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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
3
Mrs Christ. Petroff of Cincinnati Ohio reports nervous troubles and back pain eased by Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. After a second bottle she regained strength and motherhood with a healthy 19 month old boy. She recommends the medicine to women of all ages.
A short guide describes blue steel technique using finely powdered Prussian blue mixed into a thin shellac varnish. The mixture is heated gently and applied to the steel to achieve the blue finish.
A USDA prepared report warns the Mexican bean beetle is spreading south and west from established Alabama Georgia Tennessee and neighboring states with little effective control. It feeds on table beans and many legumes threatening southern agriculture as resistant crops are advised and future crops may be altered.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports growing support for cattle tuberculosis eradication. Louisiana and Massachusetts move to cooperate with federal programs, funding indemnities to accelerate slaughter and disease reduction. Louisiana approves a $15 000 yearly indemnity fund for two years, while Massachusetts budgets about $60 000 annually for cooperative efforts.
The report warns the Mexican bean beetle could spread from Florida, with five to seven generations possible. Entomology bureaus in Thomasville Georgia and Birmingham Alabama study the pest, but no strong controls beyond crop changes exist. Annual crop losses exceed $100,000,000, with $50,000,000 from beans.
J. C. Eldridge of Iowa State College extols rape as a top forage for hogs due to heavy yields and high protein. Plant any time until late summer, with early sowing boosting yields. Use Dwarf Essex, pasture lightly at first, avoid heavy dew mornings, and seed rate is 4 to 6 pounds per acre.
An exhibit at a Riverside County California pig club event compared good and bad pig types grown by club members. Data included initial and final weights feeds costs and gains. Two litter mates fed 150 days differed: one gained 70 pounds costing 18 cents per pound, the other 206 pounds at 9 cents per pound.
W. C. Gentry, a World War II veteran and Fort Worth resident, died while rescuing flood victims during the 1922 Fort Worth flood. He swam toward the levee carrying a woman to safety, became tangled in a barbed wire float, and perished after calling for help. Mayor Cockrell urged a memorial in his honor.
In Minnesota a newborn girl Rosalie Carol Larson became a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Her father Warner Larson served in the Twenty-ninth division and her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the Red Cross.
Pennsylvania American Legion reports $40000 in veterans claims processed in a month through its efforts. The piece notes postwar aid, Anzac Day honors in Australia, and Legion actions from the national convention to local charity efforts.
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