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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
7
A humorous exchange reveals a man Dobkins reacting gloomily to news of a newborn. He quarrels about becoming a father and a colleague praises the infant as a heavenly treasure, until he laughs and admits the real source of gloom is his mother.
A witty exchange unfolds as a plain editor, claiming to be the paper’s publisher, confronts a prominent clergyman in a dispute over church management. The clergyman reacts with astonishment as the editor asserts his identity and role.
A mid 19th century line from Charles Spurgeon urges perseverance with the phrase Never say die until you are dead and then it is no use. The maxim reflects a timeless toast to endurance in face of hardship.
Mrs. P Franklin of the Abbotttsford cattery argues farm women can profit raising Persian cats. She outlines cost, breeding, care, and market prices from $10 to $25 per kitten, notes coloreye traits, and stresses proper line breeding and outdoor housing.
A small movable brooder house built on runners uses two 16 foot timbers with chamfered ends. It measures 12 feet long and six to seven feet wide, six feet high at the front and four feet at the back. The frame is 2 by 3 lumber with a double board floor and heavy roofing paper, a center front door, and two top hinged sidelights for ventilation. Each house holds two brooders and 50 to 60 chicks, later increasing to 100 chicks per unit as cockerels grow, with a movable partition to separate flocks during rearing.
The New Hampshire Experiment Station conducted feed trials with 15 shoats over 35 days. Comparisons show gains and feed costs per pound for different diets: soaked shelled corn, shelled corn and skim milk, shelled corn and middlings, and combinations with skim milk and molasses, with gains ranging from 82.2 to 141 pounds and costs from 7.2 to 8.89 cents per pound.
The United States farmer is described as the wealthiest capitalist the world has seen. By the last census farmers invested $20,000,000,000 in agriculture and produced $7,000,000,000 in the previous year. This implies about $580,000,000 monthly or $19,000,000 daily in income.
Shawnee Oklahoma promotes a rapid growth pitch from a brush pile town to a 25 000 population city in 14 years. It highlights a meat packing plant employing 1500, a cotton fabric mill employing 600, two state universities enrolling 1000 students, and urgent investment opportunities.
A group sightseeing past the Twenty second Regiment armory on Broadway and Sixty-eighth street mishears a building sign as the guide splits the word de fend um into three parts. The exchange ends with the revelation that the building is a deaf and dumb asylum.
A pictorial summer resort on a large Georgian Bay island called Minnicog or Minnicoganashene, three and a half hours by Grand Trunk Railway from Toronto. It offers a splendid hotel, good fishing and boating, no hay fever, with bass trout pickerel and pike abundant. For more information contact W W Cookson in Chicago.
A London Daily Telegraph account describes the Messina straits as deep channels with whirlwinds lifting rare deep sea creatures to the surface revealing the freshwater eel and shedding light on its life history. An 1886 Toledo affidavit offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cure failure, urging internal use and testimonials.
In Washington a dinner speech quotes Speaker Cannon telling a young suffragette that there is room for both sexes in society. He frames duties as the inner work of women and outer work of men, outlining separate spheres.
The article argues aliens formed 13.6 percent of the population in 1908 yet supplied 15.6 percent of criminals 20.8 percent of paupers and 29.5 percent of the insane. Between 1904 and 1908 aliens in institutions rose by 34 percent.
A brief exchange shows a suitor asking to marry the daughter while the father questions financial readiness. The father says he cannot support her, and the suitor, Sultor, suggests pooling resources to help.
In a terse exchange a woman is asked if the young man kissed her and responds that the kiss was not with his face implying a different manner or intention behind the gesture. The remark hints at a social or romantic tension within the scene.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething discomfort in children. It claims to soften gums ease pain and cure wind colic while urging readers to "give a bottle" and noting a proverb about friendship.
In a playful piece the column mocks a crowing rooster and the stage craze around Rostand's Chantecler. The author contrasts a noisy rooster with theatre fame and lampoons media attention.
Oklahoma City reader reports relief from rheumatism after using Electropodes. Advertisement touts cures with a free trial offer at Western Electropode Co. in Los Angeles, Cal. Sold at drug stores for $1.00 with no cure, no pay.
A student quips that a man earning 2 million dollars a year typically has no principle, prompting satire on wealth and ethics. The stark line contrasts income with moral fiber.
An advertisement touts a daily fly killer that “kills thousands” and lasts all season. It invites readers to ask their dealer or send 20 cents to H. Somers in Brooklyn, New York.
In a household the dependable medicine Perry Davis Pain Killer is kept on hand for cramps and discomfort. The ad emphasizes relief and steady use, signaling trust in the remedy amid everyday ailments.
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