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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
7
The text notes emeralds rubies and sapphires as the costliest ancient gems. Diamonds were worn rough before fifteenth century cuts. Emeralds remain fashionable as rarer high quality stones and, carat for carat, rival diamonds in value.
For years druggists have noted the record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine It is a physician s prescription strengthening remedy It helps the kidneys liver and bladder perform nature s work Before buying send ten cents for a sample and mention this paper Advman
Figures show 8,654,467 men in Britain’s war effort with 4,006,158 recruited in England and total white enlistments reaching 7,180,280 including sailors and colonies. Non white enlistments counted 1,524,187 with 1,450,000 from India.
A solemn verse depicts a curfew bell tolling as embers fade and light is put out. Sleep and oblivion reign while a day closes like a book, fancies dim, and the hearth becomes cold under dark shadows.
The U S department of agriculture urges farmers to cut winter wheat sowing for 1920 to 42 000 000 bushels and spring sowing to 20 000 000 bushels. Normal conditions could yield 830 000 000 bushels with a 200 000 000 bushel export surplus. Rye targets 5 500 000 to 6 000 000 bushels, yielding 50 000 000 for consumption and 25 000 000 for export. Regional 1918 and averages are listed for West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Indiana and others.
Confederate soldiers have homes in Atlanta Georgia Austin Texas Beauvoir Mississippi Columbia 8 GC Hermitage Tennessee Higginsville Missouri Jacksonville Florida Little Rock Arkansas Mountain Creek Alabama New Orleans Louisiana Pewee Valley Kentucky Pliesville Maryland Raleigh North Carolina Richmond Virginia and Washington District of Columbia provide aid to veterans.
The New York Times reports India has far more cattle than the United States, with America second and 29 other nations exceeding two million cattle. In 83 years Guernseys led import numbers, with 8,750 Guernseys imported and Jerseys, Durhams, Holsteins, and Ayrshires following in order. The Agriculture Department notes wide fluctuations in purebred imports and links U S trend to global patterns.
The Philadelphia Record notes a chronometer at the Geneva conservatory surpassing the 1891 record by one hundredth of a second with a daily variation of six one hundredths. In 1918, 116 chronometers entered the contest, including five marine and 111 pocket watches, tested under a 1,000 point scale for daily precision, position, temperature, and recovery after change.
A fragmented historical cookbook extract outlines quick soups using canned soup condensed milk and tomato bases. It describes Cream of Tomato Soup with butter flour milk and seasonings, plus variations like potato onion rice and pea soups and notes on serving with bread and parsley.
Scraps note American dyes fueling Brazil supply and wartime shifts in Dominican crop priorities. Cuba repairs old military roads and builds new highways. A French dish press idea divides butter. West Indies take a large share of US auto exports to Latin America. Ostend's fishing populace pursues income gains after a German retreat, with some single-boat fishermen earning about $1,000 weekly.
A brief dialogue frames a conditional plan about visiting kin this coming season with a cautious, evasive reply implying hesitation. The exchange centers on family ties and timing without additional specifics.
An advertisement urges use of Boschee's Syrup to combat colds and influenza symptoms, claiming fifty three years of nationwide presence and benefits like better sleep and easier morning expectoration for bronchitis and lung troubles. Made in America and marketed as a household panacea with no substitutes urged.
An excerpt mocks farm life by describing a tractor that refuses to bite balk run away or threaten the farmer. It highlights features like calm behavior in the barn no cribbing of the manger and safe stopping without pulling lines. It also notes Mercury traveling 80 miles a second as a humorous aside.
The report lists last year’s U.S. oil production at 355,920,000 barrels with state figures: Oklahoma 103,300,000. California 97,500,000. Texas 88,700,000. Kansas 45,400,000. Louisiana 16,000,000. Illinois 13,300,000. Wyoming 0? and notes yearly averages for comparison.
The Maine agricultural station urges using a gasoline carbolic acid mix to kill bedbugs. A 3:1 gasoline to acid blend with plaster of Paris absorbs moisture, then applied to cracks. Benzine and sulfur candles are noted for driving pests from rooms, and borax helps expel cockroaches.
A garbled piece recounts a boy sent to fetch a cork for a float and mentions a total abstainer father. It then shifts to Windsor Ontario where a merchant recalls early Canadian and American currency practices with separate cash books and accounts showing American money worth about 60 cents on the dollar.
A playful exchange questions how to handle a husband’s stubbornness. The speaker jokes about aging, noting the husband is “as old as an egg” and has not shed ears, implying indulgent familiarity and light humor.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swore an affidavit in December 1886 promising one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The document notes the company will pay and describes internal use of the medicine affecting blood and mucous surfaces.
An edict triggers a royal elephant hunt in Siam to replenish government stables. Herds are located and surrounded, driven toward Ayutha, corralled, and then tamed while crowds watch the dramatic process and trainers work to capture the animals.
Malt extracts prove valuable for laundries in removing starch from clothing. The lightweight article notes practical use of malt products in traditional laundering methods.
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