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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1907
Page
3
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple low cost nubbin chopper. The device uses a heavy corn knife blade affixed with a lag screw and a 2x6 bottom plank to form a trough guiding corn to the blade for cattle feeding.
Professor J F Vojta of Gustavus Adolphus College urges farmers to drain undrained lands using a one day scraping effort. He notes 1 to 30 percent of some sections could benefit, turning sloughs into productive fields for timothy millet and fodder corn, with quick payback from early crops.
A Clarke county farmer argues in Farmers' Review that farm size depends on location. In this Iowa region 80 to 120 acres may not suffice, while 160 acres improves odds and 920 offers more security. Pasture needs grow with cattle and dry or wet years test a farm's resilience. Nearby city truck farming can extend viability and provide manure, while distant country land requires different strategies. When closing accounts, give credit to family labor and avoid keeping too many evanescent records.
Winter chores in the tool shed yield ready equipment for next summer. Clean, repair, oil and sharpen mowers binders cultivators, tighten bolts, patch fractures, and order distant repairs now. Store tools protected from rain and snow or build a shed to prevent deterioration.
A Missouri experiment compared corn with various supplements. Linseed oil meal beat wheat middlings in palatability and daily intake, produced faster gains and better thrive, making it cheaper than middlings at typical prices.
A Farm and Home feature explains building a simple revolving clothes horse mounted on a solid post. It describes hole bored tops, beveled or spiked arms, and a bolt through arms for adjustable length. Several arms can be used, all equal, with rope supporting the load. It notes to set the post before measuring arms.
The fragment notes old time farming wisdom on efficiency and earnings. It mentions ventilating collars, keeping fruit cool without freezing, frequent apple sorting, and earning by traditional means. It also advises soil improvement with barnyard manure and highlights spinach as an easily grown crop for dependable yields. It suggests planting autumn seed for greens to feed a family through late autumn and early spring.
Beef cattle market reports show demand exceeds visible supply and prices will stay strong for some time. Farm Journal notes the trend should encourage more cattle rearing and improve conditions for eastern and western farmers.
A new company provides legal and accounting services around the clock to hotel guests and patrons. Hotels report demand for urgent contracts and leases after hours, prompting offices to open day and night except Sundays. Clients include couples seeking rapid yacht lease arrangements and immediate nuptials.
A noted Allegheny preacher spoke at a service inside Wood’s Run penitentiary. One inmate appeared deeply moved, and the cleric urged him to become a new man. The convict pledged reform for life, citing he is jailed for life.
A Detroit Free Press lighthearted quip notes Miss Fluffy as a pretty girl whose feet are heavy, while her head remains light and nimble in the joke.
A dialog reveals a fiancée asking if she can be kept by a war clerk who earns 49 dollars a month plus board. She scorns the idea and questions marrying for pay while the judge notes the exchange.
Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs recounts years of back and kidney attacks and says Doan's Kidney Pills gave him complete relief with permanent cure. He notes the product cost 50 cents a box and was sold by all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., is the manufacturer.
French children on fete day and New Year receive live pets instead of dolls or toys. A lively trade grows in puppies kittens tiny monkeys lambs and even tigers and leopards. Young animals are sent to zoos when they begin to show teeth and claws.
Miss Edith Hammer reports curing eczema of the head using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after about six months of suffering. Her sister also recovered, another sister found Culicura Resolvent and Pills a splendid tonic, and the family keeps the soap on hand.
Washington scientists report the Dismal Swamp area is slowly sinking and Lake Drummond in the center is expanding. Historical cycles of elevation and subsidence have occurred, with minimal rise above sea level leaving natural drainage inadequate to remove rainfall. Clover Grasses Seed Catalog Offer From Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin invites buyers to request a free mammoth 148 page catalog and samples by mail.
A fragmentary exchange reveals a character revealing that George proposed marriage after vowing to take a desperate step if rejected. The mood hints at social pressure and looming consequences within a strained relationship.
An old family remedy, Brandreth Pills, is advertised to invigorate digestion, stimulate the liver and bowels, cleanse the blood, and restore vigor. One or two pills nightly for a week are recommended for constipation or dyspepsia, with the product sold in drugstores in plain or sugarcoated forms.
Readers puzzle over a fragmented note describing a single day at home. The text hints at ordinary tasks and a sense of routine, mentioning a mower and attempts at pleasant conversation. The garbled lines suggest a domestic moment captured in chaotic handwriting.
An archival ad promotes Putnam Pace less Dyes with fast light and wash colors at 10 cents a package. It touts Pazo Ointment for piles to cure in 6 to 14 days or money back, Garfield Tea claims to regulate liver, purify blood, and treat constipation with herbal formula.
A Japanese shoe maker secured a major contract to supply boots for the British army in India, described as one of the largest shoe orders placed. Separately a campaign against trading stamps gains steam in England with grocers arguing stamps cut profits and margins.
An advertisement asserts deafness is caused by inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness due to catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It promotes circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and notes a pile remedy for constipation.
Mrs. BE M Spears of Athol Massachusetts describes a year long struggle with indigestion swelling limbs and fatigue. After trying remedies she found relief only after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills which she credits with curing her weakness and urges others to try the treatment. The pills cost 50 cents per box or 2 50 for six and are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
Superfluous Hair fu th xO using MAN-TON. Contains no poison and causes no irritation. Leaves the skin smooth and white. A woman's aid for women. By mail, $1.00. MAN-TON CHEMICAL CO. 6 National Owens Building Toledo Ohio.
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