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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
8
Endorsed by Frank Jenkins and McGune Drug Co as a long time remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. Claims include relief from back pain and gall stones with testimonials dated 1910 and 1916 urging readers to request a bottle and booklet from Kilmer & Co.
Fragmentary item from Toulsville Courier Journal describes a domestic quarrel over a missing clock and a sofa pile. Dialogue hints at tension and a resolved sentiment, but readable text is limited to a brief exchange.
A fragmented report cites a teacher urging Mary to keep pace during a kindergarten march. Mary answers with a stubborn yet polite refusal tied to worn new shoes. The piece includes dubious quotes on child discipline and jokes about a fish market.
The piece extols asparagus as a hardy plant that endures low temperatures. It advises autumn dressing, spring planting as soon as soil workable, and lengthy perennial fruiting after establishing. Best soil is loam and warns against heavy soils for optimal growth.
Instructions detail bed preparation with manure and soil, spacing for rows and plants, digging trenches or trenches, top dressing yearly, weed control with light salt, removing seed-bearing plants, and expected yield timelines for maturity and heavy first-year preparation yielding cleaner beds with heavier manure incorporation.
Agricultural Extension Service Ohio State University explains a seed corn protection method. A pest erected over two edge-on boards forms a tree to deter mice and rats. A hole in a bottom pan slips down a post to floor height, keeping pests away while nails hold ears on the tree.
The farmer learns price versus cost and value in purchases. Cost includes original price running expenses repairs depreciation and time lost while value measures economy of operation freedom from repairs and trouble and overall usefulness during use.
The excerpt discusses marketing mipons and how leaving specific neck saddle tail wing and thigh feathers on roosters can attract higher prices from first-class buyers compared with ordinary dressed chickens. It notes quality as key to higher offers.
The article argues pasture can be produced on level fertile land not just poor rough ground. Land use depends on value, grazing yield, and livestock prices. Some farmers could profit by converting portion of field crop land to pasture if stock quality remains high and soil health is maintained.
Rat control at the Missouri College of Agriculture uses a poison mix of two parts coramineal and one part sugar of lead. Keep poison feed in a cage tray inside a box with holes to prevent chicken access, and remove other feeds. Burn or bury dead rats to prevent disease. avoid feeding to chickens and note decay risk from poison.
A winter guidance piece urges farmers to ensure animal shelter comfort and adequate on farm feed. It stresses animals must be kept warm and well fed to thrive, and calls for preparations before cold weather arrives.
The article describes removing silage using a five or six tine fork for small to moderate silo diameters. When the silo is underground or deep, silage can be pulled out by lowering a truck inside, filling it, and lifting it with a block and tackle or a motor or horse power engine.
Observing fowls and chicks helps detect illness early so preventive actions can stop trouble before sickness develops.
London inquest uncovers a dangerous London mansion once owned by W C Nation. Two workmen died when rafters collapsed during repairs. The caretaker and a decadeslong secret reveal a broken betrothal and a bride who eloped with the brother of her intended groom. The house remains untouched since 1871.
In Atchison Kansas two cadet hopefuls suffer toe problems. Harold De Forest of Wetmore has been discharged from a local hospital. A. Efe has hammer toes that would not straighten and threatened his entrance exam. He was promised admittance if those two toes were amputated.
The article notes Scribbins writers home was entered last night and a number of manuscripts were stolen. The thieves actions are discussed with satire about who might pursue the culprit and how Scribbins may react to the loss.
An old advertisement touts red rough skin remedies and fragrant emollients for skin scalp and hands with a free mail sample offer. It also notes a Johns Hopkins doctor linking football to health for spectators and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellets for digestion. A separate ad mocks cut glass prices from $125 to 98 cents.
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