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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
3
The text argues that the American beekeeping industry could expand to yield ten times the current honey crop. A larger honey production would aid in emergencies and provide a nutritious food source, offering an alternative to inferior syrups and jams.
The article stresses standardized selection and attractive packaging as key to selling home canned goods. It notes that properly labeled tin containers, graded sizes, and separate lots improve buyer trust, with club canners guaranteeing weight and grade. Pooling allows small packs to meet demand and improve market appeal.
Beekeeping fails mainly from not studying bee needs and neglecting timely action. The craft is a precise industry demanding careful, detailed information and consistent application to succeed in agricultural development.
National figures show girls and organized clubs plus home demonstration agents canned 14,640,187 containers of fruits and vegetables in 1917. Total output reached about 850,000,600 quarts valued near 140 million dollars, excluding dried or salted home products.
Factory workers in an Ohio town earned 92 cents an hour in spare time last year, totaling 7.36 for an eight hour day and 2 649.60 a year. They grew vegetables in home gardens for family consumption, with employers keeping records of time and value of produce.
Guidance on feeding young horses and saving grain. Emphasizes ample grain and roughage for colts to mature into work horses, with grain savings directed at idle mature horses. Advises consulting state experiment stations for economical rations and requesting USDA Farmers Bulletin 808 for feeding and management of young horses.
A home garden needs little spend on tools. A spade hoe and rake under five dollars cover basics. Improvised items include a twine line, sharpened stakes, a board trowel, a nail scratcher weeder, and a hoop iron weeder.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for kids with feverish, cross, or constipated symptoms. It promises gentle, odorless relief in hours and warns to buy only genuine California Fig Syrup Company product. It also includes a quip about women’s roles and a worm-expelling claim for Dr Peery’s Dead Shot.
An advertisement touts Tetterine as a remedy for pimples and blotches promising a bright clear appearance. It claims southern women prefer it over soap and markets the product at 50 cents via Shuptrine Co. in Savannah Georgia and druggists. It mentions thrift stamps and a jab at wedding spending in 1918.
Bilious headaches stem from an inactive liver. Stir the liver to restore function and regulate bowels with Pen B Liver Pills, one nightly for two or three nights. A large bottle costs about 2 cents at any drug store. they are mild, safe, and thorough.
A returned soldier recalls signaling a Frenchman for a light in France. The man finally asks for a match in fluent English, highlighting a humorous wartime encounter. An ad for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills claims gentle tonic and purgative effects from vegetable ingredients.
Bobby asks for butter on both sides of his bread. He explains the bottom of his mouth is as good as the top, prompting bemused family inquiry about his reasoning.
A wartime squib recounts Tim Healy deeming the manpower bill a mask for home rule as a gunner is wounded on withdrawal. An officer lowers the gun, but the wounded man pleads that the weapon not be fired, shouting for mercy.
A fisherman nets no fish after laying shingles as bait tied with toads. He naps and awakens to find every toad bait perched on the shingles, not in the river, in this quirky tale from the Indianapolis News.
A Kansas City Star snippet mocks Anatole Uppityback by linking him to figures like Aristophanes and Epicurius. The exchange frames his intellect as flamboyant yet evasive while contrasting views on method and mystery from Hector Harsh.
Two tramps banter about exhaustion and sleep with playful lines. One says he could sleep in a bathtub, while the other jokes about swallowing the world. The exchange reads as a light humorous crack between characters.
A testimonial ad extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy for torpid liver and constipated bowels. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury and promotes curing with one spoonful nightly. The speaker guarantees relief, urges purchase at drug stores, and endorses giving it to children for months of well feelings.
H L Kramer, creator of Cascarets, promotes EATONIC as a quick solution to indigestion dyspepsia sour stomach heartburn gas bloating and after-meal distress. Take one or two tablets after meals to promote appetite and aid digestion. 50 cents per box. watch for imitations.
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