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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
8
Advice on managing a foal with its dam during summer work. Keep the foal with the mare for nourishment and care, avoid long separations, and ensure the mare is not overworked. Provide stable rest at noon, gradual weaning as the foal grows, and balanced feed including oats bran and hay for both.
Advice from F. L. Potter of Oregon on preparing colts for fairs and horse shows. Emphasizes training for calm behavior, proper stance, square feet, and ears forward. Recommends bridled show ring entry, correct leading, and minimal rein between hand and bit for best appearance.
Poultry breeders often find young fry too thin to market due to crowding mites. The cure is clean coops lice treatment and a fattening feed mix of corn meal middlings linseed meal beef scraps skim milk or tepid water fed three times daily. Feed should be thick and removed after half an hour.
H Hines of Whitlow Ark describes vain hospital cures for constipation and indigestion. After spending hundreds on medicine he found relief taking Chamberlain's Tablets and returned home improved. Sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy Ady.
An Eastern writer discusses incubator temperatures from 101 to 105 degrees at hatch to reduce in-shell chick death, urges strong ventilation, and recommends frequent egg movement. He offers bee queen clipping tips, warns about a rising golden seal fad, and notes mislabeling of "fresh" eggs, plus commentary on farmer status, laws, and crop storage tips.
Guidance on showing poultry stresses health plumage and size over early fattening. Keep birds in accessible coops teach them to come when called, handle gently avoid fright, and ensure lice control ample feed grit and water. Expose to unfamiliar people and noises to reduce stress.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular and avoid illnesses. Sold by Eng Britson's Pharmacy. A Milwaukee policeman offers three ways to stay out of a scrape: push out, back out, and keep out.
A newspaper column extols old fashioned buttermilk citing health virtues for the elderly and farmers. It contrasts farm churned buttermilk with store bought versions and warns about modern methods using bulgarian culture in milk. It ends with a humorous plug for Barker's Antiseptic for feet and a desert travel anecdote.
An 1890s ad claims catarrh is a constitutional disease not cured by local treatment. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect the blood and mucous membranes, describes its ingredients and physician backing, urges sending testimonials, and lists Toledo Ohio as the company location with a price.
A Wisconsin writer shares a calf rearing method that preserves milk income. Calves stay with dams until milk is market ready, then are weaned to a gruel of cooked flour, wheat middlings, corn meal and buckwheat with minimal milk. Feed for two calves reaches six quarts daily, with gradual age adjustments and clean, regular care.
Mrs. D. L. Kenney credits Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment with curing a tetter for over fifty years. The ad touts the ointment as a perfect cure available from druggists or by mail 50 cents. It also notes a machine to count bank notes and doubts family use.
A testimonial from B. W. Hill of Snow Hill North Carolina credits Chamberlain's Goblet Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with permanent relief after two months of dysentery. Anticipated fashion notes discuss suspenders for women. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a cleansing tonic. A man in Pennsylvania reportedly contracted smallpox from bank notes.
Notice is given that T E Selness and M A Selness have been appointed administrators of the estate of Edward Thorson alias Edward Selness late of Highland township Winneshiek county Iowa deceased intestate. They have taken the trust with bonds as required. All persons having claims or who are indebted to the estate must present or pay as directed. Decorah Iowa August 23 1913 W M Strand Attorney.
Martha Halvorson Bakken named administratrix of Halver Halverson Bakken's estate in Bluffton township Winneshiek County Iowa intestate. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to the administratrix. Dated Decorah August 25, 13. E R Ackes attorney.
A historical note recalls a Spanish cabinet move to prosecute MPs for misusing public funds. The opposition rallied for forty hours with chants and chorus, one deputy leading a verse while others responded, creating an extraordinary two day and night uproar before a truce was declared.
Notice of appointment for the estate of Martin A. Blegen deceased in Pleasant township Winneshiek County Iowa. Martin A. Blegen deceased required to exhibit the same per 35 Mather Blegen Administratrix Decorah Aug 20 1913 J A Nelson Attorney
O. O. Lomen administrator seeks authority to sell Ida Bertina Tufty estate real estate in Winneshiek County to satisfy debts costs and taxes with appraisal and public or private sale at court hearing set for September 22 1913. The notice lists heirs and properties including the SE 14 of NW 14 in section 10 township 97 range 8 and other described parcels and mentions monument costs and collateral inheritance tax.
Final Report and Petition for Discharge filed by John Polansky as administrator with will annexed of Matthias Bily, deceased. Hearing set for 1:30 P M on September 22, 1913 at the District Court in Decorah Winneshiek County Iowa. notice to Mary Malafa as legatee. Roice & Hook, attorneys for administrator.
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