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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
3
A laboratory visit reveals the precision and cleanliness behind Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The article notes 350000 pounds of herbs used annually, solvents extract medicinal properties, and pasteurized sealed bottles ensure sterility.Letters from grateful women back its claimed cures for female illnesses.
The United States Department of Agriculture leads a season long drive with health and dairy officials in 150 localities to demonstrate a home made steam sterilizer for dairy utensils. The device costs under $15 and cuts bacteria dramatically improving milk quality and shelf life.
A long promotional appeal claims acid stomach ruins health and promises instant relief from HATONIC. It asserts immediate gas and bloating relief, strength, energy, and better digestion, urging readers to buy a big box from their druggist with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture farmers who own woodlands can supply cordwood to cities and towns to ease coal demand and railway strain. Cordwood methods include 4 foot lengths or logs 10 to 16 feet, with stove wood runs, drying, and thinning for profit. prices and guidance available from state foresters, county agents, agricultural colleges, or the U.S. Forest Service.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote depicts a patient village photographer pressed to coax a smile from a reluctant patron. She cites a string of troubles including a dead hen, rising bacon prices, a plate-glass break, a sick husband, and several family woes, refusing to fake it for the image.
An old advertisement parodies reliance on Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening dresses and lace curtains. The mock plea claims ten years of use and a demand for the product, illustrating vintage consumer humor and language.
A brief note from Ammy and Iain shows a weather driven exchange. Iain mentions being in the umbrella business and suggests a forecast related question about rain.
A bull association now enables owners of small herds to own a share in a well bred first class bull. The program expands access to top genetics for dairy and beef cattle under cooperative ownership.
A method for producing the cheapest and sweetest cream involves separating milk immediately after milking and cooling it to about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The process emphasizes rapid separation and prompt cooling to preserve sweetness and cost efficiency.
The Agriculture Department says town farms meeting their Liberty wheat quota will be labeled Victory Farms. School districts will distribute Victory Farm posters to compliant farmers this fall. spring posters follow for spring sowing. Quota is one acre on eight, with adjustments for untillable land.
Acid phosphate price has surged due to sulfuric acid shortages from munition production. Growers turn to ground raw rock phosphate, with at least six firms entering the market by 1937 and consumption rising over a decade to about 200000 tons, costing farmers at least £750000.
The article explains that heavy applications of finely ground rock phosphate provide benefits over several years. A portion of the phosphate becomes soluble each year, with greater yield increases in later years. Soils rich in organic matter and carbonic acid enhance solubility and availability, aided by bacterial activity that boosts rock phosphate gain.
The two leading butter producing states, Wisconsin and Minnesota, benefit from high quality and large quantities. Creameries cooperate to ship uniform butter, often buying separated cream to reduce collection costs. Premiums for better cream grades boost deliveries, with some creameries churning first and second grade cream separately and using refrigerator freight cars for market shipments.
Temperance Notes report two items from the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Details on events or discussions are summarized from the notes in this column.
The Czecho-Slovak president Professor T. G. Masaryk urged educated and leading circles to end the alcohol superstition. He argued progress requires a higher ethical standard and that abstinence models behavior, stating drinking corrupts sympathy, will, and public progress. He condemned tolerant educators as harming society.
Dr William Brady in the Chicago News debunks the notion that wine strengthens the body. He cites repeated medical authorities showing alcohol is not a food, does not stimulate the heart or brain, does not aid digestion, and may impair mental processes. He notes milk achieves far greater strength-building effects without harm.
Albert A Reed of United States Wa sonal Bank asserts Denver and Colorado benefit from prohibition in moral social and financial terms. He says there is no demand to revert to liquor policy and he favors local state and national prohibition, adding he has heard no valid argument in support of intoxicating liquor traffic.
In Heading, Pennsylvania, brewers urge the town council to reduce tax valuations of saloon properties, arguing prohibition would depress values. They contend saloons depress surrounding property prices and deserve depreciation consideration in assessments.
The text reflects on prohibition as a declared success and contemplates wartime conditions in Teronia. It notes an anomalous rise in candy stores during supposed prohibition days and suggests candy serves as a substitute stimulant and craving suppressant for many people.
A Galveston reader touts Peruna as a dependable remedy for colds and catarrh. The letter urges Americans to keep Peruna at hand and notes its long selling history since Dr. Hartman began marketing it forty five years ago.
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a fair widow questions why men are said to pine for women. The fussy old maid retorts with a pun about pine being a soft wood, illustrating light local chatter in Enarco News.
An old advertisement offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It promotes HALS GATARRH MEDICINE taken internally and acting on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years, BF Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
A Chicago News item notes a cleric yet to find a girl and his anxiety over proposing. He drafts a dozen tentative sentences to begin the talk, including joking lines about cooking, smoking, costs of living, and dancing, reflecting wary courtship humor of the era.
The article describes how dogs serve in military roles across Europe including sentinels dispatch carriers patrol dogs ambulance and draft dogs and listening dogs. It notes dogs act like warhorses in many places and are adapted to frontline tasks and support duties.
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