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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
9
Letters from readers in St. Louis and New York report long term satisfaction with Peruna. A seven year old’s nasal catarrh and a parent’s head cold were cured with two and one bottles respectively. Peruna tablets offered a solid alternative form of the medicine.
Practical guides cover selecting young grafted apple trees, managing sows, and using manure efficiently. Notes highlight sheep profitability, goat milk advantages, barn setup, and wagons for hauling fodder. Experiments compare immature and mature corn fodder effects on milk yield.
A farm writer praises Angora goats for clearing brush and hazel from fields. Goats prefer leaves and twigs to grass and can completely clear a field in one season, leaving dead brush as evidence. Grass then grows, and a herd on a several hundred acre farm could both clean land and earn money.
Orange Judd Farmer notes about 8000 corn exhibits at the National Corn Exposition in Chicago. He says the overall display, aided by recent breeding advances, produced superior corn with pure bred varieties maturing earlier and resisting bad weather. Yellow Reid type dominates, with strong Illinois and strong calico and red corn from other states.
The Vermont Dairymen's Association sets dairy guidelines including well ventilated and clean stables, prompt removal of manure, annual whitewashing, sand plaster in gutters, feeding practices to avoid dusty fodder, udder brushing before milking, healthy cows free of tuberculosis, gradual feed changes, ample clean water, and hygienic milking with prompt, proper cooling and handling of milk to minimize souring and contamination.
The lid shows the cigar name while the front notes shape and size with conchas and princesses. Back stamps indicate quality from su perfina to bueno, and the right end declares color from claro to negro, detailing shade and severity.
An 81 year old Canton resident details long term rheumatic back pain and kidney issues ending after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. She reports improved health, appetite, sleep, and energy, claiming she is as well as a 50 year old. Sold by dealers, 5 or 4 box, Foster Milburn Co. Also notes real estate restrictions on foreigners, pie mix product in town, and London churches’ capacity.
Advertisement notes Mrs. Austin's pancake flour as a cheap, wholesome choice for a hearty breakfast available at all grocers.
The Philadelphia Record cites Prof. Rauther of Bonn warning that a mean meat diet strains liver and kidney functions, reducing the safety margin against disease. Microbe invasion, accidents, or severe cold could exhaust reserves, causing kidney inflammation or death under anesthesia or after surgery.
A reader testimonial extols Grape Nuts and Postum as remedies for indigestion and weakness from heavy meat eating. It claims rapid weight gain and improved health for a man who rose from 95 to 125 pounds and for his wife and a 68 year old neighbor. The piece promotes the products with a signature line from the Postum Company and a reference to The Road to Wellville.
Egypt reports a vast base of small landowners with over 1,000,000 people owning the land they occupy. Also advertised are health items: Pazo Ointment claims cure of piles in 6 to 14 days with refunds. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething reduces gum inflammation and pain.
Charles F. Merriott of Fort Wayne Indiana writes that after years of asthma and repeated idleness, Father’s Lung Elixir relieved him within 26 hours enabling a return to duty on the Nickel Plate Railroad. He claims it cures bronchitis and consumption in early stages and urges others to try it with pricing noted at 2.00 dollars for one bottle and 5.00 for three.
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