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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1891
Page
4
A Farm and Home note details a two car hayrack that places the load low for stability, reduces risk to front wheels, and enables short turns. It describes timber sizes, bolting, and assembly steps with Cut No 1 and Cut No 2 diagrams, plus a optional ladder and driver seat.
James I. Baird in Ohio Farmer urges farmers to design stables with ample light ventilation and proper drainage. He recommends elevated, well-drained sites, concrete or well-built wood floors with upward inclines and rear gutters, high lofts with pivoted top windows, front windows for light, and plentiful absorbents.
Farmer broadside advises on complete fertilizers and silage alternatives. It cites experts on income sources, fodder corn, peach pits growing trees, and pest control for delicate plants. It notes cutting old trees to prevent pests and shares anecdotal feed efficiency observations.
A South African subscriber to the London Agricultural Gazette shares a rough design for a sheep-dipping tank. The tank is 20 feet long, 6 feet 6 inches deep, 3 feet wide, with an 8 foot top line and a 19 foot overall length, holding about 1,500 gallons. It features a trap door for soaking and can process 12 to 15 sheep at once, up to 2,000 sheep daily, with soaking times minimized. The author prefers swimming baths to hand dipping and notes sheep rarely ingest dip.
The bronze turkey, a product of domestic breeding, pays best for home use. Though named foreign, the turkey is native to this continent and was unknown in Europe until imported from the western world. Europeans owe us thanks for both the turkey and the example of republican government.
Kerosene emulsion has been used extensively to destroy scale insects and their eggs. It is cheaper than whale oil soap. The mixture is two parts kerosene to one part hot milk, churned into an emulsion, then diluted with water before application.
A collage of ideas on memory and forgetfulness contrasts those who cannot remember with those who recall only pleasant or harmful details. It traces origins of Nassau on Long Island, a dry joke about abstinence, a sea voyage plan, a Pennsylvania tunnel dream, biased weather lore, and a bedraggled bookseller longing for New York.
The Passenger Department of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad issues Flealth and Pleasure on America's Great est Railroad with frontispiece views of the Washington Bridge. It offers extensive scenery details plus hotels fares distances and excursion information and will be sent free upon ten cents postage to George H. Daniels or W. B. Jerome.
The Burlington route advertises Harvest Excursion tickets at low rates to western farming regions with two late August and September sale dates. For details, contact a C B Q ticket agent or P S Eustis Chicago. Also notes music ad Ye Smoker's Song and a patent plaster offer for backache and rheumatism.
Advertises cheap excursion trips on August 2 and September 29, 1891 from Chicago Milwaukee and other points to Western Minnesota Northwestern Iowa South and North Dakota Nebraska Kansas Colorado Utah Wyoming and Montana. Details via coupon ticket agents or Gro H Heartorp Genl Pass Agt Chicago IL. It also notes South Dakota crops are immense and jokes about bunions in a Washington Hatchet item.
A Washington Star note invites readers to scan a weekly three inch ad for a unique word shared only by the Dr Harter line. Find Crescent trademark and mail the word to win a book lithographs and samples.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine pitches tout Syrup of Figs Glenn's Soap Hill's Dye Piso's Remedy and Dr Pierce's pills. Claims promise liver cleansing stomach regulation and painless bowel movement with guarantees. Quips mock front seat thinking and promote cheap pocket remedies with satisfaction guarantees.
Letters from users in Quebec Sydney Australia and Mississippi praise August Flower as a remedy for dyspepsia. Claims include great relief complete cure miracle and being best in the world from diverse readers. Manufactured by G G Green Woodbury New Jersey U S A.
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