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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
7
Cloverport Ky judge J H Wills offers to answer sufferers questions about Dean's Kidney Pills He recommends them for kidney disorders backache and related ailments The ad notes price 50 cents a box and that the pills are sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
While listening to a scientific talk about the brain Little Willie asks his mother if hair turns gray because gray matter is leaking from the brain. His innocent question blends curiosity about science with a child's humorous take on aging.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an officer or gate who cannot be cured by Hall's F J Cheney Co Toledo. The undersigned, Warping Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, endorse F J Cheney for fifteen years of honorable dealings. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Prof W B Elkin of the University of Missouri writes in the American Journal of Sociology predicting a millennium in which newspapers are printed and edited by colleges. He envisions a reformed press and a future shaped by scholarly editorial control. A six year old’s geography of animals illustrates child education, noting a simple, moral reflection on birds and goldfish, credited to God.
A playful exchange shows one partner complimenting the other on a busy evening at the office. The dialogue emphasizes anticipation and affectionate banter about work and time passing quickly. The tone is flirtatious and intimate.
A female writer credits Grape-Nuts with boosting morning appetite and providing sustained brain power for writing and nursing. She notes improved milk supply, strength, and energy, with her children growing healthy and content. The testimonial cites Postum Company attribution and a reference to The Road to Wellville.
How to fatten poultry profitably with fat meat residues corn meal potatoes rice cow's milk and oatmeal. Suggests dark confined coops with thick coverings to slow movement between meals feeding boiled potatoes with corn meal salt and pepper three times daily. Recommends varied menus daily and clean bedding and coop upkeep.
A detailed design for a poultry house water system using a continuous 2 inch iron main pipe runs along both floors with T joints and 8 inch drinking cups. A float valve tank at the inflow maintains level, enabling automatic refilling, while a gate flushes the system and an overflow prevents flooding. A hot water line from the cellar provides heated supply.
The piece discusses whether a farmer's poultry is a business or a hobby, noting ready money from poultry, the harm of chilling chicks, and the risks of overfeeding grown fowls. It recommends one bushel of grain per year per laying hen, keeping hens active, culling weak pullets for broilers, and choosing the best pullets for maturity. It also notes yearling hens lay 40 percent more eggs than two year old hens.
The text notes that a tiny flock fed mainly on boiled potatoes and table scraps may seem well fed but remains nutritionally poor for egg production. Salt helps appetite but does not provide essential protein. Fowls’ crops may be full while lacking nitrogenous material needed for albumen.
Advice urges readers to replace old rusted mills with efficient clean grain mills. Emphasizes buying a modern machine with attachments to remove weed seeds, noting favorable prices and long-term savings.
St Paul reports expectations of a large influx of American settlers to Canada’s Northwest in 1908. Railroads offer favorable homeseeker rates equaling western promotions, with officials ready to provide district details. Reports from Cardston note a mild January and strong winter wheat prospects, while Magrath growers list high yields for oats and wheat and substantial farm values per acre.
Henry H. Ashton, Virginia City capitalist, owns early Virginia City Enterprise volumes with Mark Twain’s contributions. He recalls Twain’s first paragraph upon arriving in Virginia City, noting a line linking a salary of 15 dollars a week to becoming a journalist.
An advertisement claims Salter’s strain of Macaroni or Kubanka wheat from the Department of Agriculture is drought tolerant and rust resistant. It touts a Dakota grown seed yielding 40 to 80 bushels per acre in many states and 40 to 60 in arid lands, urging readers to send 10 cents for samples and a catalog from John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin.
An observation on striving greatness and national habits notes that liquor spending pales beside chewing gum medicines candy perfumes and hair oil while Americans nevertheless insist on hair oil as part of daily life.
The report notes Sales Lewis' Single Binders cigars surpassed nine million units in 1907, with 1906 sales around 200,000 and a gain near 700,000. The excerpt extols quality as the driver of business success and quotes a Bovee maxim on wealth and poverty shaping labor.
An OCR fragment advertises Cocoanut Custard pie and a 10 cent mix for two pies. It mocks love with witticisms, promotes Brown’s Bronchial Tradhes, Garfield Tea, and a laxative. Also mentions Piles cured by PAZO ointment and witty maxims about mothers in law and bears.
The Well-Informed world seeks a pleasant efficient liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a known value remedy. Physicians approve for family use due to wholesome gentle yet prompt action. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only, from leading druggists, fifty cents per bottle.
Bilkins recently moved from New York to Boston. The other morning he visited a butcher shop and asked for a porterhouse. The proprietor replied urbanely that nothing is being given away this morning.
A town grieves after a young neighbor is killed by a trolley. Mary, traumatized, sobs that she hopes she dies of a disease and not of a damage, revealing a child’s haunting grasp of mortality.
An old minister on a Maine road met Anson P Morrill’s henchman and asked who he would vote for. The minister said Morrill has good timber, but athe heckler noted Morrill’s Universalist beliefs. The old man replied that Morrill would go to Washington and be surprised if he did not believe in a hell after two years.
A Baltimore employer, after calling Sam Harkins to seek new work, struggles to write a recommendation. He drafts a terse note stating that Sam has worked for one week and is satisfactory, reflecting a shift from demeaning phrasing to a minimal endorsement.
A dialogue questions a bride to be about her fiancé Mr. Newnan and his family and habits. Aunt Keturah warns that knowledge of a man’s background matters before marriage, while the passage quotes cautionary phrases from Success Magazine and a child’s remedy ad.
Two rogues tricked a poultry shop by inserting a whistle in the gullet of geese to sell a bluffed “whistling goose” to a scholar. They pressed the bulb to alert the buyer and fled after selling multiple birds before the ruse unraveled.
A physician questions a mother who claims her boy is ill. The mother cites odd behavior at home: the boy spoke kindly to his sister, did not kick the cat, and offered to carry coal for her, suggesting a misread health issue based on conduct.
Watson FE Coleman offers free advice on patent matters in Washington DC with low terms and the highest reference.
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