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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1923
Page
3
A quotation mix from the Boston Evening Transcript and Frank L. Stanton extols fields and rural plenty. The note cites Miss K C offering a sharp joke about bachelor life tied to loving companionship and agricultural abundance.
An advertisement explains that inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes rumbling and possible deafness if untreated. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy that will rid the system of catarrh and related deafness, noting forty years of success and availability from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
J. Broughton of Chicago offers full particulars on cheap western lands and great opportunities in Western Canada. Includes quirky ads about health wealth heirs and skin treatment slogans with Cuticura products and health tips.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming cures for kidney liver and bladder ailments and urges readers to request a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. It notes large sales and sworn testimonials while promising bottles in drug stores and offering a sample for ten cents. England has nearly nine hundred women magistrates.
United States Department of Agriculture reports purebred livestock yield 40 percent higher value than scrub stock based on opinions of 500 farmers owning 25 000 breeding animals and 80 000 fowls. Circular 235 notes higher milk yields and faster growth in purebreds, with increased salability and uniform offspring. copies available free from Washington.
City shoppers pay more for baskets of fruit that look uniform in size and color. Mixed sizes and colors lower perceived value, while uniform appearance justifies higher prices. Potato baskets show price effects when small lots mix sizes.
A Virginia farmer notes purebreds reach weight by fifteen months, cutting feed and labor by 21 months compared with scrubs. He cites early maturity, easy keepers, higher prices, and better overall production including pork and potatoes, stressing uniformity and eye appeal in sale value.
Iowa college dairymen advise moving young dairy heifers inside at first freeze and feeding a grain ration. They note this prepares calves for spring milk production and avoids feeding on pastures while temps drop.
More than 25,000 farmers adopted hog self-feeders in 1921 after demonstrations by extension workers, as reported to the United States Department of Agriculture.
The U S Department of Agriculture weather service cooperates with beekeepers to reduce winter losses. In New York about 15 000 beekeepers, half wintering in cellars, receive alerts via telegrams and telephone networks when severe weather approaches. The honey crop is around 4 000 000 pounds annually and weather control helps protect it.
Farmers who once opposed highway upgrades now welcome good roads seeing quicker disposal of crops and better profits. A well connected network aids commerce and benefits railroads, with prosperity spreading to farmers and broader markets.
Ducks provide feathers and food while resisting ice and mites better than chickens. They can be kept in cheaper quarters and require less care, making them a practical choice for poultry keepers.
A local notice urges salvaging suitable trees for lumber while reserving defective and diseased timber for firewood, aiming to conserve high quality lumber stock and reduce waste.
Benny, a young member of a Montgomery county family, is given a second piece of cake at a Sunday dinner. His mother asks what he should say and he asks for more cake, revealing a humorous moment in early etiquette training.
A Pennsylvania man pulled his own teeth and died from blood poisoning. The Buffalo Times notes the perils of home dental fixes and mocks the idea of skipping specialists.
Stop the Pain. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carboni salve is applied. It heals quickly without scars. 3c and Mec by all druggists, or send 3c to The J. W. Cole Co., Rockford, Ill.
The Carnegie Endowment estimate puts World War I expenses at 8355 000 000 000 dollars equal to the combined wealth of the United States France and Great Britain at the outbreak of the conflict.
The text describes early pharmacy practices in the 1600s including fatal and magical remedies using human bones fat and skulls. It notes pharmacist education six year apprenticeships becoming journeymen and supplementary exams for shop owners. It covers American adaptations English influence Massachusetts clergymen practicing pharmacy and witchcraft accusations against practitioners.
The idea suggests bees prefer blue flowers because blue marks the most mature blooms. Researchers note blue flowers often signal nectar availability, guiding pollinators and potentially shaping plant evolution.
A Kansas City Star item recounts Mrs. Carter accusing a stenographer of flirting with her husband during a brief office visit. The plaintiff demanded the stenographer be discharged, while the husband denied the accusation amid the confrontation.
In France a Christmas Eve custom feeds the cat to avert bad luck. If the cat meows, misfortune is believed to follow for the household.
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