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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
3
A passage from Success Magazine warns that there is no definite method to gauge dramatic ability. A stage-struck girl should not enter the profession until she has conquered impulse and gained self knowledge, or risk disillusionment and lifelong dissatisfaction. Sarah Bernhardt.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female disorders noting backache irregular menses uterine displacement and nervousness. It claims decades of cures and invites women to write Mrs Pinkham in Ignn Kansas for guidance with letters read and answered by women.
The article outlines low nest setups for sitting hens using ground level barrels and soil floors. It covers hatching room arrangement, horse care in heat with timed watering, green food for chicks, hay feeding for young calves, manure benefits for soil, a new paper horseshoe, and notes on tobacco crop quality and weed seed control.
The article highlights Success as a red ripe tomato with excellent shipping qualities. It ripens evenly, resists cracking, remains firm yet juicy, and grows as vigorous compact vines with abundant fruit clusters. It notes potential value for shippers and growers pending field results.
An eastern fruit grower recommends painting wounds to deter decay and bacteria, favoring white lead paint over shellac. He notes small-scale glass houses pay more for crops like tobacco oranges and pineapples, and foresees many small, covered farms expanding as drainage liberates soil air.
The article explains Senate secret sessions under executive business and the secrecy’s role in treaty deliberations. It notes petition flows to the Speaker and Congress, postal note proposals, naval appropriations, eight hour law probes, religious affiliations of leaders, and a critique of narrow viewpoints in women’s horizons.
A humorous quip compares a candidate who backs out to a watch without a mainspring. The joke plays on the idea that both fail to run, though one is a person and the other a mechanism, with a mock serious setup by Bor Own Minstrels and Bones-Mistah Gwarnus from the Chicago Tribune quote.
A Kansas woman describes years of back pain gravel and frequent urination. She credits Dean’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co with restoring health. Also notes free sample offer for Allen's Foot Ease and a jokey cartoon snippet about burglars and a barrel vaudeville punchline.
In a tense exchange, the proprietor admonishes the new bookkeeper for profanity used about the predecessor’s records. The bookkeeper apologizes and explains he is taking the oath of office.
A correspondent reports a flying heron catching a trout in the River Colne at Uxbridge. The trout weighed about a half pound and survived after a keeper used a water filled live bait can to revive it. The fish recovered and was returned to the river.
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