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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1882
Page
6
In Henderson’s Gardening for Pleasure, the Dixon Sun lists methods to combat houseplant pests. Aphis or Green Fly is best controlled by twice weekly tobacco tea syringing. Red Spider signals dry, hot air and is remedied by wetter conditions and thorough leaf washing. Mealy Bug is scraped off with a brush, as alcohol can kill it but may harm tender growth.
A writer urges burying kitchen bones in deep holes near grape vines and fruit trees. Fragments enrich soil as roots absorb nutrients, with bone-dust sold as fertilizer costing two cents per pound.
A vegetable-based product claims to cure all forms of malarial disorder and chills in malarious regions without quinine or arsenic. It supposedly purifies the blood, boosts health, and preserves constitution, with Liver and digestive benefits, sold by all druggists.
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