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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
7
A Brooklyn mother reports twelve years of her son's eczema misery ending after trying Cuticura remedies. She describes severe itching burning and cracking, doctors failing, then improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The boy is now twelve with smooth skin. April 16, 1905.
A brief Catholic Standard dialogue quotes Newitt and McFibb debating how to respond to being called a liar. The exchange notes telling the truth around a certain person, implying advice on conduct and honesty.
Laundry guidance for china silk waists. Use benzine to remove spots, wash in warm soap suds with Ivory Soap, rinse through several waters, and avoid rubbing soap on fabric. Wring dry, wrap, then iron partially dry on the wrong side. signed Eleanor R Parker.
A historical note lists urban ratios and landmarks for New York City. It cites one police officer per 459 residents, cemeteries covering 8155 acres sufficient for 150 years at current death rates, Manhattan’s purchase by Peter Minuit for 24 in merchandise in 1626, a daily arrival average of 39 people, sewers stretching to Pike's Peak about 1710 miles, and paved streets forming a continuous road along one city side. The wind drift from a recent week would circle the earth and return by late August at nine miles per hour.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorg on how a politician’s friends matter based on whether they seek to advance the public good or personal favors. The remark contrasts supporters who work for shared goals with those demanding concessions.
A Chicago Daily News account notes a woman divorces after discovering her husband married another woman to spite her. The piece reflects on motive and the consequences of retaliatory unions.
A physician recalls years of coffee use with heart palpitations and a near fatal attack. After switching to Postum and refining preparation, he reports no palpitations except when caffeinated coffee is reintroduced. He recommends Postum to friends, patients, and his own home. There's a reason.
The article explains a hay stack volume method from the Rural New Yorker using mean dimensions to compute volume. It provides two example stacks with calculations for volume below and above the shoulder and discusses top shapes and adjustments, noting density differences for alfalfa and moisture effects on weight per volume.
A Kansas City doctor recalls a winter blizzard visit to a Missouri town where a husband feared his wife choking and a sleepwalking groom shared the bed. The doctor treated the supposed danger and explained the dreamlike incident as a freak sleepwalking episode.
In Chicago Halsted Street markets carry dried and salted octopus from Mediterranean ports. Greek and Armenian communities buy the delicacy for resale and home meals, with octopus sold at 40 cents a pound and sometimes formed into ball shapes with baby octopi stuffed inside.
A playful old style reflection notes that resolutions falter, a pretty girl can teach more than common sense, and cash prices influence credit purchases. It ponders facing reality, the limits of joy, and the preference for thinking poetry over writing and printing.
A Chicago Tribune cartoon shows a house cat and a pug dog in a humorous exchange about fatness and inability to move. The cat taunts the pug as the dog tries to turn its head, illustrating comic physical exaggeration.
A mining veteran from Ovents California credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing chronic stomach weakness and debilitating illness. He recounts severe sickness after a rattlesnake bite and says the pills rebuilt his health and blood. The ad claims the pills restore nerves and sell for 60 cents a box or two fifty for six from Schenectady New York.
The text urges not planting corn in cold ground and keeping land as woodlots. It warns seed corn vitality affects county yields and notes kernels decay in cold wet ground. It recommends growing green fodder for cows, protects hillsides from erosion, and highlights potatoes as powerful despite hay and cotton. It stresses spraying Bordeaux mixture to prevent blight.
The text notes northern U S farmers grow mostly Dent and Flint corn forms. It highlights shorter seasons that deter slower maturing Dent from reaching full maturity before killing frosts. Flint corn yields more dry matter per weight than Dent, with ears often having eight kernel rows.
The article describes a durable wash for rough woodwork made by soaking freshly burned lump lime in hot brine. It notes coloring by dry stainers and suggests application with an ordinary wash brush.
Reports from New York Cleveland Chicago and Toledo detail prices for flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay and livestock. Notable figures include Minnesota and Michigan flour at 4.45 4.80 per barrel, wheat around 88 to 945 cents, cattle steers to 5.25, sheep to 7.40, hogs around 6.80, and regional variations across markets.
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