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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
13
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a natural tonic to revive energy and appetite for those losing weight. It claims the tonic purges the bloodstream, revitalizes digestion, and restores color within days, urging readers to start now and feel improvement quickly.
Renowned Spanish elementary teacher Roderiguez Madera declines to teach under electric lights. He claims glare harms pupils and distracts them and demands restoration of candle light in classrooms.
Mrs Parker Kennedy of Kalamazoo testifies that Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery rebuilt her frail five year old girl into a stout healthy child. Advertises the liquid or tablet remedy for all ages and offers a 10 cent trial package from Dr Pierce, Buffalo NY.
A reflective line notes that the world remains unaffected by holidays and the human soul holds infinite desires beyond worldly bustle. The excerpt emphasizes inner depth over external fast pace.
As George Robey enters the stage door a fellow professional blocks him and begs for fare to Sheffield claiming Easter work. Robey retorts that the tale mirrors a prior Plymouth pitch, while the other insists on changing patter and defends the request with bold defiance.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Drake's Glossco as quick relief from coughs colds and whooping cough in 15 minutes. It claims 86 years of use and urges parents to buy at the druggist for 50 cents a bottle.
This brief note reflects a Georgia sentiment that weather is in divine hands. The Atlanta Constitution cites the belief that humans should not resist Providence but accept outcomes as ordained.
A reader notes that manipulating a snow shovel disrupts the visual calm of the winter landscape, arguing practical activity clashes with the season's serene aesthetic.
Farmers should balance hog rations using cheaper roughage when grain costs rise. Cooked turnips, potatoes, mangels, sugar beets, skim milk and alfalfa help finish pigs to bacon weights profitably. Open ventilation, dry bedding, and avoiding wet feed prevent rheumatism and losses from unfinished hogs.
A breeding hen laying one or two eggs per week can be more profitable than a regular layer. Do not discard good breeding stock when they show reduced production. decide timing after the breeding season. Owners should maintain breeders even if replacement pullets are available, since hens drive true breeding.
Readers report success using common kerosene oil to treat roup in birds. Apply a spoonful to water and dip bird heads through a thin film, then dry. Add epsom salts to drinking water or wet mash to aid recovery. After recovery, clean houses and yards thoroughly to prevent reoccurrence.
In Gallia county Ohio soybean farming yielded about $20 an acre on Johm Boatman’s farm according to cost sheets prepared with county agent P A Young. The article notes inoculation increased yields and emphasizes soybeans as a rising crop locally with over 4 000 bushels seeded in the county last year and about 38 000 bushels planted beyond initial county production.
A seed analyst from University farm St Paul explains a rag doll tester method for germination counting. Cut a cloth 12 to 15 inches wide and 6 to 12 feet long into squares, roll seeds in bundles, soak, and incubate at 70 to 80 degrees. Invert rolls twice daily and count germination after five to six days.
Insects are categorized into three groups for pest control. Leaf eating pests are killed by stomach poisons like paris green and arsenates. Sap suckers require contact sprays such as kerosene emulsion. Hidden pests like bedbugs and grain weevils are usually managed with fumigants.
Farmers observe brood sows sometimes struggle to eat enough alfalfa from the rack. Experts advise grinding alfalfa and feeding it as slop or forcing consumption of a half to one pound per sow daily to meet desired intake.
Farmnotes advise purebreds yield 40 to 50 percent more profit than scrubs. Keep milk unfrozen in cans as freezing hinders sampling and may lower test. use bedding to keep cows clean and reduce contamination. Gather manure for next spring garden fertilization and spread bedding to absorb liquid manure and protect udder health.
Le Petit Parisien reported by the Kansas City Star quotes John Millet a Brighton phrenologist at the Phrenological Society of Great Britain claiming head size rises with mental activity even after fifty. He cites Lloyd George with a head increase of 6.25 millimeters in eight years and Rath Kennedy with 18.75 millimeters over a decade while writing eleven books.
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a curative to soothe throat and lung inflammation caused by coughs. It claims rapid healing of irritation, helps bronchitis and lung troubles, and promises restful sleep with morning expectoration. Buy Boschee's Syrup wherever medicines are sold.
Millions of meteors enter the atmosphere each year yet only the larger ones blaze across the night sky. Visitors to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington can study meteorites that the atmosphere did not consume, found buried in soils around the world. A second ad promotes Cole's Carbolisalve for instant pain relief and scarless healing, available at druggists and from J W Cole Co.
A sturdy Arabian horse performs long canters in desert heat and cold without drinking, lasting 24 hours in summer and 48 hours in winter, illustrating exceptional endurance and drought tolerance.
This aphorism notes that achieving universal friendship is unlikely but avoiding enemies is a practical aim. It emphasizes practical social ethics over idealistic universal approval.
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