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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
7
A practical guide on building a storage house, drying, and packing sweet potatoes. It covers size, rack spacing, drying times, center stove placement, layering with shavings, avoiding touching potatoes, and safe frost-free storage, with methods for dry cellar and ventilated barrels for shipping.
Apples from cultivated orchards fetch higher prices per bushel over the past five years, despite claims that uncultivated fruit is better colored firmer and tastier. Pacific coast growers lead in using the box package and command good prices.
The article urges treating each shrub variety separately when pruning to avoid uniform shapes. It warns against heavy cuts in one year and stresses yearly light pruning to promote graceful, natural growth guided by good taste.
The article advises cooling the cellar to near the freezing point without going below it. Adjust cellar windows to admit cold air at night and seal by day. Target temperatures around 40 degrees support several apple varieties, with dry headed barrels to prevent moisture loss and improve long-keeping.
This illustration shows how deeply peach tree roots may grow in search of water, illustrating the root depth under drought or dry soil conditions.
The Arizona station design traces a peach tree root system down to depths and shows roots may extend far beyond the tree’s upper structure, indicating a much larger subterranean network than the visible tree canopy.
An advice note explains that orchards need mineral and vegetable fertilizers to maintain soil fertility. Apples remove more potash than wheat, requiring large quantities of both plant and mineral nutrients. Recommend unleached wood ashes and potash muriate, 200 to 300 pounds per acre broadcast among trees.
To remove large stumps select a straight tree 25 to 30 feet long and 12 to 18 inches through at the butt. Use a strong chain and a yoke of cattle to pull the lever while tying a big chain around a root three feet from the butt. Drive the team in a circle and twist the stump out. Smaller stumps come out whole. larger ones usually split and can be burned after drying.
Chicago reporter Miller recalls a night when he chased a bank robbery story tied to Hinchmeyer and a stolen patent. He describes confusing Hinton and Stone bank figures, meeting Melville Stone, and learning he would be paid $25 a week after a $66 payroll misfire.
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a severe kidney injury left him nearly paralyzed with back pain and disordered urine. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills he reports rapid improvement, walking with crutches after three months and eventually full recovery. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
James J. Smith of Durmid Virginia reports his daughter suffered extreme eczema from birth with almost no skin and blood oozing. After two doctors and many remedies, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured her. by age three she shows no signs of trouble.
A man and crowd notice Agnes and her husband on the street, with her explaining their quick marriage by family tradition. The exchange reveals light social commentary as she blushes and defends the new situation.
A mother and her son describe months of sour stomach and poor digestion until a stomach specialist prescribed Grape-Nuts. They report rapid improvement, regained weight, clearer mornings, better sleep, and continued use for both meals. The letter ends with a plug for Grape-Nuts and Postum.
A brief strip shows a veteran caddie defending his patience as a boy and adult speak harshly, revealing tone and social mismatch in a golf course setting. The exchange highlights humor and apprenticeship challenges among characters in a public course environment.
An ad-like note touts a supposed universal remedy mixing whiskey Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla for rheumatism with tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. A separate school anecdote quotes a boy saying three pupils answered a teacher’s question correctly about who broke the glags in the back window.
A jumbled OCR page fragment shows a mock legal notice promising rewards for a cure, assorted quips, and various product promotions. It includes a Toledo firm bragging about Hall's Catarrh Cure, references to endorsements and testimonials, and multiple unrelated home remedy and tobacco ads.
Prof and Mrs Hadley traveled to New York aboard a train to attend a Yale president speaking at a national convention. He spent the journey rehearsing his speech in a low voice with expressive hand gestures while a sympathetic matron nearby whispered a pointed remark about her own spouse.
A small boy plays with scissors and is scolded by his grandmother who warns him of danger. She tells of a boy who injured an eye with scissors and lost sight. The child asks what happened to the other eye, showing ironic curiosity. Time isn’t money, yet people spend it.
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