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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
10
A Farmer's Review writer describes peach fruit spot symptoms on fruit with a pin head dark speck that enlarges and develops a dark center with brown rings. It affects upper portions more, worsened by dense shade and moist seasons. Spraying in fall with lime sulfur or Bordeaux is advised, prune heavily, and space trees for sun access to control the disease.
Practical advice on garden care including mulching rhubarb with corn stalks to protect plants and suppress weeds, buying home-grown seeds from reliable houses, cleaning up after harvest by burning old vines and weeds, and applying stable manure before turning soil. It emphasizes preventing weed seed dormancy and preparing celery storage by trimming roots, plus spring soil conditioning with disking or spading.
Farmers can cut costs by using fewer horses but risk underwork if too few are used. Many farms keep idle horses seasonally, wasting profit. Properly sizing teams to farm size avoids overwork and waste, with three good horses often sufficient on a 70 acre tillable farm while large machinery benefits big farms and fails on small ones.
Farmers are advised to give pigs warm sleeping quarters at night and ample daylight sunshine during the day. Proper housing and outdoor access help pigs thrive, especially in autumn when weather turns cooler and food sources vary. Ensure clean bedding and shelter from cold winds.
The essay argues humans possess power to resist God’s Spirit and must choose salvation or damnation. It parallels biblical calls with warnings about delaying conversion, noting many leaders mislead others as the Holy Spirit pleads across youthful to aged life. It cites Watkinson on spiritual decay and ends with Rev. Edwin Whittier Caswell.
A fragment urging restraint over evil habits and passions for steady duty. It notes that resisting small faults protects from greater vices and promises joy in the evening for a careful, disciplined day. Includes a stray reference to a day spent with Thomas’s example.
A Boston Sunday School class debated how to spend a children’s charity fund. After speeches, a seven year old confessed he had contributed many pennies but was home sick with a terrible cold, prompting the group to consider aiding ill local children.
A Wall Street editor describes summer woes hiring substitute stenographers who misinterpret phrases. Examples include comptroller of the currency misread as comptroller of the corn belt and drought district in Kansas read as grouch district. The piece ends noting the need for a proper Wall Street Journal stenographer.
LeRoy C. O'Brien of Saginaw Michigan describes severe facial pimples seeding for nine months. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a free sample he bought the products and in ten days his face began to heal with no scarring. Advanced claim of global sales and free samples offered.
A quotation reflecting the decline of the traditional press age and the absence of a distinct modern successor. The remark underscores a shift in journalism without naming new leadership or structures, highlighting a transitional media moment.
The notice urges careful examination of Castoria bottles for infants and children, noting the product carries a long signature of use for over eight decades. It suggests that appearances can mislead, drawing a parallel to men with diamond pins who may have money.
A period health advertorial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as essential during the change of life. It cites testimonials from women in Cadiz Ohio Fleetwood Pennsylvania and Munford Alabama praising relief from hot flashes headaches and nervousness and urging others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Advise avoiding water for bluing and recommending Red Oss Ball Blue. Wry note that no man likes to hear a woman praise another man.
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