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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
7
A reader asks who painted Brown's house and speculates Fitz & Btarts as the likely firm. The inquiry notes the suggestion but offers no definitive confirmation.
In a playful exchange a young mistress asks if obey will be cut from the wedding rite Aunt Dinah replies with a humorous pledge to keep control while promising to limit the dematrimony.
A promotional notice touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. It recounts testimonials from Mrs. Karn A. Kieso of Aurora Illinois and Mrs. Josi Copner of Cincinnati Ohio detailing months of illness and renewed health after using the remedy. The ad invites women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Tipton lad, Monta Jessup, gains entry to a Wild West show by trading his father Orin Jessup's shirt with a showman. The boy recalls his father’s prominence as Orin Jessup Land Co. president. The incident ends with the boy touring the entire grounds, learning a shirt can buy admission. The piece also notes Orville Wright's Dayton dinner remark on postwar flying mania and hints at proposed names for air enthusiasm.
Danny looks at a picture of Elijah ascending in a chariot of fire and exclaims that the halo on the prophet's head is carrying an extra tire, showing a child’s literal interpretation of a religious image.
Physicians emphasize kidneys control other organs and remove poisons by filtering blood. Reduced exercise, water, and diet rich foods burden kidneys, signaling trouble like backache and bladder issues. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root advertised as effective kidney and bladder remedy with sample request offer.
A playful piece contrasts male and female speech about time. It notes that “a minute” may be given as sixty seconds by a father and as a shorter count by a sister, highlighting language gender differences in timing.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that seed corn left in the husk or in a sack can mildew sprout or lose vitality. It recommends drying ears promptly in a well ventilated place, using wire or wooden racks, with careful ventilation and only gentle heat when needed.
A historical crop note advises tying harvested ears singly on binder twine at eight inch intervals to air and prevent heat and mildew. The method emphasizes quick action after husking to preserve commodity quality.
Repeated trials show early fall plowing yields better green crop conditions next year than late plowing. August is hot and dry, so plow as much as possible on clean soil. on weedy land follow with disking or harrowing or replow in October to destroy weeds and loosen soil for plant food.
The article urges meticulous meadow care as the key to high profits, noting England's famed meadows and cattle. It warns against improper topdressing with farmyard manure mixed with acid phosphate and recommends precise phosphate applications or bone meal when manure is unavailable.
The economy and convenience drive more silos to be built this season to preserve corn. A feeding test at Ohio experiment station found dairy cows fed largely on silage produced 17 percent more milk and 28 percent more butterfat than grain fed cows. Butterfat cost 18 cents per pound with silage versus 22 cents for grain. Other tests show two pounds of dry matter as silage costs less than one pound in sugar beets.
The United States Department of Agriculture seed stocks committee requests offers of seed with name kind variety quantity and price. Information will be filed to answer inquiries nationwide. Send communications to R. A. Oakley chairman committee on seed stocks USDA Washington.
Ground limestone two tons per acre or hydrated lime one and a half tons per acre are recommended to control sheep sorrel. Quicklime one ton per acre can be used, slaked with water and spread over the sorrel to injure leaves and correct soil acidity.
Fragmentary quotation shows an applicant and employer exchange about preferences for a single man and a request for advice. The text reflects a cautious, dialogic tone typical of early 20th century employment discussions, illustrating workplace gender and suitability considerations.
Farmers are advised to cut corn for silage when the grains are well dented and leaves begin to dry. The crop is near ready to cut for shocking, and owning a silage cutter helps fill the silo at the right condition.
Mrs Jenkins tells a long tale in the doctor's consulting room and receives another bottle. The doctor, thinking the visit finished, is surprised to hear she asks him to check if her tongue is coated. He responds that grass does not grow on a race track.
An old treatment ad promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for facial and hand care with a mail sample offer from Boston. In the same column a suburban baseball tale ends with a boy asking for a ball after it went over a fence and an irate father quarrels over the near miss and a child.
Vintage ad offers $1000 for a cure from catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Claims internal action through blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Vestigimens free by B J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertised with persuasive promises.
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