If a wife is unable to reign she is likely to storm
A brief proverb notes that when a wife cannot govern she tends toward temper and upheaval. It reflects social expectation and marital power dynamics in a concise, cautionary line.
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
3
A brief proverb notes that when a wife cannot govern she tends toward temper and upheaval. It reflects social expectation and marital power dynamics in a concise, cautionary line.
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he regained strength. He confirms ongoing faith in the remedy and invites correspondence. Dodds Kidney Pills sell for 50c per box from dealers or Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
In Baltimore Prof Henry Carson Taylor ridiculed new radium medicine claims calling them ridiculous and comparing them to a circus. He recounted a hyena in a fictional menagerie that laughs at garbage to illustrate how baffling such claims seem to him.
A vicar and his church warden played golf with the preacher off form and unable to swear. After bemoaning his poor play, the man of the cloth jokes that burial duties will undo the misfortune. The layman quips he will get his own back, but the vicar replies that even then it will be the layman’s hole.
A proverb is quoted about charity starting at home but a note suggests it is not always located when called upon. The line questions expectations of personal generosity versus practical aid.
Education on pest life cycles and disease causes guides effective spraying. Know whether insects chew or suck, and how fungi spread between apple and cedar. Begin with prebud sprays of Bordeaux to target spores, then a second treatment weeks later, while removing nearby junipers to curb rust.
Farmers should select seed corn carefully due to heat and drought across much of the country last year. If seed treatment yields less than 90 percent germination, it should not be used. Time spent choosing seed can prevent field failure.
Farmers are urged to mow alfalfa in sections to wilt and cover with cloth or canvas to prevent drying and brittleness. Wilted hay can be fed to sheep and cattle gradually without danger, with careful changes in feeding and a plan to use first cutting for hay and later cuttings to supplement pastures. A few acres of this forage are recommended on each stock farm.
A guide for female gardeners. It discusses using a fine mist rather than a heavy spray, warns that water sprinklers waste material and miss spots, and suggests copper or brass-iron sprayers when using arsenical sprays with Bordeaux mix. The modern knapsack sprayer is recommended for small plots up to four acres, with an initial cost of $12 to $15 that pays off in larger gardens.
The article describes a cock kept in a narrow cage so it cannot turn, with daily legs stretch. attendants supervise baths and drying to maintain plumage. Authorities say such care allows a life span of eight to nine years. The photographed rooster belongs to Matsuzawa, an antiques dealer in Miyanoshi a, Shikoku island.
The cultivator can be built from ordinary farm materials with stock purchasable to keep costs low. Width adjusts to seed row width, and wheels and handles are wood. The axle uses a three-eighths inch steel rod with one-eighth inch holes for cutters, and two washers are placed on each wheel side.
The passage describes a device where a half inch pipe sits on the axle to keep handles apart at the lower end. A tenoned crossbar creates a separation in the upper part of the handles. On steel bent ends the blades touch the ground. Upper ends of blades are slotted and fastened to handles with a bolt and thumb nut.
A fragment notes a hired man setting down a spade and then cleaning it as others remark on the careless handling of garden tools. The terse excerpt implies a small domestic mishap without further context.
The famed boxer John L Sullivan joins a fox hunt near Great Pound by Weymouth water. After firing a magazine full of shots at a pursuing fox, trees, a weather vane, and a tire, he misses the quarry and harms much else. He abandons the chase after a rough kickoff, retreating worn and defeated.
Catholic clergy of Bohemia and Moravia ban Wagner’s Parsifal during eucharistic congress in Prague. Bishops from the two regions vote against a gala performance to honor visiting prelates citing immoral and offensive scenes in the opera.
Quote reflects art world caution about timing and execution before displaying works. It implies that completion and finalization precede public exhibition. The remark underscores a discipline linking creation to presentation.
A terse essay contrasts self assessment with external judgment, examining the gap between personal entitlement and how peers perceive one’s worth. The piece probes vanity, insecurity, and social feedback without resolving the tension.
A vintage ad describes Cuticura products to treat red rough hands. It advises soaking in hot water, washing with Cuticura Soap, drying, applying Cuticura Ointment, and wearing soft bandages or loose gloves at night to soften and soothe chapped, fissured skin.
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