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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
9
A collection of period dishes includes oyster and veal preparations with steps for dipping, frying, and croquettes. Also covered are sea turtle servings, shrimp salads, sardine sauces, and various cookies and cakes with instructions for eggs sugar and spices.
Seasonal produce brings tomatoes peppers and fruits from southern climes. Recipes include Sherry's Salad Dressing, prune galantine, date Charlotte, loaf bread with dried fruit, pork salads, and various pork dishes with step by step prep and serving tips.
The report notes condensations formed with sand have proven effective against swarms in pots used for pulmonary diseases. It also states nearly 200 cities adopt U S standards for pre hose couplings and mentions an Illinois inventor patenting a ventilating system that auto switches air in a telephone booth. An eighteen year old developed a new combination rate and triangle.
The sow should receive muscle and bone making seeds for unborn pigs, with alfalfa pasture and limited grain. Overfeeding is harmful. under feeding yields weak pigs with poor milk. Include peas shorts tankage skim milk alfalfa or clover hay, avoid excess corn. Exercise prevents constipation and promotes vigor. Farrowing hazards from rough handling, crowding, and rough housing are noted, with guidance to keep sows separate from fattening hogs.
The Berkeley Agricultural Experiment Station reports J R Beach's vaccination method for chicken pox in fowls, showing 9 percent illness in 1177 treated birds versus 87 percent in 121 controls. Mortality in vaccinated group 25 percent vs 54 percent in controls. average recovery 14 days. The method is simple enough for poultry raisers to prepare and apply themselves.
Ergot is a fungus stage causing stock disease known as ergotism. It forms purple-black hornlike bodies in grass heads, largest in rye, developing on rye wheatgrass meadow grass timothy and redtop. There is no effective remedy, so avoid grazing stock on infested areas and avoid cutting such grasses for hay.
Article by C S Anderson of Colorado Agricultural College emphasizes the need for hens to have a morning dust bath to maximize winter egg production. It explains dust baths remove mites scales and dirt, notes lice and mites attack at night, and advises a nailable dust box elevated in a corner with adequate material, with outdoor options in moderate weather.
An essay from New York Weekly argues a woman's influence expands beyond the present, shaping posterity through culture, purity, refinement, and industry. It emphasizes the home as the center of family life and warns that a lack of virtue and capability harms husband and children.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap to bathe and dry the skin then apply Ointment to stop itching clear pimples blackheads redness and roughness remove dandruff and scalp irritation heal sore rough skin and baby skin troubles. Also includes a sample offer and address in Boston. A separate brief scene features a mapmaker discussing war and a man’s remark about aging and eye remedies from Marine Eye Remedy Co.
A witty remark contrasts the need for an anchor with a ship’s bold resilience. The exchange questions maritime tradition and hints at independence beyond conventional anchors. The line surfaces as a colorful quip about steadfastness at sea.
A mixed prose fragment notes Denison's Coffee as a preferred remedy and endorses PAZO OINTMENT for piles with a claim of rapid cure. It includes remarks on women and pessimistic mourners, cites Dr Sven von Hedin’s election as Vienna Academy correspondent, and mocks poet ancestry claims.
Francis W. Peck explains from farm records that a cow must yield at least 200 pounds of butterfat or about 5 600 pounds of milk annually to be profitable. With labor valued at 15 cents an hour, annual maintenance runs around 65 dollars. To earn more than market feed price, a farmer must push a cow to produce over 200 pounds of fat, increasing the payoff accordingly.
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