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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
3
In a playful chat on dreams and night terrors, Mr Brown the village humorist offers an odd remedy to Young Smithson. His prescription reads One box of tintacks to be scattered about the room at bedtime, a fanciful cure that amuses the company.
A London Chronicle item describes a scene at a booking office where a burly man confronts a woman who inserts a twopence before him. He boasts of teaching his wife politeness to gentlemen, she retorts she is not his wife, and he explains a long ago precaution as he advances.
A clipped quote attributed to Cornel Widow questions where Cupid strikes the match that lights the world. The remark contrasts romantic fire with a claim of unknown origin.
A reader from New Hampshire reports years of breakfast distress eased after using Grape-Nuts. He describes stopping colic and vomiting, reduced headaches, and a weight gain of 30 pounds, noting better health since starting the cereal and speaking of its benefits. The letter is signed Postum Con., Battle Creek, Mich.
T F Manns notes Fusarium linked to potato dry rot appears as a recent field problem on infested soils. Early symptoms include light green upper leaves with wilting and rolling, progressing to yellow mottling and stunted growth. Recommendations urge longer rotations of three years or more, with five to six years before replanting in potatoes. Grass and grain crops likely help purge fungus, storage losses estimated at one to five percent.
The article explains soils stop yielding as they did new not by element exhaustion but by fatigue of liberation forces. Bacteria in soil average 150 million per ounce needing humus as food to release plant nutrients. Farmers should grow legumes and cover crops to build humus and support beneficial bacteria.
The text advises deeper soil work with fork or spade to boost yields and notes French gardeners can teach Americans this. It warns against pulverizing the bell prematurely and delaying work until soil is dry to avoid soil compaction and ruined land.
John H. Dunlay discusses alfalfa as a highly valuable hog forage in Stock and Home. He details feeding alfalfa cut to half an inch, scalded with ground feed, and warmed in slop for pigs of all ages. He notes protein comparable to middlings, potential for a palatable coarse grind, sowing advice, and pasture management for optimal stand and health.
A cartoonish guide describes a crude chicken roost using a cart wheel as a pivot. The axle is fixed to a post in the ground for easy cleaning by lifting the wheel. It suggests catching chickens by turning the wheel from either side.
The text advises feeding shelled corn or ear corn for horses in summer unless they have poor teeth. Crushed corn and cobmeal are discouraged due to crushing costs and low energy return. A mix of corn, bran, and a little oilmeal is recommended, with 1000 lb horses eating about ten pounds of corn and three pounds bran daily equating to fourteen pounds of oats, plus a small amount of oilmeal to balance.
Rotate your garden crop and plant radishes with care. Sow early smooth peas and Alaska as an early variety. Clover seed measures farmer effort. Steel drills pay many times their cost. Use silos to raise farm profits. Cabbages follow beans but avoid after potatoes. Alfalfa pastura and hogs form a strong combo. Sweet peas go in when soil can be worked. Avoid planting potatoes in the same spot to prevent scab. Keep knives sharp to save time cutting bands. Plant radishes away from wire worm tracks from last year. When space is tight train squash on trellises or fences. Cucumbers do level rows in dry seasons. Onions, beets, spinach, radishes, lettuce sowable when ground works easily. Lettuce needs moisture. parsley tolerates drier, lighter soil.
A husband reads a newspaper tale to his wife, who answers with distant eyes. The piece blends odd, surreal events and a punchline about a shirt stock. Humorous vignettes follow, including a child’s prankish wisdom and a doctor counting a grandmother’s pulse for ten dollars.
A brief remark in the Woman's Way column notes an unnamed woman's reaction after a kiss while she refused to look at the speaker for the rest of the evening, as cited by Wasp.
A fragment from a social page features playful asides on love and geography. Mrs Keen jokes about reading plates to deduce a guest’s cook, while an ostrich anecdote adds whimsy to the dinner table chatter.
The late Edward Dowden is discussed in Philadelphia. A sonneteer recalls Dowden’s ponderous somber style yet notes his Dublin talks sparkled with Irish wit. He quotes Dowden on self restraint and starting anew after a failed vow.
A witty exchange contrasts belief in the office with the value of another's shortage. The quip hinges on wordplay about trust and financial shortfalls, reflecting a humorous, era-specific style.
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