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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
6
United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to plan and perform nonessential tasks ahead to cope with labor shortages. Emphasizes using idle time before rush work, prioritizing field work, weather permitting, and record noting to maximize labor use and prevent production loss.
The article notes farmers increasingly enter marketing, forming over 15 000 farm organizations with about 2 000 000 members. Local markets dominate operations, with growth in extension to terminals and distribution centers. Coops aim to buy supplies wholesale and keep middleman commissions, while direct marketing may lower consumer prices.
The guidance emphasizes daily grooming before milking and twice daily manure removal, plus clipping udder hairs to reduce dirt. It argues that success lies in the quality of cows kept rather than quantity, noting cream storage beliefs as ineffective.
Practical USDA kitchen notes describe making a caramel flavored sirup from sweet potatoes. Step by step: boil peeled or unpeeled potatoes, mash in their liquid, extract juice, boil to molasses consistency, and flavor with caramel or vinegar. Includes taffy, ginger snaps, drop cookies, and cake ideas using the sirup.
The article explains using fats skimmed from meat and poultry gravies as butter substitutes for seasoning vegetables. It stresses choosing clean sweet fats, avoiding high frying temperatures to preserve flavor, and notes smoky or browned fats from sausage ham bacon and roast meats contribute distinct flavors.
Roller shades of printed chiats are beat for the 962 parol according to the fragment. The note mentions All Aroma Zoo House in a brief item with no clear event or outcome.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe laxative alternative to harsh calomel and oils. It claims quick relief from constipation and biliousness, with no griping, and that they work during sleep by cleansing toxins and improving bowel strength. The passage also includes stray notes about athletic achievements and punning dialogue.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria labeling for infants and children. It cites a long history of 80 years and a signature of 17 y 7 in use, claiming safety and trusted relief for children's ailments.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item relays a witty exchange about divorce and Reno. The actress declares she loves Reno and will settle there, while her mother calls down the staircase, prompting a humorous moment about travel plans.
An old ad claims Dr. Peery's Dead Shot is powerful and safe, with a single dose said to expel worms or tapeworms without castor oil. The note credits Ady and frames the remedy as a ready solution for parasitic infections.
Returning soldiers recount a four mule team driver in France who, lost in fog, plowed through an American trench line onto No Man’s Land. A doughboy secretly signals to avert a catastrophe as the driver, unaware, mutters about turning four mules while bowing to the whispered warning.
The American chamber of commerce in London reports a British firm used the American flag and phrases claiming American origin on its advertising and labels for a wholly British product. The British board of trade intervened and the firm agreed to stop the practice.
A three year old boy from Muncie and his parents travel to Florida for a winter vacation. The mother asks to visit Miami and Bobbie asks to see Ami before they go, reflecting a family trip described in the Indianapolis News.
A proverb compares a wise person to a tree that bends with the wind yet remains rooted. It emphasizes steadfast principles despite external pressures. The image highlights resilience and consistency in character across challenges.
In Lithuania beekeeping rises from a social custom to a major industry. Citizens export thousands of barrels of honey yearly and most households maintain at least one beehive. Even in cities people drink midus, the national honey fermented beverage, from honey gathered in home hives.
A year earlier grasshoppers devastated winter wheat worth nearly 100 million dollars. Scientists created a vast grasshopper bait using 500000 lemons and 83 tons of arsenic to spread over Kansas. The plan succeeded and this year Kansas reports no grasshoppers.
Jud Tunkins suggests some people seemingly enjoy easy lives by cultivating a reputation for being hard to please. He argues that ignoring others faults can influence social ease and advantage.
Fanny Crosby, famed for more than 6000 hymns, led an uneventful career after losing sight at six. She met blind musician Alexander Van Alstyne 12 years later at the New York Institute for the Blind, married, and taught there. Her hymns remain popular in Moody and Sankey collections and have been sung and recorded widely.
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Torkins teases Charley about prohibition. She ponders a joke about bootleggers and slyly asks if a bootlegger suffers from tight shoes, implying a pun on “tight” in the context of bootleggers and liquor lore.
The Interchurch World Movement outlines a plan to establish at least four incurable hospitals in the United States under church control as a key element of its hospital program. The aim is to expand faith based care for long term illness.
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