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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
3
An old timey ad fragment promotes a remedy named Mansfeld, claiming cures for coughs and related ailments with dramatic language. The text is garbled and includes odd claims about nervous system relief and a boast about women. No clear product details or credible context.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin relief including pimples dandruff and rough hands, offers a free sample by mail with a book from Cuticura Dept LI Boston, and notes the product sold everywhere. The latter text fragment discusses a child Mary Catherine and a philosophical question about why God made certain things, framed as a quizzical sheeted scene.
Fragmentary text mentions Nero Midled and Nero's political pull. It describes a hypothetical pyrotechnic display tied to a war rival performance and references a mag Who Hhon tu diengren vinliniat. The passage is unclear and contains nonsensical phrases and mis-spellings.
An obscure early medical note warns that a neglected cold may lead to pneumonia and describes remedies and cautions in fragmented dialogue. It references laxative tablets and prompt relief for coughs, grippe, and related ailments with archaic phrasing and unclear attribution.
A fragment questions a singer Salil Ho f cant indorse tt, pondering the bleh note and broader musical judgment. The text hints at opinion on an artist's credibility and public reception without giving concrete facts or events.
An historic article by HT Gatea argues drainage is crucial for road construction. It highlights underdrainage, ditching, and surface drainage as key to preventing mudholes, reducing wear, and extending road life. It advocates using farm drains along roads and encourages local contracting with landowners to drain adjacent lands.
The article discusses roads as arteries of community life linking homes schools churches and markets. It explains the road drag aids upkeep without building roads and emphasizes maintaining existing surfaces with small earth movements.
The article details the expensive impact of cattle ticks on southern herds with price ranges for tick bitten cattle and hides, the effect on dairy and beef cattle, and the need for county led efforts. It notes that government testing shows significant losses, and a successful campaign requires organized county action, funding for dipping vats, and arsenic supplies from the USDA.
The USDA circular recommends six measures to steady farming across the South. Establish a year round home garden with crops like sweet potatoes and sorghum for family use. Grow corn and oats to support people and livestock, include winter crops, and secure forage for all stock. Increase poultry, cattle, and other livestock gradually to utilize waste and boost farm productivity. After securing these, produce cotton for market. Alfalfa is praised as livestock feed when balanced with grain, especially for growing pigs.
The article argues for continuous progress in cattle raising from birth to slaughter and cites experts on disease, management, and the ideal cattleman. It notes a scarcity of qualified men locally and suggests recruiting experienced stewards from other regions to ensure successful fattening for the market.
Fragments reveal a rambling column with garbled phrases about a woman’s crowning glory and quips about public figures. Names and places are unreadable while hints of advertisements and a gossip tone emerge, including stray mentions of railroads and a parson.
Distant, garbled text depicts a dubious ad or pamphlet style note from Auckland New Zealand about a project to be aided by electric caravers and adreatrodins. It includes mixed phrases about health remedies, eye science and personal commerce with names like PAZO CLNT MENT and references to Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. The passage reads like an OCR garble of late 19th or early 20th century advertising and editorial mix.
To feed brood sows and young pigeons, mix corn and wheat shorts in chop form with two pounds of milk per pound of grain. If milk is unavailable, use three parts wheat shorts to one part corn with water as a thick slop. Another option blends seven parts corn with one part tankage or meat meal. Ground kafir malee or feterita may substitute corn at lower prices. Gradually reduce shorts and tankage as pigs grow, but do not remove entirely.
The article argues nitrogen is the priciest fertilizer element and suggests economical methods: grow clover and plow under green manure, or feed stock and return the manure to soil. It frames these practices as cost effective nitrogen sources for farming.
Fragmentary remarks from the Philadelphia Public Ledger quote voices on marriage and social behavior. A jumbled critique mentions a husband named Chithire and a man nicknamed Junt, with aside commentary on dogs and stencils. The piece hints at gender roles and social masquerades in a baffling, comic vignet.
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