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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
8
An old-time advertisement page features promises to cure colds in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Defiance Starch products, Soapa’s Pie Cure, and other household items. It touts refunds, sample offers, and witty quips about reliability and beauty, reflecting period marketing style.
Paris physician Dr. Gernault inoculated his arm with the bovine tuberculosis virus to test Kochs theory that the disease does not pass from cattle to humans. He reports deadly lesions, vows to warn the public, and urges pasteurization and milk sterilization amid the TB fight.
The article links last year’s short corn crop to current high hog prices and argues prices at a medium level benefit pork producers and farming communities. It notes the corn outlook is good, advocates marketing larger hogs for profitability, and notes rapid swine multiplication will ease supply while urging a strong corn crop.
Kellogg suggests shading the row with coarse litter to slow thawing after nightly freezing. He warns against heavy manure which smothers plants and damages leaves from strong ammonia, but notes manure can help conserve moisture between rows. Use light chaff straw or marsh hay as cover.
Tests at the Pennsylvania station indicate grain yield varied among wheat varieties. Bearded types produced the most grain and straw and heavier grain per bushel than beardless types. Smooth chaff varieties suffered more from Hessian fly. Late sowing reduced Hessian fly damage, partly explaining yield differences.
A shopworn thought notes that items obtained at no cost rarely deliver genuine value, suggesting value comes from effort and quality rather than freebies. The line urges caution about overestimating benefits of gratis offers.
A Pensacola letter from Captain O Bertoletto of the Italian barque Lincelles credits Peruna with curing his chronic stomach catarrh after years of ineffectual treatment. A congressman J D Botkin also attests Peruna and Manalin eased his stomach catarrh and constipation. The appeal urges others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt.
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