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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
10
Actor Guy Bates Post recalls an amateur play scene where lights refused to dim and a line about deliverance from darkness drew laughter. Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegram notes his remark contrasts amateur zeal with professional polish in literary circles.
Dr. Conrad Biesalski of Berlin reports 75,000 cripples in Germany from a total population of 60,600,000 with over 60,000 needing proper treatment. He notes 15 percent crippled by bone and joint tuberculosis and cites 10,000 children in urgent care, urging seaside sanatoria for this group while a humor item questions why bellboys are called Buttons.
A Wisconsin reader recounts severe headaches heart trouble and digestive issues linked to coffee. After two years avoiding coffee and using Postum breakfast beverage the headaches diminished and attacks ended. digestion improved and overall health restored. The ad claims coffee directly congests the liver causing biliousness and headaches and promotes Postum as a healthier alternative. The testimonial is attributed to a user identified as J. with Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
The West Virginia University extension fruit school proposes a creed tied to planting and caring for fruit trees. It frames belief in God and the seasons, human needs, and Earth's bounty, pledging work, root nourishment, pest protection, and patient waiting for blossoms and ripe fruit.
A practical article details making a singletree to protect tree bark, suggesting a wooden curved board with an iron or leather tug end. It also summarizes a New York State College bulletin on lime sulfur as a summer spray for apple scab and notes about Tulip Diana for pots, plus early advice on grape cuttings and planting.
The white marked tussock moth is a striking caterpillar with four white tussocks on its back a coral red head and a body with yellow gray and black markings. It feeds for about a month grows to an inch long then spins a hairy cocoon. the male moth is gray the female wingless. she lays 200 to 400 eggs in a white cocoon mass. Destroy egg masses by gathering them or moistening with creosote on a pole or spraying arsenical insecticide when feeding.
The article advises preventing caterpillar climbs by wiring trunks with cotton or sticky substances like tree tanglefoot and using arsenical sprays or manual removal to kill leaf eating insects. It emphasizes timely care, proper soil, and avoiding damage from horses, mowers, or careless pruning to reduce infestations.
A worn shovel is repurposed into a heavy hoe for orchard use. Remove the handle, heat and bend the shank to angle, fit a long handle, and fasten it. The finished hoe is suitable for heavy work.
Practical guidance for home gardeners on grafting apple roots, planting a strawberry patch, and sowing sweet peas, hydrangeas, asters, and other blooms. Covers spraying trees for San Jose scale, pruning canes for large hydrangea heads, and fertilizing strawberries, with emphasis on even treatment and early starts.
In a provincial French appeal court a fourteen year old boy appeared in a Basque redingote with large boots and mismatched trousers hat and collar. His laughter provoking attire drew convulsions in the chamber as the president questioned him after he read a citation inviting him to appear in his father's case.
A long 19th century style discourse describes eczema as a dominant skin disease, its symptoms and dire impact, praising Cuticura soap and ointment as effective treatments, and offering free samples by mail. It then shifts to short quips about farm life, marriage lore, and a joke about Miss Writem’s distant look.
Health warning notes Sora Throat as a serious ailment that can spread disease via food. It cites Ham Mins Wizard Oil as a remedy and includes assorted literary quotes. Garfield Tea is claimed safe with herbal laxative effects.
In a lurid exchange a man named Wise asks where the assailant of his wife is and jokes about introducing him to his mother in law. Bystanders react with risqué questions as Old Rocksey probes motives. Interwoven ads urge Allen’s Foot-Ease and Garfield Tea with old world proverbs and simple remedies.
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