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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
7
In a short tale Miranda tells her mistress she remains loyal and content as a cook, resisting being led to marriage. The mistress suspects a future suitor, while Miranda insists she has served too long to change. The passage hints at two conclusions about the servant's fidelity and autonomy.
A man declares his exclusive love to a woman in ardent terms. She answers with childlike trust and references a biblical pairing, joking that Ananias began courting Sapphira in a similar way.
A concise guide urges farmers to improve winter barns with good feed and air flow. Install a floor-to-roof shaft to vent stale air, use proper sash windows for light and germ destruction, and groom cattle daily to prevent misery and disease. Proper care ensures healthier cattle in spring and avoids spring poor burdens.
A Prairie Farmer described a simple grindstone setup that a farmer can build from four 4x4 pieces of 2% feet and four 4x4 pieces of 3 feet, with a 1x16 inch brace, iron rod, treadle, leather hinges, and a grindstone wheel on the rod inside the frame plus a wagon wheel at the far end. A crank can be added.
The potato crop stands out as highly profitable with minimal soil depletion. Potatoes are mostly water and starch, leaves and stalks are plowed in, and few diseases exist. The Colorado beetle remains the main pest, easily located and killed with effort.
A brief note advises maintaining a cool cellar to reduce evaporation. Higher temperatures cause vegetables and roots like potatoes to shrink as moisture escapes, impacting storage quality and yield.
Knox Smith, a reform advocate, replies to President Moffett of Standard Oil Co of Indiana, defending a 6 cent rate issue and arguing that the 18 cent rate was unfair. The essay contends the Commissioner's rebuttal is weak, asserts no proven harm to independent shippers, and criticizes Roosevelts era enforcement as confiscatory.
In a parlor scene a young man muses that a kiss is the language of love. The fair maid on the sofa retorts that he should speak rather than rely on kisses to convey his feelings.
The item notes sales of Lewis' Single Binder cigars reaching over 9,200,000 this year 1907, with 8,500,000 sold in 1906. It adds a mix of ad snippets praising quality and various odds and ends including a Des Moines limerick and an Irish glove gag.
Claims Paz0 Ointment guarantees cures for itching and all piles in 6 to 14 days with money refunded. Describes relief from bleeding and protruding piles and notes price 50 cents. Asserted ease for the average man to use.
A quip from Harvard Lampoon jokes about motives in marriage. The line suggests a husband marries for money and loses his reason when wealth disappears. The humor centers on money, marriage, and rationality.
An old advertisement promotes easy lemon pies with no fuss and low cost using OUR: preparation at grocers priced to ten mae. It lists three kinds: Lemon, Chocolate, and Custard. The quotation ends with a proverb by Maurer about judgment and condemnation.
A claim for Bromo Quinine as a universal cold cure in one day is challenged as sweeping and possibly promotional. The signature GHOVI asserts wide use but critics question evidence and safety. Public readers are urged to consult medical guidance and verify before use.
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