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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
5
In thousands of homes for over thirty years Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a spring medicine for the whole family. It claims to purify blood, boost appetite, and cure spring ailments including skin diseases stomach liver and kidney issues and tiredness. The ad highlights a formula of over 20 ingredients and warns against inferior substitutes. A 100 dose supply costs one dollar.
A garbled array of flirtatious quips and ad lines appears, noting a six year courtship ending between Tim and Tiny, followed by a collage of product pitches and humorous exchanges including Pettit's Eye Salve and Magazines for second-hand prices, with scattered jokes about tariffs and a Ferris wheel gag.
The California Fig Syrup Co. touts its exceptional equipment and chemists as enabling the pure medi inal plant extracts to be combined with Syrup of California Figs. Only the genuine product uses an original method, and buyers are urged to look for the full company name on the front of the package to avoid imitations.
Ex-President Roosevelts farmers commission found lack of sewerage creates unsanitary homes on farms small towns and suburbs. A properly designed septic tank with a glazed vitrified sewerage system can connect house and toilet, seal the tank, and provide clear odorless overflow. It can be installed without a plumber, using concrete and piping, improving home sanitation to city levels.
Practical guidance from the Bureau of Entomology and farmer notices on lamb adoption methods, hog mover hardware, and orchard protection. Techniques include placing ewes between hurdles, tying poles, or placing a dog nearby to spur maternal behavior, and using oil-fueled orchard fires for winter protection in South Texas.
A fragmented 19th century note discusses hog feeding limits, preferring corn or corn cob meal for swine given their small stomachs and high crude fiber intolerance. It contrasts ground corn for homa with railcar accidents and a farmer’s cattle-train tragedy, ending in a quip about a razorback hog killed on track.
Wartime agri notes advise on alfalfa bloat treatment using hyposulphite of soda, aqua ammonia, and positioning to aid belching. It extols sheep on weed patches for profitable, minimal care, returns soil fertility, and suggests breed choices. Also discusses lean pig aims and alfalfa meal for chicken feed as a versatile year round staple.
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