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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
7
Practical irrigation guidance explains laying tile and choosing routes to outlets. It describes a simple plumb-bob device to determine ditch fall and cites recommended fall rates to avoid clogging. The piece also covers hay measurement methods and ton estimates for stacks.
A compact review tracing the history and purpose of plowing from early soil coverage to modern understanding of water holding capacity and soil chemistry. It notes Jethro Tull, the role of tillage in releasing existing fertility, and the value of vegetable matter in enhancing soil.
White oaks develop a single long tap root reaching deep into soil while elms and maples produce many surface roots. Oaks rely on clay subsoil for sustenance, and elms maples feed mainly from the top 12 inches. Avoid planting oaks in rich soils and elms maples in poor clay soils.
Clay soils and those that pack easily benefit from added organic matter. Apply a large amount of manure or seed with grass to establish roots that decay and increase soil organic matter.
A tidy farmer notes gate posts loosen when gates swing in wind and darkness. He favors a self hooking latch that fastens as soon as the gate is pushed to. An accompanying cut demonstrates an ingenious iron device that reliably holds the gate closed without fumbling.
The article argues that soil moisture, retained by proper cultivation, matters more than rainfall. If evaporation losses were eliminated, three to four inches of rainfall at the right time could raise crops like wheat and other small grains.
Mrs Margaret Emmerich of Clinton Street Napoleon Ohio endured fifteen years of kidney trouble with back pain poor eyesight dizzy spells and immobility. After ten years of no improvement doctors offered little help until Deans Kidney Pills provided quick relief and a final cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mrs. Marryat quips about a newlywed’s marital woes while Mrs. Gailey notes his long absences. The text promotes Garfield Tea as a mild herbal laxative for constipation liver and kidney derangements sick headache biliousness and indigestion.
A widow notes an observed scene where a married woman at a party looks distressed as her husband flirts with another guest. The widow argues wives rarely flirt to get even, while widows can laugh at the situation since they know where husbands are and what they may be doing.
The Munhon Pigo revision is finished in 29 volumes at a cost of 47,500 yen, as reported by the Korean Daily News. The government had requested the update several months prior and now releases the expansive edition.
A public contest offers 325 cash prizes for letters about coffee to Postum experiences. Prizes include $10 to five best letters, $5 to twenty, $2 to one hundred, and $1 to two hundred, with entry closing June 1 1907. Letters must be honest and prior Postum users.
A Tipton Indiana group writes to a Canadian official praising Western Canada’s land grants and low fares. They recount traveling 2000 miles through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta visiting farms and towns with thriving wheat crops and new infrastructure. They detail buying over two thousand acres and planning partnership farming based on the promised prosperity.
Maron Land Co of St Paul advertises North Dakota farm lands and improved farms in Minnesota and Iowa. They seek legitimate exchanges and live agents. The note adds unrelated product and quotation snippets about a talking machine and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ending with a Seabottle Fraud remark from Gibbon.
A fragmented advertisement mentions Putnam faceless dyes used to make cloth hats and children's dresses look like new. It also references Krause's Cold Capsules and a cautionary line about transgressors, with a general druggist price of 25 cents.
A vintage classified asks readers to buy a daily fly killer claiming it kills thousands and lasts the season. The ad requests 20 cents and directs to H Somers at 149 De Kalb Ave Brooklyn NY. A stray line about social exchange appears afterward.
Advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease relieves hot sweating calloused swollen feet with a trial package free and a price of 25 cents. It lists Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York and urges not to accept substitutes. The Tokio Nichi Nichi notes one day's pay for an American worker in San Francisco as a fair monthly stipend for a Japanese.
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal use, targeting blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured, invites testimonials, and credits F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, with distribution by druggists. The ending line promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a general jab about women's pride.
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