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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
7
The article traces how household remedies evolved into patent medicines, noting that families once made home tonics and laxatives, passed by word or written formula. It highlights Peruna by Dr. Hartman, Mennonite in origin, as a now widely sold remedy for coughs, colds, throat issues, bronchitis, and catarrhal diseases.
Plain concrete floors with roughened surface form the best setup for dairy stalls. The diagram shows a modern stable with 3% feet wide stalls allowing cows space to move without crowding. Simple chain ties, level mangers, and a floor integral design enable easy cleaning and removal of woodwork for repurposing.
The guide presents a daily ration for a 1200 lb cow at 30 lb of 3.5 percent milk. It lists Prairie hay, fodder corn, cornmeal, ground oats, and oil meal with carbohydrate fat and protein values. It notes fat excess compensates for carbohydrate shortfall and suggests grain at about one pound per three pounds of four percent milk, fed half in morning and half at night.
The piece advises flood stables with sunlight to reduce disease, strain milk for purity, use covered milk pails, avoid flavor contamination, and not skip morning milking in winter. It notes feeding high priced grain can pay if cows produce milk, warns the bull is dangerous if not restrained, and suggests butter makers stay content with good milk or cream.
A farmer in Farmers' Review describes concrete cow stables with 3x4 windows behind each cow on the south and north sides and three 3x4 end windows, five feet above the floor. He notes these windows keep the stable warm and sweet. He also adds 2x3 windows behind each horse in the barn to dry and simplify cleaning, claiming there is little risk of too much sun.
Farmers Charles McCormick of Manitoba and Thomas Sawatzky of Saskatchewan report strong yields and high returns for 1907. McCormick details 100 acres with 80 wheat and 20 oats yielding 2 004 dollars after expenses. Sawatzky lists 70 acres wheat at 22 50 per acre with 1 750 bushels and 15 acres oats plus 5 acres barley totaling substantial income and praise for the district.
Announcement asks where to place Alderman Dodger retirement notice within public improvements. Editor suggests under Public Improvements.
A baby developed eczema on the face at one month old and persisted for three months despite three months of doctor care. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the child improved. by age two and a half the eczema had not returned as of June 1907 per Mrs. M. L. Harris of Alton Kansas.
A hospital scene with a doctor joking about Pat’s abrasion and a mother recounting how Sloan’s Liniment saved her life after copperhead bites on August 29, 1906. The account stresses prompt treatment for poisonous bites and recalls a garter snake incident causing a car crash.
A Chicago mother sues after her son’s curls were cut and he was bathed at a children’s home. She says every curl was worth 1000 dollars and seeks 15000 dollars for the curls and bath, alleging harm to a delicate child.
In a brief exchange, Tired Tiffin asks if one has been expelled from a saloon and Weary Wigs replies yes, noting a long history of being thrown out of nearly everything, including work.
A domestic chemistry note describes a blow pipe test to distinguish pure from adulterated white lead used in paint. It notes pure lead to globules under heat, warns adulteration, and cites National Lead Company offering test equipment and a booklet. Includes a humorous exchange about a postmaster resigning over live alligators in mail.
In a humorous exchange, O Rile y questions O Toole about his evening. O Toole admits to playing Bridget whist. He describes sitting in the kitchen with Bridget, eating pie cake and chicken while Bridget calls out whist when the mistress approaches.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The notice invites readers to send for circulars and lists Toledo, Ohio as the company location with Druggists, Inc. endorsements.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful feet and growing nails with a trial package offered free and a 25 cent price. It also cites a claim that US manufactured exports averaged over two million dollars daily for the year.
A Rochester New York company promotes OUR-PIE lemon pie preparation with a housewife praising its ease. The ad claims grocers carry it for 10 cents and notes the product is put up by D-Zerta Co.
The article notes that Anthony Trollope earned about $500000 over his lifetime as a published author.
History notes Pettit's Eye Salve launched in 1807 and now a century later sales rise yearly. Described as a wonderful remedy, it is credited with aiding millions with weak eyes and is sold by Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York.
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