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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
6
Mrs Edward Nenning of Watertown New York describes a severe four year skin illness with constant itching and burning. After weeks in bed she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resin Cuticura Remedies finding relief sleep and full recovery. She endorses the Cathcara Remedies for skin troubles. Dated Apr 11 1909.
A minister in a Sunday school talk asks children to name the most wonderful organ. The answer is revealed with a mispronounced sequence, turning a humorous moment into a teaching about the body’s unseen workings as it continues its steady beat. The gaffe ends with the punchline that the “gas motor” is the organ in question.
A humorous exchange shows a husband and wife confusing a large diagram filled map with the path of Halley’s comet for a sewing pattern. The misread item leads to a comic comment about fabric cutting and a dew shirt. The Chicago Evening Post reports the amusing scene.
A fashionable photographer and a woman with a distinctive aquint share a tense moment. He remarks on the shy eye and asks to photograph her in profile, noting the trait is difficult yet fascinating in nature.
Practical instructions for transferring bee colonies using a smoker and basic tools. Describes hive setup, frame preparation, smoking technique, drumming, and transferring bees to a new hive while preserving the queen and avoiding excessive casualties. Includes tips on protective gear, string and wire use, and handling honey to prevent robbing.
The wheel-hoe is pitched as a gardener’s fast friend capable of matching two hours of labor with a single two hour effort using the old hoe. It promises reduced stooping, easier work, and better results with drills cultivators and various sized hoes attachment options for crops of all kinds. It humorously notes a lazy man may rely on his wife to use the wheehoe.
The article urges timely planting and cultivation to prevent neglect in garden plots. It stresses garden plants need regular tending to reach early maturity and avoid being overlooked.
An old devised device using a shallow sheet iron pan with a cloth banner moistened with kerosene to trap grasshoppers. The pan sits on runners and is dragged over fields. Hoppers that jump onto the cloth or into the pan are killed, either quickly or after a short delay, with the vast majority dying eventually.
A simple garden roller can be built from a tiling piece burnt glaze two feet in diameter. Mount on a board, pass a gas pipe through the center two inches through a hole, and extend above the board with cement and broken bricks. End faces are cement and sand mix. add a timber handle for a dollar.
The piece urges planting rows straight for sun, using wheel hoes, and completing garden tasks to prevent labor for women. It extols strawberries, cauliflower, Swiss chard, and beekeeping, noting yard manure value, comb foundation benefits, and proper bee care to avoid waste.
The text stresses that ample water is essential for bee keeping and brood rearing. It notes a plentiful supply helps reduce trips to distant streams and polluted pools, and that little progress in breeding occurs without sufficient water.
The passage suggests irrigating the garden and notes irrigation can be cost effective in the hot dry summer. It recommends using a gadding engine and power system as a worthwhile investment to deliver water at the right times and yield significant benefits.
The Atchison Globe notes advertisers do not control editorial policy. Merchants care about circulation, not editorials. Newspapers often face outside control by owners, politicians, or big interests. In practice owners are responsible yet expected to stand firm for independence while patrons fund the paper.
Mrs Ryetop remarks on Hiram Bkinilint lifting a tiny ant and plans to drop it to mock Jed Weatherby. Filey husband chuckles as the tale unfolds of sugar theft schemes and a prank at the general store.
After a fifteen month absence Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York aboard steamers and autos. A huge cheering crowd greeted him as he refused interviews but answered many questions, highlighting his public interest and energetic return. The Roosevelt party used White Steamers for travel, visiting Long Island and Oyster Bay with a Rough Riders group attending a clambake at Travers Island.
An old advert promotes Allen's Foot Tabs to dissolve in water for a foot bath to relieve soreness odor and tenderness. It claims instant relief for tired hot or inflamed feet and suggests shaking Allen's Foot-Ease into shoes for daytime comfort. Samples and mail order offered.
A waiter serves water to a squeamish guest who questions its distillation. Walter confirms it is boiled distilled water, while the guest comments on a notably hard taste, prompting a back and forth about the product.
Fragmentary OCR text listing Wor Hed iching Eyetide Greta the Falling Hyelaanen and All Eyes He Tubes with no clear event or outcome to summarize. Names and terms appear garbled, hindering coherent identification of people or organizations.
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