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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
3
L. S. Yates describes a simple sorting table for plums to improve market gains. The design uses a 3 by 2 1 2 foot top with rear guards and an incline to drop perfect fruit into a shipping basket, while rejects fall into floor baskets. The setup is inexpensive and adaptable for crude or elaborate builds.
H. E. Van Deman advises site planning to minimize odors from stables and pens by placing them northeast or east of the house facing south or east, with curved walks, irregularly grouped trees, and shade from native, affordable species to preserve a natural view.
Western horticulturists advise locating raspberry and blackberry patches on the northwest east or southeast to have winds blow over the patch. This prevents gas damage to canes and reduces soil moisture loss in hot weather. A wind-break offers similar advantages according to Farmers' Review.
A Boston Transcript quoted leading cheese exporter estimates U S annual production at about 265 million pounds with exports around 70 million. Home consumption near 260 million includes 12 million pounds of imported foreign cheese. He expects export gains this year and urges laws to fight counterfeit brands to restore foreign markets and counter Canadian export competition.
The article portrays the farm wife as constantly busy from dawn to night, juggling poultry chores milking fruit picking and household duties. Earnings come from butter eggs and poultry with limited crop or livestock sale income and a wish for more reward for her labor.
Orange Juda Farmer describes simple crates made from shoe boxes. Cut two side strips across the partition to form a crate and add a finger grip strip at each end. Useful for transporting fruit crops and potatoes.
George E Newell in the American Cultivator argues milk cattle age faster when given indifferent care. A cow’s value should be judged by cure and feed rather than years, with well cared for cows remaining profitable milking animals for up to 12 years or more.
The wheel hoe saves much labor in the garden and is a combination implement with detachable seed drill cultivator teeth markers rakes and knives. On heavy soils it needs more power but it is the cheapest, a wonderful labor saver suitable for many uses.
An early 20th century styled warning denounces store substitutes for popular products like Cascarets Cand Cathartic. It argues universal popularity implies genuine endorsement, warns against fake substitutes and fraud, and urges caution to buyers against credulous discounts.
A collection of promotional items and anecdotes describes Palmer's Lotion and Palmer's Soap as cures for skin diseases including Ring worm Tetter Eczema and Erysipelas. It cites testimonials from Thomas Nash of Pittsfield Ills and offers free pamphlets and samples via Solon Palmer New York. The text also includes a humorous parable about the dangers of analogical reasoning and a brief comic exchange from the Chicago Evening News.
An Allen's Foot Ease ad promotes a foot powder for tight shoes and various foot complaints with 25¢ price and free sample. The text also notes a joke by a humorist and mentions war horrors not discussed at The Hague conference in Baltimore American.
A jumble of 1900 era ads mentions Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement as health, tests liver and kidneys, cure for headache, with prices 25 and 60 cents. Other items tout Princam's Dyes and various remedies like Piso's Cure for Consumption and Beeman's Gum. Includes ad-style quips and testimonials.
Market notes show dull flour and wheat with No 2 red and corn firm at 4 percent, oats 2s, butter and eggs varying by region, cattle and hogs pricing steady to firm. Regional tallies list steers up to around 4.50, lambs near 4.50 to 6.00, and hogs from 4.60 to 5.60, with prices changing by city and grade.
A man charms a shop girl with jokes about items sold at a large store. The exchange veers to family ties and family jars as the girl jokes the store has everything with no items in stock. The boy shifts away from the banter, while clippings from multiple papers add a final quip about minding others’ business.
An advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for women’s ills. It claims to tone general health calm nerves ease backaches regulate menstruation and treat inflammation. The copy asserts safety and widespread testimonials and urges readers to read letters in the paper.
A man collapses from heat on a street as bystanders summon an ambulance. A natty young doctor assesses him and says heat prostration. A stout passerby offers to take the victim to his home, noting the man writes a popular column on staying cool in hot weather.
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