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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
7
A Wallace's Farmer writer describes a two-bunch sorting pen to quickly separate hogs and sheep, with options to scale for cattle. Details cover pen A connecting to B and D, adjustable sorting gate E, post placement F and G, latch mechanisms, and a ring crate for nose rings.
A compact four foot wide feed way uses side panels and 14 inch uprights to hold hay above a two foot lower stall floor. Horses reach through to feed while grain boxes sit at stall corners. The design prevents stock from pulling or throwing feed, reducing waste and adapting to various stables.
Lousy hogs and thrifty hogs are strangers. Give ewes and lambs a dry shed at night and a sunny spot in the day. Do not run the sheep on last year’s pastures this year. This is the safest method of keeping them free from stomach pests. Damp dirty bedding and healthy pigs will not be found in the same house. Cleanliness is a prime requisite for success. A fresh coat of whitewash on the inside of the sleeping quarters looks good to visitors and helps check vermin. A weak coal-tar dip solution sprinkled about the hog house will prevent foul odors and aid health. Health and vigor prevent disease. Feed the ewes liberally and let the lambs learn to eat young. Stomach worms do not get possession readily where lambs are well fed.
Farmers can boost profits by keeping more brood mares for work and colt production. Proper selection emphasizes large feet, strong bone, deep barrel, and feminine head. Start hardening mares to work in 3–4 weeks, fit collars correctly, and feed a protein rich ration with bran and clover hay for foal development.
Mrs. Della Meanes of Maysville Kentucky describes seven years of kidney pain bearing down hips dull headaches and swelling and says one box of Dean's Kidney Pills brought relief and she continued use until full cure. She notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A child asks who first imagined music and an aunt responds that such creators are prehistoric. The exchange blends curiosity with a playful memory of ancient beginnings.
A Lampton lunatic asylum attendant guides a visitor through two cells. The first holds a man ruined by unrequited love who sits vacantly on a three legged stool. The second contains a stark mad inmate, revealed in a quip about being the other man.
A humorous critique of outdated household tips proves many tricks harmful or useless. It notes carpet cleaning with moist tea leaves stains and salt causing rust, suggesting newspapers dampened and torn work better. Mrs. Graham’s red ink mishap ends with a doctor’s quip about decorating too far.
A reader recounts early coffee use and its effects on sleep and nerves. After switching to Postum the writer reports better sleep and reduced headaches, praising the drink and noting the ad’s origin with Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
An angry Detroit citizen visits the trolley superintendent claiming a conductor tore his wife’s dress, tearing over a yard of fabric. He demands compensation by matching the material, while the official questions fault and jokes about replacing the dress.
A Concord New Hampshire man describes a two month skin eruption below the knees that itched and burned badly. After trying several remedies without relief he found instant itching relief and swelling reduction using Cuticura.
A plain spoken exchange reports a man admitting he is smoking breakfast food given by a woman at a house. The line suggests a domestic or street scene with a comedic or taunting tone. No further context provided.
A Montreal Herald tale notes six year old Margie, from a Presbyterian family, planned a Lent fast of no candy for 40 days on Ash Wednesday. Moments later she was seen with a peppermint, then confessed she had changed her mind and would instead give up profane language.
In this ad style passage Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio is pitched as the sole constitutional treatment for catarrh, a claimed constitutional disease. The text touts internal dosing, a $100 reward for cures it cannot achieve, and urges readers to send for circulars while noting local druggists stock the product at 75 cents and recommending Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The imperial ruler asks about the gulf between ordinary humanity and an autocrat. The rustic replies with mild surprise and coins the term czarchasm in a witty clash of words.
Emportant to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it.
Advertises Allen’s Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot sweaty feet and swelling. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package FRB. Claims no substitute acceptable and lists Allen & Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the address. Also includes a proverb about people helping others trumpet their own success.
A dated ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum softening inflammation and relief from wind colic. The piece ends with a Marcus Aurelius quote about gentleness as invincible.
A Lynn Massachusetts expert in women illness offers confidential letters to readers seeking help. The message stresses Mrs Pinkham's thirty years of correspondence with sick women and the proven value of her guidance.
Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen Town Pennsylvania describes long standing female illness including organic derangement and headaches. After suffering severe nerves a doctor advised surgery but she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on a friend's tip and credits the remedy with restoring her health. She now tells friends of her experience and praises the product.
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