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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
23
A jumble of ad snippets and light humor fills this clipping. Murine eye remedy promotions tout relief for red weak weary eyes with price notes and free mail advice from Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago. Sidelight jokes and short quips echo playful banter about home life and schoolnotes, ending with a pun on a pie question from a Sunday class.
Harker laments another scheme gone awry as he reveals winning ten boxes of rank cigars and selling them to a tobacconist for one dollar. His wife later buys the entire lot for two dollars to present to him as a birthday gift.
Vera asks about the meaning of transatlantic and transparent. The mother replies across the Atlantic and warns the child to stop asking questions. The dialogue shifts to a playful mispronunciation and a light domestic moment.
In the corn belt ear rot damages crops, a fungus named Diplodia zea infects ears. Keep spores from green ears, remove infected stalks at husking, burn badly infected plants, and rotate crops to banish rot. Do not plant corn after corn more than once every three years.
Practical device described by CHAS IE PATERSEN to stop horses from running away. A r fork tongue with a neck yoke and three-quarter iron loop is fitted to a timber pole. The design keeps single trees off the chest, reducing accidents and spoilage of teams during plowing and clod crushing work.
Buckwheat offers a strong green manure option by thriving on poor soils, growing quickly, and smothering weeds. It leaves hard but mellow plow-worthy residue and decays rapidly when turned under, helping reduce insect and fungus troubles and speeding weed suppression.
The piece discusses how neighborhood gardeners enhance fruit and vegetable varieties, noting many improvements over old types. It emphasizes practical approaches to selection, soil, and planting for better yields.
A George K. Brown article details an early fall method for handling a large corn crop. Farmers use a basement floor to store fodder for bad weather, pull bundles with a sling on a hay rope, and load shocks into a mower bed wagon for efficient husking. They stack fodder and corn to protect against winter spoilage and weather delays.
A brief instructional note shows a straightforward gate catch using a 1/4 inch rod fifteen inches long. The rod is shaped with a short turn near the post to fit and held by two staples. A block is nailed to the gate post to support the assembly, illustrating an easy method for keeping a gate shut.
Advice on fencing, pasture, seed bed prep, weed control, and pest spray. Notes on winter protection for land, wheat seedbed prep, spray for slug control, stray nails to prevent lockjaw, weed free pastures, timing of corn harvest, potato patch selection, top dressing with manure, and lawn care as a water and wood saver. Includes old farming practices and farm maintenance tips.
An advertisement urges prompt care for kidney trouble and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy. A testimonial from John L. Perry of Columbus Texas describes severe illness improved after use, with Floyd Milburn Co. Buffalo listed as distributor. An engagement joke note about a horse runs at the end.
A five year old girl allowed to stay up for a party slowly moves toward bed at 8:30. An aunt offers help. The girl replies that she will reach bed all too soon as it is.
A seven week old baby developed a severe eczema that resisted six months of care from three doctors in Atchison. The parents describe intense suffering and sleepless nights before trying Cuticura remedies, which cured the child. They report no return after a year and a half, praising the product and urging others to try it. John Lenson, Atchison Kan. Oct 19, 1909.
A traveler in a railway car at a wayside station throws the boy under the seat to evade a ticket check as an old lady and her son contend with the situation, insisting it is dangerous but saying two under the seats are ready.
State of Omea sworn statement by Frank Cheney as senior officer of Fr. Dumyny & Co the Toledo firm alleges reliance on caramax cure claims. The affidavit notes payments for each false claim and cites use of Ban's Caran Quan. Names include J Omenev and Greason. Local officials and judges referenced in a damaged page segment.
A fragmentary quotation notes a paradox about well water causing alertness in a place visited. The speakers discuss life, burden, and purpose, contrasting active people with those who have nothing to do, suggesting the “true relish of life” comes from activity.
A Kansas City Star report notes bottches in waiting rooms at Union depot used for other purposes. At midnight rogues rummage benches for stray bundles left by travelers. A red cap recalls a man in linen, duster, and Ozark manner checking under benches, claiming rubbers lost last January. He laments city methods.
Pleasing prospect in Kuhn Irrigated tract Sacramento Valley California offered at half value. Note water rights included roads drainage and winter summer cultivation. Ten months growing season ten tons alfalfa per acre strong dairy conditions oranges lemons peaches walnuts and many fruits nuts and vegetables. Enthusiastic buyers write H L Hollister Co Chicago or M5 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pa.
Fashion dictates millinery fortunes as buyers waver over new commodities. Distributors and consumers paused spending, with confidence lacking regardless of prosperity or adversity, notes Millinery Trade Review.
A Galena Kansas reader recalls severe back pain and a lump near the side after a March illness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief, noting it helped avoid surgery and eased various female ailments. She urges others to seek free advice from the Pinkham company.
An old time advertisement promotes Dr Martel’s Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women’s ailments. It claims scientific preparation and proven worth with quick, permanent results and notes availability at drug stores. The piece also hints at coal industry labor tension and a dramatic curtain cue.
Readable fragments warn about Castorla, a supposed infant remedy, urging scrutiny for its signature claims. A police court scene references a young man questioned on religion, a chauffeur arrested for speeding, and banter about characters and generosity.
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