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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
A promotional snippet urges women to write to Mrs Pinkham for confidential advice about private illnesses. It claims decades of correspondence with sick women yield knowledge to help cases, presenting letters from grateful readers as proof of efficacy.
A Pennsylvania woman endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after relief from chronic female disorders. The ad cites a thirty year history of use and claims cures for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms.
The article outlines cabbage pest control using paris green with flour early and pyrethum powder later, plus kerosene emulsion sprays and tobacco decoction for lice. It warns against overuse, stresses early treatment, and notes hygiene and multiple sprayings. It discusses automatic dump wagons, loco weed losses in Colorado, and cures with strychnine for cattle and Fowler's solution for horses. It also recommends purple top ruta-baga as a marketable, long keeper fall crop after peas.
A Field and Farm note describes sore feet forcing a horse to alter gait to ease pain. The horse begins with a single foot action, then courts pacing as the strain grows. The piece highlights how discomfort shapes movement, referencing the famous horse Jay Eye See.
The passage notes animals pacing due to fore limb soreness, with the fore feet failing to aid propulsion while the legs merely support the painful, heavy weight of the animal. It discusses how limb distress affects movement and posture, signaling a health issue requiring attention.
Connecticut’s Southport Globe onions are famed for their beauty and market value. The white variety is praised for its perfect globe shape, thin skin, fine grain flesh, and mild flavor, making it a top performer in Ohio New York and New York City markets. A yellow Southport Globe adds color but shares shape and character.
The 24 inch disk plow outperforms other sizes in soil pulverization and trash clearance while needing less sharpening. Do not exceed eight to ten inch furrows. Two 24 inch plows cutting eight inches are better than a 28 or 30 inch plow cutting sixteen. H H Gross argues in Peoria that Illinois dirt roads have wasted funds that could gravel or macadamize every foot, and good roads could be built on black land at modest cost to landowners.
To break down clods and create a fine surface the field drag is useful. It can be used with the spring tooth barrow or with the disk. The drag comprises 6 by 6 inch pieces, 6 to 10 feet long, laid edgewise and bound by cross pieces from 1 1/4 by 6 inch lumber.
In New Zealand the demand centers on Shorthorn bulls of the milking strain. Kangaroo rats devastate vineyards near Santa Cruz feeding on buds and vines. Frank Culp in Morgan County West Virginia is mauled after a mule attack injuring his leg. Secretary Wilson notes potential bumper crops nationwide. Texas dominates cattle output though not finished there. Panhandle steers recently sold for 250000 dollars. A Connecticut farmer uses incubator methods to sprout seed potatoes before field planting.
Gloucester shad fisherman John Starr found two beer kegs tangled in his gill net while hauling it. One keg surfaced in his boat and the other escaped, leaving Starr and his crew puzzled by the oddly fresh foamy contents.
Mrs. Della Meanes of Sville Kentucky describes years of kidney pain bearing down in the hips and swelling in the feet. She reports relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills and claims a full cure. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A physician notes color vision differences with a testing machine, stating that about one in thirty women are slightly color blind and one in five men are. He cites rare absolute color blindness and comments on tobacco smoke and non smokers affecting sight, with an anecdote about a color blind individual.
Mrs Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska reports a skin cure after measles left large penny sized sores on her head and neck. She says doctors remedies failed for six months, then Cutiura Remedies cleared the condition in three weeks and she remains well seven years later.
A crowded, garbled ad page mentions marriage odds by age, then shifts to an advertising claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It touts constitutional treatment, offers one hundred dollars for cures, and urges readers to request circulars and testimonials. Also contains a note on wealth and taste from Munich Kunst fuer Alle.
An Egyptian paper reports native families paying about 65 and an acre or 28.5 percent of crops as tax. Foreigners and land companies control 655,000 acres. insolvency and liquidation plus estate redistribution since 1902 may release large amounts of unhidden gold.
A short advertisement touts Those Delicious Lemon Pies labeled OUR-PIE by D-Zerta Food Co. Rochester N. Y. The copy promises mouth watering pies with no fuss and at ten cents each, claiming wide appeal and urging readers to try and tell friends.
Mrs. Owen D. Evans, a Redcliffe graduate, secured the $100 award for the best original essay in a prize by the women's auxiliary of the New York Civil Service Reform association.
Free sample offer for Allen's Foot Ease powder from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Claims relief for tired sweating hot swollen feet and helps fit shoes. Also advertised as a cure for corns and bunions and sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. London rush hours cited with commuter counts.
Eye soothing salve advertised for relief from irritation caused by dust heat sun or wind. Distributed by Howard Bros Buffalo New York with druggists carrying the product. A compact period style promo card emphasizes quick comfort for irritated eyes.
Mukden Manchuria reports forty tan neries and a thriving fur trade with both local and export markets. Prices run 15 to 20 percent lower than a year ago. Also advertised is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums offering relief of pain and wind colic at 23 cents a bottle.
During the winter semesters 3869 foreigners attended German universities, comprising 8.3 percent of total enrollment. This figure highlights ongoing international participation in German higher education and the share of nonnative students within the university system.
The article extols a broad knowledge base for health and happiness citing trusted products approved by the Well-Informed of the World. It highlights Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued, wholesome family laxative made by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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