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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
4
A collage of classifieds and notices includes sympathy for a horse with a scolding arcade exchange about a bad purchase, alongside hair product ads from the Hair Emporium in Portland Oregon. Other items promote Spohn's Distemper Compound and Putnam Fadeless Dyes, with various medical and grooming products and random facts.
A guidance piece on versatile potato preparation covers baked boiled mashed fried and omelet methods, with practical steps for texture and flavor. It also includes a recipe for potato pudding and a cheese-topped bake, plus a short note on chicken broiled in a paper bag and a stray social moment between men and women.
A noisy mix of ad copy and home crafts describes Cascarets pills offering relief from constipation indigestion and biliousness. It claims cleansing of stomach liver and intestines, plus a bed cover project and various kitchen tips, peppered with promotional and odd non sequiturs.
A quirky blend of an accidental stopover joke from a Chicago Daily News item about a passenger overbalancing from an express train and a hair care ad for Knowlton's Danderine promising to save and beautify hair. The ad promotes a 25 cent bottle while the train anecdote ends with the porter reassuring the traveler that his ticket permits a stop off.
A 1922 newspaper-style alert stresses kidney health as central to overall well being. It cites Brights disease claimed deaths in New York in 1912 and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy with testimonials. It also notes a long English factory belt running steady and mentions Doctor Pierces Pleasant Pellets for constipation. Gas usage in the United States 1922 totals 662 billion cubic feet at 15.04 cents per thousand.
An old advertisement extols the Wonderful Blood Remedy as a purifier that restores energy and long life. It asserts rapid immune support and targets blood disorders with claims of anti microbial effects, urging readers to buy BSR, visit a California address, and seek free medical advice, while warning against fake imitators.
A field practical method by Bert Zall of the National Crop Improvement Service outlines using blotting paper to test germination. Folded paper holds 100 seeds per square, wick in waxed wrap, read in 6 to 10 days. aim for about ninety six germinated seeds and test seeds yearly to ensure crop quality.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture notes pocket gophers devastate orchard and nursery stock and garden produce. Apricot trees six inches in diameter were destroyed. an California orchard counted seven trees killed. Barn owls are key enemies, yet ranchers often shoot them. Killing methods include poison mixed with chopped sweet potatoes, which gophers readily eat underground.
Missouri station tests found whole grain does not fatten chickens. Finely ground grain proves cheaper and more effective when birds are confined. Best results with a ration of white bolted corn meal, low grade flour, catmeal, pea meal, buckwheat middlings, and wheat middlings. Flesh creamy white, fat well distributed, and fat encasing the entrails.
A brief livestock note urges feeders to keep stock well summered and wintered. It argues a well cared for animal remains in good condition year round, improving overall outcomes for sheep and other live stock.
The piece urges farmers to adopt a strict policy of culling nonprofitable cattle. It argues that removing unproductive cows would raise milk prices to align with production costs, and advocates selling the “robber cows” now to improve profitability.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepain as a miracle cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief in five minutes from sour stomach, heartburn, and nausea with a large fifty cent case sold at any drug store.
The clipping cites flying fish the size of herrings in all waters and a fruit eating bat known to Malays as kruang. It also mentions Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, German lamp chimneys sold as American made, and a Dublin strike causing an estimated daily loss of sixty thousand dollars. It references banks in operation with capital figures and a dialog from the Chicago Daily News.
An unclear report recounts Jim boating in a cat boat and getting caught in a mishap. The text mentions Dr Peery Vermitage and a supposed expulsion of Vorusius, with cryptic notes about a natural accident and timing described as a few hours. The fragmentary source lacks clear details.
A fragment notes Perth Scotland as a municipal golf center and recalls a 1424 act by James I forbidding certain games including golfe and fuseball. The item links early law to the city’s sporting identity, using oblique references to royal acts and local culture.
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