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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
An advertising excerpt touts Ayer's Vigor as a remedy for hair loss and scalp health. It claims the product acts as hair medicine and hair food, offering a simple home solution to uneven, rough hair and fall.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a caller pressing for entry, a deception afoot at a parlor door, and a speaker claiming an identity as a fraction of the submerged tenth while hinting at troubled days and hidden motives in a social setting.
A vintage advertisement touts Prume as an ethical physician approved laxative for family use. It promotes the World Informed of the World endorsement and claims fame for the fig and senna elixir, urging purchase by all leading druggists.
Goodall's Farmer argues for small holdings as viable paths to steady income. Ten acres of fruit and truck gardening can support one person, with extra help during harvest. Onions, apples, and other crops yield strong gross returns, making small farms attractive for moderate budgets and family homes.
The article describes building a drainage box or basin at main drains where laterals join. It covers materials such as plank brick or cement, sizing from twelve to eighteen inches, and placement guidelines. It explains two slides for the main line and how to fit gratings for laterals, depth to twelve inches below the drain line, and options for cover or soil burial. It notes the basin suits multiple line unions and how to mark or measure its position.
The text urges precise fitting to keep entry of unwanted material from the main drain box. It discusses using plank for the main drain wall and recommends apiking the plank to prevent displacement and entry of solids, noting that a solute box may still allow water inflow even if planks are apiked, and larger openings risk sediment filling the box.
The text warns against overusing chemical fertilizers and notes nitrate of soda as a nitrogen source while cautioning that pure nitrate of soda or salts like acid phosphate do not replace real food for plants. It suggests clay soil is poor but contains more food units, improved by adding sand or furnace ash. It claims plaster and salt mix as kabit-will be effective against cutworms and fertilize corn with only a small amount needed.
The plan shows a dairy for thirty cows with butter production. It favors a cement floor over wood for hygiene and longevity, noting cement floors can be kept clean and sanitary while wooden floors rot and harbor contamination.
A dairyman recalls using Carbelle acid duted 1 to 0 for calf scours. He kept it in his pocket and applied at birth to the navel and nose, saving calves that dried promptly. He notes several calves died when births occurred at night and milk cows refused to nurse.
A farm note explains reviving meadows with a mix of 150 pounds nitrate of soda 150 pounds acid phosphate and 70 pounds nitrate of potash spread evenly. A Birdsboro hen Phoebe owned by Mrs Bush hatched 15 chicks from 13 eggs, suggesting twin pairs.
A rural column offers guidance on orchard care with water sprouts removal and Bordeaux spraying. It discusses Angora goats profitability, Gow peas, and comparing clover and alfalfa roles. It urges land rental contracts, notes farmers moving to towns, and mentions nitrogen as essential plant food with legumes. It also cites Roosevelt Dam cost cuts by government cement works on the Salt River project.
A government style treatise by Elias Nalson on dry farming in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. It outlines rainfall, soil depth, moisture storage, and practices such as deep plowing dust mulch summer fallow and fall or spring plowing. It discusses crop rotation yields and profitability in arid regions.
The fragment describes a young woman announcing she will take a Hertilion measure menté and notes a previous escape. It then shifts to a Chicago Tribune quotation about a young man and a determined woman. The text closes with a note on tobacco from Bengal being marketed in Calcutta and shipped to Burma for cheroot production.
A collage of quotes and notices from newspapers including Washington Herald and Chicago Tribune. Public remarks touch on age questions, legal wit, and public behavior at games with a humorous tone and assorted ads and notices. It references Allen's Foot-Ease samples and a vivid anecdote about a youth at a ball game.
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript centers on Stryker, a chronic borrower. The speaker reveals he will stop lending after marriage, provoking sharp reactions about finances and social obligations.
A dialogue from the Chicago News shows a child asking if England is the mother country and if George Washington was married to England. The parent replies the idea is silly, noting Washington was the father of his country.
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