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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
6
Practical notes on poultry care, dairy cattle, hog management, feed mixes, and farm labor. Tips cover mites, blight, pasture, stock comfort, silos, manure spreaders, milking routine, and the value of generous meals for workers, with Austria Hungary model farms cited as a lesson.
Edward B. Clark surveys bird migration theories from Aristotle to modern observers. He explains nocturnal vs daytime routes, notes hawks and warblers’ behaviors, and warns of lighthouse deaths. The piece invites readers to use a field glass to spy birds crossing the moon, linking science with vivid field observation.
A fragment notes a character called Easy Edmund and a line about human nature wanting more. A character named Drather Sitdown contemplates a police court setting and doubts any change. The dialogue hints at streetwise humor amid legal scrutiny.
A Tipton man describes decades of eczema and intense itching ending after eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills. He says he is cured and endorses the remedy, with a second witness confirming the testimonial’s truth and acquaintance with the patient.
A man in sporting attire sits in a restaurant and orders oyster stew. He studies the dish, strips to his shirt, and bets the landlord a dollar he can swim from one oyster to the next. The scene ends as the wager heightens curiosity.
The article notes 12 500 newspapers in the United States with about 1 000 daily and 120 managed by Black individuals. Asia has 8 000 periodicals mainly in India and Japan, which itself publishes 1 600. Africa has 200 papers, 30 in Egypt and the rest across European colonies.
Dr Madison C Peters argues that honesty is no bar to wealth and that many fortunes are accumulated without visible toil or hardship by workers. He asserts many rich live on the fruits of industry rather than exploitation and calls for recognizing honest accumulation.
A reader describes severe peritonitis followed by nervousness and indigestion. After stopping medicines, she tried Grape-Nuts and Postum, reporting regained strength, better sleep, and appetite, with ongoing use by her and her husband. The note cites Postum Co. and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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