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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
3
A reader testimonial from Terre Hill Pennsylvania praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable remedy for women's ailments. The letter claims nature and a woman's work produced the grandest remedy, with testimonials from supporters across the country and mentions of patients avoiding surgical operations.
A historical note corrects the belief that Mason and Dixon's line separated slave states from free states. It ran only one third of the Maryland Delaware boundary and aimed to resolve a border dispute among Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware. The line became a symbol of regional dissension despite its limited scope.
An advertisement touts Cuticura toilet preparations for skin, scalp, hair and hands, promising cleansing and economy with a free sample by mail. A quirky exchange on music and language follows, featuring a playful remark about whistling tunes and pronunciation.
Fragment expresses belief that human nature is enduring and that no one resolves to be meaner next year, implying a philosophical or editorial aside about behavior and personal improvement.
A discussion on choosing hilly south facing land for vineyards, with emphasis on air flow and ripening. It notes Concords as dominant, drought and cold tolerance, long harvest stretches, and the need for frequent cultivation and careful pruning to prevent leaf hopper and rot. Pest control relies on pruning rather than spraying.
The guide urges buying certified strawberry plants from a specialty nursery to avoid mixed or brown-rooted stock. It advises pruning runners to three or four inches, starting cultivation when plants are wet, loosening soil, and removing weeds. If plants perform well first summer, pinch blossoms, wait for the second year for fruit, and bank straw over winter.
Proper distances for planting fruit trees and vines are listed. Apples 30 feet between standards, pears strong varieties 20 feet, cherries 14 feet, prunes plums apricots peaches 16 to 20 feet, dwarf pears 10 to 12 feet, dwarf apples 10 to 13 feet. Grapes 10 to 16 feet apart with rows 7 to 16 feet.
The year promises strong farming results in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as wired farming spreads. Alberta growers like KE L Deputy and Thomas McKay report high yields and profitable cattle and wheat production. A Gleichen district settler shows growing dairy hog and grain income, while US capital streams into Canadian agriculture signaling confidence in Western Canada's agricultural profitability.
The article muses on happiness as a destiny shaped by the Almighty, warns against chasing personal joy above all, and notes wartime sugar consumption rising in armies. It cites Bernard Shaw, jokes about spouses, and compares per capita sugar intake across nations, highlighting cultural hunger for sweets amid conflict.
In a quip about urban design Mrs Hubb notes Boston streets lie so crooked that pedestrians can walk endlessly and gain pine while in New York similar strolls lead nowhere. The playful exchange contrasts Boston’s navigational quirks with New York’s.
An old advertisement fragment touts Tartelems from Old Standard Grove with quinine properties said to tract the liver drive malaria enrich the blood and build up the system. It also contains a woman’s note about pity and a wash day slogan urging readers to start on the right track.
A fragmentary line from The Resemblance suggests a poetic claim about poets, stating they are complete in one way and that they live on their eyedears. The text is fragmented and difficult to interpret with missing context or attribution.
A fragmentary humorous exchange discusses vegetable raler humorously claiming nine percent of the ocean is vegetation. Egbert dismisses Neptune as a gardener while Mont remarks women preferring grass widows over spinsters, reflecting breezy column banter and social pokes.
Mack Bennett, a traveling business man, waits by a road at three in the morning after a supply of anacline runs out twenty miles from nowhere. A wagon stops and the driver offers him a ride toward town. The driver explains he must start early to reach multiple small towns with supplies.
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