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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
8
Readable text hints at a damaged OCR snippet about a journey between Toronto and Montreal in Canada, mentioning freight rates and a local inquiry. Names and places are garbled, but suggests a discussion of railroad or trade services and a public or private notice context.
The readable fragment mentions pensions, wares, and names such as Berets Maile and Savolh Pee with garbled phrases about healing, nails, and a possible transaction. It lists various unclear terms and broken references to people, places, and offers, ending with an odd price or quantity reference.
Local business shows signs of revival with higher bank clearings reaching $259,703,490, up 18.9 percent from 1908 and above 1907 levels. Manufacturing activity rises in steel, machinery, and leather goods while demand for raw materials like ore copper and cement improves. several districts report heavier employment and market gains.
New York reports show improved sraps and better stock advice on grains with prices and crop movements influencing retail trade. There is rising crude rubber to 1.85 per pound, higher demand for money to move crops, and widening friction between employers and workers amid broader industrial trends and road transport growth. Publicized failures: U S weekly 233, Canada 24.
A jumbled listing shows bid ranges for hogs, sheep, and cattle, plus No. 2 wheat and corn prices across Chicago, St Louis, Detroit, Toledo, Cincinnati, and New York. Prices are quoted per unit with varied grades and shipping markets, reflecting broad market volatility.
A veteran horseman explains muscle and tendon roles in locomotion, hindquarter power, and stride mechanics, stressing buildup of strong hocks for secure footing. The piece then covers potato fertilization from Purdue studies, recommending potash and nitrate applications by soil type, costs, and expected yields, plus notes on farm separator benefits and skim milk use for calves and stock.
Farmers are advised to add tincture of iron to poultry drinking water twice weekly as a spring tonic and disinfectant. Start small in poultry ventures, grow with experience, and provide green forage or substitutes. Use protein-rich feeds, oats and bran, and monitor fat and health in laying hens. A dairyman notes careful tracking of feed and manure impacts on cow and cream quality.
The text argues coarse soil requires stronger plants and earlier maturation with fertilizers. It says plant food like bread and dairy are food for humans, while corn and hay feed animals. A complete fertilizer should have nitrogen, potassium, and phosphoric acid in balance, with soil study to determine needs before purchase.
A fragment describes feeding Johnnycake batter for chicks with corn meal and eggs. It suggests baking slowly to improve texture and yield, noting the batter should swell and add fertile eggs to enhance the mix.
A dining room scene unfolds with a stringed quartet hidden behind roses as Birra and Paola seek conversation. The young stranger is asked if he enjoys Meyerbeer, and replies with a cold, curt refusal, ending the chance for friendly talk.
A Madison Indiana reader testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured kidney irregularities and related headaches backaches and swelling. The ad-like text urges Doan's sale by all dealers at 50 cents a box and cites doctor Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The rest of the fragment discusses general misused health claims and a Kansas train wreck anecdote.
A Richmond Virginia woman describes health ruin from heavy coffee use and dramatic recovery after quitting. She credits Postum and later Grape-Notes food with restoring strength, weight gain, and improved mood, concluding she feels like a new woman.
A Cape Cod newspaper quotes Munyon's promise of free medical examinations for disease diagnosis at 630 Telfornon Philadelphia Pa. The ad urges sending in forms to receive an at-home examination and states doctors will care out the diagnosis free. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children.
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