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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
7
J Y L Montamat and his wife, residents of Nashville, say Tanlac eased severe stomach gas and heartburn, then improved overall vitality. He reports lasting benefits for three years and urges others to try the remedy as a trusted, widely available medicine.
Officials from a Sacramento department store advertised a featured window display devoted to profiteering goods. On the specified day crowds of women found the window empty, exposing the hoax or misrepresentation.
Advertisement urges buyers to check for the Bayer name on aspirin packages and tablets to ensure genuine medicine prescribed by physicians for twenty one years. It notes uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain with Bayer as the trade mark from Bayer Manufacturing. Small tin boxes of twelve cost a few cents. larger packs sold by druggists.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger mocks federal departments by noting polar bears under Commerce grizzly bears under Interior and brown bears under Agriculture, arguing they should all fall under Prohibition Enforcement. The quip calls bears “brains” in a satirical critique.
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed for clear complexion and clean scalp plus soft white hands. Include Cuticura Talcum for a fragrant finish. Advertises the Cuticura Toilet Trio.
Odd slice of life notes a man leaping four and three fifths miles in a parachute to return to earth. The piece muses on attention and daily news while contrasting light domestic scenes with Red Cross Ball Blue and grocery ads.
The article reviews common grain feeds for farm poultry. It favors corn for popularity and fattening effect but advises balancing with meat bone bran and nitrogenous feeds. Wheat is safest when fed alone but pricier, oats offer variety, and barley buckwheat and rye provide options with varying palatability and protein content.
United States Department of Agriculture experts report fighting weeds takes about 30 percent of farming time and publish extensive guides. The agency offers farmers bulletins and circulars on weeds such as Bermuda grass thistle and dandelions, plus multigraphed leaflets on specific species and eradication methods.
Farmers should hoe or cultivate potatoes weekly for about six weeks after emergence and mound soil to shade tubers. Early hard shell bugs can be picked off, while soft shells require poisoning with arsenate of lead or lime dust with paris green. Apply in the morning with dew, targeting infested plants and rechecking every few days for new outbreaks.
In a short humorous vignette from The American Legion Weekly a Swedish groom to be Ole answers a preacher about marrying Wilda Sorgeson. He grumbles that he expects to gain some better and worse from marriage.
To maintain a steady crop supply a rotation should have as many years as there are rotation fields. If a crop fails, substitute a similar one such as oats for wheat or soybeans for clover. This creates a systematic rotation.
Sweet clover grows vigorously and decays to restore humus in large quantities. As a legume it fixes nitrogen from the air, adding a beneficial element to the soil. Its long roots reach subsoil, bringing nutrients to the surface and improving soil texture.
No universal planting depth exists as seed type and soil affect depth. Smaller seeds require shallower coverage, and heavier soils need lighter covers than light soils.
Specialists of the United States advise that until experience is gained it is best not to brood over 500 chickens in one flock. A smaller flock size should probably do better for beginners and efficiency.
In a town lecture hall the manager announces the lecture on How to Keep Fit is postponed due to the lecturer's indisposition. Laughter erupts as the apparent delay unfolds, then the manager exits in embarrassment.
Mabel says a doctor saved her life nine times, while Eva recalls T alwars thinking she resembled a cat.
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