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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
3
Agricultural guidance on potato soils and cultivation. Emphasizes avoiding excessive subsoil disturbance, deep plowing 8 to 10 inches, thorough pulverizing, proper dishing and harrowing, and maintaining soil looseness to improve water retention and weed control. Covers planting depth, timing, spacing, and tabled spacing plans for plots.
Farmers show earnest drive to eliminate wheat smut as sales of formaldehyde surge in four states. The U S department of agriculture and state extension departments have led education campaigns to combat the disease and promote control measures.
Advice urges starting during low boom prices, noting meat demand persists. It warns that investing at peak prices leads to losses when markets fall and stresses maintaining courage during downturns.
Instructions advise keeping asparagus roots moist and cool. A plan suggests bundling with 00, packing in barrels, covering with leaves or straw, and adding a little salt to retain moisture.
Ohio experiment station tests show hogs should not harvest rye themselves. It is more profitable to harvest rye as cash grain or feed after threshing rather than letting hogs forage the grain.
Poinsett County Arkansas reports cooperative shipments of chickens marketed by farm women. From July to August 1,578 pounds shipped 60 to 280 miles to Memphis and St Louis, with 1,411 pounds arriving and 162 pounds shrunk, 10.3 percent. Total gross sales 421.07 dollars, net to shippers 352.86 after expenses 68.71. Market value locally 268.89, net gain 89.47 dollars, 8 percent. Twenty one shippers participated.
Bartholomew County agricultural agent reports 1222 hens culled with 345 discarded as poor layers. Before culling the flock laid 2388 eggs in a week. after, 887 remaining hens produced 2202 eggs. Egg production dropped from 27.0 percent to 306.8 percent, illustrating why unprofitable layers were removed.
The requirements of a good farmer are four. He must earn a full and comfortable living from the land, rear his family carefully and well, serve the community well, and leave the farm more productive than when he took it.
An advertisement-style piece extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a mild effective liver remedy. It includes testimonials from Anna Kash and Mrs Cora M. Peck praising relief from sluggishness constipation and headaches. Also promotes selling opportunities for regional managers with earnings up to $106 weekly.
In a small town school, teachers prepared poison bread crumbs after mice from nearby fields entered the building. The principal initially resisted, suggesting to wait until night, but a mouse scampered near her feet prompting her to instruct the janitor to deploy rat poison immediately.
When the bubble bursts the get rich quick financier appears as a thief. A front and back house cap for women is pulled down to resemble a sunbonnet.
Relief comes instantly after the first dose with two hour intervals. Three doses typically relieve a severe cold and grippe symptoms. The remedy opens clogged nostrils, eases head pressure, stops runny nose, headache, feverishness, sneezing, and soreness. Priced at a few cents in drug stores.
A lighthearted line about competition and charm contrasts wit with looks as a girl notes her rival's cleverness and consoling ugliness in equal measure.
An old advertisement promotes a home hair darkening mix using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine. It claims to color faded gray hair gradually without staining the scalp, with weekly applications and low cost. The note concludes with a wry aside about affection and Christmas.
A terse sales note advises using Cuticura Ointment for itching scalp and rubbing spots, then shampooing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It promotes daily use as a routine to achieve clear skin and soft hands.
Scribner's Magazine notes Jules Guerin painted the Lincoln Memorial decoration in Washington using eight assistants as each figure is larger than the painter. The two unpainted canvases cost 400 dollars each and the finished paintings gained 150 pounds from the added paint. To weatherproof, the wax mixed paint dates back to ancient Egypt.
A Nebraska man recalls a photo worn over his heart during the Battle of the Marne that stopped a bullet and, he says, could calm a raging bull. The note ends with a strong personal claim about the protective image.
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