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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
3
A. A. Boyce of near Trenton Missouri suffered severe kidney and back pain that kept him from work. After trying remedies with no relief, he used Doan's Kidney Pills and reported gradual cessation of the back ache. Sold by dealers and FosterMilburn Co of Buffalo New York.
A marble book in Rome's Strozzi palace astonishes with thin leaves. A Moscow marriage market allegedly arranges 1000 unions yearly. A grave near Westminster Abbey bears a Psalm quotation for man and beast. Mushrooms lift a Bayswater flagstone. Bulgarian doctors revere Tolstoi, one cobbler, one boot black. Turkey hinders Bible distribution at Exeter Hall. A chemistry error translates Hamid Second as a nobody. Paper kettles for German army boil water without burning. Afghan ameer dreams of Haddad Mullah as deputy in Cabul durbar. Czar loses 34 250 men at Shakie river battle. observers say it leaves him shakey.
A letter from Alabama praises Postum as a coffee substitute that agrees with children and eases stomach and nerve issues. The writer notes one child of four and a half thrives on Postum with sweet cream, another two and a half combines half Postum with milk, and a recently weaned neighbor’s baby shows splendid growth. The ad claims Postum supplies adults with a hot invigorating beverage and has helped thousands avoid stomach and nervous diseases.
Commercial Poultry describes a novel fowl variety known as the fluffs noted for large egg production and cold-weather laying. They feature woollike plumage, an inability to fly due to incomplete wing and tail feathers, and require floor-level roosts and nests with accessible steps. The birds have clean, yellow legs.
Mr Dickenson of the Ontario Bee Keepers Convention explains honey ripeness for extractors. He notes a simple method, harvesting from the third story of the comb, and agrees with Mr McIntyre of California that two thirds to one half capped cells suffice. He warns against extracting honey bees have recently gathered and stresses cap completeness for current harvest.
A farmer’s wife explains marketing chicks by weight and timing. Early two and a half pound birds at 18 cents per pound yield 45 cents, later five pound birds at seven cents yield 85 cents. She advises arranging with hotels and boarding houses to supply regular stock and notes earning $400 from poultry last summer after delivering 18 chickens every Saturday.
A Farm and Home note extols judicious use of paint as a preservative. It recommends applying two to three coats, with the first rich in oil and the final coat mostly paint. Paint should be applied quickly as it dries, but each coat must dry thoroughly for longevity. Slow drying paint lasts longer.
In a 6x12 rod garden the family grew strawberries raspberries radishes lettuce peas beets carrots cabbage early potatoes cucumbers summer squash and tomatoes. They sold 500 quarts of berries for 24.45 and 40 bushels of tomatoes for 23, with total sales about 53.50 by October 15 and expect near 60 overall. They plan to expand next year adding parsley celery parsnips onions and cauliflower and plant one acre in raspberries blackberries and more strawberries.
Seed potatoes should be firm and sound with no sprouts. Store in a purpose built cave or pit, controlling temperature near freezing. Use a ventilator, a plunger filled with sawdust, thermometer, and snow or hay cover. adjust with the lantern if temps drop below 34 degrees.
Lay in cabbage and turnips for winter feed and steam clover hay as egg food. Prevent poultry diseases by avoiding foul quarters stagnant water and lice. Weed out worthless birds and bid good fowls farewell to the butcher, ensuring better ones thrive.
The piece surveys weary watchers paid to wait for events, from reservoir subsidence to railway and bridge watchmen. It notes platelayers, sewer workers, and dockside watchers risking weather and tides, saving lives by alerting others during storms and collapses.
Eugene Wood cites experiences from Everybody's Magazine November praising cold baths for aging readers. He argues cold immersion and vigorous aftercare can boost vitality, noting an elderly man who swam to the beach and lived briefly past 80 before passing away.
In the column, Mrs Parlee questions Kitty Waters's perpetual doldrums. Mrs Sim Pathee notes Kitty's misery despite her husband handling all housework and cooking, leaving her without a servant.
A Detroit Free Press brief notes a burglary where the thief left nothing but the victim’s breath. The item implies the thief took everything except the air, presenting a terse, ironic line.
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