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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
5
A 1930s bulletin outlines picking by market distance, grading, and packing. It advises picking ripe berries with stems, avoiding slipping, and packing uniformly in standard quart boxes in ventilated crates. It covers shading, chilling, and crate types including hinged lids and legal box sizes.
A garden spraying guide notes a sprinkler wastes material and fails to cover plants. It favors fine mist application of Paris green and Bordeaux mixture, recommends copper or brass sprayer components, and promotes the knapsack sprayer for small to medium plots at an initial cost of 12 to 15 dollars, asserting long term savings.
Advice urges cleaning dirt and rubbish, spraying with a standard dip solution, washing walls with whitewash mixed with carbolic acid or creolin per pint of water, sprinkling floors with lime, and using tobacco dust in worst spots as an extra disinfectant measure.
Advice suggests pooling funds to buy a three or four row potato sprayer. If buying individually is costly, partner with a neighbor to share a single machine, achieving nearly the same usefulness at lower expense.
The text traces German quacks from medieval times to modern science, noting their widespread travel and influence. It contrasts dubious cures with the later role of German scientists whose research became a marvel and benefaction for the world, while lampooning quack advertising and claims.
A sick man asks to live until he pays every debt and leave the earth with a clear conscience. The minister approves the wish as proper. The lawyer notes the paradox, remarking that if granted it would mean life everlasting.
At New York's flower show the standout exhibit is a moth orchid growing in a human skull once owned by a Philippine island chief. The skull, a trophy of Guamu who killed a Suriage chief forty years earlier, was treated as a tombstone until the orchid rooted. A 1902 traveler stole the freak and sent it to a florist, cracking the skull as roots spread through the nasal cavity and jaw.
John Poucher Jr now in Omaha recalls a Louisville tale of a strong mule named Corporation. An old man explains the name is his own quaint nickname for the animal and notes the mule can withstand much abuse while standing its ground.
A humorous exchange notes human pride and bragging about a patent garbage can bought for $6.50. The vignette highlights vanity in everyday objects and quirks of self-pashioned status.
A vintage ad claims Hay's Hair Health restores natural color without dye. It promises dandruff removal, scalp cleansing, and hair revival via air-activated action. Available in 2c 50c and $1 bottles at drug stores or direct from Philo Hay Series Co Newark NJ with price refunds if unsatisfied.
A playful exchange features a new assistant colored blue and his green hesitation about the job. The remark contrasts color humor with skill confidence in a light newsroom moment.
An ad reflects wartime use of Allen's Foot-Ease by troops for foot comfort and quick relief from corns and bunions. It promotes Marine Bre tempery eye comfort with a promise of a book, while noting a marketing line about sincerity and demand.
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