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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
7
Used standard tires in excellent condition with repairs guaranteed. The ad lists many tire sizes and prices and offers a 10 percent cash discount. Order instructions specify S. S. Cl. or N. S. preference and direct purchase from Wabash Tire and Vulcanizing Co at 1554 S Wabash Ave Chicago Illinois.
Visiting minister Mr. Finderkin presides as Isabel, who has long led the family grace, protests softly. She boasts to the guest that she blessed six times while he spoke once, in a moment captured by the New York Evening Sun.
A prosperously dressed shopper asks for a new car and the dealer explains that phonographs are now installed in late models to muffle engine knock noises. The joke highlights the era’s automotive gimmicks and customer banter.
The saying emphasizes that experts understand terrain while travelers only need to follow the right path. It suggests trust in guidance to navigate challenges and reach the summit efficiently.
An old advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as boosting the system and cleansing the blood to prevent frequent colds. It states the product treats acute catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and mentions distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
A Los Angeles Times item recalls a returning doughboy to France who will be greeted warmly. His wife, registering their newborn, pays a dollar and learns there is no charge, then realizes the husband’s war- era registrations for six children have cost a dollar each time.
A boy named Shirley protests as his mother prepares a chicken for dinner. He cries and argues that killing chickens is wrong because the chicken does not know it is being killed.
The article presents a dialogue noting funeral arrangements and asking about presidential succession. It states that if both the president and vice president die, cabinet members would follow in the line of succession. The source is Boys' Life.
A California grower designs a wheel driven beet pulling machine that lifts beets from the ground while two side knives trim the tops. Padding wheels pull beets as groters loosen soil, enabling faster harvest of a profitable crop.
A frugal guide describes building a home made clod crusher to flatten lumpy soil and crush clods at low cost. The design uses two by eight beams eight feet long with supported ends, a four by four cross piece with teeth, and a lever to press teeth into soil. It kills weeds and can be used in corn fields just before emergence, as per The Farmer.
The text estimates silo needs for dairy feeding. Ten cows require about a 50 square foot feeding surface, eight foot diameter silo. Fifteen cows need a ten foot diameter silo, twenty cows twelve feet, and forty cows sixteen to eighteen feet diameter with heights up to eighty feet.
Army worms, once in a field, cannot be stopped by practical means. To deter them plow an eight inch deep furrow, square one side, and place shadow postholes every ten to fifteen feet. Sprinkle worms with kerosene as they accumulate in the furrow and postholes. Apply promptly for best results.
The article notes that grain feeding is rarely profitable if ewes and lambs have good pasture and forage, except when lambs are being conditioned for the summer market. It suggests growing pumpkins in corn fields as an ideal supplement for fall pastures.
Dr Pearl from the Maine experiment station notes two classes among high producing hens: one passes high laying traits to daughters, the other are poor breeders. Selection uses trap nests to identify top layers, who are mated to high layer sons, with offspring tested for egg production. Observers agree the male bird greatly influences offspring quality. a good hen with a poor male yields poorer results.
An agricultural college urges digging on clear days with dry soil for potatoes. Leave them to dry in the field, then store in a cool, moist, dark place. Do not pile deeper than two and a half to three feet to avoid decay under normal home storage.
An individual notes intermittent memory complaints yet consistently demonstrates broad knowledge. The contrast highlights a sharp intellect despite periodic forgetfulness.
Floor clearance for portable poultry houses should be at least one foot above ground with open space underneath. Permanent houses need cement floors and screened doors and windows with one inch mesh. Proper precautions reduce damage from rats and weasels.
Farmers report mixing salt with air-slaked lime to prevent indigestion and bloat when moving sheep to new pastures. Some farms dip tobacco stems in strong brine with no extra salt, aiming to curb parasitic infection and aid ewes and lambs.
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