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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
4
Mrs. Tupman of Richmond Virginia describes chronic backache bearing down pains leucorrhea and womb prolapse. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with dramatic improvement after ten bottles and a weight gain from six to fuller health.
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A garbled OCR fragment lists various quirky names and places such as New Shines fee Mae and Joares Corus with scattered terms like Swedenffet and Sweetne and references to soothing syrups and stores. The text appears as a jumble of improper capitalizations and partial phrases with several proper nouns and vague locations.
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at a wills case or estate matter with possible local legal action. Names, dates, or outcomes are not readable in the fragment.
A fragmentary feature quotes Richard Barton on weeds and crops from Atlantic Monthly and cites Prof. L H Bailey on principles of vegetable gardening. The piece blends nature imagery with a nod to agricultural thought on cultivation and effort.
Oklahoma Journal notes kaffir corn is valued for stock feed and fodder with wide cultivation across counties. The secretary of agriculture highlights other feed crops like sorghum and maize, noting kaffir corn’s suitability as both feed and grain and its potential as a superior fodder plant in drier regions.
The article outlines weed control methods including crop rotation, changing crops when weeds worsen, varying tillage depth and implements, harrowing after seeding, and frequent light surface tillage. It emphasizes clean seed, avoiding seedborne weeds, preventing weeds from seeding on manure or along roadsides, and using manure cautiously. It also suggests using sheep or pigs for weed cleanup and neighbor cooperation for clean land.
A writer argues that piling stones around a tree helps it take root by mulching and obstructing light. Stones keep soil unfrozen, so roots stay near the surface and cannot supply sap in winter, suggesting a frost-proofing mechanism for tree kinship.
The text notes peach tree roots are porous and spongy, thriving only on moist ground but rapidly growing then dying in years three and four. It warns that peach trees never form fruit buds in such conditions and that forcing with stimulating mantres causes overgrowth and drop of fruit buds in spring. It cautions against growing onions nearby as it delays growth and risks unripe weed winter kill.
The text notes that diet alters flesh character. Turnips give peculiar flavor to mutton while meadow garlic and herbs modify meat taste. oily feed softens fat. Feeding animals with human scraps yields eggs and meat unpalatable and unhealthy, stressing careful, experienced feeding for both fat and flavor.
Growers can prevent potato scab by treating seed tubers before planting. Soak whole tubers for two hours in a solution of one half pint formalin per 13 gallons of water. After cutting, dust cut surfaces with sulfur to deter rot and preserve the residual piece.
The Agricultural Department outlines a quick calf handling procedure. They describe a method involving a pencil of caustic potash to mark calves at three weeks, then repeating if growth appears after a couple of weeks. The process is claimed to cause no pain and takes only a few minutes.
The article notes oats endure neglect and still pay returns when properly prepared and fertilized. Early plowing and timely seeding are essential as oats follow corn beans or potatoes, with immediate harrowing to conserve surface moisture against drought.
The article outlines two plum curculio control methods: jarring trees to trap weevils and using large flocks of chickens to patrol the area. It also urges farmers to manage stock as carefully as pure-breed breeders do, noting milk and health indicators. It discusses milk fever signs, toxic substances, incubation range, and factors affecting hatch times.
Giving salt to animals by access rather than mixing in food lets each animal take what it prefers. Weigh milk weekly to track cow yield, rate of increase, season totals, calving and drying times, and responses to feed. Sudden drops signal possible disease or trouble.
At a recent dinner for railroad men Senator Chauncey M. Depew told a tale of a manufacturer in a lockout who said the two hands on his office clock never strike. The clock then struck two, provoking varied praise from guests including a quip about daisies and botany from Newell.
A young man with a malicious gleam uses a phone prank to taunt Miss Snubbem. He asks in falsetto if she is Miss Snubbem and complains about chewing gum while the call ends with his sly satisfaction.
A Missouri poker tale recounted by Pat Sheedy ends with a quip from the storyteller who asks what he held at the final hand. The narrator says he was the coroner and quips he held four inquests. The anecdote features five players, a big pot, and a showdown with kings and aces.
Ned Gilmore recalls meeting an old debtor who borrowed $50 two years earlier. The man later lost $150 in a billiards game at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and was pressed to repay the original $50, prompting a stunned reaction about nerve.
A city woman of wealth admits country life has value. She says a month away convinces her that the city is not unbearable, offering a practical restraint on complaints about rural living. The Chicago Post reflects on urban affections and countryside relief.
Crumley notes the new boss is a veteran campaigner. Werrit agrees he’s a great handshaker who has won over nearly all the old hands in the shop since taking charge.
The Chicago Tribune notes opposition to nominating Grover Cleveland for a third term. Critics say it violates an unwritten law and would likely lose, even if defeated by technicalities.
A Philadelphia Record quote argues that liking different composers reveals character. Wagner fans are egoists, Bach listeners credulous but unselfish, Strauss fans frivolous, Beethoven lovers brave and intelligent, Handel enthusiasts devout, Chopin fans morbid artists, and those who dislike music show strength of character.
Lon Manley, bedridden with Bright's Disease, was told by his doctor he could do nothing. A friend urged Dodd's Kidney Pills, and his condition rapidly improved until he fully recovered. He credits the remedy with his return to health and urges others to use it.
In Carlsbad rumor and hall speech, Frederick I of Prussia famed for brevity meets a Hungarian magnate known for terse talk. A playful exchange follows with rapid one word prompts and quick responses, ending with mutual congratulation.
A Chicago Record-Herald editorial notes Canada opened to 40,002 immigrants in four months, mostly headed for wheat lands in the Northwest. Britain provides a third, the United States supplied 13,770, and Continental Europe 10,445. Canada’s population is smaller, yet immigration nears two-fifths of the U.S. rate, signaling a future agricultural powerhouse. Agents list J. C. Duncan in Indianapolis for information and assisted passage to Western Canada.
Mrs. Robert Broderick of 15 Virginia Street San Antonio Texas testifies that long kidney trouble and back pain vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports lasting relief over a year with occasional minor twinges and endorses keeping a box on hand. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. For sale by all druggists priced 50 cents per box.
A dialogue from the Baltimore American features a stern father questioning a son about destroying a plaster cast. The son says he pulverized the pieces in a mortar before the proprietor returned and hid the remains with perfumed oil, planning to sell a new toilet powder. He notes the proprietor will raise his wages on Saturday.
Advert claims Putnam faceless dyes color more goods with less work than others. It also features a proverb about a dangerous widow and a note praising Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour for making pancakes muffins and gema. The copy urges following a wife s first advice but not her second thought.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap as the world's greatest skin soap used for preserving purifying and beautifying skin and scalp. It touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent pills with depots listed in London Paris and Boston and urges readers to request the pamphlet All About the Skin Scalp and Hair.
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