Pick Plow for Farm Drain Described in Old Agriculturist
A Wisconsin reader recounts a pick plow adapted from a German edition of the Orange Judd Farmer. The device digs tile trenches deeply and cheaply, with a one day build by a blacksmith and assistant and a total cost of eight dollars. The implement allows ditching 1,050 feet in a day using two horses and four men, in dry clay soil, with depth limited by chain length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orange Judd
Wisconsin
N. E. Becker
Minnesota
Raising Two Crops in Year
Thomas W. Alexander describes a single year on his Kansas farm, showing oats grown and cut as hay plus 90 day seed corn planted after harvesting oat hay. He notes three and a half tons of oat hay at $15 per ton, good oat stands, four weedings, and an estimated 75 bushels of oats if threshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Alexander
Kant
Causes of alfalfa stand failure related to condition
The article notes that failure to establish alfalfa stands is more often due to poor conditions than insufficient seed quantity. It emphasizes soil moisture, temperature, and seedbed quality as key factors affecting germination and establishment.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Pasadena Druggist
A 1911 letter from C. H. Ward Drug Co. of Pasadena praises Foley and Co. for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It claims the product is an efficient expectorant, free of opiates, safe for children, and non nauseating with no digestion interference, urging buyers to get the original in the yellow package from all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pasadena
Cal
Foley and Co
Foley
C. H. Ward Drug Co
C. L. Parsons, Sec’y and
Treas
Foley’s
New Books at Public Library
New titles include The Why and How of Foreign Missions by Chas O Whitely and A Summer in Scotland by Mrs J S Branson. Magazine contributions come from Mrs Perry Ball Lookout Mrs Fred Brenan April Ladies Home Journal and Mrs Walter Newsom April Pictorial Review. The library opens Tuesday Thursday 12 30 and Saturday 2 00 with evening hours 6 8 Mattie Clark Librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. O. Whitely
Scotland
J. S. Branson
Perry Ball
Pictorial Review
Fred Brenan
April Ladies Home Journal
Walter Newsom
Mattie Clark
Your Neighbor's Experience Foley Kidney Pills
A Greenfield Indiana man Mr J L Francis of 316 W North St credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing long standing kidney trouble. He reports relief from back pain and irregular kidney action after taking one bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Francis
W. North St. Greenfield
Ind
Foley Kidney
May Day Festivities at Monmouth College
Miss Helen McCorkle served as manager for Monmouth College May Day events in Monmouth Illinois. The day featured winding the May pole chrysanthemum drill and scarf dance. Anna McCorkle and other women students participated while the men staged a night shirt parade and burlesque on the pole exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen McCorkle
Monmouth, College
Monmouth
Ill
Anna McCorkle
Electric Bitters Promise Health and Beauty for Women
A charming woman needs health to be truly lovely. Constipation and kidney toxins mar the skin with pimples and blotches. Electric Bitters are praised as a godsend for women, improving stomach, liver, and kidney function, purifying blood, and delivering vigor, clear eyes, fresh breath, and smooth skin. Available for 50 cents.
Carthage couple visits Rushville newspaper critique
Mr and Mrs C. G. Hill of Carthage visited Saturday afternoon. Mr Hill owns the Citizen of Carthage, praised for news and typography on par with papers in towns of similar size in the state, per Rushville American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Hill
Carthage
Hill
Rushville American
Root Juice touted as miracle cure in Denton & Moore's
Local residents in Carthage and nearby areas report quick improvements from Root Juice, with testimonials describing relief from long standing ailments. The medicine is advertised at $1 per bottle or three for $2.50, with Denton & Moore's store handling sales and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Denton & Moore
O. H. Cummings
Lafayette
Ind
Denton & Moore’s
Local Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits
Mrs Horace Foust hosted six young women at a picnic for Ruth Foust of Noblesville. Henry and Robert Henley returned from Champaign where they finished their junior year at the University of Illinois. El Paso Texas visitors G W R Yost come to see Mrs D C Benjamin. Effie Hackleman visited Greenfield and attended a Cleveland Holiness meeting. R C Hill and family hosted Wm McDaniel, Sam Haywood and families at dinner. R E Henley Lilburn White drove out to Riley White’s north of Greenfield. Mrs Noah Whittaker and daughter Leona visited Ira Moore at Rushville, with Leona staying several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Henry and
Robert Henley
Champaign
University of Illinois
Noah Whittaker
Leona
Ira Moore
Rushville
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promoted for Chronic Kidney Bladder Trouble
Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended for chronic kidney and bladder issues. It tends to regulate kidney and bladder action and is described as healing, strengthening, and bracing.
Demonstration At Carthage Shows Pig Disease Prevention
A Thursday afternoon pig disease demonstration at the Miller Livery barn in Carthage drew many breeders. E M Eckman and W J Wilson of Paxton Eckman Chemical Co led the event with Dr Gause observing. Five pigs owned by Clyde C Henley T Benton Henley Ed Adkins were dissected. some showed pleuro pneumonia and bronchial infections, others uncertain but suspected cholera. The speakers stressed preventive preparations cut stock losses, with visitors from Rushville and local attendees sharing a meal at Nelson Boarding House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Carthage
E. M. Eckman
Gen. Mgr
W. J. Wilson
Paxton
Gause
Eckman
Wilson
Rushville
Fred Capp
W. H. Amos
Daniel Brown
Charles Myers
A. S. Beaver
Walter Duke
Charles Lewellen
Thos. H. Tinder
Charles Elwell
Raleigh
Nelson
Foley Kidney Pills Promise Quick Permanent Relief
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills for middle aged and elderly users, claiming fast, lasting relief from kidney and bladder troubles and painful irregularities. The copy emphasizes broad applicability and enduring results.
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J. S. Shaw
Indiana
C. J. Horton
Henley Block
J. A. Sipe
Johnson Block
Main Street
Carthage Hotel
D. M. McCorkle
Lewis & Son
Independent
J. J. Anderson
Hartford
Phoenix
Brooklyn
Howard E. Henley
Owen S. Hill
Attler
Standard Companies
EG Hackleman
Rushville, Indiana
J. B. Schrichte Sons
W. M. Edwards
Optometrist
Knightstown
C. E. Smelser
Kansas
Public Library
Burnham
Betsy de la Pasture
Duncan
Gray
Carteret Hall—The
Golden Arrow
Kelly—Wards of
Liberty King—The Wild
Olive Page
John Marvel Reed
Vineyard
Richmond—Court of Inquiry
Spofford
Betty Ward
Lady Merton
Abbott
Brewer
Brown
Foreign Missions
Slattery
Horace Foust
Ruth Foust
Noblesville
G. W. R. Yost
el Paso
Texas
Yost
D. C. Benjamin
Effie Hackleman
Greenfield
Cleveland
R. C. Hill
Wm McDaniel
Henderson
Sam Haywood
R. E. Henley
Lilburn White
Riley White
Carthage Grain CO
Small & Anderson
Floyd Miller
Prop
L. D. Gardner
East Mill Street
Wm. Smith
Shoeing and Repair Shop
East Mil Street
Denton
Moore
Bright
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