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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
8
A sharp exchange reveals community doubt over Dubbs as a parent. JT asks if his son can talk and Dubbs replies yes, but the child’s speech is said to be not worth repeating, highlighting skepticism about his fathering.
An ad notes biliousness, headaches, and foul tastes from a torpid liver and sour stomach. It promotes Cascarets as a nightly cleansing remedy that clears the stomach, reduces built up toxins, and makes the head clear by morning, with a 10 cent box from the druggist.
A Northern tourist notes a lean animal with scraggy bristles beside a tall pine. Asking what it is, he learns the creature is a razorback hog stropping itself by rubbing against the tree, a moment captured as a quirky field observation from Harper’s Magazine.
Few mothers realize how many delicious dishes can be prepared with Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti. The Skinner Mfg Co has prepared a beautiful Cook Book with recipes for a hundred different meals. Write Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Neb for a free copy. All good grocers sell Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti.
Ashley hurries into an employment office asking for a cook to go to the country. The manager opens a door to the adjoining room and calls for volunteers to spend a day in the country. Harper's Magazine.
A speaker reflects on losing confidence in a doctor once trusted to excel. He recalls a wishful memory of prior certainty and laments the prevalence of good people versus the harsher reality, suggesting a broader sense of despair about humanity.
Advice on preventing poor health by testing kidney function, avoiding excess meat salt alcohol and tea, and drinking water. Promotes Anuric tablets as a double strength remedy from Dr. Pierce Buffalo New York, claiming to drive uric acid from the system and prolong life.
Edwin A Novotny of 1160 W 18th St reports backache and spinal pain improved by Dr Pierce’s Anur¢ Tablets and Pleasant Pellets. He notes restored strength and recommends the medicines to others and urges readers to ask apothecaries for Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowels.
Instructions describe building a fumigating shelter from simple framing or concrete. Guidance covers airtight sealing with tar, rubber roofing, layered doors and windows, ventilation shafts, a 10 by 14 foot cellar with an arched roof, and concrete wall forms. It details dimensions, steps, and materials for a functional fumigation and storage space.
Ohio experiment station trials show corn silage greatly reduces feeding costs for dairy cows compared with sugar beets and mangels. Beets raise cow appetite but silage yields more dry matter per unit cost. feeding beets is only advised for high production herds or very small herds lacking silo space.
Breeders aim for high producing hens with strong constitutional vigor. Selecting fowls for the breeding pen should emphasize vigor to improve production in the breeding program.
Corn fodder and timothy hay fail as roughage for dairy cows due to low protein. They require supplementation with a protein rich grain mix to meet dietary needs.
Dean W. A. Henry of Wisconsin argues that rebranding Indian corn would mislead buyers but would reveal limited by seed supply and land yield. He asserts American farms can greatly expand livestock and animal products only if corn and legume crops are managed well.
Expert Percy Warner Jr of the Missouri College of Agriculture explains bitter cream causes. Causes include bitter milk from cows at end of lactation and winter pasture, or bacteria from barn dirt entering milk. Prevention focuses on clean utensils, proper milking hygiene, souring cream before cooling, and timely churning. Sour cream rarely turns bitter if kept short periods.
C F J Charles of Houston explains a steadier gate brace method. A horizontal lower brace spans the boards while an upper diagonal brace is notched at its midpoint to interlock with the lower, creating a rigid Z shaped support. Hinges attach to the left edge.
The passage notes that quality live stock like cattle hogs sheep or horses command higher prices at sale and yield greater returns. It emphasizes using good sires as the most practical improvement method since a sire may sire 40 to 100 offspring annually.
All grain hay fodder and straw should be fed to cattle in stalls or in long troughs and racks under cover in the sheds. This method ensures each animal receives the full allowance of both grain and forage and prevents grain waste.
A drifter’s testimonial touts Kilmer’s Bwarthp Root as beneficial for bladder inflammation and inactive kidneys, claiming clear urine and stone relief. A Druggist in Michigan endorses the sample offer and booklet from Kilmer & Co., while ads promote regular bottle sizes and a local dog show joke closes the page.
A Cincinnati authority proclaims that corns can be lifted with the fingers by applying a few drops of freezone. The preparation, sold at drug stores, supposedly removes all corns or calluses without pain, soreness, or infection and dries instantly without harming surrounding skin.
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