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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
15
A rector advertises for a lady clerk with a bass voice. Fifty women gather at his house for the appointment, until the rector realizes the error caused by a single misplaced letter changing clerk to clerk. He finally dismisses the applicants with humor.
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet notes the Squeedunk Improvement Society debating a city transit resolution with a member countering that they already secured improvements. The exchange hints at credit chasing and a light moral about prioritizing pleasure. Additionally a quirky line mentions Queen Elizabeth of Belgium as a dog fancier.
Notes describe the copper horseshoe shaped manillas once circulating along the west African coast in places like Bonny Brass and Akassa. White traders accepted them as legal tender though now scarce, valued by collectors for novelty serviette rings when silver plated. A Virginia congressman tale recounts a cookie jar anecdote about molasses and a servant’s quip.
An advertisement promises immediate relief from eczema rashes and related skin complaints in infants and children through a hot bath with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment. It offers free 32 page Skin Book samples via a postcard to Cuticura Dept. X Boston, noting availability everywhere.
The fragmentary text reads like a late edition mix of a staged dialogue between a father and daughter about a visiting suitor, interlaced with advertisements for Red Crosse Ball Blue laundry product and Mrs. Austin's Bag Pancake flour, and a 1913 linseed oil crop statistic. The readable facts include a midnight instruction to a young man and crop estimates.
The text discusses hog care including movable hog houses, early maturity to reduce disease risk, sanitary yards, and the value of range. It stresses feeding roots, clover as cheap hog food, supplementary fods, and dipping pigs monthly to control lice, all while emphasizing health and cost-efficient ration mixing.
The passage suggests a measured approach to hog care and machinery, noting the task of maintaining hog health alongside designing equipment that allows hogs to operate independently. It emphasizes gradual progress and vigilance in monitoring outcomes.
Statistica conducted for the department of commerce surveys nearly six million farmers. Fifty two percent moved within five years, over one million within a year. Regional shares show North 67 percent five years or longer, West 44 percent, South 41 percent. Movements hinder soil knowledge, open land neglect, and soil fertility loss. government seeks a remedy for the roving germ in human nature.
A guide to choosing a dairy cow by measuring milk yield and butter fat via the Babcock test. It advises weighing milk from each herd cow and testing fat percentage to identify reliable dairy stock.
The article argues hogs cannot be fattened on hog slops alone and that many men persist in this belief year after year without success.
An advisory from Frank Kleinheinz of the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Association explains how sheep can die when trapped in depressions or furrows in pastures. It notes that even healthy animals may become immobilized, struggle, and exhaust themselves, with attendants at fairs occasionally checking flocks overnight to prevent such disasters.
Sheep owners are urged to regularly check flocks to prevent sheep from becoming trapped. Regular daily visits help monitor conditions and ensure safety and productivity of the herd.
A set of practical farm maxims guides readers on seasonal, efficient work. Rules emphasize performing tasks in proper order, finishing cleanly, avoiding waste, weeding promptly, and harvesting only wanted seeds while removing decay. The tone mirrors 19th century agricultural instruction.
A plain guide for building a durable ladder from two by four scantling with clear sides. Notches are cut one inch deep to receive cross pieces and secured with half inch screws, not nails, producing a strong light ladder that lasts indefinitely.
Pennsylvania experiment station reports that summer strength lime sulfur applied June 22 and 30 and July 11 against San Jose scale on peaches eliminated young scales and reduced adults. No living scales remained by August 20. A similar test on an infested eight year old apple tree suggests summer spraying alone can control the scale, though two or more sprays may be needed.
A letter from Charles Inman of Hartford City Indiana credits Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy with curing seven years of illness and avoiding a Fort Wayne operation. It claims rapid return to work and widespread testimonials, noting the remedy cleanses stomach liver and bowels and is sold by druggists. The passage includes other ad like lines and a Boston Transcript joke fragment.
Important to Mothers urges careful bottle inspection for Castoria with the Fletcher’s Castoria signature. A historical aside notes Columbus sought a hay fever free land in discovering America.
Mr. F C Case of Welcome Lake Pennsylvania credits Dodds Kidney Pills with curing kidney related complaints and urges publication for skeptical readers. Advertisement notes pills cost 60 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo New York and offers free Household Hints Dainty Recipes and music of the National Anthem. Also an aside about owners of small versus large automobiles.
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