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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
9
Practical guidance on crop rotation, siloing corn, and soil health. Advice covers skimmed milk use, Lime sulfur spray, buttermilk curd losses, and the value of alfalfa and corn silage. It also reports Wisconsin trials praising rape as a cost effective green feed for hogs and recommends planting drills and grazing rules for pasture safety.
An old-time tale recounts Uncle Ashdod Clute nearly dying after a long feud with a pike. The pike leaps from Mud Creek during a flood, grips his whiskers, and the aged man, in desperation, tickles the fish until it laughs itself to death. The piece ends with a brief note about an urban oddity, a red brick building painted brighter red, as a business asset.
A resident near Girard recalls severe kidney pain and exhaustion. After trying various medicines without relief, Doan's Kidney Pills provided lasting improvement and renewed energy, with the product advertised at 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
The Groton Times reports that tramps criticize current methods for handling vagrants. They say bread, a can of salmon or cheese, and release to the lockup leave them free to stay and go as they please. If unchecked, Groton could become a tramp headquarters, threatening local order.
A brief puzzled exchange questions regional origin from speech clues. The speaker wonders if a person’s origin is identifiable by a peculiar word like daypok or deepot or by a railway station reference. The fragment hints at regional dialect or place-based cues.
In a reader tip and sample ad, Defiance Starch claims stronger, thinner application to preserve fabric appearance and wear. The column discusses laundry stiffness, better results, and avoiding paste buildup that hides beauty, with a brief noted preference for Defiance over competing brands.
Quote from Loschman describing a near fall at the head of the stairs and instructing the architect to install an extra stop. The Catholic Standard and Times records the exchange as a practical home safety concern.
Mrs W P Valentine of Camden praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for a long standing female illness. She claims medical advice urged surgery but the remedy improved her condition within three months, describing it as a difficult but successful relief.
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