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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
9
A Farm and Home note describes an easy to build automatic water fountain using a barrel as a water source and a simple air vent system. The device waters poultry sheep hogs or cattle and relies on a funnel for filling and a plug to regulate air entry, with the trough leveled to suit the stock.
Peters Voorhees of Pontiac reports growing Canadian peas and oats together last season. He sowed 12 bushels peas and one bushel oats, harvesting 46 bushels per acre with peas comprising half the mix. Prof. Thomas Shaw endorses the drill planting method and notes the crop’s balanced nutrition, suitable for dairy cattle and horses, with strong regional adaptation to Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, northern Ohio, New York, and parts of New England and Ontario.
A simple hand roller made from a steel rod and a strong keg can firm soil after planting. By adding a weighted center box and handle, the device can be pushed or pulled over freshly tilled ground to press lumps and smooth lawns, offering a cheap alternative to costly rollers.
The article recounts how a dozen suitors failed to win Susan B. Anthony. A bold proposal from a well‑to‑do neighbor led her to consider marriage briefly, but she chose her work over domestic life. She later stated she never loved enough to give up her freedom or become either a drudge or a doll.
A capitalist asks his broker about a new silver mine venture. The broker says shares are stagnant and not moving. The capitalist muses that they may have to begin mining themselves to earn any return.
Dialog from the Chicago Daily News notes Edyth and Maybe debate marriage to a man of no family versus a widower with ten children. The exchange highlights social expectations about family size and suitability.
A Detroit Free Press quip recalls a humorous plunge on the board of trade that supposedly cleaned a trader up in great shape, illustrating a vivid stock market anecdote from the era.
A Yonkers Statesman note reports the writer of the song Tammany has earned significant money from it, prompting a Gotham debate on honest graft and related politics.
Fresh from New York and other markets today, prices across flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, cheese, hay, cattle, sheep and hogs are listed. Regional figures include Minnesota flour patent at 4.45 to 4.80, Cleveland wheat 89c, corn 54c, oats 36 to 65c, and hogs around 6.80 to 7.00 in several districts.
The article argues that today quality governs value more than ever. It stresses that producers must avoid ordinary goods, ensure smooth surfaces on buckets and similar items, and favor simple, well-made dairy tools to command top prices.
An elderly Newburgh resident describes severe blood poisoning and a nearly amputated foot, suffering for months. After hospital stay and failed recovery, he reports swift, complete healing within two weeks of using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Rub Solvent.
A Philadelphia man dining with a friend in a downtown restaurant enjoys snails and jokes that Philadelphia has snails, but none to catch them. The gag arises from a New Yorker remark about snails in Philadelphia and the punchline about catching them.
A collage of quotations and ad copy highlights products like Garfield Tea as a health remedy for constipation and liver and kidney issues. The piece mixes proverbs about money and fashion with campaignlike lines on advertising persistence and plain duty, reflecting period advertising rhetoric.
A collage of quotations and ads touting opinions on marriage carpentry chores and thrift. Highlights include a snappy line about a husband wasting time for three dollars, a Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ad, Garfield Tea health claims, and a note that competition never rests while you sleep.
Mrs Selina Jones of 200 Main St Ansonia Conn credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending seven years of back pain and weakness. She says within a week the pain disappeared and kidney weakness improved along with headaches dizzy spells and languor. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The butcher of Spotless Town uses Sapolio to keep tools and shop spotless, promoting neatness to encourage meat sales and reassure customers about cleanliness.
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