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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
7
Farmers' Mail and Breeze argues proper road grading protects tax money and drainage. It contrasts an ideal, depression free grade with common errors such as narrow grading, steep ditching, and center-ground disturbances, warning against haste and poor practice.
Prairie Farmer correspondent shares a plan for a wagon husking rack. Using two inch planks five feet long for aide pieces and ends, frame supported by two 2x4s held by a cleat and hook. One man can use it to husk bundles, two men can work from opposite sides.
The text notes that systematic planning ahead over several days reveals where time is wasted and helps transition between jobs. It emphasizes that advance laying out of tasks prevents hands from lacking direction and knowing what to do next.
A correspondent recalls four young sons taken to church. One boy’s discomfort during a sermon leads to a story about a toothache. The mother explains the child left with the others while Io is sent home for relief, prompting a whispered remark from the youngest.
A San Antonio mother recounts a six month battle with eczema in her baby son. After doctors failed to help, a course of Cutiura remedies eased the infant’s agony, led to restful nights, and cleared his face within two months. Now at age two, the child has had no recurrence.
An old remedy recipe promotes mixing glycerine half ounce virgin pine oil half pint whisky with two ounces glycerine and quarter pint whisky for a cough cure. It markets Virgin Oil of Pine compounds from The Lonch Chemical Co Cincinnati and notes packaging and freshness. It includes ad copy about Castoria and various quotes and trivia items.
A discussion in medical circles rises over Torls Compound as a claimed nearly infallible remedy for back pain and rheumatism when mixed with whiskey and other ingredients. The ad-like text cites Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago as maker and urges tablespoon doses before meals, while a language quip criticizes misuse of the word anxious.
An advertisement extols Lewis Single Binder cigars as fresh, foil wrapped and premium, notes higher dealer price funds extra quality tobacco, warns against imitations, and urges buyers to insist on the Lewis brand. Also includes scattered product claims and unrelated lines about clothing and coal seams.
Fragmented OCR style item references CHENEY & CO Toledo and P. J. Cheney with mentions of cures for a goat disease and a line about men lacking sense. It includes sensational dated phrasing and a remark about a girl refusing marriage, reflecting a dubious ad or stray text.
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