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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
2
A vintage ad extols California Fig Syrup as best for children when feverish fretful or cross may indicate an upset stomach. It claims gentle, quick relief by removing waste and restoring bowel tone, noting its vegetable, safe formula and decades of use. A testimonial from Mrs May Snavely and promise to seek the full name ensures authenticity.
A Seattle chemist with a new precision scale reports a hair’s weight equal to 759 pounds if stretched to the world’s equator. The excerpt also presents two classical maxims on virtue: to God we owe fear and love and to luxury as the mother of avarice.
An old advertising piece promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a cure for stomach acid. It touts a pleasant taste, universal appeal to mothers, and medical endorsement, noting the product’s trademark status since 1875.
In 1929 era fashion discourse, hats gain individuality with new millinery fabrics and color matching to outfits. The feature highlights soft broadcloths, wools, fur trim, velvets, and georgettes, plus tan ivory contrasts and jaunty turbans. It notes suited youth styles, princess lines, and flare hems in school dresses with coordinated accessories.
The Young dewberry, named for B M Young of Louisiana, is becoming important in eastern and western parts of the southern United States. Trials by George M Darrow of the USDA show strong potential for the South with major production centers in southern Alabama and southern California and plantings near Wilmington, NC and Houston, TX. It tolerates from Norfolk, VA to western North Carolina and Texas. adapted to California Oregon and Washington. Its resistance to anthracnose and leaf-spot, vigor, productivity, and high dessert quality boost its appeal for freezing and use in preserves pies and table use. No planting stock from the department exists, but prospective growers can find Young dewberry for sale at southern nurseries.
Pruning blackberries is best in winter after fruiting the canes die and dead or diseased or insect-infested canes are removed. For raspberries, wait until summer to head back, then pinch 2 3 inches off new shoots to promote branching. Burn trimmings and spray with lime sulfur solution.
Horticultural hints cover using forest litter as fertilizer for crops and trees, nitrogen needs for 68 Apple trees in early spring, and how weather affects brown rot. Grapes can be raised with some knowledge, pruning decisions should be precise, and early ordering of trees or seeds is advised. Oil sprays for peaches and apples are timed during dormancy, with careful timing around bud break.
An advertisement urging parents to use Castoria for stomach issues in infants and children. It touts a pure vegetable formula described as harmless and effective for colic and diarrhea, recommends continued use as children grow, and notes the product is sold in drugstores with Charles H. Fletcher’s signature on the wrapper.
A Florida man, Calvin L. Floyd of Orlando, recounts rising from illness after a health talk. He credits Najol with ending his headaches and fatigue, claiming it aided natural elimination. He promotes Najol as drug-free and urges readers to try it, asserting it improves well being and regularity.
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