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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
7
A humorous clipping argues that ditching polite phrases like please and hello in daily talk would save vast time. It cites a telephone exchange manager who ended please usage, claiming substantial yearly time saved and global reform implications.
Dry feeding is safest for young chicks says expert R R Roberts. Keep chicks near mother hen for two to three days, then in a coop for two to three weeks with fresh water, grit, bone and charcoal. Provide grass runs or substitutes, supplement with cooked wheat or cracked rice, and gradually shift to cracked corn and wheat.
The Charlotte Observer extols the financial benefits of reading and advertising in its pages. News gathering highlights commercial and industrial leads, with ads reaching thousands daily. Subscriptions are $8 yearly, $2 quarterly, and the Semi-Weekly Observer costs $1 yearly.
Kitty praises Harry Carleigh as the salt of the earth while Janet calls him the freshest person she has met. The brief exchange reflects differing views on Harry within May Lippincott's tradition.
A Columbus resident reports severe eczema for five weeks and twenty five tried remedies. After using Hancock's Sulphur Compound and Ointment the itching subsides and eruption nearly vanishes within a week, with offer to verify authenticity. Contact Hancock Sulphur Compound, Baltimore for booklet. sold by druggists.
The action of the French Tariff Commission to raise material duties could trigger a European tariff conflict. This development spurs concern over a possible widening of trade tensions across Europe.
R A Emerson notes seven years of tests showing frost killed cover crops protect soil moisture and promote sound wood development in peach trees. Millet, cane, corn performed best. oats can overdry soil if not killed early. erect stems offer less protection than mulch like litter.
A description of how soil water rises to the surface through capillary action explains the behavior using open small bore tubes placed in a liquid. The observed rise shows the capillary forces at work pulling liquid upward against gravity.
A witty remark notes two voter classes on election day the angels in your party and the devils across. It claims some men endure abuse to avoid facing their own faults and costs.
Farmers around Shreveport will plant 250 acres in peanuts this year under government direction. Officials have come South to test peanut oil production value. Cotton seed oil mills, usually idle in spring and summer, will be repurposed for the experiment.
This note urges inspecting poultry feet now and treating early. It warns cock birds are prone to bumble foot and leg troubles and a little care can catch incipient problems and enable easy cures.
A concise satire notes a cheerful pup and a candidate before an election. It quips that men sneeze with varied sounds and mocks rail executives for foolish errors, arguing human nature resists change despite calls to reform.
The text explains choosing color schemes for house painting, stressing exterior and interior effects on appearance and value. It suggests studying color scheme books, requesting Houseowners' Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Company, and notes the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a weather-tested guarantee. It ends with a humorous aside about depictions of the devil and fat men seeking comfort.
An 1886 Toledo ledger entry records Franxx J Cheney swearing as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co promising to pay a hundred dollars for each uncured case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertisements tout cures for eye ailments and kidney trouble, with testimonials for Dean's Kidney Pills and Mitchell's Eye Salve.
A Tennessee reader from Puryear shares a testimonial of lasting skin swellings and itch that covered the body then rapidly improved after using three sets of Cuticura Remedies. The disease lasted three years. the patient, Q L Wilson, reports being sound and well now. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. promotes Cuticura with a closing urging readers to pursue improvement.
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