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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
6
A family learns about the human body as a vast automatic machine. The speaker explains cells as factory units, with brain as headquarters, tissues as systems, and germ cells as life’s builders. The comparison covers digestion, movement, sense organs, and defense, ending with a dramatic battle against harmful cells.
A Holyoke Transcript column muses that a man is as old as the tunes he whistles, noting veterans from the Spanish-American War and World War I still whistle era songs. The writer concedes no link between gray hairs and past locks, mocks vanity, and urges readers to whistle sensible tunes like Old Hundred with the Blue Birds.
A vivid World War I scene describes Ver dun and Sorime battles as a monumental siege arena. Walls and rails encircle a field of endless guns, feeding lines, and mountains of shells. Soldiers advance as gear rotates, yet artillery roars relentlessly amid mud, rain, and exhaustion, from winter through to the collapsing front.
Del Bay Farms of Bridgeton New Jersey plans a new maggot control for cabbage using corrosive sublimate. Workers apply the chemical about two inches above ground with guns when maggot eggs appear, then a second application ten days later. Cost is estimated at about $15 per acre per application, cheaper than hoeing.
United States Department of Agriculture reports nicotine spray or dust controls the melon aphid that attacks watermelons muskmelons cucumbers and other crops. The winged form flies to vines and damages leaves. natural enemies exist but when conditions favor development artificial control is often needed. A free copy of Bulletin 1499 0 on the aphid and its control is available while supplies last from USDA Washington DC.
R I Poole of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station endorses bichloride, or mercuric chloride, as safer for controlling certain sweet potato diseases. He warns against new organic mercury compounds, which can poison roots and hinder sprout development. A solution of one ounce bichloride per eight gallons of water used to dip seed potatoes for ten minutes destroys surface pathogens, provided seed is healthy.
The article warns that milk and cream readily absorb varied odors from handling and storage. Cream delivered to creameries often carries scents from gasoline, kerosene, fruit, detergents, and manure. Pasteurizing may reduce mild smells temporarily, but stronger flavors persist and can affect butter if given time.
Curiosities arise at the unveiling of a memorial tablet to Henri de Blowitz, famed London Times correspondent. In his Czech village birthplace, a schoolmaster reveals a letter claiming De Blowitz sought Catholic admission and aid for a poor church, while biographical notes describe him as born Catholic from infancy and trace his father as a Jewish shopkeeper and synagogue caretaker.
An advertising blurb extols Bell-Ans for indigestion relief addressing gas belching heartburn and headaches. claims long use over 30 years and offers free samples via Bell & Co Inc Orangeburg NY with package sizes 25 and 5.
Medford R. Kellum, after a two year South Seas cruise, traded a white undershirt for a prized pearl on Penrhyn Island near Christimus Island. The native valued the garment above cash and deemed the trade worthwhile, despite the significant difference in material worth.
A clipped line questions whether a Hers is truly convenient versus needing it urgently. The brief reflects a fragmented note or ad like line with ambiguous context and no clear event or人物 names.
A compact critique notes existing disdain for the common people in press language. It argues that such contempt is unlikely to lessen and could influence public perception and reporting priorities.
A concise note observes that sometimes a theory held by a poor man gains support when a wealthy person sees merit and funds its advancement. The remark underscores influence shifting from scarcity to capital and the role of patronage in promoting ideas.
Misspelled and dated ad promotes Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois with forty seven years practice advocating Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for constipated infants and children. It claims no harsh purges and promises harmless, easy bowel movements and a free sample offer by mail.
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