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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
3
Rural New Yorker reports Oregon experiment station tests steaming silage in fir silos. Five wooden silos were steamed to 212 degrees, shrinking silage by about 25 percent, producing bright sweet odor and less chemical change than normal silage. Larger trials continue.
Chicago Tribune notes post office estimates the cost of universal rural free delivery at about 24 million dollars annually with an initial annual deficit of 8 to 10 million dollars. Officials foresee revenue growth as facilities improve and farms gain closer contact with the wider world.
A sensational medical claim drives excitement over St Jacobs Oil with doctors and patients reporting relief from rheumatism after multiple applications. Certificates and testimonials from publishers, residents, clergy, druggists, and doctors depict dramatic recoveries and rising sales across several states.
A Cincinnati Commercial excerpt advises: begin weeks before calving to ease milking by familiarizing the heifer with the milker. Stroke and caress the udder gently to make handling normal, reducing trouble at milking time and helping the animal accept milking by preference.
Instructions describe building a stone boat using two solid oak planks each 2 by 15 inches and seven to eight feet long. Cut 12 inch bevelled ends from the planks, turn the cut pieces over, and bolt to form the base. the article frames the boat as indispensable and practical.
The page includes a patent style note on a simple stone boat construction using planks and cross pieces with beveled front, plus farm tips on tree planting in fall, fall care for roses and vines, and lettuce as a year round crop. It contrasts climate appeal of Manitoba with Missouri farming.
A Kansas City Journal quote argues the country requires larger prison funding, criticizing penny tenures and penny rascal rhetoric while urging the expansion of million dollar tenures to better contain offenders. The excerpt contrasts small-scale punishments with calls for major infrastructure.
A collection of brief quotes from The Washington Star Chicago Post Chicago Daily News and Chicago Journal. Witty reflections on luck adversity rent and fame appear as short aphorisms and humorous asides from early 20th century journalism.
Case No 41206 Captain Alfred G Rigler of Hose Company No 4 Canton Ohio credits Doans Kidney Pills with curing his long standing kidney complaint and backache after trials with doctors and other remedies. He states the medicine acted directly on the kidneys and stopped the pain and urinary weaknesses. Free trials and nationwide mail availability offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents per box.
A floorwalker directs a stout woman seeking oil for the dining room while a misdirected exchange echoes in a collage of quotations from the Boston Christian Register Chicago Daily News and Ram's Horn. The clip includes proverbs about lending money and wealth.
A column titled The Art of Putting Things shares amusing examples of awkward phrasing. A East End curate pretends to solicit a boy’s likeness, while a carpenter’s tale ends with the twist that the subject is dead. A laborer alters a registrar’s death entry with a bold denial and a questionable forecast from the doctor.
A Boston lecturer Peter Mae Queen recalls a tale about the army’s humor. During General Lawton’s campaign against Santa Cruz two regiments met in the Laguna de Bay confusion. Idaho troops mock the Fourth Cavalry asking where their horses are. Cavalry answer in their knapsacks, rattling salt horse cans.
A man with bow legs endures jests about his affliction as his fiancée teases his quirks. He tolerates the quips until she mocks his walk and calls their dog through the wicket formed by his legs, prompting him to end the engagement with a wary, humorous retort.
A 144 page profusely illustrated book on present conditions and prospects in the Sar Star State is offered free on request by James Barker and Sol Wainwright Hug St Louis as MK and T Ry agents. The snippet also notes various ad sayings and testimonials including Piso’s Cure, Hale’s Honey, and Putnam Fadeless Dyes, with brief quotes from period publications.
Public notice promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a free medical resource for working girls not well. A testimonial from Miss Janet Paine of New York cites relief from back pain poor appetite sleeplessness and painful menses after using the product. A $5000 forfeit guards authenticity of the letter.
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