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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
7
Farm Life reports Scribbins the writer claims his home was broken into last night and manuscripts were stolen. He mocks the burglar and says if the thief does better with the loot than he did, he is glad to let him try.
A fragment advertises romance and social cues with phrases about engagement tomorrow and a timid admirer. It mentions domestic use of Red Cross Ball Blue in households and notes grocers carry it. The tone is playful moralizing about dignity in jobs and daily life.
A group of young volunteers traveling to their drilling ground used taunts at a sharp looking officer in the Regulars waiting for a train. He confronted the delay by asking the guard about the tickets then quipped that children in arms never required tickets. The train then moved off.
A Oklahoma man, Prof Aug F W Schmitz of Thomas, testifies he suffered backache for 25 years and Bright's Disease in late stages. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he found relief, stopped treatment, relapsed, then again found relief with a total of five boxes over time. He endorses the product and cites ongoing relief. The ad promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills at 50c per box from Dodd's Medicine Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Partially legible notes debate converting S120 to OS cents. The fragment hints at a conversion or pricing issue but lacks full context or clear participants. Further readable details are needed to form a precise item.
The remark highlights a clash over views and calls out opponents for a perceived lack of openness. It notes frustration with others who oppose the speaker’s stance and frames the disagreement as an issue of closed thinking.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that shipping immature oranges and grapefruit that are sweated to appear ripe violates the food and drugs act. Officials cite the eight-to-one test for maturity and will provide specific guidance to growers on testing procedures.
A Kansas farmer recalls protecting young orchard trees by wrapping trunks with tarred building paper, costing 60 to 75 cents per 150 feet, tied with tarred twine. The tarmed wrap repels rabbits mice and insects and can stay on for several seasons.
Guidance on gathering eggs twice daily in warm weather, keeping nests clean, providing ample nests, marketing eggs twice weekly if possible, and storing eggs away from vegetables. Avoid wishing eggs as it harms keeping quality. Mentions unreliable terms like TuuUsty grein and Gils.
Ohio experiment station reports untreated manure valued at 2.60 per ton increases to 4.80 per ton when treated with 40 pounds of acid phosphate per ton and kept under cover. The station notes manure alone is not balanced for older soils and acid phosphate improves results.
The European conflict has drawn educated men and students into service, with King's College noting the toll on English born regular students. The college has supplied 512 officers to the army and navy as the war absorbs its scientific and academic work.
A windbreak of mixed evergreens and deciduous trees placed to reduce wind impact helps orchards by moderating airflow, aiding evaporation control, and protecting crops. Spruces grow quickly and suit many soils while careful spraying manages insect risks in deciduous varieties. Properly placed and selectively thinned, windbreaks become valuable assets to fruit growers.
Fragrant super creamy emollients claim to heal skin pimples blotches redness and roughness scalp dandruff itching and chapping. Free sample by mail with Book address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere in advertisements.
Statistics show winter respiratory diseases cause a toll nearly as great as summer intestinal diseases. The point contrasts seasonal illness impact and suggests a broader view of public health concerns across seasons.
Old advertisement fragment promotes Grove’s Tasteless chill tonic with quinine and iron, Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels, Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry, and a stray maxim about poverty and wealth, all from a bygone period.
The article extols drinking ample pure water with meals for bodily upkeep, citing X ray studies and scientists like Cannon and Pavlov. It recommends Anurie before meals for kidney issues and back pain, and Anuric tablets several times daily to dissolve uric acid, claiming faster action than lithia.
A student answers a math question by noting the field cannot be reaped twice once 20 men have finished. The examiner reads the reply that the field could not be reaped a second time by 15. A closing adage adds wisdom about knowing when not to be patient.
Mrs Ella A. Garrison of Marion reports chronic back pain and sleepless nights eased by Anaric discovered by Dr. Pierce. She notes improved sleep, less rheumatism, better walking and no brick-dust urination after using the medicine and urges others to try the trial package.
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