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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
3
A. H. Denison of Kansas proposes a simple lever binding fodder device using uprights A and B. Fodder is pressed into an opening between the uprights by downward lever motion and banded to fit a small compass. The square piece C supports the device for mobility, suggesting a potentially useful idea for readers.
In a recent interview farmer and wholesale baker Thomas Kelley discusses strict bookkeeping for four large farms. He describes charging only real expenses to each farm, not imputing value to produced outputs, and tracking actual shrinkage and profits daily to ensure genuine gains.
The piece notes that true trainers control horses and dogs without force, while temper can erase influence. It cites The American Agriculturist on a Western hay crop shortfall near 8,000,000 tons from last year and a generally better eastern crop with likely price gains. It highlights corn’s adaptability from warm South American lands through colder regions, maturing ear production even in the far north.
A rural column argues against long farm hours criticizing the old dawn to dusk schedule. It notes modern farms stop work by six p.m. and questions the eight hour day on livestock farms, citing animal needs and the gap between morning and evening chores. It contends noon work should shift to space out tasks.
A worn veteran, Captain J. W. Hogan of Indianola now in Austin, reports long kidney trouble and systemic weakness eased by Dean’s Kidney Pills. He cites relief after years of pain, headaches, neuralgia, and urinary issues, claiming eyesight improved and vitality restored. Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY.
Dr Walcher of Stuttgart argued at a German naturalists and doctors meeting that infant head shape can be molded. He said a medium head on a soft cushion makes babies rest on backs producing short heads, while a hard underlay yields side resting and a long head. He cited a case where a child born short headed became long by 18 months.
A 56 year old western state resident testifies to Postum Food Coffee replacing coffee and other stimulants. He reports immediate benefits including relief from nervous strain, better sleep, steadier nerves, and clearer thinking. He endorses Postum from Postum Co Rate Creek Mich and mentions The Road to Wellville.
Endorsed as a universal cure for female illnesses for over 40 years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is claimed to cure inflammatory and ulcerative conditions spinal weakness backache and a long list of female complaints It promises relief from nervousness irritability and fatigue while dissociating other organ derangements and even kidney ailments Sold by druggists everywhere with a warning to refuse substitutes.
A Paris merchant on Rue Saint Honore is identified as the president of France's double. He matches M. Fallieres in dress with a blue dotted necktie a similar hat and a closely cut beard. He strolls with a companion resembling the president's private secretary amid polite salutations.
A man recounts a decade of severe skin sores covering his body except face and hands. After trying arsenic, salves, and painful baths with little relief, he uses Cuticura Ointment and Soap and is completely cured, hair restored, and funds spent largely wasted. He invites interest from readers.
The prompt asks for contrasts between paired terms such as Alexandrine and a woman of Alexandria, masher and mashie, adenoids and aneroids, six of one and half a dozen of the other, neoplatonism and platonic friendship, macaronic and macaroni, Marcon, a referendum and a referee, irreligion and birreligion, the jungle and Port Sunlight, Arminians and Armenians, a carpet knight and a rug headed kern.
An OCR laden notice warns against ointments containing mercury for catarrh as harmful to senses and the body when used. It cites Wall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo and Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal remedies and cautions readers about dangerous preparations. It also mentions Garfield Tea laxative and Lewis' Single Dinder cigars, illustrating varied dubious products and advice.
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