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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
4
The essay argues that Peruna contains proven herbal ingredients for catarrh and offers a unified remedy developed from multiple medical traditions. It claims widespread prevalence of chronic catarrh, failed treatments by doctors, and asserts Hartman’s direct, honest production with transparent labeling of active constituents.
A Farm ing writer touts a combined wire and string trellis that works for beans tomatoes peas cucumbers and other climbers. It uses durable, reusable materials and can significantly improve yield and ripening, with trellised fruit staying cleaner and less rot prone. End posts should be sturdy nine footers anchored with dead men for long runs.
Detailed instructions for constructing a ground level trellis using wires posts and dead man anchors to support lima and string beans along with tomatoes. Describes post depths heights wire spacing knotting twine knots and labor tips to ensure tautness wind resistance and long term stability for easier harvesting and crop yield.
The article explains how climate and wind affect the ideal tree head height. In sunny, windy regions like parts of the West, low heads protect fruit and reduce wind damage. in parts of New England and the Pacific Northwest, moderate thinning aids sun exposure and color. The shift to low heads reflects cost and labor efficiency, easier pruning, spraying, and harvesting with comparable yields.
The passage advises starting hogs on a small amount of green clover and corn while in a dry pen. It warns against a rapid switch from dry feed to green corn and recommends a gradual, staged introduction to prevent shock and ensure adaptation. It notes corn may not add flesh but will train hogs to eat it later in larger quantities.
The speaker stresses strict adherence to spraying, warning that air and soil are filled with insects and fruit disease germs. A spray pump is presented as the only effective defense for crop protection and yield maintenance.
Lambs suffering diarrhoea should receive a castor oil dose followed by twelve drams of prepared chalk a dram of powdered ginger and a dram of laudanum mixed for treatment.
A subscriber to Farm Journal describes making a good vegetable box with a bottom opening, covered by stout wire screening from cellar windows, about a half inch mesh. Two handles from old hoops attach to swing down and out of the way at the ends for easy use in gathering and washing produce.
English farmers have long used Dwarf Essex forage rape as a reliable stock food. The article describes sowing methods from April to July, feeding practices by turning stock into fields, and notes high returns from rape grazed by pigs. It urges New Jersey swine farmers to experiment and to choose Dwarf Essex rape seed.
The comb indicates a bird's health. A deep red comb signals good health while any other color suggests illness. The tongue similarly mirrors a person's health.
Salt troughs should be placed high yet reachable for lambs to keep salt clean and reduce waste. Sheltering helps further. Buckwheat makes a good egg food but may be refused until hens are familiar with it. Do not let a weed grow in the garden over Sunday.
United States Deputy Marshals Dave and Frank Riley pursued Wild Bill Williams near Oconee but he dodged into woods and left a still four months hot. Williams, a long-time moonshiner, was captured once in Macon after a chase, but escaped as officers later raided outfits without detaining him. Bond set at 600 dollars, he remains at large and continues illegal distilling with a nomadic life and calm demeanor.
Peter and Walter plan to leave Harlem for Goldfield and hire a buyer to remove their furniture. The dealer lowballs brass bed 9 dollars, a chair 50 cents, and a lampstand fifty dollars to eight hundred dollars worth of items for fifty dollars. Peter resists but agrees to call the man back that evening. New York Herald.
Sweet peas number 86 divisions and about 300 subdivisions with a 500 acre California farm dedicated to their production. Annual output reaches roughly 350,000 pounds, with smaller farms boosting supply yet still unable to meet demand. They are the nation’s top garden flowers, surpassing nasturtiums outside city windows and tiny yards.
A compact explanation traces common sayings to vivid historical sources. Posters on posts gave rise to posters names. Rodomontade stems from Rodo mont, a swaggering king. Cutpurses earned their name from cords around the neck. Tinkers used dough to seal leaks, creating a dam called a tinker's dam, giving rise to the phrase meaning to not care at all.
A wine expert explains that aging gives wines their essence by a process of marriage among components. As alcohol sugar and acids blend over time the harshness of youth fades and a harmonious, fragrant compound develops.
A mother slaps a crying child and drags her from a fire escape before setting her down hard. Onlookers comment that if left alone the child would cry from the world’s slaps, reflecting harsh social pressure.
A dialogue unfolds as Mr Jaw backs a provocation about a woman trying to appear masculine. Mrs J scrutinizes him, agrees with the point, yet he remains unsettled by the exchange.
