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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
15
The Rural New Yorker advises storing dug potatoes in summer heaps under tree shade then burying them in shallow pits 2 to 3 feet deep on well drained ground. A hay layer protects from freezing, with careful placement to avoid edge spillover, enabling storage to April with gradual thaw.
A simple five by four foot wire basket made from chicken wire serves as a portable burn container for papers and small rubbish. An old tin pan forms a base and a pail lid can cover it. useful around a hennery to burn nest litter and insects. City buyers pay well for poultry products. consider supplying farm products to nearby towns and farms.
Horse owners should watch new horses entering the stable for glanders or farcy a mild form may be incurable and highly contagious to other horses and humans A running nose can signal danger and the danger to people is as real as to animals
Instructions urge keeping the duck house dry by frequent litter changes. Notes ducks are highly active and eager, described as great mussers in the text.
Farmers cautioned against cows drying up due to short pasture. Advice emphasizes maintaining grazing, feeding strategies, and timely herd management to prevent milk loss.
A reader praises cedar fencing for long life, noting charred Cedar posts survive 40 years while untreated oak or chestnut fail sooner. The letter questions wire quality from manufacturers and suggests experiment stations test fence wire for durability and honesty.
Advice on storing garden manure in a sealed box with 80 screening to exclude flies. Keep the heap well spaded on top to allow moisture penetration, with a bottom drain to collect liquid manure in a sunken barrel for year round use.
Charles Fredericks of Freedom Oklahoma describes a simple four horse evener from the Farmers Mail and Breeze. The design uses a gas pipe block brace rod and iron plate to pull a three ton load through mud or up a 30 percent grade with no square corners and no shirking by the horses.
The article stresses manure disposal as key to stable hygiene. Liquid manure should be absorbed by bedding and bedding changed daily. solid manure cleaned up morning and evening and placed in a flyproof box or vault. If possible, have it hauled away daily.
The piece urges early weed cutting to maintain tidiness and deter regrowth. It recommends using a mower to remove most weeds and a scythe only for areas under fences and in corners.
Air dried lime is touted as inexpensive and effective for destroying lice, gapes, and roup, with liberal dusting recommended across areas.
The note stresses urgent docking of lambs that were not castrated earlier. It calls for immediate action to perform the procedure to ensure proper flock management and welfare.
Grayville and Chicago women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual cramps irregularity and displacement after doctors failed. Letters from Mrs Jessiz SCHaar and Mrs William Tully describe improved health and gratitude. Confidential advice offered from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
Simeon Ford, the New York humorist, quips on J. Pierpont Morgan's death noting wealth and poverty both fail to bring happiness. He asks what a man should do, remarking on the ironies of fortune.
A vintage advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a cure for gray hair dandruff and thinning hair. The copy claims darkening effect by morning with simple application using a dampened comb and brush.
Alexandria is Egypts principal port and commercial center. Statistics for 1908 place Alexandria as the third largest Mediterranean port. Twenty one ocean navigation companies run regular scheduled services at Alexandria.
An advertisement claims Bond's Liver Pills are the gentle safe and effective liver stimulant for biliousness headaches constipation indigestion malaria and other liver and bowel ailments. It urges customers to buy at druggists for 25 cents or request a free sample from Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock Arkansas. It also includes a bride age joke fragment.
The article laments dwindling old nuts like butternut black walnut and chestnut while praising the pecan as the great American nut. It notes trees bearing up to 200 to 500 dollars per acre and mentions machines aiding shelling, ending with a preference for the English walnut.
A local testimonial from A R Stringer praises Hunt's Lightning Oil curing rheumatism for his wife and a friend’s toothache. The advertisement lists 25 and 60 cent bottle sizes and notes availability from all dealers.
Ordnance officers consider shortening the Springfield rifle by four inches to form a carbine for mounted troops. Weight would drop by about two pounds and sights would be adjusted. The muzzle velocity loss is said not to hinder effectiveness to 1,500 yards. The ordnance department will report and the cavalry board will review in its reorganization report.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapep sin as the fastest safest remedy for dyspepsia indigestion gas heartburn and sour belches. It promises quick relief within minutes and claims a large fifty cent case yields substantial value, urging households to keep it handy daily.
At the Knickerbocker club in New York a clubman quips to a friend about summer destinations. One replies Bad Nauheim while the other says Naughty Newport, in a light exchange over a cigarette and an iced drink.
A prison visitor consoles a despondent inmate, joking that his portrait resembles a framed convict in a Buffalo Express report.
The passage offers a social advice quote on gaining footing in society and notes a product pitch for Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops, followed by a brief statement about tin production figures for two consecutive years and a marketing line for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children. It ends with a quip about men avoiding trouble by outright buying.
Public sentiment says the measure is unsuitable for women and the ad argues Hunt’s Lightning Oil offers quick relief from headaches and neuralgia. It urges ladies to try the remedy, noting Hunt’s Lightning Oil is sold by druggists in 25¢ and 60¢ bottles.
A Vermont town resident claims his horse can tell the days of the week. He notes the animal reacts to Sundays by avoiding a saloon, implying a routine behavior linked to weekly cycles.
A fragment from Meggendorfer Blaetter quotes a tense exchange at a social table. Lena denies a kiss while someone named Oberforster asserts it happened. The dialogue hints at social pressure and mistaken belief.
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