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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
10
A Chicago University professor cites Pen dleton mothers who cut children's hair with shears for humor. A Sunday school tale of Samson and Delilah prompts a Pendleton boy to joke that it does not pay to have a woman cut a man’s hair.
A humorous survey argues height is no measure of merit across politics science and the arts. It lists prominent Britons Lloyd George Morley Chamberlain Kipling Barrie and Carnegie among shorter personalities noting their achievements exceed their stature. The piece concludes that readers who are short are in good company with many eminent figures.
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A historical feed recipe outlines a fattening mix for broilers using 100 pounds ground barley 100 pounds ground corn 1100 pounds ground oats with hulls removed and 30 pounds beef scraps plus buttermilk or skim milk. Birds fed four-hour interval thrice daily on thin diet for three weeks then a second ration uses 100 pounds ground oats 100 pounds ground corn 50 pounds wheat flour and 4 pounds tallow blended with milk.
The issue surveys flour qualities from hard spring wheats versus softer winter wheats for bread, notes brisk purebred stock demand, and discusses milk can sealing with compressed air. It covers seed saving, soil humus action, tillage limits, nitrogen sources, milk vs cream hauling costs, Wyoming lip and leg disease in sheep, shredding stover for winter feed, and global statistics on Siberian exiles and U.S. iron supply.
An editorially styled notice from Munyon's Philadelphia address promises free medical examinations. It asserts doctors will honestly say if a cure is possible, with no obligation to act on the advice. A clipped anecdote from Cleveland mentions a cyclone damaging a colonel's property and a hired man perched on a fence after the event.
A Rochester Indiana ad claims Mrs M Working offers help for backache dizziness and weakness. She says Ocean's Kidney Pills cured her and urges readers to remember the name can. Sold by dealers for 59 cents a box. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. The snippet also includes a stray courtroom quote about an accident witness and a maid.
A collage of 19th century style ads and notices with varied claims. It mentions cures for catarrh and eye diseases, tonics and pills, a marriage joke, and household tips, all presented in fragmented OCR style with names like Cheney and Col, Howard Bros, and Perry Bais Patineiller.
Dr W A Evans Chicago health official dismisses pasteurized milk as overrated claiming real gains are minimal. The column parodies health fads with a long anecdote about onion hair restoration and a comical Exchange on a boardwalk. It also references Cuticura marketing and a note on ancient Codex Sinaiticus from a New York publication.
In Columbus Ohio Mrs E Hanson testifies the tonic helped during the change of life allowing her to resume work. Courtis Bancdaly Graniteville VI also writes of relief from nervousness and other female distress after using the remedy. For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard female health tonic made from roots and herbs.
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