A wealthy tailor quips that clothes make the man, prompting his friend to question the idea. The dialogue satirizes status through fashion and self-perception, highlighting how attire shapes identity in social circles.
Austin Corbin’s herd of Corbin buffaloes in a New Hampshire park has defied forecasts that buffaloes would not breed there. The herd has increased so much that grazing space is hard to find, even within the Corbin fence area, drawing attention from observers in New York Times reports.
The Lake Brusio power plant in Switzerland records Europe’s highest water power. Water from the Poschiavino is channeled three miles to a reservoir, then via five large pipes to generators located 1,280 feet below. Output reaches 36,000 horsepower distributed to Lake Como and Maggiore shores and Milan's plains.
In New York a dentist recalls a patient, a busy business man, who brought a corner boot black to his 9 oclock appointment. The boy was allowed in to shine shoes while the dentist treated the man, illustrating a simple time saving idea.
Laurence Oliphant, the noted author and traveler, is said to have introduced the cigarette into England around 1844. The habit spread after the Crimean War due to Turkish officers smoking.
In Leigh England a man was fined £1 plus costs after he pulled the trolley pole from an electric tramcar’s overhead wire to halt the vehicle when a man’s hat blew away.
Persians favor refined dress with collarless light shirts cut low at the neck and long loose sleeves, plus fitted vests with wide flowing sleeves. The fashion emphasizes comfort and elegance in men’s traditional robes and fabrics.
Mrs Clyde Pixley of Bridge Street Belding Michigan suffered chronic bladder inflammation and severe kidney trouble for five years. Doctors said only an operation could help. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she rapidly improved, lost 30 pounds, and is now a well woman. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
At the Westport burial of Michael Sereno a grave collapse sent the coffin and five pallbearers into a shallow pit. The crosspiece gave way during lowering, causing soil to give way as rescuers pulled the group from the depths and the coffin was reburied after the scene.
Two colored men argue and threaten in a sharp exchange. The larger man threatens to knock the other so hard no railroad train could bring him back. The reply uses a humorously defiant line about sending a postal card for eight dollars. A judge notes the clash ends with a tacit peace.
David Uniapon, a northern Australia native skilled in mathematics and music, seeks testing funding in Adelaide for a device he says uses gravitation and momentum to achieve perpetual motion. He plans to obtain four beveled wheels a spindle and a tube with help from the Aborigines Department to assemble the machine. The tale shifts to a farmer and his son, the latter returning from college and joking about Greek roots as the farmer buys a grabbing hoe to vary his summer work.
A village tale from the Hungarian frontier tells how a peasant wife redeems 400 kronen and withdraws it after claiming Death demanded the money. The judge is jailed as the supposed specter, while the money stays in the bank. Also notes minds of lower animals and a pun about a bath.
Edith Hammer of Morrison Illinois recounts eczema cure after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes a sister was cured similarly and another sister found Cuticura Res-o-lvent and Pills a splendid tonic. Date October 3, 1906.
Curious scenes in St Keverne Cornwall as villagers greet a new peal for the parish church. A band leads a long procession while bells are drawn by four wagons horses. Men women and children carry flags and lay wreaths and wild flowers on the bells.
A vintage ad for Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure painful swollen feet and sweating, makes new shoes fit easily, and offers a free sample. It directs buyers to Druggists and Shoe Stores and lists A S Olmsted of Le Roy New York as contact.
A brief Baltimore American item notes a dog’s temperament as affectionate yet wary of bonds. The owner describes the pet’s tendency to attach quickly to people, highlighting a cautious, loving canine behavior.
An old ad touts Krause's Headache Capsules for overindulgence, with druggists selling at 25 cents. Norman Lichty Mfg Co of Des Moines markets remedies for love discussions, teething, and soothing syrups for children, featuring Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a 25 cent bottle.
Quote attributed to Haliburton states that women forgive injuries yet never forget slights, reflecting a past societal view on women's memory and honor.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts for its scientifically cooked grains and easy digestion. It claims ordinary cereals damage stomachs by being undercooked mush and notes the product provides nitrogenous and starchy parts ready for immediate use. It cites pediatric and adult benefits and mentions Postum Co. factories in Battle Creek Michigan and the book The Road to Wellville.
A waggish tobacconist labeled a favored cigar line Strictly Pro hibited to dodge a notice. When questioned about Smoking Strictly Prohibited he quips that he was indeed selling and smoking the brand, turning the warning into a clever pun.
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