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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
3
Public health advice warns travelers about typhoid from polluted water and untreated milk at summer resorts. It recommends water purification by boiling or hypochlorite, pasteurizing milk, fly control, and mosquito prevention, plus vaccination weeks before travel.
A cheap method using Paris Green in water cures maggot life in manure without harming fertilizer. Mix a teaspoon per gallon of water and spray daily on fresh manure. Not dangerous to stock in small doses, store the solution labeled Poison in every barn to curb typhoid risk from flies.
Roy Van Bleck Curt Cunningham Dismal Dick Thornton J T Lloyd and Mr Enron of the Jackson Hole Frontier association brought their outfit and live stock from Ogden and Salt Lake to town for roundup work. They plan to pasturize "bad horses" bucking bulls and steers until needed for the show. Ohio liquor law to take effect today tightens state control and shutters about two thousand saloons. new rules cap one saloon per 600 people.
A sweeping midwestern heat wave scorches the Mississippi valley and parts of the Atlantic seaboard. Wells dry up and pastures burn. Iowa farmers rush to plant and salvage crops. Cattle forage is damaged and fields yield little, as thousands of acres face crop destruction in days.
Rain spoiled clover and vetch hay in Oregon prompts advice from Professor Horace Schudder. He urges composting and spreading on fields, noting the hay’s fertility value equals significant amounts of plant food and can boost future yields, turning a loss into rich soil nutrients.
Heber C C Rich and family visited from Blackfoot for a family reunion held in Fish Haven to honor Mrs Emerine G Rich on her eighty third birthday. A Utah pioneer, she arrived in Salt Lake Valley in 1847 with her husband the late Apostle Chase Rich. She served as a nurse and dentist in early settlements and continues to be active despite hardships. Her eight children seven living attended the reunion: Landon J Springfield Idaho Samuel Heber C C Blackfoot Joel Paris George A Caroline Humphreys Logan and Nancy Pugmire St Charles Montpelier Examiner.
The article argues against selling clover or vetch hay off the farm. Feeding hay to livestock returns fertility to the land via manure, while selling the raw hay transfers soil nutrients at market price. It notes butter production concentrates plant foods, urging farmers not to waste hay by burning or leaving it to decay.
New Blackfoot Depot agent Billy Young visits the city to finalize a date for the formal opening and dedication of the handsome depot in the Grove City. The event will be a formal affair with the entire town turning out to celebrate what is described as the finest Short Line depot outside Salt Lake.
Money to loan from F Molden advertises favorable terms and personal attention. Dark, terse pitch promises prompt cash and urges contact when in need. The note presents a single brokered option with emphasis on unique treatment by the Molden company.
160 acre farm land for sale located five miles from Pocatello and three miles from Tyhee. 80 acres are fenced and broken with good water rights. Price 50 dollars per acre with 1000 dollars cash and the balance on easy terms. Part at 6 percent and part at 8 percent. Inquire at Karl or Optimist office Blackfoot Idaho.
The notice urges Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to keep bowels regular to avoid ailments. Sold by all druggists.
A subscriber appeal urges readers to mention seeing merchants’ ads in the Optimist when shopping. The note argues ads support the paper’s costs and invites customers to help boost local business and the newspaper by acknowledging advertisements.
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