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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
2
Chicago woman recounts two years of illness from a female trouble she says vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the product as a standard cure for displacements, inflammation, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration.
One day after two hours of soil shoveling Jemmy laments a tramp stole a shovel from the next allotment. He cries not for his loss but because his own shovel was left untouched. A sympathetic bystander tells him not to worry over others’ affairs.
Charles, after four years on a farm, visits his city aunt and asks for water. His mother leads him to the bathroom where he admires the white enamel and exclaims that Aunt Dell has a lovely pump house.
An advertisement urges use of Cuticura Soup for bathing and Cuticura Ointment for drying on eczema and scalp troubles. It claims lasting prevention with daily use and offers a free sample by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
Lois asserts she is the fastest cro cheter on the college team and can reach about thirty knots an hour. Marx questions whether she can go fast, while a remark about men with lone heads hints at a separate capability.
A practical guide to natural storage of root tuber and bulb crops. It covers choosing a storage space such as a cellar or attic, building a storage room with proper framing and ventilation, using barrels crates and shelves, and keeping produce off the ground to avoid vermin.
Dr J J Merrill of Kansas State Agricultural College says beekeeping as a sole business yields returns like other farming with lower capital and risk. He notes it demands high-grade talent and mastery, warning that many enter the field hoping for easy success.
Kansas State Agr College agronomy associate professor R I Throckmorton urges farmers to reuse straw. He notes three dollars of plant food is wasted for every ton burned and promotes straw as soil mulch and bedding to boost organic matter, moisture retention, and winter protection.
The main pruning rule is to remove dead wood that bore fruit last year. Do this in fall winter or early spring. When shoots reach two feet, pinch the tip back four to five inches to promote lateral growth and more fruiting wood for next year.
In humid sections distribute poisoned bran bait for grasshoppers early morning. Join neighbors to buy spraying materials at wholesale prices. Clear Johnson grass Bermuda grass and salt grass to destroy desert corn flea beetles winter quarters. In semiarid areas distribute bait in late afternoon or early evening.
Doctor Merrill notes beekeepers are not increasing in number but are moving toward specialization. Current texts suggest a shift from broad keeping to targeted expertise within the trade.
Early celery is blanched with 12 inch wide paper boards. In warm weather it blanches in about two weeks, after which the boards are lifted and reused several times in the season.
Instructions discuss blanching celery by covering with hoards paper or dirt and note a drain will do. Warns soil contact may cause decay in early varieties during hot weather.
A farmer or extension guide recommends using poisoned bran bait to control grasshopper outbreaks. The tactic targets hopper populations by spreading toxic bait in fields where infestations are reported, with emphasis on timing and safety precautions.
In a startling incident the calf pursuit forces a girl to crawl under a fence. She taunts the animal and vows revenge while a bystander recalls a proverb about love and brains. The tale blends rural whimsy with a cautionary note on danger.
The fragment presents a playful exchange about Matilda and a plane rack. AU listeners are teased as the question and answer spark curiosity and nerve reactions among hearers.
A comic dialogue shows Cecil and his partner misplacing a claim of a cook quitting after a phone quarrel. The remark highlights a trivial domestic misunderstanding and witty misattribution between the couple.
An article on West Point training notes rifle handling quirks. It describes masking sights with lamp black to see in sun and using a doubled rifle strap to create a firmer sling grip for steadier aiming.
In a brief exchange Flossie hints at a new ring while Lottie downplays cost. Lottie suggests value lies in others' perceptions rather than the price tag.
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