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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
2
Cho Cho, the highest paid circus clown in the United States, is hired by the government to teach health to children. He performs at the interior department exhibition wearing a white satin costume with big yellow carrots red apples and milk bottles. He quips that drinking a pint a day makes you smile at your weight.
United States Department of Agriculture promotes a three year road building program with a $209 million post office appropriation and a total near $500 million for 1919. It argues that 12 percent of U S roads are surfaced and urges automobile owners to support road bonds to reduce costs and relieve urban congestion while boosting military and civilian mobility nationwide.
Des Arc Weekly Citizen October 9, 1858 lists market prices including tea 85 cents a pound, chickens $1.25 a dozen, eggs 10 cents a dozen, ham 10 cents a pound, beef 4 1/2 cents a pound, whisky 28 cents a gallon, amid yellow fever epidemic notes in the South with New Orleans deaths. Ed Morrill of Fordyce, Ark. preserves the issue from his grandfather J. Morrill of Des Arc.
Experiments indicate dipping vats achieve best eradication of hog lice. Medicated wallows and rubbing posts reduce parasites but do not fully eliminate them. Dips using coal tar creosote pine tar crude petroleum and bland oils vary in effectiveness, with sprinkling-can applications outperforming wallows or posts.
Begin control of young weeds to curb mature tough growth. Sweet clover serves as red clover substitute and should be cut for hay in early June before buds appear. Sweet corn and peas suit canning and drying. Tomatoes offer high food value due to easy canning and preservation. Pumpkins and squashes require little effort and are easy to include in plans.
Pinky and Clover, two rabbits, enjoy the first warm sun. Clover rests in shade while Pinky naps on the roof. They share unselfish, playful moments and ponder if they would write news as people.
A short moral note says the secret of pleasing is the wish to please. Attractive looks, grace, and wit help, but are not essential. The essential quality is a kindly spirit eager to give pleasure, and forgetting yourself makes pleasing others easy.
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