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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
2
The manager confronts Jock Bloggs over a claimed illness yesterday afternoon. The player insists he was fit and even after the second race he was ready, remarking on his performance and responsibility to his duties.
An advertisement claims freezone can lift corns and calluses with a few drops. The product dries instantly, causes no pain or irritation, and is available at drug stores or via wholesalers. The note follows with a humor piece about prohibition.
On retiring, gently rub spots of dan druff and itching with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water using plenty of soap. Cultivate the use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for daily toilet. Free sample by mail with Book and Address postcard to Cuticura Boston. Sold everywhere.
A witty exchange quips about why the word bank is capitalized. The child argues a bank should always have strong capital. The joke hinges on a play of words around capitalization and financial strength.
USDA guidance advises hatching pullets in March or April to ensure fall maturity and broody behavior for fall production. It emphasizes clean, ventilated housing with dry bedding, careful feeding with beef scrap mash, and balanced scratch feeding to maximize winter egg output. references Circular 71 on winter egg production.
Winter hints emphasize draft proofing poultry houses to reduce colds and disease. Recommend 2 to 5 square feet per bird with four for light breeds, plus 5-6 inches of straw litter and clean nesting materials. Grain encourages activity. poultry manure is useful for gardening.
New apparatus devised by J. Besley and G. Baston at the Office of Grain Standardization enables measuring corn acidity in under an hour. An electric mixing mechanism similar to a soda fountain blends ground corn and alcohol, extracting acid reacting substances in about 30 minutes, matching the 48 hour digestion result with 50 percent alcohol at room temperature. Details are in Circular 638 from the U S Department of Agriculture.
The guide describes a method to break a horse by securing a 15 foot rope with a loop over the chest or flanks and threading the rope through the loop and neck piece. The rope tightens as the animal pulls, teaching submission, then a strong halter is used once broken.
Harness design stresses snug fit for each horse with adjustable collars. Authors note neck shapes vary, suggesting one collar for good flesh and a second for thinner conditions.
A brief note suggests hens lay in spring and summer. to obtain winter eggs, they should be fed or treated to simulate summertime conditions during winter.
Rodents nibble at a harness to reach salt and grease it holds. The note also mentions corn’s value for dairy feed versus rice products amid high prices.
Skinner Mfg Co offers a free Cook Book with 100 recipes to serve Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti. Omaha Nebraska address provided for requests. Grocers nationwide carry Skinners pasta.
An antiseptic powder for shoes and foot baths promises instant relief for tired swollen feet. Over 1,000 packages are in use by troops at the front. Sold everywhere for 25c. Do not accept substitutes.
A garbled page fragment shows quirky ad lines and local notes. References include Alfalfa seed six dollars Sweet Clover eight dollars, J. W. Mulhall Sioux City Iowa ad, and a brusque domestic anecdote about a burglar heard during a wife’s tale.
A wartime note describes conceiving camouflage by using pronounced irregular patches of contrasting light and dark colors with tenuous outlines. Darker patches are shaded, with smaller spots breaking up the color pattern to blur outlines and disrupt facial and garment recognition.
An old health ad urges readers to test kidney health before insurance risk and protect well being. It links sluggish kidneys to backache headaches dizziness and sleep disruption. The ad recommends keeping kidneys in order by drinking water and taking Anuric tablets from drug stores, attributed to Dr. Pierce of Buffalo.
Fulton New York woman Nellie Phelps suffers female weakness and nearly a three year ordeal with doctors recommending operation. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she claims full recovery and resumed work. Letter circulated to urge others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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