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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
8
In Surprising, Mrs. Jiews acts in a paradoxical way, provoking a curious dialogue about performance. The dialogue hints at how a thin person can deliver fatuous performances, prompting discussion on stage persona and critique.
An advertorial style piece touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a fix for falling hair and dandruff claiming hair will regrow, gain luster, and become abundant after weeks. It includes sensational claims and a brief aside on marital themes with short anecdotes about behavior in stores.
Propaganda urging veterans to invest in Western Canada after the war cites rising land values and plentiful homestead opportunities in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba. Reports from Bassano Lethbridge Gleichen Cobleq Sask and Stoa Creek show high yields with wheat fields producing thousands of bushels and premium prices. Government agents advertise to provide more information about farm land and financing options.
A brief remark about a wife visiting a beauty doctor prompts a discussive exchange on complexion treatment and affordability. The dialogue suggests humor over costs rather than medical outcomes, reflecting social attitudes toward cosmetic procedures.
Advertisement extols Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti as tasty nutri tions for kids, claiming it builds bones and muscles without making children nervous. It promises generous amounts, economical value, and nonirritating qualities, produced by Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., with a free cook hook offer to mothers.
A sardonic quip compares rising monkey prices to a world price surge. The speaker notes the trend with a witty remark about aping global inflation.
A well known actress shares a home remedy for gray hair using Ray Rom and Barbo Compound with glycerin and water. The formula promises gradual darkening of streaked gray hair, a soft glossy finish, no scalp coloring, and no greasiness. Notice ends with Joe Arnold of Weatherford Texas claiming a 106 pound watermelon yield.
An article recounts a commercial farming comparison where selling fowls alive yielded more profit than dressing for the oven. It details losses from dressing, ratios of dressed versus alive weight, and pilot figures from a farmer's experience, noting typical dressing losses around 24 to 35 percent.
North Dakota experiment station issues circular 12 on securing seed grain free from mixtures and disease. Prof Bolley urges using 25 pure seed grain as possible, cleaning and treading, sowing with every seventh row left as a walk to remove diseased or off type plants. This method aims to produce disease free seed for next year.
The rack is designed to carry several times the load of a manure spreader. Used when spreading on straw with an endless apron type spreader. Two loose boards under the box can be shifted to fill from the rack. It is claimed the rack allows carrying the usual load with fire.
Instruction on proper alfalfa hay stacking stresses keeping the center well packed throughout construction. The top should be covered with canvas or marsh grass that will shed water and be weighted to resist wind.
Fall plowing improves soil structure and enables early spring planting. It keeps hands and horses busy in the off season and helps control insect populations by killing thousands of pests.
Prop A I Haecker Ancoln Neb discusses silage as a core ration but notes it is incomplete without additional feed. He emphasizes balancing with protein sources like alfalfa hay and cottonseed meal to meet nutrient needs at low cost. Corn silage provides carbohydrates while alfalfa and cottonseed meal supply protein. A 1000 pound steer can eat about 35 pounds of corn silage daily.
The article discusses feeding calves with silage and a mixture of alfalfa hay and grain. It suggests six to seven pounds of hay and ground corn or linseed meal, noting ration size depends on desired market time and that small rations yield the cheapest gains.
Handy office advice for farm homes outlining a dedicated business space with outside access a filing desk bookcase typewriter and seating. Emphasizes separation from social areas and a cheerful noncluttered atmosphere to streamline deals and keep papers accessible for mail and callers.
Ohio experiment station reports wheat yields this year were about 10 bushels per acre higher when following soy beans potatoes or oats than after corn. All plots used the same soil treatment including lime manure and other fertilizers and seed dates were similar. After corn the yield was 25 bushels per acre versus about 88 bushels after the other three crops.
The article discusses factors determining farm business success and how identifying good points and deficiencies guides improvements. It emphasizes evaluating the farming system to propose effective methods for enhancement.
State colleges will aid by keeping you informed through their agricultural college bulletins. Professors are experts in their fields and ready to assist and advise. show interest by asking for information to receive guidance.
Mrs Marcarer Quoc of 259 Worthen Street Lowell Massachusetts recounts relief from three years of change of life ailments headaches and nervous distress after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she praises it as the best remedy for sick women and urges others to try it.
A traveler asks for a bite, the proprietor boasts they have everything. The exchange ends with the traveler ordering a bit of everything while the proprietor shouts for a stool to the kitchen, as reported by the New York Morning Telegraph.
Mothers urged to use California Syrup of Figs for children as a gentle positive laxative. The ad promotes a 2 50-cent bottle with directions for babies, children, and adults, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels and prevents illness.
A Chicago market operator derides premature bets saying he aimed to corner the entire egg supply. In mid 1916 France bought US products worth 232 million dollars while Berlin reports 107,909 alien residents registered.
A medical notice promotes a treatment by Dr Bower claiming backache and headaches stem from kidney dysfunction. It urges sparing meat, drinking water between meals, and taking a single Avaric tablet before meals. The ad asserts relief for kidney related ailments like gout rheumatism and other pains.
A revivalist asks for perfect men and women, prompting silence. A tall woman stands and says she cannot claim two perfect women but has heard much about her husband's first wife. Pictsburgh Chronicle Telegraph report.
A quip on why the nation chose the bald eagle as a symbol references a lack of hair upkeep. The piece then cites an odd statistic that marriage odds are five to one. It adds an unrelated note about Chile having two woolen factories.
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