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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
8
A farmer in Benton County Iowa describes hay dust causing milk complaints and steps to reduce dust with a tight loft and new cow manger. The piece shifts to Jersey cattle origin and breeding on the Isle of Jersey, noting climate and population, and mentions Defiance Cold Water Starch, Piso’s Cure, and other ads and quotes as side content.
Farmers warn that frost heaving damages wheat and clover when soils are poorly drained, while well drained fields keep the water table below root zones even in winter. Capillary action draws moisture but cannot cause heaving in drained soil, a lesson stressed by a railroad manager. Drain now before fall wheat plowing.
The Milking Machine makers press ahead to market a device that can milk ten cows at once and about thirty-two daily, claiming it addresses key issues of efficiency and cleanliness. A unit is being built in a New York small city, but not yet sold. The manufacturers, cautiously optimistic, note the challenge of perfect operation and easy cleaning.
A fragment notes a list titled money making secrets and mentions places like OWA DES MUIRES and 348 Good Mock. It contrasts self contemplation with time spent, implying value in practical effort over idle thinking.
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female ailments. It touts wide success in backache irregularities leucorrhea and uterine issues and claims the remedy aids childbirth and menopause. It invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance and promises responses by women.
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