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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
13
An essay praising steady effort across arts and crafts. It cites pianists painters and workers, noting diligence learning by repetition and persistence as the path to achievement and honor. Lincoln Rockefeller and others are referenced as examples of perseverance.
Jessie Roberts urges women to pursue political roles noting many positions open to women. She argues for training, study, and community understanding to prove fitness and earn equal opportunities in city and state service.
A reflective verse urging fathers to look inward to shape their sons. It argues boys imitate their fathers and that future character mirrors present actions. The poem counsels to model honesty, self control, and responsibility rather than lecturing from books.
A fragment from a 1912 cookbook style listing several dessert and dish ideas. It includes Rice Ice Cream, Raisin Pie, and Hot Potato Salad variants with measurements for rice, sugar, milk, almonds, and flavorings, plus a Sardine Salad and Sour Cream Cake filling. The text shows garbled OCR but preserves item names and partial methods.
The name Hortense Ortens is traced through history from Latin hortus meaning garden. It mentions Ortensin Manelos and Hortense in Vrance, notes the jewel of Hormese bringing protection and victory when gifted, and links Hortense to luck and innocence with a flower symbol.
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the months of October and November are the times hog cholera is most likely to appear. Swine raisers should inspect hogs at morning feeding and remove any animals with arched backs or rough coats. If cholera is suspected call a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment. postmortem exams often show purple skin blotches and hemorrhages in lungs and kidneys, enlarged spleen, and intestinal ulcers in chronic cases.
The article notes work horses need good feed and care and that horses with dental care work more efficiently, especially older animals. It warns poor dentition reduces digestion and productivity, and suggests regular teeth trimming as worthwhile maintenance.
Frogs need minerals for growth and a tested mixture includes charcoal fifty pounds wood ashes fifty pounds epsom salt eight pounds partly burned corncob and soft coal. Keep this mineral mix before the hogs at all times.
An advertisement for Diamond Dyes touts simple one pot dyeing that can revive wool silk linen cotton and blends without streaks fading or running. The copy notes the product works on draperies skirts sweaters and more and asks why farmers should not dress up in coats and patent leather shoes reflecting a period voice.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for facial care and Cuticura Soap for quick wash. It claims benefits for poor complexions dandruff teasing and red rough hands. The passage also notes a political cartoon line about a man making enemies and feeling unsatisfied with his work.
The Loulavilla Courier Journal quotes readers on pet opinions noting cats are not affectionate while preferring them to goldfish. The brief exchange reflects local attitudes toward common house pets.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to ease constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent sickness tomorrow and warns to ask for the genuine product to avoid imitations. The copy suggests the syrup tastes fruity and promises relief for various stomach and digestion issues.
Hogs can assist harvesting small grain crops and may prove profitable for part of the work. The report notes hogs as a labor option in harvest, depending on conditions and cost factors.
A Springfield Massachusetts woman, Mrs M Natale, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health during a difficult pregnancy and birth. She describes four months of limited activity, nervousness, and poor appetite, then reports her last birth was the easiest and urges others to try the remedy.
A reflective line quotes Seneca on the origin of all mankind from the sama, asserting that a clear and good conscience elevates a person to nobility, claiming such virtue derives from heaven itself.
The fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that reaches the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. It mentions Cheney & Co in Toledo and Chicago, noting high costs of vacations and suggesting strong efficacy. The text is garbled but implies a health claim and a brand endorsement.
A rough recipe describes cleaning silver by placing it in a basin with a title hot agate and a title soap, adding a handful of borax, letting it stand for four hours, then pouring off the liquid. Rinse with cold water and wipe dry with a soft cloth.
Instructions state burning carcasses or burying under four feet after treating with quicklime to prevent attraction of buzzards and frogs that could spread hog cholera infection.
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