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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
Common sense guides intelligent people to medicines with known composition. Dr Pierce’s bottles list ingredients sworn to on the wrappers and claim to purify blood aid digestion regulate bowels and improve lungs. The remedy, alcohol free, requires patient use and will not perform miracles, but is endorsed by medical leaders and sold by druggists at reasonable prices.
A on farm guide outlines a slope oriented root storage, detailing an excavation 34 by 24 feet with tanbark, straw and sawdust roof, three side bins and a large end bin. It describes a centered track and flatcar system enabling efficient loading and unloading of 20 to 25 bushels per trip, aiming to preserve color freshness and weight for months.
Landowners can easily secure grape vines and currant bushes with little labor. Cuttings from this season's growth planted in ground will sprout next year and be transplantable after one or two years. Grape cuttings use two or three buds from well ripened wood.
The article explains grape cuttings with a lower straight cut and an upper slant cut just above the bud for upright planting. Currant cuttings are six to eight inches, with several buds, ready to root in spring. Plant in rich soil, three feet between rows, four to six inches apart in a row, mulch in winter, and expect vigorous growth in one to two years.
A farmer recounts experiences with cows including using wood ashes to remove lice, rain exposure causing hair and hide movement, and pine tar to aid natural replacement of hide.
A Colorado expert explains a single annual pea weevil generation. Eggs are laid on pea pods in early summer and hatch into grubs that bore into peas. Weevil presence shows as dark surface spots on peas, with holes caused by the grub escaping before adulthood. A preplant inspection can reveal widespread damage.
John A. Gage of Jefferson County Illinois runs an acre of 117 peach trees nine years old. This year the crop yielded 259 bushels and 777 crates shipped to Chicago at about 1.40 per crate for the best lots. Net receipts approach 750 dollars after commissions freight and other expenses.
The article explains why raspberry canes should be bent and covered in cold spells to protect from alternate freezing and thawing and drying winter winds. It notes that stable manure or similar materials can hold canes down and that winter cover mainly prevents weather-related damage.
The saying notes snow protects tree roots while bare ground poses greater danger to footing. It contrasts winter conditions and emphasizes safety when walking on exposed earth.
London figure W R Lane once served with the Life Guards then devoted a decade to religious work in London's poorest districts. He later traveled England and the United States with Gypsy Smith fostering evangelistic missions under the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches.
A Presbyterian board of foreign missions event will convene February 11 to 13 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. An arrangements committee of eight synodical foreign missions chairs and 27 additional members from nearby presbyteries leads planning for broad Eastern district representation. Evening sessions are at the Academy of Music and daytime meetings in the Witherspoon building hall.
A collection of quotes on virtue duty and happiness followed by Morris McHugh’s observations. It features names like Campbell Beaumont Johnson Addison Dow Ovid Seneca Channing Mann Froude Sand Drummond and Henry Drummond, plus humorous lines on wealth temptation patience and marriage.
A list proclaims cranberries aid liver health while carrots combat gout and asparagus boosts kidney function. Watercress purifies blood, honey substitutes cod liver oil, and parsnips share sarsaparilla virtues. Celery and onions calm nerves, beetroot adds flesh, tomatoes aid torpid liver but may worsen gout, lettuce eases insomnia, spinach aids constipation, and lemon juice serves as a gargle for sore throat.
The late Episcopal general convention endorsed the King James version as the church standard, opposing the revised edition. The Boston Herald reports the King James revision's unmatched appeal to Protestants and Bible lovers, a point Cardinal Newman acknowledged after joining Rome.
An Atlanta Constitution column offers a folksy moral reflection on light guidance in hardship. It references walking in the light despite clouds, keeping faith through slow work, and enduring costs like gas bills with steady resolve.
The Wesleyan Methodist branches the Methodist New Connection the United Methodist Free Church and the Bible Christian Methodists have consolidated as United Methodists. The new church reaches nearly 200000 members overall and gains traction in both England and America.
A brick spire unique in church architecture at the Jefferson Street Baptist Church in Providence Rhode Island has been torn down. The apex and every brick were specially fashioned for the structure.
An English physician warns against unlimited sugar for children citing health risks and potential financial strain, implying long term costs and medical issues. The quote suggests a broader critique of dietary excess and economic impact.
A collection of pithy lines and satirical maxims on gender class trust taxes and corruption attributed to a judge. The witticisms cover women secrecy business reputation fate money and politics with playful twists and moral observations.
A Dorothy Dix reflection on gender roles notes women chase fashion and domestic skills, jokes about marital dynamics evolving from romance to routine, and comments on marriage fatigue through the decades. It critiques belief, credulity, and shifting expectations in a satirical tone.
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