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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
3
A New York Sun item notes Harold, left with his sisters, received daily cards from his mother during her month abroad. Each message urged him to brush his teeth as soon as he read it, a light touch on a mother’s care and a boy’s fond anticipation.
A traveler asks where Mi river is and a man in a doorway replies Mugg river has been postponed this year due to the weather, guiding him toward a dry gully ahead.
The piece extols goat farming as a hardy, low-maintenance venture with strong market potential. It notes Angora goats yield mohair and good scavenging. milk goats like Toggenburg and Saanen provide high quality milk. Suggestions cover starting with purebreds, focusing on breeding stock, and the profitability of milk and fiber in developing markets.
Wallace’s farmer notes farmers in southern Illinois Indiana and Ohio may fail to get clover due to acid soils. He describes a quick home test using blue litmus paper and advises lime stone applications to correct acidity before planting. Sheep sorrel is usually found in soils with such conditions.
A Canadian poultryman suggests feeding soaked bread with turpentine to all chicks to treat gape worm, repeating after three days and possibly a week. He cites past success and notes preventive measures include treating ground with lime, carbolic acid, sulphuric acid, or kerosene and avoiding untreated ground.
A described mix from American Cultivator explains a whitewash recipe using salt dissolved in warm water, ground rice, Spanish whitening, and glue. The paste is boiled to a thin consistency, rested for several days, then applied hot for farm buildings and poultry houses, noted for durability and a fine lustre.
The Pekin duck remains the most desirable for market purposes with few alternatives in this region. Some growers raise Indian Runners for prolific laying, but the egg market is limited. The main profit lies in producing green ducks for sale.
The article notes hens eating tasty feed yields pleasant eggs while feeding onion tops may cause an unpleasant flavor. It suggests a clean varied diet for agreeable results, with references to Farmers' Home Journal.
Paris, July report notes M. Leon Lefebvre found in Colmar archives a long correspondence between the Marquis de Montausier and town magistrates. Gover nor of Colmar and Louis XIV preceptor’s letters contain phrases matching Le Misanthrope verses, supporting Montausier as Moliere’s model. This conclusion appears in a study in the Correspondant.
Clyde shipyards produced 509 vessels in 1907 up from 372 the prior year. Plans also advanced for a 20 million dollar terminal station serving the steam electric and subway lines of San Francisco.
Several letters praise Peruna as a tonic and remedy for illness in the previous winter. A Canadian reader from West Aylmer reports recovering from grippe after two months of use and notes a tailor who regained livelihood after three months with Peruna. The notices also mention Peruna tablets as a solid alternative.
A rough tale describes a dragon hunt in Eyoub Constantinople with a sailor recounting a moonlit scene. He and Fatmah claim the shot that felled the dragon while others boast and joke about the night’s chaos and eclipse misunderstandings.
A 71 year old grandmother, long invalid with stomach and bowel consumption, improves after starting Grape-Nuts. She could keep it down, gains strength, and her stomach trouble disappears. The doctor is astonished as she recovers without medicine, credited to Grape-Nuts with a closing teaser for the product.
A Harper's Bazar writer advocates using an ice cream freezer as a churn. The method yields butter quickly with about 125 crank revolutions and offers easier cleaning than traditional churns. The writer plans to continue using the freezer in winter and summer.
An Indianapolis housewife extols a meticulous dusting method. She trains a new housemaid to use hemmed cheese cloth squares and lukewarm soapy water, wiping furniture with a damp cloth and polishing with a dry one to remove dust effectively.
A practical method to maintain a clean bath tub is to place a towel rack with clean towels or rags for rinsing after use. Post a note requesting every bather to use the rags, scrub the tub daily with hot water and a soft rag, and use cleaning agents like sapplie bonami or Dutch cleanser to finish quickly.
A column of practical household hints covers chamois gloves care to prevent shrinking and sweating, plus recipes for Strawberry Sponge Berry Sherbet Cheese Custard Rice Meat Casserole and Lemon Pudding. It notes Yate Wood of Australia has the tensile strength of good cast iron.
A 1907 testimonial from Attica Indiana touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as curing a boy’s spreading itching sores after failed treatments. The ad promises no scars and warns of “bad blood” if not treated. Also includes a wry anecdote about a teacher taming infants and a humorous Royal telegram tale. It closes with a mock letterhead from Hall's Catarrh Cure touting cures and a Toledo firm contact.
A young wife asks her husband what to name their baby. They realize the baby is a girl and settle on Georgia Washington. Penelope is asked about a thesis on the Origin of the Epiphytic Orchids, which the speaker cannot locate.
Pittsburg Dispatch notes the radical difference between human and monkey hands, highlighting the thumb's opposing power. The piece references social commentary by Newitt and Bunker with light satire on golf as folly. The Catholic Standard advertises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening laundry at five cents per package.
A speaker recalls paying a fabulous price for a car and doubts others will believe the amount. Kohblfaxy questions the true cost while a waiter recounts tips from a wealthy patron. Mrs. Winslow's Teething Syrup advertises relief for inflamed gums and wind colic. Steps begin to organize a general association of naval yard employees.
Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio reports relief from nervousness headaches and other annoyances during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and says she can again do her own work and tells friends about the benefit.
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing-down feelings flatulency indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration. It urges women to try the remedy.
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