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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
8
National Lead Company offers a complete painting guide along with color schemes and specifications. Request 1902 Trinity Building New York City for exterior or interior painting guidance and an instrument to detect adulteration in paint materials. Free outfit, valuable for durable beauty in homes.
A collage of ad copy and quips shows Resinol Ointment praised for itching piles with a testimonial from J. R. Herzog, D D S of New York City. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes nearly 3,000,000 people attended tuberculosis exhibitions in the year ending August 31, with 28 exhibits nationwide. A humor vignette depicts a farmer reacting to summer guests and a kitchen table anecdote about a scent bag, paired with a joke about kissing and germs, and a wife and mother-in-law gag concluding the page.
A Boston mother touts Grape-Nuts as a feeding aid for her three healthy boys Rob Jack and Dick ages six four and two. She cites improvements in a neighbor’s weak three year old after eating Grape-Nuts. She and her husband claim daily use keeps them strong and well and urges mothers to offer a handful of Grape-Nuts instead of candy to boost health and mental activity.
Frank R. Bryant explains a practical 18 by 18 inch concrete roller weighing about 400 pounds, constructed from flat iron, plywood form, and galvanized sheet iron. The article also urges on farm nutrient conservation, noting corn sale removes soil nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, with manure returning much of these nutrients.
Agricultural experiment station at Columbia reports 1908 seed corn trials across north and south Missouri. Boone county white corn adapts to bottom and upland, with St Charles white and commercial white nearly matching in yield. Reid's yellow dent leads among yellow varieties, followed by legal tender and Hildreth yellow dent. Leaming and Reid's close in average yield, with minor quality differences.
Onion seed for sets can be sown in August. Some sow in drills with thick spacing, keeping rows about 14 inches apart and cultivating to suppress weeds. Another method selects a rich piece of ground for the crop.
The article explains keeping onion land weed free in summer and sowing seed broadcast thickly to force close plant spacing so bulbs stay small. It notes a harrow adapted for cultivating onion soil is shown in the illustration.
Step by step directions show how to build a cheap gate for a wire fence using a 2 inch by 24 inch iron piece as a socket for a gate stick. The method avoids ropes or chains and uses spikes washers nuts and a welded eye to secure the post and gate.
A potato covering device uses inch thick runners and 2x4 supports to glide, with a front hitch for a horse and rear handles for pushing. It triples as a plow for a furrow. The article also notes evidence linking spraying with arsenical insecticides to bird deaths, urging spraying for pests like Gypsy moth and elm leaf beetle and observing dead birds within days.
The piece argues that extra tillage on farms yields higher returns than standard practices. It explains that cloddy soil blocks root growth, wastes moisture and nutrients, and in dry seasons the yield gap versus friable soil with available food and moisture can near 100 percent.
David Price of Corydon describes kidney trouble severe enough to weaken him. after a week on Dean's Kidney Pills he walked without a cane and health gradually returned, remaining well seven years later. Sold by all dealers 50¢ a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Graniteville Vermont reader Mara praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life. The letter claims complete restoration of health and urges publication to help other women, touting a 30 year record of cures for female complaints and nervous prostration.
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