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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
3
London Cockney notes a school chief’s plan to trim penmanship classes while joking about the aim to produce lawyers and doctors. A civilian quips about the letters N H meaning New Horieans revealing regional humor.
A New Bedford reader reports twenty years of digestive and heart-related discomfort improving after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and states four bottles cured her loss of appetite nausea and headaches. The letter notes her druggist confirms the remedy's popularity among customers.
State Department of Agriculture outlines practical steps to halt army worm damage. Methods include mowing a wide swath, digging deep ditch lines, trapping worms, and destroying them with kerosene or straw fire. Some suggest poison spraying, with caution on proper proportions, while a ditch plow remains the most effective defense. The piece also advocates establishing a practical agricultural school to train youths in applying such knowledge.
The editor of the Boston Cultivator urges using a jointer for sod plowing including clover to create a mellow seed bed. A lower furrow turns three inches of soil beneath the jointer, affecting crop depth and weed control for corn potatoes and June grass sod. FARM HELP discusses farm labor shortages and the need for skilled workers over brute force, favoring more farmers and fewer roustabouts.
Southern Ohio farmers split on selling wool as prices fall to new lows. Some store clips awaiting a rebound, others sell now. An older miner-like outlook warns holding wool is best when prices bottom out, citing past dips and tariff uncertainty.
Copper gauze is durable for window screens and door nets in seaside cottages. A few carpet tacks clean jars. Use hot soapsuds in jars, then shake and rinse. Grease on wood ruins with cold water to harden and lift. Store oiled cloths in a stone crock or tin box. Dyed palms and gray fishnet frame a summer room. Orris root in wash water sweetens linen. violet sachets refresh drawers. Organize string and paper scraps. hang scissors over the table.
A historical ad copy praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for seasickness stomach disorders liver and bowels and general malaise from travel. It claims usefulness for rheumatism kidney complaints and nervous trouble accompanying travel. A playful classroom anecdote contrasts a new boy and a boy named Bingo.
An 19th or early 20th century fragment includes Hall's Catarrh Cure claims of internal use curing catarrh by blood purifiers with testimonials and Toledo proprietors. It also contains a string of unrelated quips about rattlesnakes, beauty, decorations in a profession, jury duty excuses, and a short local note about Prats in Kansas.
Personal appeal invites anyone benefited by Dr Williams Pink Pills to request information by writing to Pink Pills DP O Box 1592 Philadelphia. Also notes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for children to ease teething pain and wind colic at 2 per bottle.
Popular summer resorts along the Monon Route draw many visitors. West Baden and French Lick Springs in Orange County are crowded, Paoli opens a new sanitarium, waters vary in medicinal use, local game and waters provide recreation, Cedar Lake near Chicago offers a Monon park and fishing, amid strong resort prospects.
Opinion argues most local examinations are unnecessary and should be avoided until other options fail, urging restraint and questioning routine testing.
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