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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
7
Orchardists use lime sulfur washes oil sprays and Bordeaux arsenate of lead mix to control fungi and chewing insects. Paris green kerosene emulsion and whale oil soap aid insect control, while Bordeaux must be prepared and used with care to avoid foliage burns and ensure effective spraying.
An Ontario era London physician recounted a two personality case and compared it to Miss Beauchamp of Boston with three distinct identities. The report notes a medical lecture at King’s College and references a controversial hair treatment advertisement for Cuticura mentioning scalp instructions and free samples from Boston.
The text explains fabricating closing stanchion devices using blocks with holes and ropes to pull knots for closing all stanchions with one pull. It also describes an opening mechanism with rings on latches and twine threaded through successive rings to enable one pull to open or close each latch.
The article notes that ducks can be reared without water but profit improves when allowed to follow natural lines. It emphasizes aligning duck-raising practices with nature for better returns and healthier stock.
Great care should be exercised that breeding stock young chicks or eggs for hatching be secured from flocks which are free from white diarrhoea infection.
Col Henry Exall explains legume root bacteria that inoculate soil, forming nodules and multiplying rapidly. These bacteria pull atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, converting it to plant usable nitrates, potentially delivering about $20 worth of nitrogen per acre annually under favorable conditions.
Heavily manured soils used for cabbage lettuce celery and other crops require little manure the next year when planted with tomatoes peppers and root crops if a fair amount of commercial fertilizer is used.
A magazine style discussion notes color blindness tests now used for railroad engineers and the public, describing yellow blue and red green zones and evolution of vision across species. It also includes an advertisement for Tetterine claiming cures for itching and skin diseases with a customer testimonial.
Malta under the Knights of St John used rock bored cannons with an entire barrel of powder per piece. Fifty were arranged to face different likely approaches, forming formidable fortifications. The concept of transporting rocks to mountaintops failed, and the Malta rock cannons remain a historic singular weapon.
An advertisement touts HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS from Hot Springs Arkansas as a constipation remedy. The copy claims benefits for liver bowels stomach and lists use for headaches indigestion and loss of appetite with a 25 cent price per box and a free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
A boast about having the town’s finest boy triggers a clash between two men. The speaker justifies vanity, while his rival, who also has a son, views the brag as provocation. The exchange hints at local tensions over status and parenthood.
A brief, playful fragment contrasts the idea of needing a fairy tale to read with a seed catalogue, hinting at leisure reading and practical gardening themes without specific events or names.
Scattered ruins across Ponape and Lele reveal vast walls canals and earthworks with stone roads platforms and lagoon fish weirs. The antiquities offer a rich field for the archeologist.
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as safe for infants and children, claiming over 30 years of use and urging caregivers to seek the product bearing its signature for relief of common ailments.
A witty remark contrasts legal strategy with a circus. One speaker proposes attaching an elephant as leverage while another suggests a boa constrictor for practicality. The exchange highlights the humor in unconventional court tactics.
A prescription prepared especially for malaria or chills and fever promises to break any case in five or six doses and suggests taking it as a tonic to prevent recurrence. An advertisement notes it costs 25 cents. A separate quip asks about suburban garden crops and notes a lot of criticism.
A vintage advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrowing nails swelling sweating feet blisters and callous spots with a free sample offer and address at 5 Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
In Cleveland 17 trained nurses teach infant hygiene to girls in 15 public schools. The lessons stimulate keen interest as pupils learn proper baby care. The piece argues such instruction surpasses faddist activity and could reduce infant deaths by training girls.
Vitalitas offers $1 per bottle and salve at 50c per jar with shipping savings by asking a druggist or using express or parcel post. Houston address given for Vital Remedies Co. Ad notes a proverb about fools on a fool’s errand.
A fragment quotes that money saved reflects the good times not endured by a man. The text blends an old patent medicine line about Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with nonsensical phrasing and garbled words. The excerpt appears as a troubled OCR snippet with marketing tone.
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