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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
7
The article notes March as the main pruning month for farms and small orchards. It warns against overdoing spring pruning, urges careful use of pruning tools like saws and axes, and encourages conservative, regular pruning from planting time onward.
The article argues mulch cannot retard flowering once the plant top is exposed to sun and air. Keeping roots cold does not delay budding, since initial growth relies on stored starch. Excess mulch risks mildew and plant death, while light exposure triggers leaf and bloom development.
The note advises mixing tree varieties in spring plantings rather than planting large blocks of a single kind. Diverse blossoms can cross pollinate and improve overall health and productivity.
Instruction urges vineyard workers to inspect grapevine trellis posts tighten wires and tie up vines as thaw approaches later this month. Emphasis on keeping trellis taut straight and strong for supporting young growth.
A humorous note from the Lady's Pictorial cited by Punch predicts society women will seek new amusements by inviting guests to bring their sole pet aversion. It quips husbands may resist attending this fashionable novelty.
An old drug advertisement warns against mercury for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo Ohio by F J Cheney Co. as mercury free and system acting. The notice claims internal intake and mucous action with testimonials and drugstore sales at 75 cents per bottle. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A man at a noonday lunch counter challenges listeners with a tale of a city where two churches use cuspidors matching their pew decorations. He claims a vestibule sign reads no spitting inside the church and to discard tobacco before entering. He says he can prove it.
Alice L Dowell of St Louis says her baby niece suffered terrible eczema all over the body with the worst on face and hands. After a year and a half with doctors the child’s sores would have lasted years but she was cured in three months using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Washington Lafayette Johnson speaks of ill fortunes yet remains hopeful. He jokes about borrowing money and offers his own hand written note as security, claiming a clear, good writing from school. Friends react with caution to the proposal.
In a domestic exchange, an old husband admonishes his wife about a dress, noting the garment costs three guineas a yard and suggesting alterations. The wife agrees to alteration but comments on expense.
A German physician declares coffee harms the heart and warns of caffeine’s dangers. He promotes Postum as a healthier beverage, citing personal and patient benefits and noting the product’s origin in Battle Creek Michigan and reference to The Road to Wellville.
An assortment of seed prices and offers from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. Includes per acre yields for onions cucumbers peas and more, catalog mail offer with small seed packs and postpaid delivery. Also features miscellaneous humor and product ads for starch cough remedies laxatives and cigars.
A humorous dialogue shows Tommy explaining arithmetic help from the teacher and a classmate swap. A wife comments that her husband would dislike a blouse worn with a buttoned back, preferring it unbuttoned for comfort.
An advertisement repeats the claim of a single Bromo Quinine laxative with the signature BH W Grove promising to cure a cold in one day. It notes the product is sold worldwide for 25 cents. The text ends with a rural melodrama line about a grass plot.
A discussion of trusted household health methods notes a catalog of proven products. It highlights Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reputable family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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