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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
6
The article explains thinness due to stomach catarrh and hyperacidity hindering pancreatic fat digestion. It attributes fat loss to fermented food delaying digestion and suggests 4 doses of Peruna before meals to speed digestion, prevent fermentation, and restore weight by consuming fat-forming foods.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cascarets as the sole bowel exercise, likening use to sawing wood or walking ten miles. It claims Cascarets strengthen bowel muscles, digest food, and avoid purging or stomach upset. Ten-cent boxes fit pockets. buy only from Sterling Remedy Company.
A young city clerk avoids rash quits and builds a poultry venture from a backlot. He starts with 12 standard hens and a rooster, raises eggs chicks and 25 breeder pullets, expands, and by the next spring triples his business. He later buys a small farm and becomes a full-time poultryman with steadily rising profits.
Secretary James Wilson will establish a denatured alcohol school in Washington with a small distilling outfit for practical demonstrations. Dr. H. W. Wiley will oversee the project, aiming to show what denatured alcohol is how it is made and from what products.
Water pans for poultry are designed to keep out dust and litter. The illustrated forms allow birds to drink from multiple sides and minimize space for filth to enter. A round cone shaped top prevents roosting on the pan and the unit may be fixed in place.
A cabinet page notes a DaITKING pan used for poultry placed on a platform high enough to prevent litter from being scratched back into it.
A pair of con artists used a bogus state dairy inspector guise to condemn cows as tuberculosis infected. They persuaded farmers to sell diseased animals for export, then vanished, leaving victims furious. The ruse hinged on the inspector's authority and a quiet sale. Farmers are urged to verify identities before acting.
A garden note explains that squash eggs lay on leaves, not stems, with dark chestnut globules in clusters that crush easily when leaves are turned. The borer attacks stems with hatched larvae, and a saltpeter solution or turpentine-soaked sawdust around each plant are cited as effective controls.
The article notes a sanitary nest for hens, made of wire and housed for easy removal. The intact nest and housing can be washed, scrubbed, and boiled to remove impurities and insects, reflecting broader use of sanitary practices in farm animal husbandry.
A Colorado railroad promotes potato specials to teach farmers better potato farming. Advice includes washing milk cans and utensils thoroughly and scalding without wiping to reduce bacterial contamination. An 1800 pound draft horse at age three is portrayed as a reliable, profitable asset. Some suggest mixing flour of sulphur with seed corn to deter cutworms, calling it an easy, inexpensive recipe worth trying.
A recipe describes mixing sugar eggs salt milk and flour with baking powder, then frying spoonfuls in hot lard. Dip the spoon in hot lard first to prevent sticking. Fry until brown on both sides and drain on paper, avoiding crowding the pan.
The passage describes a preparation using four ounces of almond meal, one ounce of orris root powder, two ounces of caustic soap ground to powder, half a dram of bergamot oil, and four drops of bitter almond oil. The mix is stored in a tightly covered glass jar and used as soap for washing the hands and face.
Soak two cups of prunes overnight then simmer till tender remove seeds and stir in one cupful chopped maple sugar. The prunes should be nearly dry. Cover with biscuit dough rolled thin with half cup shaved maple sugar rolled over it. Bake quickly and serve with cream.
Squeeze juice from six lemons and one large orange. Grate rind from the orange and three lemons, steep an hour, strain, and squeeze dry. Add two cups sugar and one pint water. Mix well and freeze, turning until frozen. Pack and let stand an hour before serving.
Advice to prevent juices from leaking during baking. Drape a damp muslin strip around the pie edge with half on the tin, then remove after ready for the oven to keep juices contained.
Stir together one cup sweetened apple sauce one teaspoon soda. Cream half cup butter with one cup sugar and half teaspoon salt. Beat into apple sauce then add one cup raisins or currants or both and spices to taste. Stir in one pint flour. Bake in a loaf in a slow oven.
A traditional dessert method layers sliced apples with crumbled bread and currants in a pudding dish. Sprinkle cinnamon and currants, add butter bits, and moisten with water. Bake slowly until the top browns and flavors meld.
Boiled eggs that cling to their shells are fresh. A good egg sinks in water while stale eggs float due to air buildup. Fresh eggs have a lime like shell surface and will dry quickly on the shell after boiling.
A compiled list of practical home hacks including stain removal with kerosene and ammonia, drying potatoes spread out to prevent souring, packing salads in hollowed peppers, carpet brightening with ammonia solution, odor control after burning, broom splints for testing cake, silk stain removal with alcohol, wood stain removal with oxalic acid, wood preservation with alum or salt, baking powder composition, and a parraffin dispenser tip with a toy tea kettle as a reference tool.
The unique clock weight in Maine comes from a century old smooth bore cannon at the Baptist church in Cherryfield. Brought from Boston by Gleason R Campbell to fire salutes during Civil War era, it fired a famous Lee surrender salute and caused an injury when a misfire sent Robert L Willey airborne. Spiked and kept as a clock weight after the 1865 salute, it later served again until the church fire of 1903, then resumed duty in 1906 with a new clock.
The Westminster Gazette notes King Edward’s farming success at Sandringham, highlighting a rich collection of prize cattle and sheep cups at shows. Starting from barren lands forty years ago, his estate now hosts high bred stock and numerous first prizes, including sixteen firsts across multiple years.
A small boy visits a distinguished Princeton professor for dinner. His mother fears etiquette slips and asks about his behavior. He recalls mishap at the table when his meat fell to the floor and his recovery by quipping that tough meat is to blame. Exchange.
The mean land height above sea level is about 1000 feet while the ocean’s mean depth is at least 12,000 feet, twelve times the land height. Extreme land elevations are rare, whereas the sea remains deep over vast areas. The ocean surface-to-land ratio is 2.5 to 1, so all land could fit into the ocean thirty times.
An artist finishes a scenic sketch of woods beside a suburban road. A serious-faced Irishman, who had been digging a trench nearby, studies the canvas. He sighs and says a man can do anything if he is driven to do it.
Mandy a young colored girl from the cotton fields brings a visiting card to her northern mistress. She explains that a smoldering lady sits on the steps but the other on the doorstep forgot her ticket. The tale highlights social barriers and courtesy in a Northern setting.
An Iowa man plans to import eggs from England under the label livestock, a classification customs officials dispute. The eggs shipped from Iowa to Chicago often reach consumers as live poultry, per the Houston Post.
In a clash on modern philanthropy Prof Charles Zeublin of the University of Chicago faced a charity expert who cited a case where aid saved an entire family. Zeublin quipped that philanthropy can help though likened to a West Side Mrs. Malaprop whose rainstorm moment left her umbrellaless and carriage unneeded.
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