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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
3
A Health Culture writer notes grocery bills show men students and bachelor women clubbing to cut costs. Men’s weekly menus cost less, but women’s plans include some luxuries. The inquiry ponders whether women shop poorly or simply crave small luxuries beyond strict rations.
In a street scene style courtroom exchange a judge asks a prisoner if he easily found a five dollar bill and whether he attempted to return it to its owner or put it into circulation. The prisoner confirms findings and intent to circulate the bill.
A lengthy poultry manual stresses advertising, breed choice, and sanitary care. It warns against inferior birds, overcrowded pens, and improper feeding while urging disciplined management, consistent vaccination against disease, and reliance on common sense and Zetetic methods for better yields and profits.
The Spatula explains that as an egg ages the water in the white evaporates creating a larger air space at the thicker end. This increased empty space makes the egg rise higher in water and eventually float.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson stresses eggs labeled fresh or strictly fresh must meet their claims. Several states push back against violations, while winter constraints make truly fresh eggs rare. Consumers deserve clear labeling and access to appropriate storage eggs, with poultry kept in springlike housing and fed varied diets to maintain laying.
The California Fig Syrup Co issues a full statement on the purity and uniformity of its laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna and urges buyers to seek the genuine product. The note explains factory methods, use of California figs for taste, and that medicinal principles come from proven plants. Also mentions sale by leading druggists.
A faithful old horse named Caleb served the United States Fish Commission at Green Bay Maine for twenty four years pulling a wagon. After a bone attack rendered him unable to work, Secretary McHarg ordered Caleb pensioned and kept on the corn until natural death, a rare government pension case.
Advertisement for a resort booklet issued by the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad titled Seashore and Mountain, with a resort map, available for two cents postage to W. H. Leahy, Genl Passenger Agt., Atlanta, Ga. Also includes brief, stray anecdotes and a dermatological cure claim for Tetterine and its soap, with pricing and supplier details.
A fragment from a literary page shows Mr Jingle writing fleeting notes on his cuff during champagne moments. A woman probes his habit while he explains the notes vanish the next day and are unreadable after wash. A light aside from a hot day ad ends with a joke about a camel and a child quote.
A reader touts Hancock's Sulphur Compound Ointment as a 25 year eczema cure, declaring dramatic skin improvement after using seven bottles. The ad-like note urges persistence with directions and requests Hancock for a booklet. The page also includes a quirky quote about making airships from broken machines.
A fragment from Lor London Tit-Bits recounts a regular customer and his escort dining at the West End Restaurant. He asks for la carte and table d hote, then jokes about adding plenty of gravy as the waiter offers both options. The anecdote captures urban dining humor and social behavior of the period.
A man describes years of severe itching and a scaly rash on ankles feet arms and scalp. After using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Pills he says the unbearable itch vanished within two to three applications and full cure followed with continued use.
A Washington Star anecdote recalls a brakeman on a steep grade nearly causing a run away but saved by the brake. The engineer praises the effort while the novice notes they would have slid back without the brake. The Sketch humor features Miss Smith asserting a name may die with her.
A Rockland Maine woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long standing backache after three bottles. The advertisement urges women to seek root and herb based relief and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free guidance to sick women.
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