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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
7
An advertisement describes severe female ailments and urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites Mrs Williams of Englishtown and claims the product offers cures, with free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Northwest poult merchant sent dressed turkeys to a San Francisco commission house famed for live fowls. The firm blamed spoilage and demanded deductions, prompting the poulterer to reveal a plan to recondition dressed birds in heated cars and issue credits. The exchange ends with a sly quip on moral honesty and a sharp Globe aside.
Meadville Pennsylvania November 26 1900 Frank J Zeller chief of Locomotive Engineers No 143 is deeply respected among railway workers. After illness kept him from work a fellow member recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills. Despite prior failures with advertised remedies Zeller found relief and returned to duty following the pills.
The piece explains Mytilaspis polmonum, the Opater Shell Bark Louse, with illustrations of female and male scales, its life cycle from August to September egg-laying, and winter protection. It notes heavy damage on lilacs, apples, walnuts, butternuts, willows, and maples, and recommends kerosene emulsion spray during hatching.
The article urges farmers to place wells on high ground away from barn and feed lot drainage. It cautions against low, surface-fed wells and recounts a western Town barn with four wells, one far below the structure, which admitted contaminating runoff. It argues for relocating barns or wells to ensure clean, safe stock and household water.
Washington agriculture experts report a newly discovered contagion for grasshoppers that does not threaten humans. Experiments in Mississippi Nebraska and Minnesota show germs mailed in a vial can spread in a pond water bath then to grasshoppers. The method aims to empower farmers to produce their own insect poison and may apply to other pests.
The illustration fence is suitable for encircling straw stacks or pasturing calves sheep and hogs on green crops like tape artichokes clover. Panels can be 12 feet long with four foot high pickets. The panel supports have no brace on the inside. If the brace is
A Texas Farm and Ranch correspondent recounts a cruel lightning rod scam where a Black family’s note was hyped to secure 100 feet of rod for $50, leaving them in debt. The tale highlights humbuggery and social tensions alongside calls to inspect cattle for U S importation. Dr. T A Geddes will inspect cattle in Great Britain for U S import to counter contagious diseases.
The text explains that excess plant food in soil is leached away when conditions allow, causing ammonia to escape into the atmosphere. Rain can return some nitrogen to the soil from the air in varying amounts, and estimating the ammonia loss per acre shows that one farm’s loss may be another’s gain.
Experiments test Tunis seed and drought resistance in alfalfa, noting attempts to revive plants after drying out. Faculty seek forage crops that endure drought and reclaim vigor after dormancy, aiming for robust, quick regrowth in harsh conditions.
Fragmented historical clipping references imperial decrees ending Siberian penalties and rapid settlement by farmers aided by railroads. It mocks tonic claims such as Hostetters Stomach Bitters and Dodd's Kidney Pills, with advertisements for Catarrh Cure and Grain-O, plus brief jokes and notices. The piece mixes political history with consumer remedies and light humor from various sources.
A Grand Rapids woman lauds Peruana medicine from Columbus Ohio for curing a persistent cough and catarrh. The letter argues catarrh destroys body functions, praises Peruana as essential and offers a free guide on prevention and cure.
A fragment from a Chicago Evening News piece lampoons the fear of catarrh and chronic coughs as a nationwide menace. It notes a 1900 census booklet issued by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway and includes a quip about appearances and an undertaker.
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