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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
3
In a weary city narrative, Max Wilson recovers while K plans a looming exit. Sidney confronts love and loyalty, Carlotta’s fate tightens the moral knot, and Christine weighs marriage, fidelity, and a life rebuilt on fragile ground.
Late September brings a bustling City Street with new asphalt replacing cobblestones. The narrative centers on Mr. Le Moyne and his absurd gas office statements, adding to the street’s charged atmosphere.
A fragment from a Chicago Herald item describes a scene on Van Buren Street where a proprietor offers a bottle of fine old whisky to Jim as a gift. One bottle is dropped and broken, prompting the exclamation Poor Jim as the passerby helps him up.
O H Benson of the U S Department of Agriculture says that about 2 million home gardens will be produced by Boy Scouts of America to aid wartime food supply. He notes 275 000 scouts and officers will mobilize for garden production and each scout will recruit nine non scouts to garden as well.
The piece compares a tenderfoot to a mature scout, noting shortcomings in camping skills and cooking but emphasizing potential growth. It states a tenderfoot remains lean and learning oriented, yet can become an experienced patrol leader with time and practice in water, land, and fire skills.
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, writes from the War Office to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters praising the organization. He says elementary instruction for national defense may be obtained through Boy Scout work and notes his study of their training methods.
Scouts are urged to offer labor to gardeners to grow the best crops. Plant at home even in a window box and skip flower beds for vegetables. Encourage teachers and officials to organize school and city gardens to conserve food and show patriotism.
A brief guide notes alfalfa has a three leaflets with a short middle stem, unlike red and alsike clovers where the center leaflet attaches at the base. As alfalfa matures, its leaflets elongate more than those of clover, aiding identification.
A. M. Paterson of Kansas State Agricultural College describes two docking methods for lambs. The preferred method uses a docking tree to bar off the tail, especially for large tails, with hot iron cauterizing the wound to prevent bleeding. If the lamb is old, tying a string around the stump helps control bleeding.
A simple pasture near the barn gives work horses a nightly rest with green grass a roll and a period in the open. On hot nights keeping them outside overnight eases the next day's tasks and improves performance.
Advice on using stove ashes in a hen house to control filth. Scatter ash over and under the roost and where litter has collected. Keep feeding area littered with straw and feed grain in the straw. Encourage hens to work so they remain active.
A 1916 testimonial from F. E. Britton, a Jonesboro druggist, notes twenty five years of selling Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root and praises its reputation and effectiveness. The ad urges readers to request a ten cent sample and a booklet on kidneys and bladder, with bottles available in drug stores.
Indignation runs high across the Mussalian world as Turkish authorities seize jewels and offerings from Mohammed’s tomb. Among the treasures are many precious stones including the famed Star Diamond valued at over 1.5 million dollars.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap for clear skin. It suggests applying the ointment, washing off after five minutes with hot water and generous soap, and using Cuticura as daily toilet preparations. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept L, Boston.
A broker recalls that a marriage proposal failed amid a declining market, noting the rejection and admitting the proposal was his own fault due to the market conditions.
An advertisement promotes Loa Cre ole Hair Dressing priced at 1.00 claiming to lighten gray hairs naturally. It also touts Roman Eye Balsam for granulated eyelids and says one trial proves its merit while noting a physician’s Latin skills and a quip about parental choice as a joke.
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