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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
2
A former inmate nicknamed Red Lanagan rebels at reform but risks life to rescue Lizzie from a burning mansion during a heist attempt tied to a diamond necklace. Lizzie, now grateful, reveals a new tenderness as onlookers learn Red is her husband.
The article notes rapid growth of cow testing associations in the United States reaching 165 groups by 1914, with New York Vermont and Wisconsin leading. It explains how hired testers record milk yield and butterfat, feed intake, and costs to generate profit analyses and improve feeding strategies across member herds.
An Nebraska experiment station study shows spraying costs per tree at 24 cents with sprayed trees yielding 2.35 dollars and unsprayed 0.81 dollars. Net income above spraying cost is 1.30 dollars more for sprayed trees. Results vary with disease and insect pressure. The article argues hens and cows are machines for farm product conversion and calls for more thinking dairymen.
Cultivation should use small tooth cultivators to prevent ridging while avoiding turn plows or sweeps unless weeds are so dense that cultivators cannot handle it. Frequent cultivation kills interrow weeds early, but hand work remains needed to stir aisles and control row weeds.
The article advises firming the ground around newly planted trees for a year to prevent wind damage. It urges thinning fruit to one every five or six inches, stating grit is needed for better fruit. It cautions against cultivating the orchard after August first to allow sap to harden before winter.
Turkeys may be hatched in an incubator and raised to three months in a brooder but only in flocks of 25 or fewer due to their tender nature and need for constant care.
The Alberta rail network has doubled to 4 097 miles in three years with Dominion Railway Commission oversight ensuring fair rates and a court for complaints. University attendance rose 1 000 percent in five years, drawing students from 61 districts, while J H Edward of Blackie attests to strong farming profits and improved health since relocating from Iowa.
Francis Wilson argued that the most successful women with men are the wise ones not the beautiful, adding that wise women know men are just babies with beards. The quote highlights his view on gender and attraction and marks his provocative framing of male behavior.
Retire to soak hands in hot Cuticura soaksuds then rub ointment into the hands. Wear bandage or old gloves at night. A one night treatment for red rough chapped and sore hands. Sample by mail free with 32-p Skin Book Cuticura Dept KY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A comic exchange shows Jack boasting about money by living at home with his father, a phrase humorously expanded as free on board. The joke hinges on the misinterpretation of f. o. b meaning both freedom and the shipping term.
Physicians warn against harsh hairstains and dyes while promoting Hay's Hair Health as a harmless air action remedy. The product claims to prevent new gray hairs, rout dandruff, and strengthen hair with a vigorous, beautiful result. Available 25c 50c and 100 at drug stores or by mail from Phile Hag Specialties Co Newark NJ.
An upbeat promotion extols Denleon’s Coffee as pure and delicious, suggesting it helps offset the fatigue of hard work and the effort of riding a bicycle to reach it.
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