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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
6
In a Delmontco gathering, Automng and Optics questions auto driving eyes. A chauffeur touts the eye benefits of car use while recalling distant police visibility. Col HLN HRonouf stresses army commissariat importance at a Memorial Day dinner.
A social gathering introduces Senator Julius O Burrowes of Michigan. He asserts his fame by recalling the line I am the man that died at first from Mudville's famous poem. The anecdote highlights Burrowes claiming prominence through a literary allusion.
A reader describes switching from coffee to Postum due to constipation and belching. The seven child household notices improved health, especially a healthy eighteen month old baby who thrives on a mix of Postum and milk. The letter urges readers to consider Postum as a daily drink.
Plans describe a large adaptable residence with ten rooms suitable for country or city use. Features include a 12 by 16 reception room, 16 by 16 parlor, 12 by 12 kitchen with 8 by 12 pantry, a 10 by 16 downstairs bedroom with closet, connected dining room, hall with telephone booth, open stairway, basement access, and four upstairs bedrooms with bath sewing rooms and ample closets.
To rid your garden of ants locate their nests then apply benzoin gasoline bisulphide or carbon. For nests near grain in the lawn use carbon disulphide. Puncture holes, pour a teaspoon of carbon, cover briefly, then ignite the carbon with light to force fumes underground and destroy the ants.
Cucumber crops may be planted as late as mid July. Bordeaux mixture two to three ounces per gallon kills yellow striped beetles attacking cucumbers melons and squash and helps prevent blight. For few vines bugs can be brushed into a pan then moved to water with a tablespoonful of kerosene, done early morning or after sundown when beetles are active.
Lay in seed supplies early for sowing after rye and cowpea in corn at Jagat cultivation. Rye is especially good on land prone to washing, as all plants help hold the soil. These crops improve oil quality and provide pasture after harvest.
The Marmere Cooperative demonstration work aims to spark love for rural life among schoolboys over ten. County teachers and principals organize clubs while the demonstration program provides plans and rules. parents supply land and tools, merchants and bankers fund prizes, and papers publicize. A boy must work one acre under standard rules, drawing strong interest as 300 to 400 contestants in a county show higher yields than average. In Mississippi a county corn contest produced 74 bushels per acre versus farm averages under 20, and in South Carolina one boy raised 162% bushels on a measured acre versus 16 statewide.
A rural tip column discusses weed control and crop care. It notes white onions outperform yellow, cautions on seed pictures, urges continuous cultivation of the corn patch, and stresses no weed growth. It compares costs for corn and hay, recommends grass seed on light soils, and warns arsenate of lead fails on squash pests.
Drainage prevents crop loss from stagnant water and allows air to circulate through soil carrying fertilizing properties. It warms the soil for early cultivation, aids dry soil work, promotes deeper roots and greater plant food supply, and increases moisture in a dry season. It also prevents baking and cracking.
The article notes cultivated crops include corn potatoes and root crops grown in rows. Continuous cultivation depletes soil faster than grain, urging careful garden records. It emphasizes keeping a pantry log of garden notes and first harvest dates to compare varieties and assess soil impact.
A Lebanon Indiana man John T. Anderson at 613 W Malin St recounts sudden agonizing kidney pain and urine with blood, followed by swelling and fatigue. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with gradual improvement, gaining twenty eight pounds and no later trouble. Sold everywhere for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
A playful exchange occurs as a city resident asks why the moon isn’t worn in daytime and Simmie replies they only light it after dark, reflecting local urban imagination and ordinary talk.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soft white hands, offering guidance for soaking, drying, and nightly application, plus protective gloves. It notes worldwide availability and lists Potter Drug & Chem Corp as proprietors, Boston, Mass. A brief domestic vignette follows about a birthday gift budget, contrasting a $0.98 remark with a promise to spend at least a dollar.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard for women's ailments. It claims quick, permanent results and broad availability in drug stores, with a stylized ending barbs about reading the sporting page and Bible.
A fragmentary dialogue shows two speakers, Him and Her, debating a quick confession and noting relief in collecting their wits. The text includes garbled terms like Wirsiow's Soothing Sury and unfamiliar phrases. It ends with a reflective line about gratitude for what we do not get.
A south Missouri paper reprints a personal ad from Hazel Eyes of Bingville. The 30ish woman seeks a property owner or a well paid job holder, modest height with brown hair and gray eyes, not fat or skinny, aiming for matrimony. She notes Bingville as a town where many young men are already spoken for.
A Coca Cola Baseball Record Book of 1910 includes Casey at the Bat along with schedules and other baseball data. The volume, sent by Coca Cola Co of Atlanta for a 2 cent postage stamp, also includes The Truth About Coca-Cola pamphlet and promotional message urging cooling refreshment.
A manager scolds an actress for botched cues and stage business. The exchange centers on keeping to "pears and cues" as the actress promises to improve her attentiveness and timing. The brief item reflects theater slang and a humorous rehearsal moment.
A citizen and Mr Comrox discuss the tale of William Tell. The citizen asks about the legend while Comrox admits uncertainty whether Tell was a marksman or an opera singer.
Readable fragments show a quoted exchange about a political figure named Brown. The text hints at a plan or stance but lacks full context or attribution, making the exact stance and event unclear while preserving the partial phrasing.
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