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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
3
A promotional pitch extols the Enquirer as essential for business leaders and workers. It touts the Daily Enquirer at $14 a year and the Weekly Enquirer at $1, urging readers to patronize via agents or postmasters.
An appeal touts enormous coastal lands in a 60 by 400 mile area with thousands of acres of rich productive soil. It cites favorable climate, good shipping, plentiful schools, and low taxes, claiming rapid population growth and strong emigration. purchasers could net large returns at five to twenty dollars per acre. It urges trips from Cincinnati monthly to investigate and contact L M Dawson Newcomons Ohio or Joan W Davis Cincinnati Ohio for emigrant land sales via Southern Pacific Railroad.
The article outlines a practical method for building root cellars used in potato regions. It details excavation, studding with two by fours, flooring options, siding, joists, roof supports, insulation with straw, banking earth against walls, roof doors for direct wagon access, and double doors for cold weather entry.
The article describes bitter rot or ripe rot of apples, a disease that overwinters on decayed fruit and limbs and spreads rapidly in July and August. It notes pink stringy spores exuding from pustules, the fruit’s spongy brown core, and recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying and sanitary orchard conditions to control the pest.
A stockman reports lime water prepared strong and mixed with calf milk followed by cornstarch to treat newborn calf cholera successfully. He also used laudanum in small doses and emphasizes keeping sick calves separate and limiting feed. The method reportedly benefits hog cholera too, with oats and stock food added to cows this year.
A U S department of agriculture supervised road project in Morgantown West Virginia was completed and celebrated with a state good roads convention. Citizens from across the state attended while prominent speakers urged national and state highway aid and pledged progress toward better highways. In the same issue a note advises keeping cows in the stable during hot days and turning them to pasture at night.
Prof Curtiss argues dairying preserves farm fertility at Cedar Rapids Iowa. He notes selling wheat or corn drains fertility, while converting corn or feed to beef or butter preserves soil nutrients. He says Iowa farms produce and feed vast value daily, leading in agriculture and conserving resources.
A Senator Bailey recounts a story of a young friend who married a much older woman. On a Pullman train the couple meets, the bridegroom lights a cigarette, and he calls this period his harvest moon, not a honeymoon, in a grim musing from the New York Tribune quote.
An Iowa reader describes a device of pegs driven through a poke to jab cows that push through fences. The metal points trigger when the animal reaches through wiring, teaching it to stay on its side. The note cites remedies for unruly cattle and discusses seed distribution debates.
A lady asks about her niece's music and the niece admits neighbors have stayed awake at night listening to her playing. The exchange highlights modest pride and the social reception of her talent.
In Maplehill Louisiana on August 10 Nellie Barfoot describes severe misery and thoughts of death before crediting Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete recovery. She urges other women who suffer to try the remedy and not be disappointed.
A light quip from the New York Weekly notes a wife admires her husband’s claim to secrecy. The joke centers on the wife insisting she can keep a secret while the husband claims he indeed keeps one. The item reflects a period humor tone.
Readers are urged to ensure they receive the advertised article and not an imitation. Advertisers rely on merit to prove their claims, and counterfeit goods undermine trust. The notice emphasizes demanding the genuine Cascarets or Candy Cathartic and warns against substitutes.
A jumble of quotes, literary lines, and ad snippets from historic papers. Includes phrases about family lineage, pamphlets for local districts, stamps for copies, and drug ads. Mentions Washington Star, Philadelphia Press, Chicago Daily News, and other era publications.
A promotional notice features U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina praising Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. It argues catarrh causes digestive issues and claims Peruna cures catarrh from head to stomach, presenting it as a general remedy and tonic.
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