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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
7
A Farm Life warning explains spotted cowbane or water hemlock grows in wet places up to five feet tall with purple streaked stems and umbrella blossoms. Roots contain horn shaped tubers, toxic to children and livestock, requiring immediate uprooting and disposal to prevent harm.
Agricultural note explains corn smut spreads via sporidia from decaying soil matter and wind. Infection can begin early, bruises on stalks aid it, and seeds cannot be treated. Control is limited to burning smut balls, with some reduction possible if soil is free of smut and manure is minimized.
A farmer named Peter uses a harsh method to curb sparrows by encouraging crow nests. Winter storms and crop loss push crows to stay nearby, then in spring they raid other birds’ nests for meat, raiding sparrows too. Neighbors replant, but nesting crows eliminate the sparrow pests.
The article outlines the two cucumber flower types, male and pistillate, and explains that fruit sets only when pollen transfers from male to female blossoms. It notes pollination occurs via insects outdoors, or by hand in greenhouses, and stresses keeping plants vigorous with good soil and ample moisture for fruit development.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a quick made sacker hopper. The device uses tin pieces riveted for sides and front a wooden back three-inch strips form a 6 by 8 inch square box. Hooks fasten sacks and a three foot long piece bolted to the back holds top holes. The unit hangs on a post spike and lets one man fill sacks rapidly.
The notice urges homeowners to clear gutters and leaders as leaves fall. Quietly accumulating debris can cause backups during heavy rain, spilling water from eaves and damaging the structure if not addressed.
B Frank Doremus of Indianapolis recounts severe kidney pain swelling and dropsy after military service in 1897. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with reducing swelling normalizing urine and ending pain. He reports nine years of good health since uses and notes the product sale nationwide.
The tale recalls Commodore Vanderbilt greeting a familiar guest at a fashionable resort. His wife and daughter restrained anger as he politely spoke, noting the woman once sold poultry to the family. He recalled their mother selling root beer and his own youth selling oysters in New Jersey.
In a playful family scene a four year old granddaughter Katherine asks to pick the "underchildrenable flowers" for dinner after grandmother trims forget me nots. The grandparents had earlier brokered peace by labeling certain blooms children's flowers like dandelions and daisies.
Travel Magazine outlines daily life aboard a 14 man mackerel schooner with a skipper and cook. Two men serve as watch, one aloft and one at the wheel, each rotating two hours on two hours off. Forward bunks house half the crew and the cook, while the rest sleep aft with the captain.
A reader from Chicago recounts eczema relief after using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills costing 1 25. The letter notes complete cure and shares the experiences from 1906. Also included is a Plainfield N J vacation remark by Dr. Frank C Bostwick about sparing corporal punishment for children and a Gibraltar dentist anecdote about a gas request before a birch rod.
The Persian shah’s 1900 journey to Europe as described in Through Persia in a Motor Car is told. Imperial baggage included sacks of corn and barley a school globe and a large musical box four hours to roll through Teheran. A small donkey bore a graybearded astrologer with a vast wallet and a huge telescope within sight.
A House of Commons tale circulates about a member who abstained on the deceased wife’s sister bill. When pressed for motive a friend reports his witty reply that his wife has a sister.
A youthful Cornelia Orlandelli, aged 18 from a well connected family, has been immured in a lunatic asylum by her relatives to prevent correspondence with a favored suitor. The sensational tale unfolds with medieval melodrama overtones.
An advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co as Toledo makers and features endorsements from WaLpina Kinn an Marvin wholesale druggists. The notice touts internal action on blood and mucous membranes and urges testimonials, with a price of 75 cents per bottle and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The quote asserts courage as essential to any action, placing it beside honor as the mind's greatest qualities. It elevates bravery as universal across genders and contexts. James Allan presents courage as a fundamental driver of human effort and achievement.
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