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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as effective for backache with daily doses and a promise of relief. It claims national sanction by the Netherlands government and urges buyers to insist on the Gold Medal label to avoid imitations.
Jane asks nurse Norah who has the prunes after milk belongs to the cow and eggs belong to the chickens. The playfully phrased riddle centers on ownership of a fruit dish served at dinner.
A simple home mix uses Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair. Dyes avoid scalp staining and stickiness. Full directions appear with Barbo Compound.
The dialogue recalls Mandy’s last party where a woman was damaged by a razor. Sarah asks if the harm came from William’s coldness, but the response clarifies it was the razor used by Willyum that cut the woman.
An advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup as quieting coughs and soothing throat and lung inflammation. It claims to ease bronchial irritation, aid restful sleep, and promote easy morning expectoration, noting fifty two years of American production and wide sale in civilized countries.
Rob ert and Paul are close friends. On Sunday after Sunday school Paul is missing. His mother asks about Paul and the boy says he has gone to Antioch following their teacher.
Soothe and heal quickly with hot baths and Cu ticura products. Free samples offered by sending to Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Adv.
A tourist and a dreamer converse on a Florida porch about change and novelty as a knight smoking shifts his cigar and a girl in a new emote skirt walks by. An ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for indigestion relief.
A New York bookstore anecdote has a young woman asking for a missing title from her red leather O Henry set. After a pause she recalls The Light That Fled and later selects The Trimmed Lamp from the shelf, prompting the clerk to avert his gaze. Garfield Tea ad notes its claimed benefits for liver and kidney issues.
A damaged OCR fragment references a coal shortage remark and a gasoline engine invention. The dialogue hints at Palm Beach and a tiny fuel use claim, but lacks clear event or context. No identifiable people or organizations are confirmed from the readable text.
The Jersey herd shows record production with rising test figures. Butterfat tests indicate profitability of cows, with 132 cows in 1914, 487 in 1917, and about 500 cows now producing at 600 pounds of butterfat per month, equating to 750 pounds yearly.
Care and patience can cure a kicking cow with proper methods. Initial rope loop around the body or behind the udder may cause a temporary struggle, then quiet milking. Hobbling by tying ropes behind the legs is risky for the handler, but repeated use teaches the cow to stay calm during milking.
The farm dairy is becoming fixed and calves are raised for dairy or sold as dairy calves. Better calves are often fed into baby beef due to feed and conditions.
The article argues cows save on feed by using warm water heated with wood or coal rather than relying on bodily heat. It suggests warming water externally lowers overall feeding costs versus high priced fuels.
A back-to-the-lander reviews Shorthorns for milk and butter yield noting some dairy Shorthorns excel in dairy production while beef-type Shorthorns cannot be used for dairy.
The farmer and dairyman who expects to stay in the business should raise a number of calves each year to replace older cattle that have been disposed of.
The article advises using ample straw bedding to keep animals comfortable and absorb liquids. It notes that nearly half of the plant food elements in manure come from the urine, implying efficient use of bedding and waste management.
The article notes pioneers could live on game and wild foods and details edible forest offerings. Nuts such as beech, butternut, walnut, chestnut, chinquapin, hazel, and hickory provide nutritious kernels, with beechnut oil likened to olive oil and chestnut use in traditional breads. Chestnut blight threatens crops in parts of the country.
A Milwaukee Journal editorial stresses that false promises harm children and that parents should avoid making vows lightly. It urges truthfulness, declaring promises must be kept even in minor matters, and if not ready to promise, say so and persist.
Lindley Murray 1745 to 1826 born in Swa tara Pa settled in England in 1784 at Holdgate near York where he compiled and published an English grammar and spelling book that made him widely known though later criticized for obscurity and weak etymology. He spent his final years studying botany.
The Boston Post argues a bill in Massachusetts to cut the lobster size limit from 9 to 8 inches would hasten extinction. It contends the species is already vanishing as immature lobsters are allowed to be caught, noting Massachusetts’ 9 inch rule is shorter than Maine’s and still insufficient.
Market report lists Cincinnati price quotations for flour including patent and winter varieties, hay types from No 1 timothy to No 3, corn on ear prices, oats grades, butter eggs and poultry prices, and live stock values for cattle hogs and other categories as announced by market authorities and handlers. Live poultry sales are restricted by Hoover order from February 11 to May 1.
A playful dialogue features a flirtatious exchange about printing a kiss on ruby lips and offering a ruby ring on fingers. The witty repartee centers on romantic gesture and mutual invitation between two speakers.
An examining physician for a major life insurer says kidney disease often goes undetected among applicants who are rejected. Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root is promoted as a herbal remedy proven in drugstore sales, with a sample offer of ten cents from Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A new cotton picking machine moves across the field while four men follow, using nozzles fed by a pneumatic system to pick cotton balls directly as the machine operates.
An optimistic quip notes the folly of self hair cutting as a humorous observation on grooming choices and common mistakes.
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