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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
4
Florida farmers can greatly profit from sweet potatoes by expanding cultivation across regions. Proper soil prep using a disk plow or heavy two horse plow, dust mulching, and bed management optimize yields. apply 6–800 pounds per acre of fertilizer if needed and plant vines in April for a June main crop with careful watering and root development.
Fragmentary note mentions an adage about the early bird and a worm, with a gloss about toast. Names and clear details are unreadable, leaving the item as a cultural footnote from a linguistic fragment.
A charming woman is lovely in face form mind and temper but health is essential. Weakness causes irritability and skin troubles from constipation and toxins. Electric Bitters are advertised to cure stomach liver and kidney issues, purify blood, improve nerves and complexion. 50c at all druggists.
Notice of public auction to satisfy taxes for 1910 owed to the town of Sarasota. Lands and personal property will be sold for the amount due plus costs. Auction set for Monday noon June 5 1911 in the Council Chamber Sarasota Manatee County Florida.
Harper's Weekly describes the formal scene when Black Rod delivers the king's message for royal assent as the speaker and Commons enter the Lords to hear the assent to an act. Ceremonial bows, hats removed, and the mace’s placing mark the peaceful conference between houses.
Instructions describe making a heart sachet using silk and cotton batting. Cut two silk and two cotton hearts, stitch silk sides, leave a one inch opening, turn, add sachet powder, roll and insert, then close by hand stitching. Optional "My Sweetheart" caption printed on the exterior.
An old ad copy promoting Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a quick treatment for dreadful wounds from knives guns tin cans nails fireworks and other injuries. It also claims effectiveness for burns boils sores eruptions eczema corns and similar conditions with a 25 cent price at all druggists.
The Bergen Christiania line links Bergen to Christiania through 184 tunnels totaling about 24 miles and 14 bridges. Construction required massive earth and rock excavation, extensive snow fencing, and cost about 15.6 million dollars. The route slash transit time from 54 to 14 hours, improving continental traffic.
A German inventor has created U shaped tanks fitted through a vessel from port to starboard to counteract rolling. Water inside rises and falls with the hull, dampening motion. Tests on two steamers between German ports and Buenos Aires reduced list from eleven to two degrees, improving passenger comfort.
James B. Sershon of Newark New Jersey describes a long battle with lung hemorrhages and weakness. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with dramatic improvement after eight months of illness. The ad touts a 50 cent trial bottle and guarantees by druggists.
A former anarchist recounts his journey from revolutionary ideals to wealth and disguise. He evades killers, falls for a chocolate ruse at a village candy shop, and learns a coffin full of stones was used to remove him. The woman who lured him dies of wounds, and a pair later wed and lived on a plantation.
A machine tests sailcloth by applying strain with a weighted lever to a strip of cloth. The scale shows the exact degree of strain produced by the pull of the lever, ensuring sails, especially racing yacht sails, have no flaws that could cause tearing under heavy stress.
The article explains deafness cannot be cured by local applications. It states only constitutional remedies work. It describes deafness as due to inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining and notes rumbling sounds and potential total deafness if the tube remains closed.
A historical remedy claiming six decades of use for teething and infant discomfort. It asserts soothing effects on the child and easing of wind colic, promising harmless, certain relief and urging readers to request the product by name.
A short quip from the St. Louis Globe Democrat jokes that when a suitor asked Gotrox for his daughter's hand he received Gotrox’s foot in return. The line highlights a humorous misunderstanding in a rural or folksy exchange.
Thousands seek a free trial package of senpine, touted as a cure for asthma hay fever bronchitis and catarrh from Woodworth Co Dept C 1161 Broadway New York City. The ad claims the remedy cures long standing cases and requires no charge to request the trial.
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