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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
3
Richmond Pennsylvania reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a period of internal troubles and insomnia. The testimonial credits improved sleep nerves and energy to the remedy and urges other women to try it, noting forty years of female endorsements from coast to coast.
In Boston a speaker prompts Cynthia to recite Mary Had a Little Lamb but the girl declines. The Philadelphia Public Ledger critiques the poem saying it has little value and misrepresents modern trade constraints, arguing Mary could not own a full lamb due to meat industry limits.
Advertising copy touts Cuticura soap baths as providing great comfort to infants and children, aiding sleep and the healing of eczema rashes itchings and chafings. Claims no better product for nursery and toilet. Free sample by mail with book to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A determined woman denounces the overbearing attitude of Bo man and recalls her husband’s support for compulsory women’s suffrage. She says he is a tyrant at heart and quotes his belief that women should be compelled to vote.
A simple skillet dish using butter tomatoes corn and peppers. Sauté tomato, simmer with corn, season with pepper salt paprika and minced green pepper for a quick side dish.
In a witty exchange the judge questions the need for work after remarks on the London's fog as a defense against air raids. The dialogue turns on the city’s resilience and familiar weather as a shield.
Practical advice on forcing calla lilies to bloom in winter. Details include resting the plant in summer, repotting in September with charcoal drainage, manure and rich compost, warm water, bottom heat, and careful moisture. Tips cover protection with tin rings, brick heat, and regular liquid manure.
Deeply work, pulverize, fertilize, and roll to a smooth level. Pull or cut weeds below the crown and prevent seeding. Seed in late August or early September with fresh, reliable seed from a reputable seedsman for best growth before winter.
A gardening guide discusses creating a perennial and biennial flower border. It outlines sizes for borders of 20 to 40 feet long and 6 to 15 feet deep, noting practical limits when a border is tended by a single person.
A northern facing border plan features hollyhocks tiger lilies and flame flowers with two foot spacing for echillea and various hardy blooms. Center displays hydrangea paniculata grandiflora and pompon chrysanthemums, larkspurs daisies foxgloves bee balm and other ornamentals. Soil should be light and well drained with manure mulch after rooting and before freezing weather.
A writer extols ashes as soil amendments rich in phosphates that sweeten soil and discourage pests. They strengthen gladiolus stalks and should be spread on surface soil after fertilizers are incorporated, not mixed with manure, to release ammonia from fertilizers.
Stop rapid top growth by trimming the tip of each branch to force thicker bark and a more compact form. This method helps keep tall lanky plants steadier and better shaped.
Whitewash brightens the henhouse and kills parasites by exposing them to light and heat. Mix half bushel salt and unslaked lime with rice glue whitewash, add carbolic acid for stronger disinfection. Apply with a spray pump, soak wood, and repeat to keep pests on the move. prevention saves costs.
A column advises poultry keepers on trimming grain costs without harming results. It stresses feeding staples like corn wheat and oats plus meat-food green food and shells, while suggesting cheap vegetables and green cures. It warns against deep litter with excessive grain and dirt and urges moderation so hens clean up what is given.
Poultry keepers can cut egg dirt and losses by providing enough nests with proper nesting material and clean floor litter. Observe nest conditions daily and replenish material as needed. A clean litter layer protects eggs when hens go outdoors in wet weather.
The article argues exercise helps hens but stresses snow hinders egg production. It recommends letting layers scratch in litter for feed and peck at vegetables hung above their perches, promoting activity inside the hen house.
A local advisory stresses that poultry need ample water. A thirsty hen warns that chicks without water fall ill, underscoring the importance of constant hydration for flocks.
The article advises selling ganders at four years, stocking one gander per three to four geese, and plucking geese three times yearly for feathers. It outlines incubation habits, gosling diet from birth, and management of free ranging flocks with diet including bran mash and vegetables, emphasizing grazing from April to November.
The text states that Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte and Rhode Island Reds often lay dark brown eggs, while average fowls of these breeds produce lighter tint. Nonsitting breeds such as Minorcas Leg Horns Spanish Polish Hamburges Houdans typically lay white eggs, with occasional slight tint.
Poultry guidance warns against reusing roup infected fowls for breeding. If a rouped bird recovers, it remains vulnerable and may be attacked again. Never use fowls that have had the roup as breeding stock as weakness can pass to offspring.
A set of kitchen ideas lists ham mousse barbecued ham chicken with curried rice and mock angel cake. Instructions cover ham mousse preparation with gelatin and cream, browning ham, curried rice serving, and a light angel cake recipe with frosting.
A poetic fragment describes a day of clouds wind and rain then sun breaks through. Light touches dark woods and fields smiling and singing as a ruby sun drops below the horizon.
A fragment highlights Burns noting a dress is clean neat and genteel. He then observes something in her gait that makes any dress look well.
Fresh coconut milk is used to cook rice with water and cinnamon for a tender dish. A coconut based salad with apple parsley peppers and French dressing is also described. Swedish leatfish is prepared by soaking dry cod in lime treated water with soda and boiled until tender served with drawn butter mustards sauce. Italian stuffed onions mix flour eggs garlic cheese and butter then bake until heated through.
The article discusses phrases about bees in the head as insults and compares them to political figures. It notes that calling someone “crazy” or “buzzing in the head” reflected harsh language and references Walter Scott’s standards. It analyzes lingering crude expressions and their acceptability in earlier discourse.
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