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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
7
The piece highlights thousands of American women sacrificing daily to keep homes orderly while enduring pain and weakness. It argues for aid to these faithful women to overcome persistent aches and burdens they bear in silence.
The text promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female illnesses. It cites testimonials from Mrs F Ellswood Mayville New York and Mrs W P Boyd Beaver Falls Pennsylvania who report improved health and capacity for work. It claims thirty years of use and invites women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Rene La Montagne recalls a small incident with a 5-year-old Cedarhurst girl. While driving her home from Rockaway Hunt club, he offered a lift and heard family news as the child walked inside safely after a brief exchange. The tale ends with a shy quip from the girl.
A new father gazes at his newborn while his wife comforts him. He quietly mutters his amazement at how anyone could manage to lift and position a crib in a home, noting the cost of seven shillings and sixpence in a dreamlike moment.
The Louisville Deastex Journal quotes a quip about who raised the hanging gardens of Babylon. A king is said to have built them to outwit his neighbors and their chickens.
A French observer describes Moorish childrearing in Morocco from Mathilde Zeus’s Une Francaise au Maroc. Children kiss their father's hand and enter his presence only when called, eat separately, and are sent meals from the parents. Fathers begin schooling at age five with gifts to the master, then a party signals entry to class. If aptitude fails, a child may be apprenticed to a trade, though literacy remains expected. Medical and chemical study are discouraged by religion, and anatomy is forbidden, with surgeons often being barbers.
Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan reports her brother was cured after three summers of eczema using Cuticura Ointment. She cites another case where a child recovered from severe eczema after using Cuticura Remedies and did not relapse. Dates noted Aug 15 and Sept 2 1907.
In a logging camp a widow faces hardship after Peter Grimes dies. Carpenter Joseph Breed cuts a coffin lid with four sevens to imply twenty eight. At the funeral the clergyman misreads the engraving and gasps at the pagan joke.
A Washington Star anecdote recalls Senator Depew accusing a corruptionist who bribed a voter's wife with a cheap kitten. The bribery attempt ends as the wife notes the rival paid more for the kitten's brother, hinting at broader electioneering corruption.
Johnny Green recalls his father in New York mentioning a dentist bill near eight hundred dollars to have his teeth cut. His mother asks why. The exchange hints at high dental costs during the period.
Virginia mother reports improved health after using Grape-Nuts. She says her baby thrived, she could nurse successfully, and she regained strength after a doctor advised dietary change. The ad cites Bat tle Creek Michigan maker and invites readers to read more in The Road to Wellville.
The sketch outlines building a rock-fill dam on bedrock with a ten foot rise and ten foot base, curving upstream. Use rubble masonry with cement, proper wasteway tunnel and sluice gates, and a fifteen inch turbine wheel to yield 8–10 horsepower for the 4 inch circular saw.
The design describes a stall four feet over all with a 2 by 4 feed rack and a sloped 1 by 4 rack above. Cows stand behind the 2 by 4 when eating and lie with their heads under the feed rack, no gutter needed, short partitions recommended to prevent turning.
The article explains that cultivation alone cannot sustain crops. Manure restores soil plant food, enriches and makes it more available, improves chemical conditions, warms the soil, and helps it retain and draw moisture from below.
The text argues that regular cultivation of soil prevents weeds and preserves moisture. Deep plowing and frequent harrowing prepare seedbeds so post-plant cultivation stays shallow. After each rain, cultivation should occur to keep soil loose and weed-free, reducing weed growth over time.
A famous English authority explains that blood contains six to seven times more sodium than potassium, keeping a constant blood composition. To maintain animal wealth, stock must regularly assimilate a definite amount of common salt. The excess remains unexplained in this excerpt.
Potassium salts in vegetable foods cause abnormal loss of common salt through chemical exchange. Animals crave salt most when diets include wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans, and peas. Adding salt to feed increases appetite, aids tissue repair, and boosts tissue waste processing. Boussingault’s work linked salt to greater muscular vigor and better overall condition.
A Michigan man develops a practical bucket for farmers and dairymen to feed slop and handle liquids. The device acts as a dipper with a hinged bottom that fills by being pushed into fluid and then opens to discharge into a trough without spilling. A rod handle seals the bottom during transport and releases on downward push to empty.
A fruit grower earns top prices by sorting apples into grades and layering by hand. Pack in barrels or boxes with uniform size on top, ensure color consistency, fill to the stave top, then apply the heading carefully with a lever block and press.
Experimenters report applying 160 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda to barnyard millet. Unfertilized yield 7.63 tons per acre, treated yield 13.38 tons, a gain of 5.75 tons or 75.4 percent. At $3 per ton the gain is $17.25, nitrate cost per acre $3.60, yielding a net gain of $13.65 per acre. Seeded June 16 on rich land with 0.75 bushel per acre after oat and pea forage averaging six tons per acre.
