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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
The Ohio State Journal argues housing demand in Columbus favors separate homes over apartment houses. apartments meet real need for smaller quarters but a hundred new houses provide greater benefits, privacy, and a yard. Many vacant lots offer affordable building suited to neighborhoods, aiding small families and aspiring homeowners.
A Popular Mechanics item describes a public park fixture with sanitary drinking fountains for people, two canine watering basins, and a lamp post. The lamp is an iron fluted column on a four sided concrete base with a frosted glass globe, while four porcelain enamel fountains are placed around the base for adults and children.
The Cleveland Betterment council advances the City Beautiful program aiming to make Cleveland healthier and more elegant. Residents keeping yards immaculate will receive commendations, with plans for a vigorous cleanup campaign and yard planting, including window or porch boxes for those without yards.
Rice is a staple for a third of humanity with over 1 000 varieties. The plant resembles wheat but bears a head of fine stalks each containing a single grain. Rices are classified as upland or lowland. Upland rice grows like other crops while wet rice requires flooded fields during growth.
Farmers facing labor shortages should shift heavy work to horses and use efficient haying gear. Experts advise independent driving of multiple mowers, side delivery rakes, and tedder stirring over hand work to reduce fatigue and increase output. Push rakes speed stacking and hauling, while proper press setup lets two men feed a baler from a windrow with minimal dew-related delays.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports prospective 1920 vegetable seed acreage shows large cuts in many crops including dwarf snap beans carrot lettuce onion seed radish spinach sweet corn and tomato seed with increases in garden pole beans cucumber muskmelon watermelon parsley pepper pumpkin and Swede turnip seed. Overall production drops vary from 35 to 60 percent across crops, with sugar beet and garden peas up about 20 percent and onion sets up 50 percent.
Plan your work and work your plan. The application of acid phosphate has paid well on many alfalfa fields. Humus, when decaying, makes available plant food from the store of unavailable plant food in the soil. Humus acts as a sponge and increases the water holding capacity of the soil. For extra good melons, plant up hills of rotted manure and thin the vines to not over three plants to the hill.
In a cage dialog, the Red-Shouldered Hawk rejects being labeled as hen hawk and laments harmful stories. The Griffon Vulture encourages bad reputation while admitting cruelty, and the hawk insists their family is misjudged, seeking the truth that they are not the birds of ill repute.
A playful exchange where Tedder asks why lightning never strikes twice in the same place and Jimmie responds with a wry twist that after the first strike the spot is no longer present. The dialogue features a humorous back and forth about inevitability and change.
Public notice urges vigilance over blood health and promotes S. S. S. as a revitalizer. It claims purified blood wards off disease and offers free medical advice from Medical Director at Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
The doctor warns of a bad sprain and three months of rest for the premiere danseuse. The dancer laments losing a 300 a week contract and no savings. The doctor promises a fix to return to tomorrow’s show.
Johnny visits an aunt in England and reports public houses open early, claiming hens have the hiccoughs and expressing doubt about the area's goodness. A humorous exchange frames the scene as a child’s grave but playful observation of rural life.
A curio dealer touts a hundred year old sword from Waterloo while recounting an anecdote. The customer returns the item after hearing it, joking that he once bought the same tale with an old musket. Admiration for talent meets envy and critique of those who waste time on misery.
A promotional snippet urges using Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes, and maintain clear skin daily with Cuticura products including Talcum.
Bill Jones, a traveling man, gathers doctors advice on safe sleeping positions. He is told not to sleep on left or right sides, back, or stomach, and to avoid chairs as the body cannot relax. He jokes about sleeping standing up.
Dr E Escomel reports in Anales de la Facultad de Medicina Lima that certain puuedo beetles have blood used by natives to treat warts. The growths turn white as if cauterized by an acid, suggesting a benign chemical reaction.
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