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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
3
A Cleveland Plug Dealer morsel quotes a joking exchange about dinner made with a self invented pen cake. The wife promises a dessert while the husband mentions bringing Jim Taggart home to dinner, revealing social tension.
An old advertisement touts a foot powder named Antiseptic Powder for tired swollen feet and comfort inside patent leather shoes. It offers free samples sent to Alien BE Olmsted Le Roy. The item then shifts to a Latin style note on graduated income tax and land tax figures cited by a finance minister.
The item notes a harvest yield up 7.8 percent from last year and 4 percent below the second period, then shifts to brief medical ad copy for Howard Bros remedies and a French mantle innovation, before reporting a forest fire loss across 177,060 acres in 1903 and last season.
A jumble of ad copy and anecdotes appears with references to remedies, herring yields, and a courtroom quip about a clever woman and her mother. The passage mixes product pitches with a London Daily Mail quotation and a lawyer’s pun at trial.
An Oklahoma experiment station bulletin discusses Arbor Day tree planting tips including plant depth, soil tamping, root contact, and windward leaf tilt to aid upright growth. It also outlines a simple wagon jack construction using wood pieces and bolts plus notes on apple storage and flavor retention across seasons.
A poultryman set traps on posts and stumps to catch hawks and other intruders. Five hawks an owl and a polecat were captured. Hawks watch the field from a high perch before diving. A stray cat risk topic advises readers to monitor pets to prevent disappearances.
Agricultural expert notes the optimal fertilizer is nitrate of soda mixed with fine dry earths and applied broadside at 50 pounds per acre. Early spring application after wheat when clover is present promotes thick timothy growth, reduces wild grasses, and supports clover patches.
The text advises on sheltered, ventilated sheds for sheep with ample floor space and dog proof fencing. It urges crops, bees near orchards, economical grain use, and notes on dairy and horse care. It also describes a method for cooling harness sores and a fencing anchor system for posts.
A noted horse expert states gray horses have the longest lives while oceanic creatures rank next. Backs seldom exceed 20 years, and creams rarely live beyond ten to fifteen years.
A colossal incubator in Australia is reported to hatch 41 440 ducks eggs or 14 040 hen eggs, illustrating remarkable capacity for poultry production.
The passage argues that female derangements cause misery and that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound effectively cures them. It suggests women with similar ailments read letters like the cited ones and then try the remedy.
A mother recalls her five year old son suffering a severe widespread itching rash. After doctors failed and a medical college treatment harmed him, Cuticura ointment led to gradual recovery after several applications, with skin healing and the child becoming healthy again.
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