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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
4
Mr EM Lefevre Jr of Detroit reports long catarrh relieved after three bottles of Dr Hartman’s Peruna. He credits Winter Catarrh book and endorses Peruna as a sure cure for catarrh and notes further claimed benefits for headache dizziness and stomach pain. Ferue tablets offered as alternative.
A speculative scene shows a prisoner behind bars peering out as a bored observer comments on Democrats and Republicans burying differences in a national crisis, while a pessimist doubts lasting unity.
An advertisement from Cincinnati chemists touts frrexone as a freezone drug that removes hard and soft corns and calluses. Applied to the tender skin, it allegedly relieves pain instantly and loosens corn to be peeled away. It claims easy access at drug stores and from wholesalers, with no humbug.
An ad styled piece promotes ethine-double strength cream to remove freckles and blemishes. It claims rapid fading of frecklies, suggests three applications daily, and offers a money back guarantee. The dialogue hints at a magazine or newspaper feature with mock argument in a faux-Gerald voice.
A note urges homemakers to combat rising prices by choosing Skinner products. It promotes Skinner Mtg of Omaha Nebraska and offers a free cook book with simple, nutritious ways to prepare affordable meals. The message targets women and advertises cheaper macaroni and spaghetti as vital options.
A unclear line mentions a man desiring Mike in Tennessee and an Asian reference. The fragment lacks coherent facts, names, dates, or a definite event to report.
Practical instructions on preparing soil, deep plowing, and fall or spring planting of one-year-old asparagus roots. Recommends marking furrows, setting crowns below ground, spacing 12 to 18 inches, and covering with one inch soil. Advises yearly maintenance, weed control, and regular cultivation. Emphasizes one-year roots as superior and notes long-term yields with proper care.
An advocacy piece arguing for silos as a profitable and durable investment for dairy and Slack farmers. It cites cost savings, 20 percent more silage, and long payback, noting farmers who opposed silos now build them and a progressive farmer who backed silage after initial debate.
Instructions on butter preparation for market including sanitary handling, adding fine salt, shaping in rectangular molds, wrapping with parchment papers, packaging in pasteboard boxes, and thorough cleaning of the churn with hot water and cleansing powder before drying.
Diagram shows shrinkage and settling rates for hay in stacks over 149 days. Average height 14.6 feet at three days, scaled to 100 at day three. Losses reach 11 percent at 35 days, 4 percent by 69 days, and 17 percent by 146 days with final settling near cessation.
An article explains mange in hogs caused by a microscopic parasite that embeds near hair follicles around the head and forelegs, thickens the skin, and forms pustules. Heavily infested carcasses should be condemned for food, and transmission to other hogs is likely. concern is raised about potential links to hog cholera and other external parasites.
The article laments insect and disease ravages on orchards and gardens and urges constant, intelligent use of sprayers. It notes labor losses for farmers and women growers, with fruit crops largely ruined before harvest and millions lost yearly.
The article stresses alfalfa requires substantial lime for best development. It notes soils west of the 95th meridian, except in limited limestone areas, need lime to optimize growth and yield. The discussion highlights widespread lime deficiency impacting alfalfa production.
On a scorching Atlantic slope day five stout men ascend a New York elevator joking about beer. A boy delivers a wry punchline about a keg of beer aboard the lift as other odd snippets mix with comic dialogue and brief ads for alfalfa seed and sweet clover.
A medical authority links city deaths to arterial thickening and kidney disease. Warning signs include backache swollen ankles and eye spots. Advice urges meat reduction, outdoor exercise, and drinking pure water. Use Anuric before meals, a uric acid neutralizer popularized by Dr. Pierce.
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