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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
7
Concrete posts from cement sand gravel and water offer durability and low maintenance, outperforming wood over time. Molds, oil coating, and proper tapering influence appearance and ease of production, with steel molds proving reusable and preventing concrete sticking.
Strains of White Spline cucumber are used in the great green houses about Boston. This vegetable is grown as a spring crop after lettuce and is regarded as more profitable. Most of the houses are 40 feet wide and some 600 feet long. The three quarter span of construction is generally used.
A letter argues that poultry runs must not receive sour tainted slop as feed. Feeding tainted slop causes sickness and is condemned by the writer as unsuitable for fowls.
In a Poultry Journal excerpt, a writer shares practical insights on raising geese. A mother goose protects her brood. goslings stray without a mother and need confinement. A rat proof house aids care, and feeding with cracked corn plus grazing on clover improves growth. Toulouse geese grow costly per pound amid rising demand.
The article praises the dwarf bean as highly selling and easy to cultivate compared with the pole variety. It notes the horticultural bean shells easily, is good for succotash, and can be used for green snap beans or left to ripen for storage next winter.
Mrs. Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville Missouri recounts ten years of backache headaches nervous and dizzy spells worsened by unusual kidney secretions and a collapse. After doctors diagnosed paralysis with no help she used Deans Kidney Pills and was permanently cured, now stronger than ever. Sold by dealers for 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
A quip contrasts a husband keeping his wife in clothes with a wife keeping her husband in hot water, delivered as a light humored line. The exchange plays on henpecked humor and domestic dynamics typical of early 20th century entertainments.
Senator William Alden Smith cites an Irish justice of the peace in Michigan during a trial. The plaintiff's attorney delivered a long eloquent argument when the defense lawyer sought to present their side, prompting the judge to caution against confusing the court.
W. H. White of Philadelphia describes seven years of nightly itching and scaling from ankle to knee. After trying many doctors, he used Cuticura Resolvent with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting complete disappearance and six months of no recurrence. He offers thanks and recommends the treatments to friends.
A fragmented verse listing humorous, quizzical pairs and phrases about debt, luck, fate, and odd living scenes. It references a doctor delaying bills, a lamb, a writer named Lewis, and eccentric product names, ending with a provocative line about marriage and wealth.
A Sunbury mother thanks Resinol Soap and Ointment after three weeks cure of infant eczema that resisted three doctors and various salves. She reports rapid relief from itching, improved complexion, and praises the product as a remarkable cure in four months of prior failed efforts. Resinol is advertised as effective for pimples rashes and itchy conditions with a free care booklet offered by the Resinol Chemical Co.
An elderly woman from a rich New Jersey family planned a visit as a recently hired coachman in a new uniform faced rain. She ordered the wagonette curtains closed while they paused at a hitching post. The coachman, without his hat, explained he removed it so it would not get wet.
Two Englishmen at the Red Horse Inn discover a print captioned The House in Which Shakespeare Was Born. One remarks on the accuracy while the other, surprised, jokes that Shakespeare was born in a manger. Walter assures the inscription’s accuracy.
An advertising snippet urges Coca Cola as a thirst quencher and refresher available at fountains or bottles and offers a free booklet The Truth About Coca Cola and a 1910 Baseball Record Book. It also recounts a humorous joke about Judge Nicholas Longworth and a neighbor calling a pet owl Judge Longworth after a grinning mood.
A Punch caption hints a child calling to a mother amid a scene with swallows. The mother remains immersed in her book, replying with a firm command not to touch them, while a playful line about good intentions being used for paying materia in a locality appears as a quirky aside.
A solemn man asks a friend if he drinks intoxicating liquors aboard a railroad car. The convivial companion jokes with casual rudeness and responds with a blunt promise to join in drinking, reflecting a comic social miscommunication.
Senator Heveridge spoke in Cleveland about a corrupt politician arguing that excuses resemble a minister's defence for plagiarism. The minister claimed he borrows sermons but marks borrowed material by raising two fingers at the start and end to show it is quoted.
The piece features a flirtatious exchange about engagements to a millionaire. A woman notes she was previously engaged to a rich man last summer who hardly spent any money and now desires a younger man visiting for two weeks with about $300 in his roll.
A humorous scene depicts a man asking a doctor why his wife lost her voice and the doctor reply about Thanksgiving. The tale ends with the doctor charging two dollars for professional services. A second line notes a woman’s approach to muddy crossings depends on her understanding.
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