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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
7
Article argues harvesting grain before full ripeness increases yield and quality. It cites experiments comparing green, color-changing, and fully ripe wheat, showing earliest cuts produced more gluten and flour with less bran. Notes similar logic for oats and rye and advises early cuts for feed, later cuts for seed.
The notice counsels buyers to avoid distant farms with weak markets and to ensure a spouse prefers country life. It stresses securing correct information before purchase and earning enough to cover mortgage if debt is needed.
An editorial urges families to consider sending boys to the agricultural college this fall or, if impossible, to enroll in the short course. It recommends father accompany the boy if feasible to encourage practical farming education.
Some western farmers are clearing waste land to plant hickory trees intended for making ax handles. The effort signals a shift to self supplied timber supplies for rural tool making and local economies.
An article extols affordable farm leveling tools as essential for drainage, ditching, irrigation, terracing, and building tasks. It argues a simple level costs about 15 dollars and, with 80 dollars, yields great returns, replacing guesswork in farm engineering tasks.
Ralph Hersey advises a constant granary contrivance for filling bags by oneself. A blacksmith made a simple setup using a cut bottom of a tin pan mounted on an iron rod with small hooks around the rim to hang the bag while grain is shoveled in from the top.
The smoothing harrow should be used on the cornfield once or twice before emergence to loosen soil, destroy weeds, and conserve moisture. Early and frequent working over time is a profitable investment for the corn crop.
The article offers practical guidance: use a sharp corn plow, cultivate to eliminate weeds, rake up and burn rubbish, prevent weeds from seeding, save seed corn, dig potatoes on dry days, spray asparagus with Bordeaux mixture to prevent rust, prioritize side delivery rake after mowing in alfalfa harvest, keep beets in place until ground freezes, and use market garden waste as poultry feed.
A man named Bill fell into a beer vat and nearly drowned. He was rescued by workers who pumped him out, then survived the incident with the help of immediate intervention.
In a Virginia Vintage piece a dusky driver hawks rides for ladies from a steamer to a hotel. He quotes one dollar, others say half a dollar or a quarter for the hotel trip. He suggests the carriage as an alternative, noting different charges.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured, touting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A witty dialogue features a beauty and a poet. The maiden asks about writer's cramp, the poet replies with writer's kink, describing a stomach kink caused by non eating. The exchange plays on humor about creative ailments.
Seventeen years the standard remedy for women’s ailments. A scientifically prepared treatment with proven worth. The product promises quick and permanent results and is available at all drug stores.
Park Rapids Minnesota resident Mrs Ep La Dot reports illness and weight gain after six bottles of the compound enabling work and improved health. Brookville Ohio resident Mrs Kinnison says the remedy regulated her period and calmed nerves. The ad touts the compound as non narcotic, made from native roots and herbs, with many cures and free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
A Shinshu student killed self by jumping into Asama crater. The death was found three days later after documents near the crater were recovered. Authorities note no foul play suspected. investigation ongoing.
This vintage notice urges mothers to inspect each Castoria bottle for the proper signature of the product, a trusted remedy for infants and children. It emphasizes that Castoria has been in use for over 80 years and the familiar phrase the kind you have always bought.
An eclectic section of 19th century ads mentions Spohn’s Distemper Cure for horses and poultry, Pettit’s Eye Salve for eye issues, Mrs. Winstow’s Syrup for teething, and Lewis’ Single Binder cigars. It notes port commerce growth in New York and general moral quips on politics and charity.
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