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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Jad Salts and similar “rad Salts” as a way to cleanse and stimulate kidneys and relieve backache. It emphasizes high water intake, daily morning use, and the drink’s benign, effervescent nature.
A New England village minister travels miles to conduct a farmer's wife's funeral. He offers sympathy to the widower who quips that misfortunes come in pairs, noting he lost his best boss four days earlier and is being hit hard. The anecdote is from Harper's Weekly.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild laxative to remove liver and bowel poison causing dizziness coated tongue and sour stomach. It claims Cascarets do not gripe or sicken like salts oils or calomel and work while you sleep.
In Queensland March 1 is kept as a holiday sacred to St. David the patron saint of Wales who resided in Menevia. Menevia became a popular pilgrimage site for William the Conqueror Henry II and Edward I. Two pilgrimages to Menevia were seen as equivalent to one to Rome.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath dated December 6, 1886, in Toledo Ohio, notes the medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces.
A couple skate together and quickly confess love after a playful collision on the ice. The scene ends with the man declaring love as the ice has broken between them.
An advertisement urges readers to apply Cuticura Ointment on dry itchy spots then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims daily use will yield clear skin and soft, white hands.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt shows a witty exchange about the lure of high salary posts. Mr Godspur notes a rumor of strong demand for ten thousand dollar-a-year men while Mr Dumbwaite comments on the unrealistic expectations of a five day week and six hour day in those circles. The dialogue hints at work norms and social effects of big salaries.
Indiana towns report population changes, labor shortages, and price shocks as officials map policy. Highlights include Elkhart electing Fort Wayne for next year’s Horseshoers meeting, Purdue halting building funds to raise faculty pay, and potato prices prompting consumer boycotts in Marion County.
U S Department of Agriculture workers and state officials completed over 22 million inspections and supervised more than ten million sheep dippings to eradicate sheep scabies. No cases remain in Montana or North Dakota, with Idaho also brought under control. The disease had been prevalent mainly in the western United States.
The Better Sives Batter Stock crusade reports that cattle and swine keeping is closely linked and commonly shared on farms. It aims to map common, profitable meat animal combinations and extend knowledge to aid small farmers by leveraging diverse farm experiences.
Silage proves economical in beef cattle rations when paired with concentrated feeds like oil meal or cottonseed meal. It may be unbalanced on its own, but combined with these concentrates it creates a highly effective fattening ration.
The article stresses that lamb quality follows from how the ewe is cared for and fed. It describes the ewe as the machine through which the lamb gains marketable qualities, urging liberal feeding and attentive management.
The article stresses essential feeding for ewes and hogs using self feeders for fattening. It notes better livestock improves breeder returns and local reputation. It warns farmers to provide salt in cold months as a vital part of each animal's ration.
A gaunt tramp appeals at a farmhouse door asking for aid and rope to secure his ill fitting trousers. The sour, hardened woman rejects him, accusing his morals as loose and denying any assistance.
In 1930 a Louisville Courier Journal remark quotes a lady secretary of the navy joking about buying a battleship. The line asks to involve the chairwoman of the naval committee in “battleship shopping” to spark interest.
Mrs Pomple accuses a dairy man of feeding cows biscuits, while he boasts cows are fed on the fat of the land. He retorts that he feeds them biscuits or makes them if needed to please customers, denying the claim of milk biscuits.
An officer questions the person about parking as the professor of geometry from Louisville disputes the claim. The dialogue reveals a miscommunication about parking rules and roles in an urban setting.
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