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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
6
The race was halted due to insufficient breeze to fill sails. The remark notes Sir Thomas Lipton spent about 1,000,000 dollars trying to lift the cup, and questions why wind could not be raised for the event.
A father in Sweetwater Texas testifies that Eatonic gave instant help to his daughter who suffered severe misery from indigestion and acidity. He notes relief after one box and urges others to try the product, claiming it reduces heartburn gas and bloating and costs little.
A dry enforcement report centers on a respectable elderly woman whose unexpected alcohol stash drew suspicion. The examiner hints that even her corkscrew curls could signal contraband whisky, revealing bias and the era's prudish scrutiny.
Arthur Murray, America's dancing expert, offers a complete movie method with instructions, a moving picture device, and ten reels of the latest steps. The full course costs $10, and readers are invited to write for a booklet at Arthur Murray System of Dancing Instruction Dept. B Asheville NC Adv.
Knicker asks how to cut clothing costs and Bocker replies that he waits for a great man’s mantle to fall on him. The exchange hints at adopting a symbolic, opportunistic shortcut to better attire through others’ exemplar.
Great shortage of labor makes it desirable to use farm streams for energy with minimal expense. A 10 ft wide stream at 2 ft depth can supply over 10 horsepower, enough for lighting and many motor needs. include the wife’s needs in plant sizing, as larger capacity adds value and future use. If head height doubles to 10 ft, output increases correspondingly.
The article explains farm power feasibility from 100 gallons per minute flow and 10 feet head to larger plants. It notes continuous operation with storage batteries, costs from eight to ten lights at minimum, and thousands of plants supplying five to ten horsepower year round, affordable for many owners. It discusses investment scales for house, barn, and farm operations.
Keep nests clean with one nest for four hens. Collect eggs twice daily. Store eggs in a cool dry cellar. Market at least twice a week. Swat the rooster to deter roosting and protect hens.
Unity for development notes two approaches to determine stream water quantity. The preferred weir method yields more accurate results if the stream width allows a dam. Both the weir and cross section velocity methods require no special technical skill when directions are followed, and descriptions are in Yearbook Separate 770 from the US Department of Agriculture.
US Department of Agriculture specialists advise new poultry keepers to start small and learn the business before large investments. Fall is suggested as a better season to begin due to lower costs, and beginners are urged to gain experience by working with an established poultry operation or starting with fowls before buying eggs.
The superintendent of a large Virginia farm promotes the Better Lives Better Stock movement, detailing ten purebred breeds including a Holstein dairy herd of 58, 302 Herefords, 31 Percheron and 6 Standard-bred horses, 1 jack, 78 Drover swine, 204 Shropshire and Romney sheep, and about 200 chickens and turkeys. Most females are grades but bred to purebred sires per campaign rules.
The article argues poultry farming can be highly profitable if stock is good, flock size suitable, proper housing, feeding, and care are provided. It stresses farming need not fear complexity and should avoid letting hens shift for themselves.
Farmers eyeing more alfalfa should weigh fall seeding for next season. Soil type location and season affect success, but many can start in fall if conditions allow.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for liver issues. It warns calomel causes sickness, jaw cramps, and salivation, urging readers to choose the gentler tonic. It also includes a travel line about birth certificates and European berths unrelated to health.
An advertisement urges parents to choose California Syrup of Figs as the best laxative, promising a hairless stomach liver and bowels, noting its fruity taste and full bottle directions while emphasizing to say California on the package. The item is presented in a clipped, odd newspaper snippet referencing the Louisville Courier-Journal and a novelty transferor coil with motor cops.
The advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin as genuine and safe for over twenty years, prescribed by physicians and sold in unbroken Bayer packages with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Small 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and larger packages are available from druggists. The copy also notes the Bayer trade mark and manufacturer.
A vintage ad urges women with kidney and bladder trouble to seek Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root. It lists symptoms like back pain headaches and nervousness and claims the product can restore kidney health. Readers are urged to buy a bottle or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
A humorous exchange about garden party attire leads to the note that women are now eligible to serve on English juries. The brief quip underscores evolving roles while keeping a light tone.
Hollis merchant J P Withrow funds a stone monument honoring Rutherford and Cleveland county World War I soldiers. Engravings on west and east sides will list names. location two miles from the county line near Montreat. Donations invited from parents of the dead, others welcome.
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