A wheelbarrow mounted unit lets a farmer prepare and can fruit and vegetables in the field or orchard. It moves between patches or fields as needed and uses a kerosene burner to heat water for the canning process.
The item surveys farming themes from budget farming in Kansas and Texas to experiments in synthetic wool from jute and other agri-news. It notes a Clairmont ranch in Clark County Kansas splitting into small farms, dairy output from 139 cows, long preserved grist mill in Michigan, and plans for a winter cucumber greenhouse in Olathe with strong fruit prices.
A Louisiana inventor unveils a curved prong pickle fork that grips pickles like pincers and draws them from bottles without slipping. The item eliminates the problem of last pickles sticking or slipping through the neck.
Cut a dozen celery stalks into inch pieces and boil until tender, then drain. In a granite saucepan boil one quart cider with alum, add brown sugar salt pepper cinnamon onion juice and vinegar to make a thick syrup. Stir in celery and boil five minutes, then pack into jelly glasses and cover with paraffin.
A historic recipe calls for one ounce gelatin or isinglass, four ounces leaf sugar, six oranges, one lemon, and water. Soak, boil sugar into syrup, add citrus juice and peel, then stir in isinglass and strain to finish.
Crush currants with sugar. Beat egg yolks with water and flour, mix with fruit and sugar, cook until smooth. Bake an under crust, fill with the mixture, then top with a meringue made from egg whites and sugar and brown in the oven.
Sage is used in dressing for fowl though stems and leaves are unpleasant. A tablespoon of sage steeped in half a cup of boiling water is strained into the dressing to prevent the unpleasant taste.
Raspberries are pressed through a fine sieve to yield juice enough for three pints. Mix with one pound of powdered sugar the juice of one large lemon and one teaspoonful of raspberry extract. Freeze to make a refreshing raspberry water ice.
A simple cold bean salad combines cold string beans with chopped onion and seasonings. Fried bacon bits are added, then a half cup of vinegar is poured over the hot mixture and chilled before serving.
Beat the whites of two eggs very stiff with one cupful powdered sugar add half the grated peel and the juice of an orange. Whip to a soft cream and put between the layers of a cake when they are cool.
A compact recipe note lists ingredients for a ginger flavored bake: one cup each sugar, molasses, and sour cream. half cup butter. one tablespoon grated ginger. one teaspoon cinnamon. Dissolve a heaping teaspoon of soda in hot water, add soda last, beat well, and bake in a slow oven.
A vintage style recipe lists ingredients for a rich maple syrup pound cake: half a pound butter two cups sugar two cups maple sirup six cups flour one cup milk four eggs with nutmeg and salt. It reads like a domestic kitchen note from a historical newspaper page.
Verdigris on metal can be removed by rubbing with a soft rag dipped in liquid ammonia. Boiling vinegar counteracts cabbage odor. Clean enamel tubs and marble wash bowls with kerosene then soapsuds to remove kerosene odor. Organdies chambrays and fine fabrics can be washed with salt in water to prevent fading. Mildew spots respond to soap and chalk, sun drying helps. Lamp chimneys regain color with methylated spirit and then polish.
In Prague tipping is considered essential for tramway conductors and staff. Conductors receive small tips, typically two heller daily, with larger tips for service in major Bohemian towns. A head waiter in a cafe may rely on tips for income surpassing a university professor, while cafe staff, waiters, and assistants receive fractional tips from meals and beverages.
Rev. G. M. Gray of Whitesboro Texas suffered four years with lumbago causing daily pain. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his misery was removed in a short time. He allows his name to be used to help others with kidney trouble. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt, a lesson on big cats leads to a pause then Tommy admits Willie Wreggles, a caddie’s brother, would know about the lynx. The exchange highlights playful student expectations and comic misdirection in a schoolroom scene.
A Raleigh News and Observer anecdote about Bishop Dudley moving to Kentucky. A worried friend fears danger after hearing of a fatal street crime. The bishop replies he will avoid trouble by not treading on a dog, a quip reflecting cautious zeal.
Free offer from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York for a powder to shake into shoes. Claims cure for tired sweating hot swollen feet and helps with tight shoes and corns and bunions. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents.
In May in the Hudson Valley an Agricultural Times notice seeks a young man for farm work who can drive milk and float and live in winter. The applicant replies he has experience and a job in April in the Thames valley.
The ad touts Pettit’s Eye Salve as strong relief for eye strain and watery eyes, urging purchase at Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York. A separate note describes public streets in Java towns cleaned daily by chained convicts under native soldiers, a vivid early 20th century labor scene.
An ad for 105 N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis sells guns traps and buys furs and hides. Also obituary notice for the Rev Angus Bethune aged 97 and 67 years in Durham diocese. Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething 23 cents per bottle. A New York restaurant offers full course dinner for 7 cents at 200 Clinton Street.
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Mixir of Senna as a reliable laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dose escalation. It claims physician approval and urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
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