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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
4
Over 1000 satisfied owners in Washi and Oregon, this ad touts The Western truck attachment with four bearings and Tweinch Timbon Bearing, urging buyers to avoid inferior rivals. Includes distributor contact in Portland Oregon and playful quotes from other items to fill space.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges farmers who have not raised chickens to start this year to supply their households and help national campaigns to reduce meat and egg shortages. It notes tens of millions of farms and a push to boost poultry output without urging massive expansion, aiming to provide beef and pork surpluses and price stability for the public.
A scrambled collage of purported medical cures and social quips fills pages with advice on kidney cleansing in poultry, poisons from derelict meat, and salt tonics. Mixed in are quirky exchange lines, bridge banter, and ads for Cutler products and liver tonics.
A 1918 American Review of Reviews piece compares the Ukrainian Republic's area to Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin and calls it the Black Earth Belt. It notes Ukraine's vast agricultural and mineral wealth including 40 percent of Russia's crude and significant pig iron and steel output.
A fragmentary exchange from The Prospect and The Brooklyn Citizen features a boastful impreessionable girl and a threatening remark about paying bills. The dialog centers on a challenge between a debutante’s suitor and a millionaire rival, with a remark about who was ahead in a distant race viewed by an observer.
A Cincinnati authority proclaims a drug named froozens can quickly remove corns and calluses with no irritation. The ad claims a small bottle costs little and will dry and remove hard or soft corn or callous. The piece also promotes Dr Pierce's Pills for liver and stomach regulation and hints at a local Louisville court or journal context.
Fragmentary poultry notice advises that strong healthy birds are needed for range improvement. It discusses culling, grading up with top mates, and maintaining vigor to enhance breed quality.
The report notes chickens hatched early in spring mature by fall and lay earlier eggs in summer. Offspring repeat the pattern, with late spring hatchlings not laying until fall, creating a cycle that favors early hatchings this year, according to the jury.
An advertising snippet touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for darkening hair. It claims natural look, easy home use, dampen a sponge and run through strands for a youthful appearance. Also mentions Garfield Tea as a laxative and purifier.
An agricultural note touts silage as the best available feed for Rougha stock, claiming it offers superior nutrition and cost efficiency compared with other feeds. A practical recommendation highlights silage advantages for livestock care and budgeting.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture describes silage as an economical roughage for finished stock, aiding health and digestion of other foods. It notes silage helps farmers carry stock through market downturns, benefits drought-time pasturing, and may yield larger, cheaper gains in fattened cattle, with warm barns not always necessary.
A collage of quirky quotes and cartoonish banter from popular papers features Raw, Pur Dealers, Pur Mant, and city voices. The passages lampoon appetite, manners, and social chatter across neighborhoods, including Johnson of Rumpus Ridge and remarks about feeding hounds and fashion.
The passage discusses how the percentage of marketable meat varies with feed quality and rationing. It notes bright meat and well intermixed fat, and suggests increasing bedding in sheds to keep cattle dry when roughage is the main feed, since silage or rock floors are unavailable. It concludes that capital allows overcoming shed costs and paving.
An old farm note discusses alfalfa feeding for work horses. It warns against feeding alfalfa hay in excess and the resulting urinary and winded effects. It advises sticking to proven rations and expert guidance for trotting horses and farm stables. It also mentions barn manners and colt grain rations.
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