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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
3
A quaint anecdote from the Somerville Journal recalls Nebuchadnezzar eating grass in Olden Times. A neighbor boy asks Mrs Nebuchadnezzar to lend her husband for a lawn task, noting the lack of a mower in the house.
An old ad notices several fodder plants including teosinte and Victoria rape with high yields per acre and promotes sending 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co. for a catalog plus seed samples. Humorous quotes from a wedding joke are included alongside travel and train notes for the World’s Fair Louisiana Purchase Limited.
A collage of old marketing lines and quotes including Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets at 25 cents, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by N W Samuel of Ocean Grove, Franklin on speaking wisely, and Fillers about furniture dye and proverbs from Byron.
Eugene E. Lario a Denver ticket seller testifies he still finds Dean's Kidney Pills relieve his back ache. He recalls endorsing the remedy in 1899 and says he has not felt pain since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo markets the pills at 50 cents a box through druggists.
A one horse drag ranks as the most effective and economical tool for soil pulverization. After breaking, it levels land and aids later harrow work, while early cultivation benefits include weed control and surface leveling. In dry periods it preserves moisture by packing the cultivated depth.
Ginseng prefers fall planting in September or October or spring in February or March. Grow it in open fields with artificial shade, not full sun, using nine foot posts with rails and brush. Prepare rich, loose soil on north or northeast plots with good drainage, rolling ground, and a surrounding ditch, then beds four feet wide. Over one acre, 160000 plants can be set. growth begins in May with blooms in June or July and red berries by September.
A Missouri reader describes preserving tomatoes in lime with layered wrapping in paper and storing in shallow boxes. Best results occur in a 40 degree loft, with October harvest and dry packing. Green fruit lasts well but may wilt as it ripens. ashes work as well as lime.
The article warns that all well water carries bacteria and shallow wells collect surface contaminants and animal remains, imparting odors to butter. Deep wells are far safer as germs mostly originate from the atmosphere or unclean receptacles, with Pommel noting up to 18 000 germs per cm³ in shallow water versus rare counts above 400 in deep water.
John B. Jenkins notes Angora goats bring strong returns on a 100 acre pasture with stone wall fencing. Kids sell for six dollars, does for eight, Angoras yield wool around three pounds per fleece at about forty cents a pound. Sheep losses from dogs occur. Angora and cattle share pasture for maximum gain.
States with weed laws enforce roadside destruction and debate who should perform the work. Some railroads face penalties to remove dangerous weeds. Roadsides act as a primary source of weed spread to farms.
The article profiles Mr. Brock, born before the American era, who lived 115 years and drank Peruna for catarrh and grippes. It notes his wars, travels, and witness in a land suit, and cites letters from 1903 praising Peruna as a remedy and urging readers to request a free Peruna book.
SAAC BROCK of McLennan county Texas has lived 115 years. He formerly resided at Bosque Falls eighteen miles west of Waco and now lives with his son in law at Valley Mills Texas.
A Washington Post quip notes that a loud noise and strong smells from behind you, resembling a three ton sheet iron tumble, is actually just a licensed car with a chauffeur under new regulations.
The exchange notes a canceled Los Angeles stop on the tour. A performer explains prudent choice after spotting ostrich eggs near the theater, while another says they were independent. The Philadelphia Press captures the humorous exchange.
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes an Earliest Green Eating Onion as a new money making vegetable. Send this notice with 16 cents to receive a large seed catalog and seeds for 10 000 plants including cabbages carrots celery lettuce onions radishes and flowers, plus an optional Berliner Cauliflower if 20 cents more postage is sent.
A brief dialogue from Stray Stories contrasts husband and wife over the value of cultivating Lucy's offidea, with the wife urging effort and the husband arguing cost, framed as a domestic exchange about improvement versus expense.
Winter fades from memory as flowers fields and sunlit days lure readers to California. Prominent titles from the Southern Pacific Company tout climate industry and outdoor life with guides like The San Joaquin Valley and California for the Settler. Free of agents, Sunset Route details routes via New Orleans and El Paso to Los Angeles. W. G. Neimyer, 193 Clark St Chicago. Moneybags cartouche references a cashier in a Wilde snippet from the Columbia Jester.
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