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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
2
A dated warning ad urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin, claiming it has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 26 years and warns that imitations may be dangerous. The ad instructs buyers to say Bayer when purchasing.
An exchange recounts Pilkington and Wilkington describing a scene where O G ay and his wife along with the wife’s sister exit a car. The punch line identifies which wife by who received help during the exit.
Jenkins confirms a detachable chin rest for a violin, enabling its use when not playing. The exchange specifies a chin rest that can be removed, highlighting practical modifications for ease of use at home.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an economical, exquisitely scented powder for face, skin, baby, and dusting use. It claims the product perfumes well and renders other perfumes unnecessary, as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap and Ointment.
A terse exchange reveals a man sent a girl two hundred dollars worth of flowers over six months and says only the bill remains. The ad promotes Roman Eye Balsam with a morning relief claim, noting 372 Pearl Street, New York as the contact location.
Quotes Rochefoucauld on courage and danger. The line implies true bravery comes only from firsthand peril.
A compact adage notes that even a fool can be a truer companion than a man who overanalyzes. It implies caution against overconfidence and values simple loyalty over knowledge.
The Sixth Annual Pacific Slope Dairy Show at Oakland Municipal Auditorium drew record participation and attendance. Breeders praised the overall quality, notably the Guernsey and Jersey classes, with Holsteins similar in number. Ayrshire entries were fewer, led by J. H. Rosseter’s twelve animals from Wikiup Rancho Santa Rosa, a standout group.
Last year the walnut growers of the Chino district netted 380000 dollars. This year the net returns are estimated to fall to about 190000 dollars. Local officials cited market drops and higher production costs as the main factors behind the reduced earnings.
A 4000 ton cargo of Argentine corn was unloaded at San Francisco Bay, the second southern hemisphere shipment in weeks per California grain inspectors. Officials note Argentina’s growing competition in global corn markets, while Kings County grape shipping sets records with 3,327 carloads and 90 day season. Student Max Diven shared a home project on gyıp corn, harvesting 108 sacks and earning nearly $100 after costs.
Poultry raisers at El Camino caution against letting small chicks wander far from houses. Last year A. G. Phillips and others lost many young chicks to black crow attacks, a new experience for local poultrymen though common in Iowa and the middle west.
California Bartlett pears lead metropolitan fruit popularity ahead of Hiberta peaches and seedless grapes. This season 2692 carloads were sold at auction in New York, constituting 80 percent of all Bartletts sold and about half of pears from all varieties nationwide.
Tu lare's new $30,000 condensing plant operates at half a carload daily, condensing milk for candy makers and bakers. The product targets wholesale trade in Central and Southern California, shipped in fifty gallon barrels for the wholesale market.
Rutgers Pogis Golden Girl 577494 a junior two year old Jersey cow owned by the University of California at Davis completed a 365 day test producing 612.37 pounds of fat and 11 466 pounds of milk she earned qualification for the Register of Merit of the American Jersey Cattle club.
The citrus committee of the Redlands chamber of commerce announced that more than 1,000 acres of orange groves in the district were equipped with heaters in October and that at least 50,000 heaters are now installed.
A survey shows the Imperial valley grapefruit harvest will extend into spring with a crop larger than last year. Fruits are large and trees heavily loaded, indicating strong potential yields.
County horticultural commissioner Frank R. Brann says successful Guayale experiments in Tu lare county show potential to cultivate vast arid land in Tulare for rubber, creating returns where none exist.
An insect pest named Serica, a small beetle that hides underground by day and feeds on leaves at night, worries Tulare county farmers. Arsenical spray has cut the risk somewhat but no definitive control exists yet.
Despite the harvest nearing end at Owensmouth, orchardists keep忙 pruning apricot trees and caring for walnut trees with nuts off. Young groves are irrigated and cultivated while grape growers enjoy a brief lull before work resumes.
David M. Orr of Selma won with a Rhode Island Red for best cock at the fourth annual Alta District Poultry Pigeon and Dog show held in Dinuba. The best pen awards went to a White Minorca owned by Earl E. Sanders of Modesto and a White Plymouth Rocks pen shown by Lewis C. Baker of Dinuba.
Judge R L Thompson of the Superior Court Santa Rosa awarded damages in several actions against prune grower members for breach of contracts to deliver prunes. Judgments were entered against Horace Hosmer for 4000 dollars and against L Hallengren and L Belvair for 7067 dollars and 1300 dollars interest.
La Habra reports its packing house shipping about two cars daily. The season is expected to reach sixty cars of tomatoes. Growers, traditionally fruit farmers, increasingly shift to vegetables, with some ranchers cultivating tomatoes alone as they expand acreage.
The county's final crop of the year milo along with cotton benefited from favorable weather, enabling a loss-free harvest. Large plantings of white and red milo occurred on Tulare lake bed west of Corcoran and on the west side plains, with early ripening in April plantings ready by August before other areas harvested later.
County Horticultural Commissioner H P Stabler reports 935 cling peach growers in Sutter County. He mailed each grower a letter with suggestions for peach rust control through early fall spraying. The guidance also includes early pruning and removal of all dead or infected wood.
The Imperial Valley turkey growers have revived their marketing organization and entered a contract with a Los Angeles concern to handle this season. Birds sold at 55 cents a pound dressed under the Blue Ribbon brand. Demand remains strong. This marks the third year of the local association’s operation.
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union piece asserts buoyancy of health comes from strength and mental vigor, which spring from good digestion. It notes good digestion is secured only by eating and drinking proper quantities of food and liquid, enabling daily buoyancy of spirit and appetite.
A luncheon and supper guide offers several recipes and menu ideas. Spanish Toast uses peppers onion parsley tomato sauce over toast with a poached egg. Fish Balls in white sauce, Ham and Hominy, and Haricot of Mutton. Desserts include Apple and Marshmallow and Cocoa Angel Food. It also covers Club Luncheon planning with budget tips and two featured dressings: California Salad Dressing and Sunflower Salad for twenty-five.
An authority advises daily quart water and occasional salts to prevent kidney sluggishness from rich foods. Symptoms include dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, and cloudy urine. Four ounces of Jad Salts in water before breakfast may help cleanse kidneys and neutralize acids. Jad Salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is inexpensive and safe to use as a daily kidney flush.
Llivia is a four square mile Spanish enclave entirely surrounded by France with about 1,400 residents. The Pyrenees treaty of 1659 left this geography puzzle to persist through medieval diplomacy. A neutral road exists to Spain, and cross-border trade quietly taxes life there.
Crescentino celebrates the 150 year memory of Serra, a poor illiterate worker who moved a giant cathedral bell-tower ten feet in 1776. He planned the feat mentally, built a beam bridge, used eight ropes and windlasses, and had his son ring the bell as the crowd watched. He demanded only sixty five in gold.
A casual dialogue frame shows a girl asking if Alice likes the speaker and a friend asserts that her parents are urging the relationship, indicating social pressure and romantic interest in a light, everyday teen setting.
A witty remark compares a two weeks’ vacation to the monthly rent due date, noting both pass swiftly and with equal inevitability. The line captures a light, everyday viewpoint on time and obligations.
The ad notes a harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion used by millions for 50 years sold in drug and general stores for 35 cents. An unrelated line warns experience with women misleads a man, suggesting a cynical view on relationships.
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