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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
7
In Midland town, business struggles prompt creditors to push for payment. A final appeal features a performance of For Honor and for England. One scene unfolds in near darkness as the hero-awaits dawn while the gas supply is cut, triggering comic mishap.
Salzer Seed Co announces a special Salzer s Bargain Seed Book featuring bargain seeds and a free seed package to grow five tons of grass on the buyer s lot this summer. The notice promises Cosmos flowers and other bargains from the Lock Drawer K address in La Crosse Wisconsin.
A witty exchange quotes a nobleman asking to loaf forever and his bride replying she will tolerate a year or two of loafing before he should start working, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
Advertises Nickel Plate Road passenger service to the East highlighting comfort, color porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers, and dining options with code to contact J Y Calahan in Chicago for tickets and reservations. Ends with a quoted proverb from the St Louis Globe Democrat.
An advert promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot sweaty feet with a trial package free and a 25 cent price. It also includes a husband spending money claim implying a marriage convenience and personal freedom theme.
Druggists refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure piles in 6 to 14 days. advertise a guaranteed remedy priced at 50 cents with bold claims and a jokey line about competition. The Chicago Daily News note hints at advertiser persistence.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Hoxsie's Croup Cure as a life saver for pneumonia croup and diphtheria with no opium for 50 cents. It promotes Dr Bayer's Penetrating Oil for lameness rheumatism and backache at 25 cents a bottle. Also plugs Mrs Austin's Pancake flour and a quip about breakfast.
An article describes building a sheep barn with pens, gates, and draft-cleaning access. It lists extensive materials including framing, rafters, siding, roofing, and hardware with precise dimensions and quantities for a Michigan context.
The text advises cooling mash before feeding hens and offering available scraps or offal to prevent feather-eating. It discusses differences between fowl and bird, the role of grit, and suggests gravel, broken crockery, and barley meal mixed with skim milk to fatten hens. It notes sweet corn fed at night boosted egg production.
A new unnamed horse illness in Cashmere Washington causes horses to refuse food and water and die within days. Reports describe rapid decline and severe symptoms before death. Veterinary officials are investigating the disease and seeking samples to identify the cause and spread.
The piece explains feed conversion in cattle noting that from six months to 16 or 18 months a calf gains about one pound for every five to six pounds of corn. It adds that a three-year-old steer requires roughly ten pounds of corn for one pound of gain.
Different cows produce varying milk amounts from the same feed, just as some steam boilers generate more steam per pound of coal. The comparison illustrates efficiency differences in biological and mechanical systems.
Consul Snodgrass in Pretoria reports rising American demand for saddlery and electrical goods amid strong British competition. He notes Cape legislature moves to raise duties, American factories facing a British stronghold as Africa becomes a key market, with mining and tramway projects boosting demand for American equipment.
The Audubon society of Louisiana has leased several small islands off the Louisiana coast to create preserves for bird breeding and nesting habitats.
Professor W. J. McGee slept four months on hot Arizona sands to regain health. The scientist reports success and used the time to study desert insects and reptiles.
A Kingston New York man caught a burglar when his wooden leg fell from beside his trousers at retirement. The thief cried out after the impact and was seized by the resident, who kept the wooden limb nearby as a habit.
The report lists February 28 market quotes for flour wheat corn oats beef sheep hogs and livestock across New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg with varied ranges. Highlights include wheat around mid 80s to 90s and hogs around 6.60 to 6.70 in several cities and cattle calves lambs and butter eggs cheese and potatoes priced accordingly.
European armies receive weekly extras such as sugar in England and France two gallons of beer in Russia half a gallon of wine in Italy three pounds of fish in Spain and five ounces of butter in Belgium, as part of wartime provisioning.
Sir Oliver Lodge, famed for psychical research, began business life at age fourteen. The item notes his early start and the public attention surrounding his early career.
The Cleveland Leader reports a wife choosing to marry Jack Rounder despite his repeated blackballing by local clubs. The motive cited is hopes of keeping him at home in the evenings.
The item is a quotation from the New York Press noting that clever financial schemes escape legal scrutiny, reflecting on lax enforcement and clever evasion by financiers.
Chief Rabbi Meir of Trieste marks 50 years in office with jubilee celebrations across synagogues. The chief burgomaster personally extended congratulations to the rabbi.
Burtsell Roe eight years old born without ears receives a pair at Bowling Green hospital Toledo Ohio He already had hearing in his ears prior to the fitting which restores complete auditory function for the boy through the devices.
The piece urges citizens to support a national pure food bill to require makers and retailers to disclose ingredients. It argues current standards are flawed, cites Postum Cereal Co. examples, and calls for letters to Congress and Senators. It emphasizes personal liberty and public protection against deceptive labeling.
Text urges readers to collect and mail a Pure Food bill petition to their congressman and senators. Readers are advised to cut the notice from at least two publications, sign with name and address, and encourage friends to join to boost support for the Pure Food measure.
Long bill establishing labeling requirements for all foods sold across states. Mandates clear ingredient lists in plain English, maker names and addresses, and prohibits altering labels with penalties including fines and jail terms. Applies to original packaging and recovered wrappers. Enforcers include the Bureau of Chemistry and district attorneys. Effective October first, nineteen hundred and six.
The undersigned respectfully requests the representative and senators from his district to support this measure.
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