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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
15
A vintage guide explains how modern haying machinery like tedder and side rake transform timothy, clover, and alfalfa crops. It stresses timely cutting, proper weather, barn ventilation, cooperative use of loaders, and careful handling to preserve leafiness, moisture, and feeding value.
A short essay on red and black currants notes their use in jellies and jams. It describes selecting ripe fruit washing mashing boiling and straining juice, then cooking juice with sugar to form jelly. Also mentions barb due currants and serving ideas with cheese or salad and ends with a quotation about fault finding by Robert West.
A collection of seasonable dinner suggestions including fruit soups popular with Scandinavians and rising in American tables. Recipes cover iced fruit soup, Virginia style fried chicken, almond delight with caramelized sugar crust, and stuffed figs with marshmallow and nuts.
A fragmented humor piece satirizes marriage vows and wealth. Quoted lines poke at financial dependency and social polish, with jumbled brand names and old sayings hinting at economic motives behind unions. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor column.
A boy discusses the difference between animal instinct and human intelligence. He argues that with instinct we would know all we need without learning, but humans rely on reason and study themselves, or risk blindness or folly.
Dix questions the scope of the plan and flags concerns over costs and effectiveness in the plan. The Bogton Transcript notes the exchange as part of ongoing debate over employment policy and government funding.
Patient F. W. Horbach from Chicago describes two years of eczema on hands legs and joints being relieved by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying other treatments. He used the product for six weeks and reports complete cure with no scars. Advertisement notes worldwide availability and free samples through Cuticura Boston.
A humorous vignette about Lola trying to buy three seats worth of stamped antelope to satisfy her mother. Also a brief note on Frances, a clever child, who declares she had the best luck this morning because she saw a parade at the psychological moment.
An advertisement recounts a husband and wife who cured coffee ailments by switching to Postum. The husband’s stomach and kidneys improved, his skin cleared, and the wife gained weight and strength after leaving coffee. The note offers Postum from Battle Creek Michigan and describes Regular and Instant forms with brewing instructions.
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