This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
3
Mrs Mary Hendricks of Owensboro credits Mills Emulsion with restoring health after five months of stomach and bowel trouble. Four doctors allegedly gave her up before the remedy, taken for two weeks, let her resume work. The ad claims rapid appetite boost and relief from wasting stomach conditions with a spoonable emulsion, money back if unsatisfied.
Fragmentary text from the Loisville Courier Journal mentions Lars Dorset of Tysinin in an ivory setting and alludes to trouble or posing. no clear event, date, or context is established in the readable lines.
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared note extols backyard rabbit farming as a low cost food source. It covers meat quality, breed choice, and initial setup costs from 3.50 to 16 dollars per doe, with equipment and feed considerations, and suggests starting with one breed and two to three does for efficiency.
The article advises choosing reputable breeders and a balanced diet for rabbits. It compares green forage to dry feed, warns against spoiled foods, and outlines a steady diet including oats, greens, and small amounts of barley or hay. It notes safe greens such as carrots, dandelion, lettuce, and lawn clippings while cautioning against moldy feed.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists say pruning to a single stem and staking or trellising tomatoes pays off in limited spaces. More plants fit per area, fruit ripens sooner, stays clean, and is easier to pick. Four foot sharpened poles make ideal stakes.
United States Department of Agriculture studies in Wisconsin show the white pickle mosaic disease of cucumbers spreads from the wild cucumber plant carried by beetles. Eliminating the wild vine near towns could reduce losses to pickle growers. fences deter chickens dogs and cats that threaten gardens. Farmers' Bulletin 195 offers further guidance.
The article notes no definite rule for lime needs but suggests applying a small amount, from a bushel to one bushel per some soil measure, either before plowing or while raking for planting. It warns against applying lime with commercial fertilizers or manure, and mentions wood ashes and coal ashes as partial aids with limited fertilizer value per guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture.
Suitable plantings unite parts of a farmstead into a homelike whole. Trees serve as windbreaks frames and shade. shrubs hide foundations and screen objects. Native trees and locally proven shrubs are best choices.
A Virginia dairyman reports disposing of a scrub bull and replacing him with a registered Holstein to improve the herd. The statement highlights support for purebred sires under the Better Sires Better Stock program, with Virginia leading states in participation.
Wheat silage provides a feeding value similar to corn when harvested at the dough stage. No special precautions are needed to ensure proper preservation in the silo.
Bordeaux mixture proves effective on grapes and may be combined with arsenate of lead. Apply before bloom, after blossoms fall, and a third time two weeks after the second spray.
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging. It notes medical uses from colds and headache to neuralgia and rheumatism, and mentions small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
The notice claims catarrhal deafness comes from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via the blood and offers one hundred dollars for any untreatable case, with circulars and price listed.
A native of Ashanti receives one of seven day names based on the weekday of birth, reflecting traditional customs where naming follows the day of birth.
The Plattsburg Camp Manual urges men in training to use Foot Edgie in their shoes every morning to prevent blisters and sore spots and relieve swollen feet. It promises to ease stinging feet and bunion pain, recommending Allen's Foot Ease as essential for break in.
Florida shell mounds spread across several areas show signs of human construction from early Christian era. Overgrown lands conceal earth layers supporting tree roots, with pottery fragments, shell and bone articles, rude tools, and animal bones including deer and alligators. The King Philip town mounds near Lake Harney measure about 450 feet long and 100 to 150 feet wide, eight feet high.
A farmer reports using a potato cutter planter and digger among other machines to produce 57 bushels per hour with an average labor hour. He notes that fifty years ago output was only about one third of that amount.
The guide explains setting up one room with multiple hens, providing feed water and dust baths to encourage movement from nests. Nests should be spaced several feet apart to prevent interference, with straw or hay as nesting material rather than chaff.
Sudan grass preserves readily in the silo with no special attention to the dry matter. Feeding value ranges from two thirds to three fourths that of good corn silage, depending on crop maturity at ensiling.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes factory butter output rose about 200,000,000 pounds every ten years since 1880, largely due to milk diverted to other wartime products.
Do not confine planting to familiar varieties try vegetables you have never grown and perhaps never tasted You might like them and add another item to your bill of fare
Four year old Catherine watches a circus elephant and blurts out a humorous remark, calling the animal a fat horse with a tail near its eyes. The innocent mislabeling captures a light moment from a family outing.
The storyteller recalls H B Irving's tale about Robespierre in Philadelphia. Two elderly ladies dispute who killed Robespierre and confuse Marie Corelli with Charlotte Brontë. Irving notes a duchess reacted with a puzzled laugh, saying Poor Shakespeare.
A brief dialogue mocks vanity and prudent spending amid chatter about Anna's color and her taste for quality. The remark hints at a wider tempering of folly and wisdom in choosing goods. The comment closes with a classic aphorism on folly and intelligence.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.