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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
1
A 1921 letter from Walhalla South Carolina describes a molasses and calcium arsenate solution to kill boll weevils on cotton. The method uses two pounds arsenate in one quart water mixed with one gallon molasses, applied to stalk buds with a mop. Reported results claim quick weevil death and potential eradication within years.
A patient regains faith and daily Bible reading transforms her life. The physician explains his remedy is the Bible, a source of strength he uses before operations and recommends to many in his practice. The tale notes the doctor’s recent death but the prescription endures.
Male help wanted for big business selling 137 products on credit to farmers. If you own a team or auto under 50, can give bond, we start you. Twenty million use our products. Write J R Watkins Co Dept 115 Winona Minn. Also notes a county meeting at the Methodist church in Brandon thanking Brandon News for assistance.
A farmer from near Louisville Georgia discovered a method to deter weevils by dripping molasses on a cotton stalk and applying calcium arsenate in syrup. The informant, J M Strotcher, shares the finding and offers to provide further information.
A listing indicates a kitchen cabinet originally priced at $86.00 will be sold for half price before September 1. The item appears as a public sale with a four month timing note and indicates a discount offered by the seller.
Rev John K Hitner of Huntington West Virginia recounts a woman’s tale of despair over nervous low mood. After consulting a famed physician she received a brief prescription he offered in place of tonic care reading her Bible more. The piece treats nervous low mood as both a complaint and a disease and urges scriptural solace as remedy.
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