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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
7
Women ask if Pinkham letters are genuine and truthful. The company states it has never published a fictitious letter or unconsented testimony. It notes many women credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from displacements, inflammation, ulcers, irregularities, nervousness, weakness, stomach trouble, and mood blues.
A real opossum was found beneath the steps of Travis Park Methodist church in downtown San Antonio. Bellboys placed the animal in a hotel, where chefs and waiters served it with yellow game taters, turning an odd encounter into a minute spectacle in the heart of the city.
A home remedy promises to remove freckles using ethine double strength. Apply nightly and morning from a druggist ounce, with most cases clearing skin and freeing it from spots. The product is guaranteed or money returned if it fails to remove freckles.
In a reflective exchange, Senator Sorghum admits he often hesitates to reveal full thoughts. He notes his thorough knowledge of possible questions can curb his eagerness to speak.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touted as a Standard remedy to fortify the system against summer heat. The ad claims regular use strengthens those who are weak to better withstand heat with a price of Soc.
A mother planned to teach her son to say prayers, but the child has learned to swear on his own, reflecting a stray path from daily routines to rough language.
An article argues that wigs, in floral symbolism, symbolize deceit and false appearances. The piece links wig use to misrepresentation, contrasting natural hair with the metaphorical truth of flowers.
An agricultural note by B. Lara reviews White Wyandotte Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds as top dual purpose fowls for small flocks. It covers breed traits, housing, ventilation, pest control, and winter feeding to maximize eggs and meat production.
The text notes that table scraps and ground bone supply nourishment, lime in shells and plaster is useful, and ample fresh water must be provided. It argues that with current egg and poultry prices, chickens are highly valuable and requires careful care and expense for the greatest farm profit.
The article explains how different fertilizers alter flavor and quality in crops. Hog manure can impart unpleasant notes to celery and roots and taint tobacco, while phosphates sweeten tomatoes. Salt enhances asparagus onions and celery, pigeon manure sweetens melons, and poultry manures improve onions. Fresh barnyard manure harms strawberry shipping, excess nitrogen softens fruit and causes blossom drop in some tomatoes.
A Parksley Virginia inventor introduces an adjustable vine cutter mounted on a shank ahead of a potato plow. The device features no circular plate and a notched dome head to set the cut angle, allowing precise control of the vine trimming angle.
A clergyman mourns poor turnout for his men only services shared with a weary verger. He notes his repeated sermons have not drawn the crowd and the verger offers a consoling quip about his own efforts. An ad for Red Cross Ball Blue promotes whiteness on washday.
Guidance for spraying fruit trees advises using lime sulfur at one to forty for apples and one to fifty for other fruits with two and a half pounds of arsenate of lead. First spray at pink of blossom, then as petals fall, then again in about two weeks. Winter apples get a second brood spray around August first. plums spray biweekly until about a month before ripening. No spraying within a month of harvest.
A light exchange questions whether Alaska could be a summer retreat, then shifts to concern over costs. One character notes climate discussions, while the other points to rising prices shaping the plan.
An advertisement offers a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Case Brockton Mass. Dept C W. It invites readers with rheumatism or neuritis to write for the booklet and ends with a moral line about selfish friends.
Spraying ensures clean fruit and a productive garden. A balanced ration and careful poultry care improve returns. Machinery requires careful management to avoid displacing workers. Create a personal experiment station and keep the yard orderly with tasteful, practical improvements. Pasteurize cream at 165 to 170 degrees for butter. Maintain trees and shrubs for value and curb appeal.
A Missouri station reports five year tests on blue grass used for hogs. The average pork yield per acre valued at eight cents per pound live weight equals 26 dollars.
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