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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
6
The piece urges providing water for working teams on hot days and describes easy ways to keep horses hydrated. It cites Rural New Yorker advice and highlights Nebraska Experiment Station data on five Holsteins yielding 73,760 pounds of milk yearly, plus calf sales. It also discusses pasturing timing for sheep and a tar and salt remedy to reduce parasites.
Ashes from fruit trees contain lime and crops carry lime as well. Applying lime when orchards fail is profitable, at least once in five years. Wood ashes work better, but lime costs less and benefits grass and some orchard pests. Best method is to plow and broadcast lime over the surface.
Rev J D Detrich praises an improved silage cutter with blower boasting great capacity and ability to produce uniform quarter inch pieces. The main flaw is knives are hard to set but the small cuts pack tightly and mix well with hay and grain, reducing waste.
The census bureau notes sheep add value beyond meat and wool by enriching pastures. Grazing controls bushes and weeds, expanding grass cover and boosting land productivity over a few years even on poorer soils.
Brief dispatches report upcoming 2 cent rise in letter and mail package registration fees, Chicago population estimate of 2.5 million, and suicides by Indianapolis undertaker H G McKenzie amid business troubles. Other items include elections in Hartford and Detroit, Florence to Mexico ambassador move, and world events from Seattle to Brescia.
A saloon near a Long Island cemetery mails funeral circulars promising private rooms for chief mourners and special attention to funeral parties. An ad text promotes Fol ley’s Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder trouble, followed by a Carlyle quote on existence.
The page notes a laxative and complexion aid sold by M C Van Dorn, alongside a man who plays solitaire with dice at a Liberty Street cafe while deciding whether to drink. It also promotes Pink Pain Tablets by Dr Shoop with a formula on the box and claims rapid relief.
The text warns that resting with arms above the head is against physiology rules. It claims many women do 80 but this position tires arm and chest muscles, tightens the neck and causes irregular breathing.
A clever popular candy cold cure called Preventics is dispensed by druggists everywhere. In a few hours Preventics are paid to break any cold with no quinine laxative or harsh side effects. Safe and toothsome for children. Box 048-25e. Sold by all dealers.
An experiment at the Kansas station shows early cut and well cured alfalfa hay fed with grain yields 868 pounds of pork per ton, compared with 333 pounds from late cut and poorly cured hay. The text also notes advised feeding and crop rotation benefits and emphasizes farm water systems for household needs.
The piece urges balancing mental and physical growth to keep pace with modern ideals. It emphasizes developing faculties and senses to meet contemporary demands and avoid being left behind in a rapidly changing era.
Advertises a remedy for deafness caused by catarrh and inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Claims nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by constitutional treatment. Includes Toledo Ohio maker and Druggist sales claims and a secondary pill product.
The saying links judgment to appearance, a Greek proverb noting that attire symbolizes character. It reflects on how perception may hinge on outward presentation.
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