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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
19
The article explains soil types for irrigation beet culture, noting clay and clay loams need more work but offer higher nutrients. It emphasizes soil depth, permeability, alkali effects, and climate, highlighting the role of rainfall distribution and irrigation in achieving optimal sugar content and maturity.
Advice on treating lice in poultry through powders and paint. Dust hens with lice powder and apply powder to nesting areas. Paint roasts with lice paint and maintain clean disinfected henhouses for control and prevention.
Foreign experiments found that a preservative of 3 per cent salt best delayed decomposition.
D. W. Frear from Colorado Agricultural College explains labor income as the net amount a farmer earns for his own labor after all farm expenses and interest are paid. He argues many farmers lack labor income, suggests tracking inventories and records, and notes some farmers earn more than interest by adjusting investment size and working time.
A simple adjustable holder keeps tools at a constant angle while grinding. A hinged board rides on a grindstone, clamped by slotted wooden arms and a bolt through aligned holes to set any desired cutting angle. This setup stabilizes tool orientation and reduces labor and errors.
Alfalfa outshines other crops in feeding value and Irish potatoes benefit from mulching when sprouts show. Use vitrified blocks for good silos, leave corn stalks on fields, and apply lime and manure carefully. Sulphate of potash preferred over muriate, and limestone per acre varies with soil acidity. Green manures plus high grade fertilizers deliver top potato nutrition.
Mrs. Epward B. Fite of Fleetwood Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with lifting her through the change of life. The letter describes headaches dizziness hot flashes and nervous strain and urges others to seek the remedy. It promotes the product as strengthening the nervous system and aiding women in this life stage.
A humorous ad snippet notes limitations of Hanford's Bal sam for fresh cuts. The piece contrasts a trolley car’s mobility with an automobile's, joking a car can avoid a pursuer while a trolley cannot follow.
Private quip about a husband’s nasal speech echoes in Gotham as a wife’s remark prompts playful gossip on marriage and manners.
Local readers hear a humorous scene at an evening concert where playful quips about cats and a contralto voice blend with an residents’ banter. Abner is advised not to shoot as a tabby observer joins the event with surprising flair.
A playful quip uses culinary wordplay to explain legislative jargon about presenting bills. The pun suggests lawmakers place bills on a table for discussion, prompting readers to consider the origin of the phrase.
Mrs. D. W. McClellan of Muskogee Oklahoma describes a year long scalp disease with heavy flaking itching and hair loss. After four weeks using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment her scalp healed and hair thickened. Ad mentions Cuticura sold worldwide and offers a free Skin Book.
Carnegie Tech professor H C Long argues profanity can be artistic and effective, citing George Washington as a skilled user of profanity during moments of provocation, as reported by the Tartan campus newspaper.
A bulletin from the Children's Bureau of the Labor Department notes lower infant deaths and urges cities to widen summer campaigns to save babies. It cites a decade of urban health improvements reducing overall city death rates and stresses preventable diseases as the focus of welfare work.
A Graham County Arizona jail at Cliffton is carved into a solid quartz hill with four large rock apartments. Entry uses a masonry vestibule, steel barred gates, and windows blasted in the rock with iron bars. The cement floor and fifteen foot thick quartz walls deter escapes, with prisoners held in the large cells.
Claiming to tone up the liver and clean bowels, Hot Springs Liver Buttons promise gentle relief from constipation and energy boost within a day. They tout safety for all ages and urge sending for free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
A clock in the Petit Palais has shown the same hour for 13 years after a Paris exhibition closing. An official stopped it to mark the end of the show and the clock was then omitted from the winder’s list. The clock remains still until a council member acts.
An old classified ad touts Rub My Tism for rheumatism and pains and promotes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh as an antiseptic. The note mentions a man named Growcher seen disguised and smiling in the morning.
The angel got bitten.
In a tense kitchen exchange a child demands more chaos while a parent resists after hearing unsettling news this morning. The dialogue hints at fear and home conflict without detailing the source of the morning warning.
The article warns that mercury fumes from quicksilver mining cause excessive salivation and rapid tooth loss, with many miners not surviving beyond two years. It notes lime chloride used by bleachers damages enamel, phosphorus in matches weakens teeth, soda factories soften teeth, and flour dust in baking harms dentine.
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt notes a battered wife who refuses to prosecute her husband after 25 hatchet wounds and two broken ribs. It discusses police difficulty and women choosing between denial and starvation, with a judge remark about a bitten ear.
Deputy auditor Joe Cannon of Hardin County Ohio reported losing his ring in the courthouse yard. Janitor Yost found the ring woven in a birds nest while cleaning eaves of the building.
The notice claims Tyree's Antiseptic Powder quickly relieves prickly heat and skin affections and promises a free sample by writing J. S. Tyree, Chemist, Washington, D. C. 25c. at druggists. Ad.
A student explores the entry for tango in a Latin dictionary noting meanings such as to take in hand carry off to be contiguous to to strike beat smear. The discovery highlights varied senses across historical lexicon.
A brief commentary contrasts creation with human finance and virtue with self praise. The piece muses that the earth serves man and warns even angels may boast, reflecting on reward and pride.
Railroad surgeon touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a universal remedy for wounds burns sores and skin diseases. The ad claims wide use among farmers and stockmen with new uses continually found and guarantees from own druggist. Large bottle supposedly seven times the contents of the small bottle priced at 50 cents and $1.00.
An old ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children easing gums reducing inflammation and pain while claiming winds pass and a light heart prevail. It also mentions a phrase about love making a light heart and a dark parlor.
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