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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
3
A mix of punchy literary satire and faded advertisements appears. The piece features a pompous publisher, a starving author, and snippets about aging hair remedies Castoria Nostrum ink restoration and coinage shifts. The tone echoes an old editorial page with humorous interludes and social commentary.
The ad claims a pure vegetable tea that “does the work” at low cost. It describes a brewsable product, mentions a long-lasting package, and cites a reference from W. N. U. Fort Wayne. The readable text highlights family use and affordability without providing concrete ingredients or official endorsements.
At a New York dinner Tierbert Jotnem the humorist known as the Ivetrator said laundry workers are the most sensitive class. He recalled a cartoon about laundries wrecking shirts and a trade paper response mocking him. The piece notes a paper house in Hamburg used as a restaurant with paper walls and a stone-heated heating method.
Article by William A. Radford advocates a connected group of farm buildings a dairy barn implement house silo and milk house to cut labor and depreciation costs. Describes frame construction brick silo hollow block milk house and concrete foundation with a 86 by 80 foot barn for 83 cows and three pens plus an overhead feed carrier track linking stable feed room and mangers. The design aims to reduce labor, improve conditions, and provide long term profitability for farms with 30 plus cows.
An old column argues for goat adoption in the United States noting goats are clean, tubercular-resistant, and produce richer milk than cows. It cites California leading growth, claims a single well-kept goat can supply a family’s milk, and that goats eat less feed than cows while producing about three quarts of milk daily.
A fragment discusses birds and their reaction to cold and human presence. It notes the fear of man appears to be learned rather than instinctive, observed by gunners as pigeons grow wild after days of exposure, with notes on how this affects approaches in unfamiliar places.
The article notes South American republics issuing new stamps as paper and pigment scarcity eases. It highlights Uruguay’s panoramic Montevideo issue and recalls a Chilean series from a decade ago showing independence deeds and battles. It compares detail and mentions Chilean portraits of notable figures from Columbus to Balmaceda.
A kitchen miscellany features beefsteak and kidney pie with detailed prep, pastry, and seasoning, plus lemon honey cream, company cake cream, and chocolate sauce. Also includes corn popping tips, sugared popcorn, corn garnish ideas, popcorn balls, and desserts using ground kernels. Notable steps describe boiling kidneys, browning steak, pastry method, and candy coatings.
Household hints discuss fruit mixes with rhubarb to make fine preserves and extend flavors with juices. Tips cover canning, pudding sauce, lemonade, baked apples, pickling with horse radish, string bean seasoning, onion storage, parsley preservation, and using cranberry juice to enrich jams and jellies.
Nutrition guidance stresses milk and animal products as key for growth in children. Emphasizes four times more body building foods than adults, with milk as ideal, plus eggs, butter, cereals, greens, and vegetables for iron and vitamin intake. Suggests blending milk into soups and desserts, avoiding fried foods, and introducing starchy foods for energy.
A Popular Mechanics Magazine note describes a new invention where music is printed on a long strip rather than pages. The strip runs on motor driven rolls before the player piano eyes at adjustable speed with a side mounted controlling lever. Gas From Coal notes claim ten thousand cubic feet of gas can be produced from one ton of coal.
An advertisement touts Pape’s Cold Compound as fast acting cold relief. A dose every two hours typically breaks up a severe cold and relieves congestion, headache, feverishness, and sneezing with no quinine and low cost.
The ad touts Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles with a claim that influenza killed far more than during the war. It notes a fifty three year history and wide usage in homes worldwide promising a good night’s rest and easy morning expectoration. A separate quip on a suspicious visitor ends with a punchline about an electrician from the light-fingered gentry.
Readers are urged to switch from salts oils and purgatives to Cascarets for bowel and stomach cleansing. The ad claims Cascarets regulate digestion, remove sour food and gases, reduce liver bile, and flush waste from the colon while you sleep without griping, with a morning improvement promised and bottles available at a low cost.
A WWI vignette contrasts American doughboy resourcefulness with rigid discipline. In Meuse Argonne fighting a unit digs in under shell fire while one soldier mocks orders, the lieutenant urges action, and a German prisoner is seen digging near the doughboy. A separate classroom exchange shows a student’s witty deflection to a teacher’s questions.
In a meeting with a visiting teacher, boy scouts recount good turns such as helping an old lady across the street and bringing water to a teacher. The teacher asks why not another good deed and a boy replies a scout is courteous, amid a tense remark about household bread. The scene reflects differing views on duty and vision.
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