11 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
1
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nighttime laxative to keep liver and bowels regular and relieve biliousness constipation headaches and upset stomach. It claims quick morning relief with no griping and notes price options 10 25 50 cents appealing to children as well.
In a foreword to a new aviation book Viscount Northcriffe claims Great Britain already rules the air. English officials concede the air mail service here lacks the profits seen in the United States service.
A dialog notes skepticism about prospects as an investor recounts repeated early-stage investments. The remark compares luck to being repeatedly set on the ground floor with predictable outcomes, highlighting caution in financial ventures.
Advertisement claims Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills repair constipation by balancing stomach liver and bowels and restoring regularity without rubbing. Ady promotional note presents a medical benefit in a brief product blurb.
A wry observation notes that corruption and ill gotten funds permeate society while many remain indifferent, suggesting complacency toward economic taint and the smell of unethical wealth persists across cycles.
Henry a city laundryman schemes to match two tenants in an upper West End Ave converted house. He swaps Patricia Deane’s and David Collins’s laundry, prompting a romance that leads to marriage on October 15 after a fifteenth of July rendezvous.
Long hidden mineral deposits emerge when Salton Sea waters recede exposing mud flats on Mullet Island. Springs yield vividly colored waters that chemists identify as pigment minerals. Prospectors build reservoirs to collect and dry hundreds of pounds of pigments daily. A profitable by product is low grade salt.
A smuggling suspect eluded customs by buying diamonds secretly then tipped off a New York collector with a fictitious name. He described diamonds in a hidden trunk compartment. Officials seized the trunk and found paste stones. the real gems surfaced when a porous plaster was removed at home.
The remark suggests the subject’s self importance led to his dismissal, with the other party noting that arrogance or overreach was the likely cause of firing. No further context is provided in the fragment.
The article discusses training horses through reward and punishment to build safe, obedient breakers and addresses fall plowing as a method to control grain pests. It notes memory and habit as key, warns against cruelty, and cites Fall Plowing Breaks Up Soil to expose insect larvae. It references Starmers' Bulletin 835 from the U.S. Bureau of Entomology and urges reporting outbreaks to farm advisers or the entomology bureau.
The article argues for generous grain and hay water, proper workload, and tailored handling. It warns that overloading a colt harms future usefulness and that different temperaments require gentleness or firmness. It stresses patience and avoiding temper during training to prevent setbacks.
An agricultural scientist warns that farmers must not exhaust soil fertility by removing crops without restoring production through fertilizing and liming. The goal is to keep soil productive rather than letting it decline over time.
Fall plowing is described as the most universally effective way to control insect pests that annually cause great losses to grain farmers. The approach is endorsed as easier and cheaper by the bureau of entomology of the United States department of agriculture.
Hay as a cash crop has been exceptionally profitable for the past two years and is likely to stay strong for several years. A baling machine helps farmers and ranchers with surplus hay by enabling neighborly cooperation and an efficient push between tasks.
Quote from Breeders' Gazette asserts nature governs cattle breeding economics. It notes beef herds expanding despite slender means and evident handicaps, highlighting the enduring influence of natural factors in farming profits.
Gas may form in a silo during filling and for about a week afterward. It is heavier than air and can settle inside. To test for gas, lower a lighted lantern. if it goes out, entry is not safe.
Winter soil loss from erosion harms hillsides. The advice urges keeping slopes in cover crops, installing underdrainage, filling gullies with brush, and similar measures to conserve fertility and prevent runoff.
University of Illinois professor W J Frazer warns that a poor sire can cause lasting harm to dairy herds. He estimates that a good sire could add about a thousand pounds of milk per year in improved daughter production.
Farmers struggling to obtain stands of clover and alfalfa turn to timothy hay as a dependable component to balance rotations and ensure a crop with minimal labor. The forage offers a stable yield and helps stabilize farm inputs amid fluctuating growing conditions.
Mrs Don Williams recounts a year of illness ending with Eatonic relief for stomach distress. The ad claims Eatonic neutralizes excess acidity and gases to restore digestion and promises relief after meals with a small cost.
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