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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
3
The United States Department of Agriculture urges fall cleanup and soil care. Remove crop debris, burn or haul to dump to prevent pests. Plant a green cover crop like rye and apply a heavy manure coating to improve soil and allow earlier spring planting.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges cattle owners to test for TB using tuberculin rather than relying on physical exams. A two herd poster contrasts apparent health with hidden infection and notes diseased cattle can transmit TB through milk to children. Veterinarians emphasize tuberculin testing as the most reliable method in eradication efforts.
Plan to apply good goat of overdue tools.
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports cool weather and an early freeze allowed a clear test of common barnyard manure on clover. Manured plots, rotated once, yielded three times the stand of non manured plots. Manured areas gained substantial leaf surface and root growth, with overtones of increased height when phosphorus was added with the manure.
Advice on storing late vegetables to capture winter prices. Use existing storage spaces like basement rooms or outbuildings, or build an outdoor cellar of wood or masonry. If permanent facilities are unavailable, late root crops can be kept in outdoor pits or banks with minimal cash outlay beyond labor.
Fashion notes describe this season’s coats as luxurious and comfortable with brown duvetyn and black velour options. Designs showcase fur collars cuffs and trimming, high collars, wide sleeves, and detailed embroidery in at least four distinct styles.
Readers described cheerful hats lifting spirits during winter while admiring milliner offerings. The piece highlights black materials with jet ribbons and velvet drapery as fashionable accents, noting small hats covered in velvet and bold trims that add sparkle to dark ensembles.
The piece lists leftover friendly recipes including Neat Stew Dumplings Potato Turnovers and Cream Scones with Brown Sauce and Coffee Creams. It also offers moral reflections about outlook shaping the world with lines attributed to Harriet Swift and a note on daily contentment.
Readable excerpt describes muskmelon preparations and fruit plates. Suggestions include muskmelon with cream, muskmelon surprise, and strawberries a la francaise with decorative sugar mounds. Steps cover halved melons, scooping centers, filling, chilling, and plating.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy to prevent illness by cleansing the bowels. It urges mothers to use genuine fig syrup with printed directions for babies and children and warns against imitation. Also promotes Cuticura skin care and Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry.
In a stark exchange a condemned inmate asks for a final wish to learn Chinese while awaiting execution. The warden remains silent as the man voices a quiet, unusual request amid the grim proceedings.
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