Codling moth larvae and apple maggot stay in a single fruit, while apple worm and San Jose scale can move between apples. Cold storage near freezing can curb growth. infested fruit still stores less well than sound fruit.
Farmers with cars and chickens can kill lice and vermin in the coop by connecting a rubber hose to the exhaust pipe, running the motor for ten minutes, and letting the fumes purge the chicken house. The method is billed as cheap and reliable.
Late fall plowing followed by an intertilled crop the next year helps control wild onion or garlic. Plant corn in cheech rows. In pastures, dig and destroy individual plants if plentiful. Sheep grazing can reduce tops and eventually kill the plants. Coal-tar creosote oil may also kill both plant and bulbs when applied in small thimbleful doses.
The Iowa experiment station says an ordinary grain binder can economically harvest soy beans on small acreages. Beans may color from rain but stay sound and sweet and suitable for feed or seed after shocking and curing.
Poultry specialist Annabelle Campbell from Minnesota university extension notes hens that lay well in winter also perform best in summer. She adds fowls that lay under adverse conditions resume after rest and keep laying into spring and summer, with the best birds needing minimal rest.
The article notes yearly declines in turkey production and suggests capons as an easier alternative. It claims capons are preferred by many and highlights the challenges of raising turkeys in confinement, while noting capons can be raised successfully in such conditions.
Mrs Laura Berberick of Toboken N J writes that a severe La Grippe left her with chronic catarrh and sleepless nights. After using Peruna she reports no head pains, slimes gone, better sleep and weight gain, and says she will keep and recommend Peruna. It claims Peruna helps all forms of catarrh including coughs and nasal issues.
A dialogue scene shows Charles and Claude in distress after Claude visits Miss Graham. Miss Graham’s mother confronts Claude about his intentions, creating an awkward moment. Then Miss Graham herself calls out that Claude is not her chosen suitor, intensifying the embarrassment.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup for constipated or feverish children. It claims the product sweetens the stomach, jumpstarts the liver and bowels without griping and contains no narcotics.
A caution mentions that a smile uses thirteen muscles and warns against smiling in inopportune places, framing it as a superstition about luck.
Mrs. 8. W. Knott of Champaign Illinois credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with relieving her functional disturbances and fainting spells after years of treatment. She reports all body functions now operate correctly and recommends the remedy with praise. Included is offer for free medical advice and a 10 cent trial packet by mail from the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
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