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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
8
A.B. Alexander urges farmers to value sound ground mares alongside purebred stallions to prevent unsound horses. He cites letters about lame or ill mares bred despite warnings, and prescribes grading up stock with healthy purebred sires, avoiding unsound or crossbreeds, and organizing breeder associations to promote quality and market profits.
A writer warns farmers against feeding heavily in winter and starving work teams in summer. He cites a young farmer who kept feed for winter, leaving teams underfed during peak season. Resulting shortages and high costs depleted value and harmed performance. The piece urges balanced, steady feeding aligned with work demand.
Bureau of Statistics reports from about 10 000 correspondents the average cost to raise a horse to age three is 104.06 dollars, net 96.54 after deducting pre three year work value. Costs vary by state with Rhode Island and Connecticut highest. Itemized costs include service, mare time, breaking, veterinary care, feed, and shelter with feeds accounting for 54 percent of total and care 16 percent.
Reports from Canadian officials indicate Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will see crop areas roughly equal to last year. Ideal weather with abundant sunshine and timely rains pushes toward a bumper harvest though late and short straw noted. Wheat in Manitoba should head mid July with Saskatchewan and Alberta by July 15 to 17. Overall, rains and warmth foster excellent prospects for Western Canada in 1912.
A North Carolina dry state tale shows a commercial traveler offering two dollars to a local man for directions to alcohol. The man guides him through town and suburbs, then west toward the countryside, revealing the plan to cross into Kentucky to drink.
The Nurliches tout the English butler Parker but he quits after a month. He complains he mistook them for refined, champagne people, yet finds their diet cabbage and beer intolerable. He says he cannot breathe a "beery atmosphere" and leaves.
Senator Borah story describes a psychologist and a midist professor in a small town. A young society bud discusses soul travel at night. the professor jokes a voyage to other planets while the young lady fears nightgowns. Also an insect repellent advertisement for Porter’s antiseptic healing oil promotes relief from mosquitoes gnats and bites.
A fragmentary item notes a line about Ja Rants a finished tragediant and the woman who powders her nose not shining in society. It contrasts a man’s soiled character being washed in a woman's tears, presenting a terse social reflection.
A foreman announces a guilty verdict as the jury declares they are "all of one mind." Counsel seeks to know which juror held that view for appeal, while the judge confirms the unanimity and readiness to sentence. The report ties in a courtroom scene with a historical newspaper tone.
A chemist analyzes Coca-Cola's popularity, attributing it to refreshing quality without a post-consumption low mood. He notes its caffeine- based similarities to coffee and tea, minus tannic acid, and cites Hollingworth and Wood studies showing caffeine beverages reduce fatigue and boost responsiveness, unlike other stimulants that create a habit.
An expedition sent by Uncle Sam to aid flood sufferers encounters Uncle Eph in a dilapidated skiff. He paddles with one hand while baling water with the other as the relief boat approaches. He answers with a humorous remark about wanting wings.
The piece recalls a Cincinnati Commercial Gazette wedding prediction for Helen L. Herron and William Howard Taft dated twenty seven years prior. It lauds Taft as a Yale graduate of high standing with integrity and promise in public life, noting a journalist’s foresight about a bright future. It ends with a reflective maxim about friends.
Swarthmore and Baltimore women describe relief from severe menstrual and hemorrhagic troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They credit the remedy with avoiding surgery and restoring health during the change of life. The notices claim testimonials are genuine to support the product's effectiveness.
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