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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
A Enchant Pennsylvania woman describes severe crying spells and nervous weakness improved after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, allowing her to resume full daily work. She urges others to seek the product and offers free confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An elderly Masonite home resident near Franklin, age over ninety, had never heard a phonograph. A lodge group donated a phonograph, and he marveled at its use. In Franklin he described the device, noting they place a pie crust with a hole, crank it to grind tin, and call it music, praising it as dang good.
The USDA advises early weed destruction, shallow early cultivation, and avoiding deep cultivation near corn. Harrow before emergence, then cultivate after rains when surface is dry to conserve heat and moisture, while preventing root damage and erosion.
Tomato blossom end rot is a fungal disease that spoils green fruit and causes drop. Remove affected fruit and destroy it, then spray with Bordeaux mixture prepared from blue stone lime and water, using non metal containers and reapply weekly if symptoms persist.
The article describes wire grasses such as couch quack Johnson Bermuda and blue grass. It advises pulverizing the soil to four inches in July with a cutaway harrow, weekly harrowing while dry, then turning under ten inches with a jointer in fall. In spring harrow weekly until planting a cultivated crop and keep the field clean to win the battle.
The guidance advocates planting potatoes or vegetables between orchard rows. Frequent cultivation benefits trees when done carefully and not too close to trunks, promoting soil health and weed control without harming the trees.
From a profit viewpoint skim milk serves as a viable substitute for meat in the feed of laying hens, offering a cost effective protein source without harming egg production or bird health.
Agricultural notice notes that drilled corn produces higher yields than hilled corn. The comparison highlights farming method advantages and potential efficiency gains for growers using drilled planting techniques.
Peavine silage is an excellent dairy cow feed with high palatability and protein, roughly matching corn silage for total nutrients. Due to its strong odor it should be fed after milking and in about 25 pounds per cow per day for best results.
Advice urges selecting six high quality hens and one good male rather than mating one male with twelve birds of inferior standard. Emphasizes careful pairing to improve stock quality.
A directive advises a fairly safe method to handle a vicious bull by blindfolding him during the release. The note emphasizes restraint and caution to reduce risk to handlers.
Bobby, a four year old boy, received a sack of peanuts to feed the elephant at the circus. His parents stood nearby as he returned with the sack full. He explained he could not tell which end to feed them to.
In a playful exchange Myrt quips about a noisy hat worn by Mabel as Stell praises the mood, urging focus on present joys and forgetting yesterday's sorrows.
Bartholomew county prosecutor Carl J. Carter reviewed a delivery truck loaded with a dozen oil cans and paindrop spouts. The driver quipped that gumdrops were cheaper than potatoes, a humorous exchange cited in the Indianapolis News.
The piece notes a slogan shift from Buy a Bale to Buy a Bond. It mentions autos hauling plows around Greensburg Pennsylvania and ends with a reflective line on self and neighbor love.
Mrs Youngbride questions eggs from grocer who apologizes and explains the holiday trade left only old hens to lay. The exchange ends with Mrs Youngbride acknowledging the situation.
A Cincinnati chemist introduces Freezone a new drug sold in small bottles at low cost. Apply a drop or two to corns or calluses and soreness vanishes as the troubled skin loosens and is lifted away with no pain or irritation. It shrivels rather than eats the corn and works on all corn types and toe calluses.
Supposedly calm reflections turn inward as concerns about future outcomes overshadow present pleasure. The speaker contemplates alternate realities of producing eggs or laying eggs and notes creeping difficulty in enjoying anything.
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for facial care with a five minute wash, ten day treatment, and a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. It ends with a dubious and garbled exchange about city boilers and plans.
A boy fleeing his mother is pursued by her in a tirade. She cries she would give sixpence to catch him. He stops, turns, and shouts that if given sixpence he will come back, prompting a sharp reply from the mother.
The antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle in the bath relieves painful swollen feet and takes the sting out of bunions. Used by British and French troops at the front, it offers certain relief for tired feet and is sold everywhere Ady.
A Indiana company bar rack scene at Ft Harrison shows a cook recognized by a veteran as a longtime hotel waiter. The cook jokes about meals and tips, saying he will provide food if the recruit does well, after noting the soldiers’ testing in the officers’ reserve corps.
A brief cartoon caption humor touches on cheese with holes needing air. The exchange features a humorous quip about ventilation and fresh air for cheese.
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