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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with directions for twelve tablet packs costing a few cents. It notes druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100 and identifies aspirin as the Bayer trademark for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid. It also mentions infant ailments and insomnia as contagious.
Miss Martha Evanston warns about propinquity as Margaret Cole and Albert Kyle Johnston begin a romance born next door. The pair, through playful intrigue over a mysterious M E card, grow closer during a winter to spring courtship, ending with a shared joke on propinquity and true congeniality.
The tale recounts Joho La Coote, a French nobleman who abandoned a noble engagement, moved to Montreal to take a 160 acre grant, and wed a Passamaquoddy chief's daughter. He joined the tribe and lived to 102, with the Indian bride’s costume later owned by Wo Wallace Brown in Calais. The tale blends romance, cross cultural union, and a centuries old tradition.
A couple named Bluebelle and Fred end their romance after a quarrel over plans to attend a theater. Bluebelle asserts pride and ownership, while friends note a manifest coolness after the breakup. A father explains a ball game to his two daughters on a ride home, with the elder daughter recalling a mysterious line about a man called the vampire.
A Richmond Times-Dispatch quip recalls a trespass tale about a sign reading No Fishing at Deacon Pickenberry’s place and a day spent angling illegally. The scribbled memory ends with the sign’s truth: there wasn’t any. A Louisville Courier-Journal joke follows about courting propriety and humor in marriage.
United States Department of Agriculture Circular 234 details bacterial spot or angular leaf spot in cucumbers. It explains transmission via seeds and lesions on fruit, notes affected regions including several states, and outlines control: seed disinfection with mercuric chloride, crop rotation, and thorough Bordeaux spraying.
A seed analyst at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva warns that cheap seed is often foul with weed seeds and trash and has low germination. He advocates purchasing only the highest quality seed as the best crop insurance, noting that clean vigorous seed always commands a good price and bargain offers indicate poor quality.
Iowa State College farm crops department notes strong interest in Hubam clover as a green manure. It recommends comparing this sweet clover with others and broadcasting 12 to 15 pounds per acre. Five pounds of Hubam seed with inoculation can be obtained for $1.65 from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association at Ames.
Sheep are the natural prey of parasites, flourishing mainly in hot dry summers. To prevent infection, sheep should not drink water from old stagnant pools and must have access to pure fresh water at all times.
The U S Department of Agriculture calls for standardization of dairy products starting with cream grading. Roy C Potts notes a strong need to raise cream quality to meet consumer demand and justify higher prices for top quality. Advocates say flat pricing hurts producers and discourages improvement. The industry is urged to supporting the movement.
The article advises homeowners on stopping cutworms damaging garden crops. A mixture of bran, paris green, and molasses is spread over rows or bases of plants, with water to form a crumbly mash. Caution is given to keep chickens away from the poison and mentions arsenicals like lead arsenate as alternatives.
The article argues it is wasteful to burn leaves and vegetable waste in spring or fall, noting coarse materials like cornstalks and bean vines take long to disintegrate. If burned, ashes should be saved and spread on the garden for fertilizing potash, with wood ashes especially valuable and to be used wherever possible.
A 50 gallon barrel of strong cleaning solution costs about one third of kerosene. The strong lye solution works faster, is more economical, lasts longer, does not evaporate and has no fire risk. It makes an auto cleanser and removes paint or enamel from parts needing repainting.
Proper chick care begins with light feedings and a warm dry, clean environment. Overfeeding is worse than underfeeding. feed little but often and avoid free moisture or waste. With these precautions you should have little trouble raising your chicks.
Sweet clover is a biennial common red clover. Both contain similar total nutrients with sweet clover slightly richer in protein. Stock prefer red clover initially but will learn to use sweet clover later.
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