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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
2
The New York Times reports the FTC has filed investigations into oil schemes across the country. Schemers from New York to Texas use trusts and deceptive advertising to lure investors, with orders to cease and desist often driving frauds out of business.
William Koehler aged 57 died after a piece of apple skin got stuck in his throat while eating his daily apple. He believed the saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away and choked to death in Cincinnati.
Dr. Louis A. Bauer of the Carnegie Institute told the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia that the earth’s magnetism is diminishing by about one thousandth part annually after months of analysis. He said the conclusion is accurate and tends to confirm a theory of existing ties.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that cooperative spray rings spread from Iowa to Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Illinois and coastal states. Rings vary from three to twenty members with costs per tree about 75 cents for four sprays and many orchards show high clean fruit yields and good returns.
Arsenate of lead at 114 pounds per 50 gallons can control chewing insects like the cooling moth and cur culic when combined with dry mix sulphur lime. First mix arsenate with water, then add to the diluted mixture.
Parsley is slow to germinate and should be sown early. It can edge a flower bed and be harvested in small amounts for kitchen use without compromising ornamental appeal.
The U S Department of Agriculture finds chemicals aid barberry removal. Dry common salt on the crown, ten pounds per bush, kills average shrubs and works any season. Leaving bushes standing aids locating them for retreatment.
Agricultural researchers trace blackhead disease in turkeys to infection from chicken eggs and contaminated soil. They warn turkeys must be hatched and raised away from chickens to prevent transmission and avoid losses.
The article argues grass alone cannot sustain milk and butterfat records in midsummer. It notes grass shortages in late summer and recommends a green succulent ration beyond pasture. The soiling system is described as increasingly common in dairy areas.
If aphids appear on cabbage and cauliflower remove infested plants and destroy aphids. If aphids are widespread spray with a nicotine solution. Dust cabbage plants with arsenate of lead to destroy the worms.
Red and Alsike clover, as well as alfalfa and sweet clover, supply 75 to over 100 pounds more available nitrogen for a following grain crop than a non legume, state agricultural college finds. These legumes are described as the cheapest nitrogen source.
The article stresses careful handling of hides and skins to avoid cuts and scores. Use fresh clean salt on hides and skins as spent salt loses curing strength. It urges utmost care in removing hides from carcasses to ensure better prices.
Amarillo Texas resident Mrs C B Robinson credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing three years of back cramps and fatigue. She reports improved health, restored ability to work at home, and urges other women to try the remedy.
A proverb notes that a miser saves money because he does not know what else to do with it. The saying reflects caution and frugality in handling wealth.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes itchy skin and burns. It promotes hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and fragrance with Cuticura Talcum dusting, priced at 25 cents each.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes a shift from traditional dialect tales to slang use, reflecting changing language in literature and storytelling. The brief column comments on evolving writing styles and public reception.
For over 40 years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used to treat catarrh. The formula includes an ointment for quick local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Sold by all druggists F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A brief, humorous dialogue notes a woman asking why her partner went out without a winter coat. The reply confesses the motive was to buy summer furs, delivering a lighthearted, period flavor of domestic wit.
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