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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1896
Page
3
A polemic sermon laments alcohol’s ruin, depicting a grim parade of the drunkard, their victims, and offspring. It paints funeral processions stretching miles, destroyed families, and a perpetuating cycle of addiction, urging deeper moral reckoning and social reform.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry and a Castoria claim as nature’s remedy for children. The copy repeats the pitch about easing complaints and suggests even chronic conditions yield to the product.
A summary of irrigation methods for arid lands notes the Redlands system, using a head box and adjustable openings to control flow via a sliding gate. California leads in furrow irrigation perfection, with Blount’s method from Las Cruces using circular furrows and open ditches to avoid contact with the tree, praised for broader desert use.
Anemia is described as blood poverty from lack of red cells due to bad digestion. The remedy promoted is Dr Bull's Pills described as a surpassing digestive tonic and blood maker. The ad cites fifty pills per box for 25 cents and offers sample free via A C Meyer & Co Baltimore Maryland.
Growers use frames or hotbeds to start vines and screen covers to deter beetles. If vines are uncovered, spray with dissolved leaded purple or Paris green about 1 pound per 150 to 200 gallons of water plus 2 pounds fresh slaked lime. Alternatives include mixing poison with plaster lime or flour at 1 to 20 ratio. If beetles persist, repeat applications. Tobacco dust and air slaked lime are also recommended as protective measures.
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