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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
3
F C Murphey in Ohio Farmer explains practical corn breeding. He compares ear traits to livestock selection, notes smaller cob and well filled kernels yield higher nutrition, and stresses selecting seed from fertile field portions and rich river bottoms for improved germ protein.
Practical notes advise feeding grains to market hogs and fattening beef cattle, praising diverse diets for horses and hogs. It warns alfalfa seed dodder infestation, urges recleaning seed through a 20 mesh sieve, and describes a simple egg freshness test via buoyancy and tilt in water with age.
The article notes New York sold over 325 000 turkeys in Thanksgiving week with earlier years hitting 425 000. High prices reflect scarce, underfinished birds, while quality and proper feeding raise weight and price. It urges growers to focus on quality, feed, and consistent nourishment to boost market success.
A practical water and feed trough design for chicks uses two cans and a lid to keep water or food available. The piece also notes chicks’ temperature sensitivity in brooders and how proper warmth prevents bowel troubles. Practical tips on keeping Angora goats’ feet healthy cite blue vitriol hoof dust and a trough setup between two panels at shelter entry.
Medical note warns overfeeding leads to diarrhea, especially in heat. It suggests adding a few drops of camphorated spirits of opium to every pint of drinking water as a typical cure.
In a Princeton Prological seminary ethics lecture Dr Patton faced student distraction as peers ate peanuts. He finally urged restraint until the lecture ends and suggested future five o'clock tea be limited to sponge cake to maintain order.
The Yellowstone Park is larger than Delaware and almost twice Rhode Island, exceeding all other national parks in size and grandeur. Mount Washburne rises to 10 388 feet. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers routes to the park with trip costs and tickets available on request from F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The exchange features a professor pressing for formal training while a prospective pupil boasts formal piano names as proof. A Women's Home Companion mention appears as a contextual aside in the dialogue.
The New York Central’s Twenty Century Limited cuts travel time to New York from Chicago, making Chicago and the West about 200 miles nearer. A traveler can go from St. Paul or Minneapolis to New York in about 36 hours via Chicago, leaving Monday and arriving Wednesday. A Denver traveler can depart Saturday, reach Chicago Monday, and arrive in New York Tuesday morning.
A humorous quip about bachelors and marriages appears beside an Allen's Foot Ease advertisement promising relief for swollen sweating and aching feet. The 25 cent remedy from A. H. Olmsted of Le Roy New York offers a trial package free and warns against substitutes. The Princeton Tiger features a medieval pun exchange between parent and child about Robert of Normandy.
A promotional article claims Peruna cures catarrh and infertility, sharing letters from grateful women who regained health and were able to bear children. Mrs. L M Griffith of Arco Idaho reports becoming able to have children after using Peruna.
A Delano Mississippi mother writes to Dr Hartman in Columbus praising Peruna and Manalin after a 10 pound birth. She credits the medicines with restored strength and health for herself and baby and notes neighbors also benefited. Other testimonials claim cure from la grippe and long-term illness with Peruna.
A brief note from United Presbyterian condemns sarcastic rhetoric as an ineffective tool in moral struggle, urging restraint and constructive conduct.
Everett Massachusetts resident praises Doan's Pills for stopping two years of back pain. A Missouri reader reports relief from frequent urination after taking the pills. Other letters claim kidney relief, eased back and limb pain, and improved urinary function with Doan's Kidney Pills.
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