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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement fragment touts Cascarets as a cure for sick headaches and digestive woes, promising a 10 cent box that cleanses stomach and bowels while you sleep. It also references Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and other patent medicines with exaggerated claims and odd editorials.
An advertisement touts Weeks Break Up A Cold Tablets as a guaranteed remedy for colds and la grippe at 26 cents from your druggist with the claim it's good and to take nothing else. A note mentions Greenheart wood from British Guiana allegedly outlasting iron or steel when used underwater.
The advertisement claims freckle removal with Othine double strength applied daily for two weeks. It promises fading spots and a clear complexion, selling a money back guarantee if no results are achieved. It urges readers to ask for the double strength and notes minimal usage beyond an ounce.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for pimples redness and rough skin. It claims the products prevent pore clogging and offers a free sample by mail via a Book Address postcard to Weston Dept L. The copy warns the product is slow to assert itself but will prevail.
An old advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney flushing remedy. It claims meat causes kidney strain and diseases, urging readers to use four ounces of Jad Salts daily with water. The copy emphasizes ease, safety, and yearly preventive benefits, framing the product as a universal health aid.
Sudan grass, a new forage crop, promises abundant roughage of high quality and nutritive value. It yields well, resists drought, and can reach three to four feet when broadcast, or seven to eight feet in rows. It thrives in warm climates and even tolerates wet seasons, with potential to supply hay or silage in semiarid regions.
Right time for marketing outlines pricing and packaging tips for Purebred fowls and cockerels marketing. Emphasizes marketing eggs on separate white and brown shell packages and selling to country merchants on quality basis. Recommends shipping eggs twice or thrice weekly and protecting them from sun. Infertile eggs withstand market conditions better than fertile eggs.
In a winter piece focused on training older colts for farm use, the author suggests acclimating them to road dangers and automobiles to prevent fright. He warns against exposing young horses to traffic gradually and hints at using barn sweepings as feed. The piece notes winter eggs drop as biddies are neglected.
Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of Agriculture writes to midwest corn belt farmers on farm rotations. He urges annual legume cultivation with clover or other legumes to boost yields, detailing standard and alternative rotations that include corn oats clover wheat and sweet clover and methods to plow under legumes for soil enrichment and higher harvests.
Potato diseases such as fusarium stem rot and scab survive in seed and soil. Disinfect seed potatoes and plant in clean soil unused for several years. Use a formalin solution or corrosive sublimate mix to soak seed tubers before planting.
Guidance on using leg bands for poultry across years, advising which leg to band each year and when to stop. Recommends color coding to distinguish years and suggests avoiding toe marking for young chicks.
The note explains hauling manure in winter completes a hard job and leaves the team ready for spring plowing. It contrasts hauling now with delaying to manure during warmer weeks. The emphasis is on timely winter work to prevent spring delays.
The article argues the dairy man profits by treating cows as motherly beings. Gentle care, proper feed, shelter, water, shade, air, and affection boost milk production. Removing a calf makes the cow unhappy and milking reduces her wellbeing. Petting cows increases their milk yield and the dairy’s profit.
A winter killed peach tree may be cut back to stubs one to two feet long. If the ends are painted and roots are in good condition, a new top will grow to replace the killed portion.
A health ad stresses daily inside bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this prevents poisons, relieves constipation and biliousness, and leaves people with brighter complexions and steadier days. The note cites a quarter pound of limestone phosphate as sufficient for demonstration.
A quip exchanges between a speaker claiming a heart is a sound organ and a belle who counters with sharp humor. The playful dialogue hints at flirtation and wit, reflecting social banter of the era.
An old style ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a mild, effective remedy for children’s stomach and bowel cleansing. It contrasts harsh castor oil and calomel with a tasty fruit laxative, claiming it prevents illness and soothes parents by promising easy dosing and clear directions on a 60 cent bottle.
A witty exchange likens a husband's longing to pilot planes to a lofty, comic ache. The quip frames aviation ambition as a social trial, using playful shorthand to express tension and humor in a domestic vignette.
An advertisement urges attention to kidneys citing their system-wide role and urges using Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney and bladder remedy. It claims quick benefits, offers a sample for ten cents, and directs readers to buy from druggists or request a sample by mail. The piece ends with a real estate joke.
The United States manufactures more than twenty million pipes annually. Wooden pipes, particularly those from mountain laurel and rhododendron, predominate in the market due to durability and hardness. Sourced mainly from North Carolina, the material ranges from fist-sized pieces to keg-sized chunks, costing 40 to 60 dollars per ton, with large imports of dried root blocks from France and Italy supplementing domestic supply.
The text explains habit as a mechanical nerve motion process. Habits form through repeated nerve center activation along worn pathways. Initial learning is hard as centers must wake in sequence, but once trained, subsequent recalls become easier with each repetition.
The term Uncle Sam traces to Troy New York in the War of 1812. A Troy contractor Elbert Anderson ran a shop where government inspector Samuel Wilson nicknamed Trade Sam checked stocks. Boxes bore BA US initials, and a joke that stood for contractor and Uncle Sam spread widely. Wilson died in Troy in 1854.
The concept of the divine right of kings was toppled by England's 1688 revolution and France's 1789 upheaval, as Britannica notes, with its status as a political force in England fading after the Stuarts were expelled.
Dietetic experts claim onions offer medicinal value and may reduce infection risk. They note a notable improvement to complexion from regular consumption and acknowledge the positive health effects observed.
A compact quotation urges that anyone aiming for great deeds must apply themselves with focused effort, avoiding idle spectators who merely seek amusement. The line emphasizes discipline, personal effort, and self-motivated perseverance as path to achievement.
A Cornell Widow quips about a Yale lock joke noting a young lady with two locks of hair from a Yale undergraduate friend. She claims she is not afraid of burglary now because she has Yale locks in her room. The quip finishes with a playful jab.
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