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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
6
A discussion on soil texture and fertility explains how tillage improves structure, aeration, and moisture. It highlights proper plowing timing, use of harrow and cultivator, and the benefits of underdrainage and lime on clay soils to create open, porous soil for better root growth and crop yields.
The illustration features a Lincoln lamb owned by John T. Gibson of Ontario. Gibson is noted as a leading Lincoln breeder in America and a strong advocate of the breed. The lamb is described as large, heavy, with characteristic wool and a lustrous coat.
Instructions from Ontario Experiment Station on brooder management for young chicks. Do not feed before 36 hours, keep brooder temp around 95 to 98 F first week, then drop gradually. Cover floor with lower coal before chicks enter. supply Luke warm water. Start with hard boiled eggs and bread crumb mash, then switch to seed chick-food and maintain two to three feeds daily.
A women’s society hosts a chocolate themed gathering with hot chocolate, chocolate ice cream, cakes, bonbons, and chocolate cookies. Recipes detail Vienna chocolate drinks and cocoa biscuits while tips cover window cleaning, table care, and a new potato baking method using oven covers for even cooking.
A tip advises adding a lump of sugar to vegetables while boiling to enhance flavor and preserve the green color. This old kitchen note emphasizes simple sugar as a preservative aid in cooking greens.
The article traces the northwest passage search from Cabot in 1497 to Frobisher Davis Hudson and Baffin. It notes Frobier's 1576 78 mark, three voyages by Davis, Hudson's failed mission, and Baffin's 1616 voyage reaching 77 45 N with three radiating sounds named Smith and Lancaster.
An at home remedy named Cyclone is offered for catarrh. The mix uses Plaid Extract Dandelion Compounds and Sarsa farina with tea spoonful doses after meals and at night. The ad claims it purges catarrhal poisons through the kidneys and aids mucous membranes. Also notes world gold coinage by country.
From 1847 to 1907 Allcock's Plasters are presented as the world standard porous plasters. The ad proclaims the invention as a great advancement offering quick cheap relief for certain ailments and claims Allcock's as the original genuine plaster sold worldwide by Druggists with broad authority.
An OCR fragment mixes drugstore pitches and household maxims with ad style content. It mentions Buchan's Soap products, a call to a physician or druggist, and a curious note about insect behavior and a London lecture by Prof Bottomley describing insect public houses.
An 19 Lincoln Place Plainfield New Jersey painter recalls a post surgical illness, weakness, and cane walking. A neighbor credited Williams Pink Pills for recovery after mid June use. The pills claim to cure rheumatic fever chlorosis neuralgia nervous disorders and blood purity linked health benefits. Sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY 50 cents per box six for 2 50.
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