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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
4
An assortment of quotes, odd lines, and antique ad blurbs mix as a banquet scene unfolds in New York. Richard Croker denounces a movement as flaky. A father confronts a young girl over a cryptic letter while astronomy lessons are joked about. Also, old ads tout Murine eye remedy and Iceland geysers.
Fragmentary quotation extols the power of steadfastness. It ponders how a man daringly presses through adversity, likening effort to plants breaking soil and a wedge or catapult that cannot be stopped. The source text is garbled and presents a single, vivid metaphor about unwavering resolve.
Cumberland Me resident Mrs Marion Bruce credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring her strength and appetite after a winter illness. She praises the tonic as the best blood medicine and notes recovery allowed her to resume housework and end constant fatigue. The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla in tablet form as Sarsatuba.
Fragmented clipping reports the famous brown dog vanished from a granite fountain at Battersea. It caused police encounters and spurred memorial inscriptions about vivisection of 282 dogs at University College in 1902. The piece blends stray anecdotes and ads.
R G Weatherstone notes carrots boost palatability and provide value in cattle rations. He describes ideal feed lots, drainage, and windward sheds, plus cost effective paving and tiling. Emphasizes oats for lambs, roots thrice weekly, and simple wheelbarrow construction for feed transport.
Dr J Fisher of Fitchburg Massachusetts shares a potato growing method with a fertilizer mix including ammonium sulphate nitrate of soda and phosphate along with magnesia and potash. Seed potatoes are treated with corrosive sublimate, sprouted in a greenhouse, cut to one sprout per piece, planted upright, covered with earth, and fertiliser spread in the drill. The field is kept straight with a horse hoe and frequent cultivation to minimize hand weeding.
Actual experiences guide breeders on when swine reach breeding maturity. Some say eighteen months is too early for strong bone and muscle, but proper feeding can develop vigorous animals by that age. The notion that pigs need two or three years for bone and muscle mirrors the belief in prolonged half rations to build stamina before full feeding.
James Whitcomb Riley visits Hazelden farm in western Indiana. A chauffeur scoots a car at dawn to fetch chewing tobacco for Riley, prompting Ade to guess at a doctor’s call while Riley remarks on the chauffeur’s haste. The gag reflects Riley’s quick wit and the farm’s bustling oddities, with light ads interrupting the scene.
Paris legend M Henri Poll of the Tuileries Garden, famed for patient study and bond with birds, has been decorated by the French minister of agriculture. At 76, Poll has earned the trust and affection of his feathered companions, who respond to his schedule each morning.
The piece notes a performer who uses trained birds at his command, promotes Perrit's Eye Salve as a standard antiseptic salve claimed to cure with a government endorsement, and includes varied items: a Chinese smuggling sting, Bank of England staff, a political rival remark, a French elderly couple’s death, and a cautionary proverb about boasting before achievement.
An old advertisement from Lowell Mass touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a non alcoholic tonic to improve digestion, blood, nerves, and vigor. It claims doctor endorsement and urges readers to consult their physician and ask about Ayer's Pills for liver support.
Archaeologists note 1911 findings from 650 BC tablets in Assyria reveal medical science with prescriptions for colic relief, fasting, massage, and faith healing. Treatments combine hypericum decoctions, cold water, onion rubs, sesame oil, olive oil, dates syrup, honey and salt, plus dietary restrictions and massages.
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