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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
10
An advertisement touts a malaria remedy labeled No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX claiming five or six doses break cases and act as a tonic to prevent fever return. An adjacent Humorous blurb mocks a busy man who only baths once or twice weekly and questions how others know.
Early home remedy notes ivy poisoning treated with Hanford's Balsam described as antiseptic. First application should bring prompt relief and may help neutralize the poison.
The readable fragments include moral phrases about truth and well water, a question about reforming a man by singing, Mrs Winslow's soothing Syrup for Children, Hanford's Balsam, and a miscellaneous ad line about wild oats with tares, suggesting damaged 19th or early 20th century material.
The article discusses motherhood as a major life epoch and the need for preparation to protect a mother's health. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to strengthen the female system and prevent nervous strain. It invites women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
In a village, Libby Arliss appears to be a sour old maid till a prank letter to William Tabor triggers a reunion. The boys watch as Libby and William kiss, then the truth emerges and Libby invites them to her garden to pick ripe pears. The tale ends with a town gossip and a hinted romance among the narrator and Sylvia Temple.
Harper's Weekly warns that violins and violoncellos are highly sensitive to atmospheric changes and improper storage. Extreme heat, metal or morocco cases, and old one coat paints can damage varnish, pitch, and tone, sometimes petrifying wood and harming sound. A strong, well varnished wooden case is recommended.
City men succeed as farmers by applying business methods to manage buying selling and transport. They focus on produce like onions beans potatoes ducks chickens and flowers offering higher profits than traditional grains. The piece cites better prices per bushel and higher yields to illustrate the urban advantage in farming.
The piece outlines aims of boys corn clubs to educate head heart and hands and improve health. It lists objectives including soil building seed testing cultivation and vocational guidance to adapt youths to agricultural life and connect home school and farm through club work.
The Illinois agricultural experiment station reports chinch bugs survived winter well and began winged egg laying on April 25. To prevent field escapes at harvest, surround fields with a thick road oil barrier set in post holes about 86 feet apart, costing about 35 cents per mile daily. Coal tar is acceptable but needs more frequent renewal. A dusty furrow with bottom post holes offers temporary protection in dry weather. Chinch bugs on corn can be killed with black leaf 40 tobacco diluted in weak soapy water.
The poultry sector leads U S livestock with a 27 percent gain while other live stock sectors decline from 5 to 35 percent. It has grown steadily for years and is now described as a billion dollar industry by people and government.
A note on pork production economics discussing profit from pork when corn is supplemented with a concentrated feed and cautioning against relying solely on concentrated supplements.
The article emphasizes supplying dry fodder and hay to ewes, warns against feeding roots with grain or cake, and advises a balanced ration. It stresses providing dry lairage with shelter, a separate pen for lambs, and small, fresh forage portions. It warns that even slight lameness in ewes requires immediate treatment to prevent lamb losses.
Amos Mendenhall of Salem Nebraska describes a simple corn tester using a galvanized iron tray and six inch fencing to create a rack. He explains draining holes, cross sections, and a cup for kernels placed in a rack square then incubated at around 70 degrees. He notes the method is practical and useful with careful moisture control.
Practical remarks on livestock care and feeding from dairy pigs to lambs and horses. Emphasizes milk and grain management, early tail docking and castration for lambs, lamb finish with oil meal, horse head carriage and utility, water for sows, careful use of slop, and humane team management for farm income.
A brief ad notes that strong will helps achievement while also recommending Hanford's Balsam for sprains with thorough rubbing and application.
A light verse fragment features a narrator noting birds in a park and their singing. The exchange contrasts wandering birds with ragtime music, implying a quaint, old fashioned mood.
The sheriff attached the scenery over debt, ending the play with legal action rather than a happy ending. The incident reflects a dramatic wrap on stage property disputes and enforcement.
The piece notes that enthusiasm for one’s occupation helps, but a businesswoman should not discuss work constantly. Constant focus on work is natural and absorbing, yet attention to others’ topics is also important.
A London joke links Lloyd George to King Edward's death. An English traveler in Wales tells an elderly Welshman of the monarch's passing. The Welshman asks who is king now and learns George has become king, recalling him as a former small lawyer in Criccieth.
A genteel spinster confesses to a friend she plans a chiropodist visit not for foot pain but to boast she once had a man at her feet. The innocent misunderstanding reveals her coy wish in a humorous exchange.
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