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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
8
In Black River Falls Wisconsin Mrs A W Brazer says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her from surgery for organic troubles and severe pain. She praises the remedy and urges others to try it, noting doctors advised operation before cure.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges scrupulous pre cooling and testing of refrigerator cars for dressed poultry due to a nationwide ice shortage and rundown equipment after wartime transport. It details icing, crack checks, temperature targets around 34 to 38 degrees, and construction of floor racks to ensure proper air circulation and refrigeration.
Turnips beets and carrots keep best just above freezing. Cabbage tolerates freezing. parsnips may stay in soil over winter. Squashes and pumpkins store best in a warm dry place. Potatoes need a cool not too dry spot. Cabbage and most roots can be stored in ground below frost with straw around them.
Remove old raspberry and blackberry canes as soon as possible after harvest. They should be burned to destroy both insect and disease enemies.
Trees, especially cone bearing types, prefer newly eroded soil on steep slopes where erosion is rapid. Level ground holds old soil rich in soluble salts hindering growth, while rough hill areas offer the best conditions for tree planting and establishment.
Everbearing strawberries become common like spring varieties. Progressive grows well on most soils and fruits until ground freezes.
Honey must be cleaned from sections, graded, and packed under established grading rules before sale. Manure should be placed away from tree trunks to protect fine roots, though proximity may not harm trees.
Advice to remove all old raspberry canes and prune new growth now. Thorough cultivation around the plants helps reduce insects likely to attack the raspberries.
Comb honey destined for distant markets should be shipped before cold weather arrives as the combs become extremely fragile in the cold.
A brief report notes Miller's late sown forage crop showing improved stands and yield despite delayed planting. The item highlights farmer effort and potential crop resilience in uncertain growing conditions.
An old health ad warns age is not the enemy. careless living harms kidneys and can lead to Bright's disease. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as relief, with a money back guarantee and genuine seals.
Advertisement extols Boschee’s Syrup as a fifty three year proven remedy for coughs bronchitis and colds promising a good night’s rest with easy morning expectoration. Also includes a Hall’s Catarrh Medicine patent medicine guarantee with a one hundred dollar reward and notarized testimonial from Frank J. Cheney dated 1886.
A visitor to Theodore Roosevelt carried many letters of introduction and urged the president to act for his state promising broad support. Roosevelt dismissed the appeal bluntly stating he could mobilize a thousand people to sign a petition for the visitor to be hanged.
Biologists classify the globe into life zones with uniform flora and fauna. Local zones depend on latitude and elevation, placing Canadian life zone from Canada into the high Rockies as far south as southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
Witty dialogue snippets mix domestic banter with political satire and legal quips. The exchanges touch on hush husband talk of politics, marital silence, and fleeting age notions amid a humorous Scottish landholding remark.
Rob Wahgner, a movie director, spoke at a Los Angeles picnic about receiving up to 500 job requests daily from varied applicants including heiresses and ex-bartenders. A chambermaid interviewed yesterday confessed she is knoced knee d, prompting the director to ask for any special talent or bent.
A hive faced a spying wasp. Each time the wasp probed the entrance a bee emerged to defend the colony. After an hour the wasp lay dead, illustrating the bees remarkable sagacity and efficiency in repelling attackers.
Reports from Cross Lake, 50 miles north of Winnipeg, indicate that influenza has nearly wiped out the Indian population in the district. The report says there are no physicians nearby to provide aid.
A brief note records a kitchen exchange where a patient declines dark meat and is urged to stay on a light diet by the attending physician. The snippet hints at dietary restrictions and medical oversight in the care setting.
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