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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
7
A Nebraska inventor introduces a corn sheller that loads ears into a hopper and, by turning a handle, one worker can perform the job of many. Scrapers separate kernels from cobs which drop into bags, while cobs eject. The device promises major labor savings over hand shelling.
Advice from the Baltimore American on when to cut oats to maximize weight and ease of handling. Farmers use self binders to create sheaves, then shocks, and haul in before rain to ensure proper drying. After harvest, rake field debris and disk to surface seeds and prevent crusting, while feeding fine rakeings to horses.
On western farms hay is stacked in large fields by day labor. A sweep rake feeds hay in 1000-pound bunches to a stacker pulled by a horse. Six workers can stack about 25 tons per day with two sweep rakes an ordinary rake and one mower.
W. R. Gardner argues that farming success hinges on grasses and clover. He advises buyers to seek at least 20 acres of grass producing two tons per acre, and stresses dairying, livestock, and returning manure to land as the path to lasting fertility and higher profits.
The Tunis agricultural exposition showcased a six horsepower Gnome motor for farms. It resembles a gun carriage in mounting, enabling easy transport by two men over rough ground. The engine runs on gasoline or oil and has no novel construction features.
Practical farming hints on silos manure spreaders grain and pasture care. Emphasizes economical feeding sowing alfalfa spring rye pasture needs and barn cleanliness while advising fire prevention and water access at barns. Recommends perennial crops and orderly barns as signs of good farmers.
A distraught woman Mabel asks her former lover to return her photographs. He replies with a scathingly witty refusal claiming most photos look alike and offers to send 300 or 400 more for her to choose from. This Royal Magazine pasted vignette showcases cynicism and heartbreak.
A playful chat shows a joke about how big dogs deter thieves and how dogs influence family life. The excerpt from New York Weekly mixes domestic humor with a light nod to dog sizes and popularity.
A humorous exchange frames the conductor as the one waving a stick to make music, prompting a child’s question about the term motorman. The judge remarks that the conductor is the one behind the music.
An old ras market style advert promotes Cole’s Carboli salve to stop pain from burns and cuts, claim quick healing and scar prevention. It offers 25 and 50 cent sizes via druggists and a free sample by writing to J. W. Cole & Co. Black River Falls Wisconsin.
An assortment of old advertisements promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for shoe relief and Sam plePREE, Wizard Oil for pain, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and quotation snippets urging respect for parents and self. The mixed copy includes product pitches, prices, and literary fragments.
A debate notes that anti kissing crusades persist because youth reject moral policing. The argument urges returning to nature and honesty in social conduct, implying a clash between propriety norms and natural behavior.
A Cornwallville reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for change of life and fibroid growth after doctors advised hospital care. The ad-style letter extols decades of cures, urges others to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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