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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
2
The article argues alfalfa boosts profits in beef milk pork and eggs by balancing corn rations and enriching soil. It outlines methods for small patches and various seeding strategies including late summer spring with nurse crops and June seeding, plus seedbed prep and harvest advice, urging farmers to begin with a small trial.
A satin and georgette crepe frock offers a conservative coat or dress look with a plain bodice and square neck. Full sleeves with deep cuffs, a crepe underskirt, and a satin upper skirt create a combined bodice and skirt design. Velvet or crepe capes and fur accessories complement fall outfits. A second gown in mole gray gaberdine features a box plaited skirt above a high waist, corsage of charmeuse, and lace trimmed back collar.
A child’s dancing dress features a simple straight silk piece pleated with narrow embroidered trim and a velvet ribbon shoulder strap bodice. Accessories include a rose faille coat, pearl buttons, lace trimmed cuffs, a fine eyelet collar, and a wide rose ribbon bonnet with rosette.
Reliable remedy for chicken lice is mild grease such as lard or meat fryings or a mix with kerosene. Rub grease into the body feathers for lice on fowls and apply kerosene to roosts weekly for mites, without using a strong mixture.
The text urges early teaching lambs to eat extra food regardless of ewe milk at birth to achieve higher weights quickly. It emphasizes training the lambs soon after birth to intake supplemental feed for rapid growth.
Fragmentary text argues a poor farmer cannot find a good place or status and implies a harsh view of wealth and labor with crude language and unclear context. The passage provides limited concrete facts or named entities for fuller summary.
The article details new taffeta blouses with long shoulder lines and a circular flounce at the sleeve join. Full bishop sleeves and straight front and back panels emphasize delicate frilled collars.
A Durand Wisconsin woman and a Blackstone Massachusetts resident praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing hot flashes suffocation and other menopause symptoms. The ad urges middle aged women to heed warning signs and consider the remedy for relief and health.
Mr Dustin Stax discusses hypnotism noting old mesmerists used a shining object to start, and he observes many people lose ordinary ideas when shown a silver dollar. The exchange questions belief in dynotization and the effect of a simple object on thought.
An officer and an inquisitive old lady aboard Noontime discuss watch bells and loud sounds. The boat’s talk turns to fashion as a blonde passenger wears a green and white striped sweater, drawing judge-like remarks on distractions and unnecessary noises.
A humorous exchange reveals a landlady reading war updates to track meat card days. Residents protest the effect on their meals as shortages stretch routines and tensions rise over rationing.
In a London Sketch caption the character Tommy returns from fifteen months in the trenches and greets his comrade Jimmy with a joke about the smell of gas works, while noting charity contributors are often spotted in the act.
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