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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
6
A medical expert would acknowledge Peruna contains standard catarrh remedies from various schools. The text notes chronic catarrh affects nose throat lungs and stomach, praising Peruna’s ingredients and their tested reputations. It claims Peruna lists its active constituents, inviting scrutiny by critics.
The column covers fencetop carpentry advice on slant cuts to shed rain and greater pitch when wood hardness differs. It also shares a reader project about renovating a cellar floor with layered sand and concrete for a hard finish, plus notes on hog feeding and balanced rations to prevent pig-eating behavior.
Advice from the Weekly Witness recommends stopping milk to a calf showing white scour and using cas tor oil or salts with warm sweetened gruel to clear the stomach. Follow with beaten eggs and port wine three times daily to sustain the calf and counteract acidity. No milk until symptoms vanish, with a typical recovery in two to three days.
In the Weekly Witness H B Fullerton extols a joint farming method where poultry and orchard complement each other. Poultry boosts income and saves costs by controlling pests and providing manure, while also aiding weed control and reducing fruit losses.
The Epitomist urges farmers to remove older hens and roosters from flocks to boost profitability. It recommends culling hens over three years, disposing of young cockerels as soon as marketable, and feeding thin hens to gain price. Emphasizes keeping only the best pullets for future winter layers.
The article argues hogs thrive in shaded cooler pastures and need clean water. It states shade, damp ground for rest, and pure water are essential for good health, noting mud wallows are not necessary and impure water causes swine disease. A reader cites sows eating their pigs and reveals fat salt pork temporarily curbs appetite after farrowing.
Well informed men explain that large rainfall is needed for corn and the soil must retain moisture. Deep plowing and thorough pulverizing create a surface mulch to slow evaporation, while frequent cultivation manages crusting and weeds. Proper soil health, air, and manure improve yields and reduce feather pecking in poultry.
A Milwaukee Sentinel summary notes Oscar Kuestermann, superintendent of the Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind, reports that among 260 entrants last year four exceed 100 years old, fifteen men and four women exceed 90, with forty-two aged between 80 and 90. All aged blind individuals are self-supporting, and those over 100 maintain full faculties while producing willowware items.
R G Dun reports uneven trade across sectors with an overall encouraging tone. Steel demand broadens with rising activity and export contracts from pig iron to steel products. Textile markets pulse around a major auction, while uncertain future outlook follows low stocks in some lines and ample supplies in others. Boston boot shipments match a 1907 peak, signaling mixed market momentum.
The piece discusses hanging swinging bowls from chandeliers or window frames to hold small flowers, vines, or bulbs. It highlights advantages over table vases, noting graceful arrangements and the option to plant bulbs in rich earth. Bowls vary in shape and are supported by chains or cords with minimal decoration.
A collection of brief maxims and quotes about sincerity love charity truth and personal conduct from figures such as Dante Pusey Gordon and Horace Bushnell. The pieces reflect moral reflections on character kindness and self discipline in a period style voice.
The article details how desert travelers use the barrel cactus, bisnaga, as a water substitute. By decapitating the plant and pounding the interior white pulp, a cavity is formed to hold two gallons, then squeezing yields three to six pints of drinkable liquid cooler than the air. Indian scouts are said to adeptly extract water in five to ten minutes.
The Italian state authorities, controlling the railway system, plan to shift some mountain lines to fuel oil after a duty reduction on mineral oils. In 1906-07 coal cost per train mile ran 17 cents versus 10 cents in France, prompting the policy. The subsidy aims to lower fuel costs as oil imports via tank steamers expand, broadening railway use.
In a playful exchange, Jack questions whether a ham mock can hold both of them this summer while Eva jokes about the aptly named taft. Chicago News notes a lighthearted preamble to seasonal chatter.
A New York Press item centers on a playful exchange between Gerald and Geraldine. Gerald declares lifelong love to the only girl he ever loved, while Geraldine jokily questions marriage to a phonograph.
A soil sample on an acre at nine inches depth weighs about 3,000,000 pounds and holds nitrogen 2,000 pounds and potash 6,000 pounds. Nitrogen could sustain ten corn crops at 60 bushels per acre. phosphoric acid and potash last longer. There are fourteen essential elements for plants, with carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, silicon, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and sodium mainly from soil, some from air.
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia endorses Doan's Kidney Pills, saying they cured back pain and urinary troubles on January 31 1903 and four and a half years later reported no kidney trouble since June 20 1907. Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Gas experiments and wickerwork lifeboats described in brief notices follow.
Leesburg Virginia resident Maude E Forgie writes that Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and the prescribed treatment restored her strength after months of feminine illness She says she is now strong and well and thanks Pinkham For thirty years the remedy has been promoted as a standard treatment for female ailments including displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts
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