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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1921
Page
2
Edward W Bok argues youth should favor small communities over the big city. He says many leaders built their success in rural or agricultural areas, where character and training form in natural conditions, and a large pond beats a small one in a river.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Cleveland’s bid to form the Cuya hoga County Public Health association uniting private and public health agencies under one leadership. Doctor Bishop, superintendent of Lakeside Hospital, calls the plan unique in the nation and beneficial to reducing infant mortality and improving living conditions through civic education and community effort.
The Roscoe Improvement association started ten years ago to shape a village spirit. Without taxes they laid cement walks and crossings, installed electric service, and organized May cleanup days along with Memorial and Fourth of July celebrations.
The piece argues a single family home in a secure, light filled setting fosters healthy upbringing. Such environments help children grow with less destruction of property and create playgrounds, contrasting with congested urban areas. Long term effects include producing good citizens for the city.
Heloise and Claudine at the rapid-fire restaurant defend the idea that poor waitresses and idle rich women are alike, noting they are serving roughly as many men as their wealthy counterparts. The Kansas City Star quotes the exchange.
The Toulsville Courier Journal notes a lighthearted line about a wife returning from a sea voyage being kept at home for a week, with the gag crediting a local washwoman for the housebound decree.
The bulletin from the Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture officials proposes changes to hay marketing. It urges shippers dealers and buyers to improve grading weighing loading invoicing and terms of sale. It cites reforms at country shipping terminal markets and in consuming regions to reduce loose business practices and adjust grade designations.
The U S Department of Agriculture outlines a winter mash for flocks fed entirely on table scraps. The mash mixes three pounds corn meal, one pound bran, one pound middlings, half a pound meat scrap with a scratch feed of two pounds cracked corn, one pound wheat and one pound oats. If scraps are unavailable, feed five pounds of cooked vegetables daily to 80 hens. Bone meal may be added to the mash at two percent and five percent in the meat scrap if adjusted.
The United States Department of Agriculture shows Tioga County New York relies on purebred stock for farm prosperity. A farm bureau study notes only about 50 percent of dairy sires are purebred and 20 percent of cows are purebreds. Camps highlight that rich areas have more purebreds and that efforts aim to eliminate scrub stock by selling purebred bulls at fairs and exchanging sires between communities.
Ice for a dairy farm depends on location, herd size, and handling. In northern states with a good ice house, 0.5 ton per cow suffices to cool cream and keep it cold two to three times weekly, with tanks required. Whole milk cooling needs rise to about 1.5 tons per cow. for an average family on a general farm about five tons total.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid calomel for gum soreness and liver issues. It touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable substitute that cleanses the liver without sickness or salivation, promising quick relief and money-back if ineffective.
The oldest amusement in the world is dice throwing. Dice appear on ancient Egyptian monuments and were found at Thebes matching today’s dice. They are mentioned in Greek and Roman game laws, with Palamedes credited for their invention around 1244 B C.
A Missouri youth collecting funds for a benevolent institution failed to persuade an old man famed for his thrift. After learning the youth was twenty five, the seventy five year old declared he would see the Lord sooner and personally hand the dollar to him.
In a clipped exchange a character asks about the gout condition of a father figure and compliments a beloved. He suggests a night visit or attending a show if the ailment has improved, revealing domestic tension and a plan in motion.
A clipped dialogue notes a concern about contagion and overwork, with a doctor’s hopeful remark that the issue is resolved. The fragment captures tension over health and fatigue in a domestic exchange.
The fragment discusses Bayer Aspirin packaging and the Bayer Cross symbol as a mark of genuineness. It references safety directions and claims about the cross logo, with unclear dates and details about the product and its endorsement by physicians.
A grade school class attempted illustrations of a read aloud tale about three children traveling in a goat driven wagon to a wood. Most drawings show the goat pulling the wagon as the sun sets. One girl offers a hill and grass with the caption that all have gone home.
Vintage ad copy promotes California Fig Syrup as a cure for constipation in children with a fruity taste. It urges mothers to use a teaspoon for quick relief, claims to flush toxins from bowels, and warns to seek the genuine California product to avoid imitations.
In a Chicago Journal style vignette a woman in a State Street department store admires a brown velvet tricorn hat. The tall shopper compares it to Napoleon, while her portly friend carries a book and questions the reference in a brief, wry exchange.
Shaw amused a crowded audience with a tale of a puzzled tourist asking if he was on the right track to Stratford on Avon. The yokel’s silence drew the humor before the tourist jokes about Shakespeare. The rustic finally asks, Be you he.
A terse aphorism reflects on a man who, despite a foolish birthright, embraces courage through perseverance and community example. The saying underscores virtue rising from humility and effort.
The article notes that spring feeding of beets and sprouts increases egg fertility and chick vigor. It emphasizes vegetables as table food for flocks, suggesting higher yields in spring than winter.
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