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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
3
Ohio Farmer notes Rhode Island Reds offer rich color and strong laying performance in both seasons. He observes a heavier standard weight under discussion, and finds large hens on the nest as productive as smaller ones. A local butcher pays premiums for well dressed fowls due to plump meat and yellow legs and skin.
A poultry note explains color feeding should be systematic and started from hatching to intensify feather color in well colored stock. Handle moult period by modest extra feeding, then taper while maintaining trace amounts to prevent color loss. Water and soil management for crops noted.
The article argues farmers should plant only as many acres as they can properly fertilize and cultivate. It warns against overplanting for the same crop, noting that single, well-tended acres yield more and cheaper labor per unit. Insects rise despite wartime farming, heightening costs in larger fields.
Prof L H Pammel of Iowa Agricultural College investigates a rust disease on cowpeas. He suggests it may be identical to rust seen on common beans, starting as round leaf spots that merge into irregular patches about one-eighth inch wide. The fungus is widely distributed in the United States, occasionally afflicting beans, with illustrated leaf and spore figures from Farmers' Review.
The article discusses how bees begin building new queen cells when the old queen declines due to age or injury. If the old queen dies, workers raise new cells using viable larvae. A young queen may coexist briefly, but typically the old queen is displaced or killed, with outcomes varying between direct royal combat or beekeeper-driven felling.
When pastures dry and mowings fail, plant peas and oats Hungarian fodder corn or other fast growing greens to fill barns for winter feed. These heavy green crops demand ample plant food to thrive and feed livestock.
On a May night aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm a young man and a girl were found making love. The incident drew laughter among passengers, but Senator N B Scott condemned the mockery and warned against trivializing innocent affection. a related West Virginia tale followed.
G V Bohrer of Bellflower Missouri writes that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney and urinary trouble, restoring sleep and health for over a year. He claims to be 184 years old, praising the remedy as genuine and permanent for the aged. Local readers debate the claims as antiques are questioned.
A promotional notice urges readers to obtain a copy outlining pleasant resort spots on the Michigan Central and connections to New York and New England. It advises sending two red stamps to O. W. Ruggles in Chicago and notes a Town Topics quote on beauty as a reclaimed joan amid protestations.
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One fare for the round trip plus 25 cents from July 22 to 27 via Queen and CrescentRoute. Ask Ticket Agent for particulars. Wise benevolence is always good business Ram's Horn.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a cure for a cold in one day and offers a full refund if it fails. The snippet also includes a Rousseau quote about honesty.
A Mrs R A Anderson of Jacksonville Florida testifies to relief from long standing female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims cures for chronic conditions and restoration of strength and health, endorsing the medicine as reliable and uniquely effective.
A woman recalls how her husband once kissed her in tunnels before marriage, contrasting with his current habit of drinking. A bosom friend asks about it, and she reveals a servant’s remark that intruders across the way were photographed on their veranda while they were away.
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