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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
3
An old advertisement style blurb extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound and asserts 98 out of 100 women benefited. It promotes the product’s long history, reliability, and appeal to women’s health needs, alongside other era marketing lines and a Cuticura Soap pitch.
A small jar of preserved fruit becomes a delicious dessert in minutes using Plymouth Rock Gelatine. One box makes four pints of jelly, flavored to taste. Also a note on why children wonder about parental roles.
The article weighs whether powdered dust forms of insecticides and fungicides effectively control orchard problems. It notes mixed results, with New York showing slight increases in dusting, Maine cautions against overreliance, and Virginia reflecting similar views. Dust may control tear eating insects as well as liquid sprays, but fungi remain hard to manage with dust. Experts suggest caution and experiments, and question investing in dusting equipment until results improve.
John L. Terry of Springfield says six years ago Tanlac restored his health after a long illness and that a second course two years ago kept him well since. He praises Tanlac as the only medicine he trusts and notes over 37 million bottles sold.
During World War I, a rural Kentucky woman visiting town reveals her niece is involved in the conflict. A hostess asks if the niece is a Red Cross worker, but the reply indicates the niece is a soldier. The exchange hints at personal sacrifices and family ties amid wartime.
New York agricultural experiment station in Geneva finds little difference between heavily pruned and lightly pruned plum trees. Ten varieties including Abundance and Italian Prune showed little impact on fruit maturity or harvest, with little pruned trees producing larger, more symmetrical heads and similar trunk and height.
The grape is described as the universal fruit, grown on many farms with little space, and in high demand especially in summer drinks. It is posited as a dependable crop with minimal loss risk due to steady demand and broad suitability across regions.
APHIS notes the cherry aphis as a persistent pest over two years with potential complete defoliation in severe cases. Aphids appear from spring to summer, peak around harvest, while advice warns that careless handling and pruning tools spread twig blight by infecting healthy limbs.
A brief note suggests apples resist dirt and with care their encrusted surfaces can remain clean. The text mentions immune qualities and a method to maintain cleanliness, implying practical handling tips for keeping apples free of grime.
In a Paris anecdote shared at a dinner, Jay Gould is shown oblivious to landmarks while signs reading A Lover appear everywhere for apartments. Lord Dunraven recalls the moment and the idea of Gould's attention finally fixed on the sign. The passage is noted by Mrs. Barton French and echoed by Mrs. Leonidas W. Van Quentin as part of cultural reminiscences.
Harsh criticism frames a story from Senator Ashurst about a town audience where a front row old lady left mid speech remarking Sweetened wind as the crowd roared. The snippet sits among jokes and miscellany including Roman relic finds in Britain and playful baby name quips from a 1900s press style.
A brief exchange turns playful as a man recalls being slapped rather than pinched for speeding, captured in a lighthearted quip from The Times of Cuba.
May visits grandmother and bends to admire a statuette on the mantel. Her aunt admonishes her to replace it. May shoots back that she can, since the dust reveals its original spot.
A radium atom in full activity appears on an amatuer slide in England. The mineral pitchblende provides radium and under a strong lens shows ceaseless brilliant bombardment of particles striking a screen. The display offers a vivid example of tremendous energy. The Girl at the Phone notes the operator’s work is hard to grasp. A wry Life comment jokes about women's rights and grafting.
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